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GOVERNMENT ORDERS AND
RATE INCREASES STOPPED
BUILDING, CALDER SAYS

ances, and resulted in a resolution
of the coal operators TO cooperate
with the Attorney General in the
enforcement of fair practices.
Unlike some foreign countries,
the United States has no long term
banking system to supplement it's
short term commercial system. Dur
Ing the war long term securities
were forced upon commercial banks
and long term deposits were used
by commercial banks for short term
loans.
During the war tax-exempt se-
curities increased two and a half
times and they now amount to near
ly $1i,000.o00,000. The greater at
tractiveness of these tax-exempt se-
curities has drawn credit from its
former capital Investment.
During the war our taxes were
greatly increased and excess profits
taxes were placed to check war
profiteering and these excess profits
taxes were not repealed at the time
governmental regulation of prices
was discontinued.
In June. 1913, the freight rates on
building materials were Increased
on an average OF 80 per cent, while
freight rates on other commodities
were increased on an average Of rs
per cent.
In September. 1918, the War In
dustries Board inaugurated a sys-
tenn Of permits through which con-
struction was brought to "a stand
still.
1t was not until March, 1918, that
the Treasury Department released
restrictions on credit for new con-
struction.
In March, 1919. the Department of
Commerce inaugurated a system for
fixing prices which halted construc-
tion work.
In April. 1919. the director gem
eral of railroads refused to pur-
chase cars, rails and coal at the
prices approximated by the Depart
ment of Commerce and to this ac-
tion may be traced a part of our
present transportation difficulties.
Transportation DimcuIt.
In the winter of 1919 and the
spring of 1920, the demand for lux
; rries and consumaEle commodities
was so great that the price Of build
ing materials and labor was raised
above the purchasing power of the
construction industry.
In the spring OF 1920 transporta-
tion of building materials became
Increasingly difficult.
On June 2. 1920, priority orders
were issued reserving open top cars
for the use of coal. These priority
orders have succeeded one another
until the Goth or 2lst was issued on
October 8. canceling permits for the
movement OF any materials save
coal to the Northwest. Within two
weeks most of these orders were
cancelled, and yet the coal shortage
persists in certain sections of the
country and it is still most difficult
to move building materials.
On August &c. 1920. the freight
rates on building materials were
increased an additional 40 per cent.
During the war no extensions
| were made to our railroads and
rolling stock was allowed to be-
come depleted and scattered
| throughout the country.
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"Wili houses" asks L. Ward
Prince. president of the, westchestcr
County, N. Y, real estate board. In
the New York Herald. "in the SUBJ
urbs be cheaper next spring? / have
been asked innumerable times in
the last few weeks to answer this
question. Surface signs scertaInly
indicate the possibility. The news
was spread broadcast not long ago
Of sharp reduction in the price of
lumber. We were told that the
peak had been reached and passed,
and that housing was on the down
grade with everything else.
Let us look at all the elements
that enter into the house market SO
that We may be better fitted to an
swer the question for ourselves. In
the first place the much-heralded
reduction in the price Of lumber is
a snare and a delusion.
,, Prices are now about where they
were ten months ago, and this re-
udSttOh " DO bdoCu OU ING very lOD
Of the market. Little material was
bought after the spring increase,
and practically none of the housing
offered today Is priced upon these
high rates. The cost of a house
started today would be higher than
ever. even with this reduction in
lumber. on account of the recent
Increase in wages. Another ele-
ment that tends to maintain high
housing prices Is the condition of
the money market. No loans are
being made by the title companies
or the banks. What little money
filters through into the building
market is held for big bonus
charges. sometimes as high as IL
per cent.
Labor In Suburbs.
the suburban building business.
Good men are almost unprocurable
even at the very high wages main
, tained. Materials are still very diff
ficult to procure and prices have
fallen only slightly.
New housing ceases almost inn
mediately the demand lets up. There
is no chance of an everproduction.
Builders get the spirit of the mar
ket from the news reports. II houses
do not sell readily at full prices, no
new ones are started.
There. again. we cannot get away
from the inevitable law of supply
and demand. II all the facilities at
the commend of suburban builders
were put into continuous operation
the result would not be overproduc-
tion for several years to come. The
figures on the seriousness OF the
! shortage and the infinitesimal ef-
fort that is being made TO overcome
1t in the neighborhood of New York
City are so alarming and so well
known by the general public that It
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AS. the strains due to the wetting
and drying of exterior stucco are
very severe and come quickly and
repeatedly. IL is not difficult to COM
prehend this as the serious source
of cracking when II IL recalled that
concrete expands with heat just as
much as iron does
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All true varnishes containing oil
dry by absorbing oxygen from the
air. High-grade varnishes are pur-
posely placed only in one gallon
cans because they must be used up
soon after opened or they will ao-
sorb oxygen in the partly empty can
and thicken.
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Expressed conslderauon only.
1T did not require these statistics
to inform practical real estate men
that something had happened with
in the last few months to dampen
and diminish the confidence Of in
vestors in New York real property
investments" says Mr.. Parish. Nor
were they in doubt about the iden-
tity of that something. II was these
same rent laws. which sought to de-
prive the owner of real property not
only of the control of his own prop
erty but even of his constitutional
. right to the protection of the courts.
{ If such confiscatory laws can be sus-
tained then truly are the rights Of
property ownership in peril OF the
gravest kind"
In this connection Ii is OF interest
to recall the stand taken by the New
York State Association of Real Es-
tate Boards at their annual conven-
tion at Rochester last month on
this very question. Omitting the
preamble, the resolutions were as
follows:
Resolved. that we denounce the
so-called rent laws as attacks upon
and as tending dangerously toward
the complete subvers'on of the
rights of individual ownership and
control Of property, freedom OF con-
tract and OF the right of the indi-
vidual owner to due and proper
process and the protection OF the
courts in the Interpretation and en-
forcement of contracts and contract
rights based upon such individual
ownership: and
Resolved. that We view with pro-
found alarm the entire body Of such
restrictive legislation as an insid-
ious and dangerous attack upon
basic principles of our Government.
upon which 1t has Justly and rightly
risen to its proud eminence among
the nations and upon which there
have hitherto been guaranteed and
assured to the Individual the right
TO life. liberty. the pursuit of hap
piness and protection in the right
and proper use of his savings from
the fruits of his industry. The said
restrictive legislation cannot fail to
, operate in the interest OF the So
called profiteers and against the in
terests of tenants and reputable
owners alike: to the impairment of
true property values and in depre-
citation of the States greatest body
of taxables: to the continued in
crease in rents. and so inevitably to
the further increase in the cost of
all the necessaries of life
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East Capitol Street-At Lincoln
Park. Six rooms and bath and in
excellent condition. Ready for
immediate occupancy. You should
see it. Price $1,000.
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Near New Hampshire Avenue
On Quincy. Eight rooms and
bath. newly papered and painted: /:
in splendid condition; convenient
and high class neighborhood.
Price. SS.250.
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When You Own Your Own Home

Large downtown rooming house
Ia rooms. . baths: convenient
to government buildings and
shopping district. A decided bar
gain. Terms.
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Brockland home-Six rooms
and bath. frame; hot-water heat
large lot. Splendid condition.
Price. $4,000.
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$1,000.
9TH St. N. E.

Colonial front brick residence:
contains E rooms and tiled bath;
heated by hot water; 2 metal ga
RACES on alley. IMMEDIATE POS
SESSION.
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$500.
New York Ave. N. w.

A 2-stoy bnek. nearly new; con
tains 5 rooms and bath. Colonial
porch. Very large front yard.
Nery easy terms.
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$4,000.
Near 5th and X SITS. N. w.

Located in the commercial zone.
Suitable for business. Lot II fee,
WIDE. Now improved by two dwell.
inss.
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Vacant Petworth home-Beau-
tiful six-room and bath brick be-
tween Randolph and Shepherd
House is in AL condition and a
bargain. Price, SS.250.
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Beautiful home near Soldiers
Home grounds-Tapestry brick.
six rooms and bath. built-in ga
rage and in the best Petworth
section. Price. $3.50.
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$4,000.
Near 18th & Fla. Ave. N. =

Colonial brick residence: s rooms
and bath; hot-water heat. OWN
Err OCCUPANT.
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$4,000.
Capitol Hi.

South Of D St, west of llth;
very attractive Groom and bath
brick home; heated by hot water;
room for garage. Possession De-
cember |.
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$3.50.
Colored Purchaser.

A 2-stoy and cellar bay-win-
dow brick residence. located on
Harvard St. near Georgia ave.
Heated by furnace. Attractive
terms.
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SEEK OVERTIJRN
OF RENT LAWS
Widespread Misconception
Of Facts Blamed for New
York Measures.

Although the first attacks upon
the rent laws enacted By the legis-
lature at the special session in Sep
tember have been indecisive. gaps
have ben made In them which
promise we'll for their ultimate
overturn." said John L. Parish. sec
retary, Advisory Council. Of Real
Estate interests of New York. Two
of the proceedings were brought IN
equity by owners against hold-over
tenants, and Jurisdiction was re-
fused by the courts because the
plaintiff owners had not exhausted
their rights to remedies provided
by law.
There Is widespread opinion
among owners and agents that the
legislature was misled by frantic
public clamor into a misconception
of the facts. 1t was made to ap-
pear that IL the poor tenant were
elected from his tenement he would
not have or could not find a place
to lay his head, whereas there were
cant tenements available for their
use. and there was presented no evil
dence OF family without roof
over their heads in the entire city.
But whether these facts are or can
be gotten into the record of the
cases on appeal SO as to properly
inform the Court of Appeals Is a
question for the lawyers. as is also
the question whether their presence
in the record Is really Of import
ance.
AS to the influence upon the real
estate market of these rent laws.
the weekly tables published by the
Record Land Guide afford ample in
dication.
Comparisons for the week last
past. this year with last, for the
three larger boroughs are as fol-
lows:
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$3.50.
Brookland, D. c.

Bungalow type residence; nearly
new; contains 7 rooms and bath:
heated by steam: electric lights;
,arage; OWNER OCCUPANT will
I'VE IMMEDIATE POSSESSION.
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$3.50.
R St., Near North Capitol.

! Well-built 2-family apartment
house. containing 5 rooms and
bath each floor; 2-stoy back
porches: paved alley.
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$3.50.
Rhode Island Ave. N. w.

Modern 2-story brick. containing
3 rooms and bath; heated BY bo,
water; electric lights; this house j,
located in extremely white neigh
borhood.
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$1,000.
Near Soldiers Home.

2-stoy and cellar brick. colonial
porch; e rooms and bath: heated
by furnace; lighted by electricity:
located on paved street. VACANT.
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HOUSE BUlDINGyNSPRNG
NO CHEAPER If MARKETS
DON'T CHANGE SOON, BEL LIEF

ward Is unnecessary TO
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1920-03-19
MAKING COUNT
! OF METHODlSTS
IN THIS CITY
FIRST CHURCH is TAKING RELIC
Ious CENSUS OF COLUMBIA
AND ENviRoNS.
MUCH VALUABLE INFORMATION
Working In About Twenty-Five Par
ties the Enumerators Covered the
Entire City en- Sunday Afternoon in
About TWO Hours Time.

How many Methodists are there in
Columbia? How many Of them are
there who arc not enrolled in the
membership of local church? How
many Methodists, by preferences, but
who have never formally. joined the
church? How many members Of
Mcthodists families are not on the
church rolls?
To obtain this information is the
object Of the campaign that is being
aade by committees Of the First Meth
dist church. These committees on
Sunday afternoon took a real genuine
religious census of the city. They
went to all Of the homes of the city,
unless it was known to the canvass
ers that there were no Methodists in
them, AID got the facts they wanted.
There were about twenty-five parties
of enumerators and they covered the
city in less than two hours.
The facts ascortained by the emu
merators have not yet been tabulated
That will be done at once and will
prove Il valuable source Of informa
ton. II will give the home address
of every member Of the churcll. some
thing that at this time the officials do
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1920-03-19
PLAN AUCTION SALE
OF ABERDEEN ANGUS
KEEN & SONS AND j. 3. FARMER
WILL MAKE INITIAL OFFER
ING SOMETIME IN JUNE.

IN ]. B. Farmer of Wilkes Place, and
Keen &, Sons, Of Highland Farm, are
planning to Hold the, first Registered
Aberdeen Angus auction sale held in
this county by breeders. They expect
to have the sale in June. Both Mr.
Farmer and Keen & Sons have been
engaged in breeding Aberdeen Angus
cattle for several years, gradually
building up very fine herds. They
have now accumulated surplus suf-
ficient to make a No. | Offering. They
are working out the plans for the sale
and they will be announced later,
In addition to being breeders of Alb
crdeen Angus cattle Messrs. Farmer
and Keen are among the foremost Du-
roc Jersey Hog breeders of this sec
ton of the country, and have held
successful sales this year,
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1920-03-19
FRUIT CROP SAFE
UP TO THIS TIME
THE LONG CONTINUED SEVERE
WEATHER HAS PREVENTED
ANY DAMAGE TO BUDS.

There is one consolation, at least
in the long continued cold, bad wealth
or. SO far the fruit crop has not been
hit by the frost The weather has
been too severe to permit the young
buds to come out before their time
and if the county does not have good
fruit crop this year the killing freeze
will have to come after this date.
The indications point to a splendid
apple yield It is said that an exam
ination of many orchards show signs
Of an unusually heavy bloom. OF
course it is too carly in the spring to
forecast the fruit yield, but at this
date the growers are optimistic.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1920-03-19
EXPERTS COMPLETE
CHILD WELFARE SURVEY
FACTS as ASCERTAINED WILL BE
SUBMITTED TO GOV. ROBERTS
AND THE LEGISLATURE.

Experts who have been making a
child welfare survey in this county,
completed their task Thursday and
returned to Nashville. The facts OBJ
tanned after visit to and inspection
Of practically every school in the coun'
ty, white and colored, will be sum
married. with observations on other
counties where surveys are made to
the national child welfare commission
'and also to Governor Roberts The
governor will transmit the findings
OF the experts to the legislature at its
next session that they may serve as
a guide for necessary legislation in
aid of the fural schools.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1920-03-19
DEMOCRATS WILL
meet AT EARLY
Date IN COUNTY
CALL FOR CONVENTION EXPECT
ED SOON AFTER MEETING
OF STATE COMMITTEE.
70 DECIDE PRIMARY ISSUE
If There lo to Be Fight for the coun-
ty Offices to BE Filled This Year
It VIII Develop in the Near Flu
ture.

II is expected that as soon as the
state committee meets at Nashville
next Tuesday and fixes the time and
place for the democratic state conyen-
ton, the county committee will be
called together by Judge Edward p.
Looney, chairman, to fix the date for
tho county convention and the man
ner of selecting the delegates.
That the state committee will call
convention to name the delegates to
San Francisco is foregone conclu-
sion. This convention will probably
be held in May and although an invita-
ton will be received from Chattanoo-
ga the chances are that the meeting
will go to Nashville.
Following precedent the county CON
vention will likely be made up Of dele
gates from the various districts elect
ed in primary When the committee
meets to determine this question it Is
net improbable that 1t will dispose of
the question of whether or not pri-
mary to nominate the county officers
will be held this year So far there
are no contests for any of the county
Offices to be filed in August but there
are rumors and reports current of 9th
er' probable candidates. If others
aside from those who are expected to
make the race for reelection, decide
to run it is likely that their announce
ments win come about the time the
county committee meets. Should no
other announcements be made a pri-
mary is regarded as improbable.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1920-03-19

Members Of the First Presbyterian
church on next Sunday will begin
IN every member canvass. This
church must raise about $1l member
for all causes Of the Presbyterian
church and it is planned to go over
the top" on Sunday The day will be
inaugurated with an address at II
o'clock by Hon. William s. Fleming
on Christian Giving" The officers
* the church urge that every mem
Der be present at this service.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1920-03-19
SCHOOL SYSTEM
is MANY YEARS
BEHIND TIMES
suPT. WILLIAMS ASKS why
BUILD GOOD HOUSES, AND
HIRE POOR TEACHERS?o
BUILDINGS BADLY NEGLECTED
County School Houses Are Tarkcts
Of Vandals During Summer vaca-
tiops, Which Accounts for, Broken
Windows, Doors and Desks.

Although we brag about our grea
public school system, we are still ;
hundred years behind the times. w
are just getting started" said State
Superintendent OF Public Instruction
Albert $, Williams, who was here last
week for the purpose of making &
survey Of rural schools Of Maury
county.
Mr. Williams said: 1T is utter ex
trayagance, a useless expenditure OF
money to build nice school buildings
and then fail to provide good teachers
for them, and some one to care for the
buildings. He said the school house
in every section OF the state, when not
in use, provided a meeting place for
crap shooters and home for wander.
ers. As a result locks are broken, the
windows are smashed, desks mutilat-
ed, and other damage done. Not until
some system of caretaking is adopted,
which viii place the building in care
of some responsible person, who shall
be responsible for damage, can these
things be eliminated.
Mr. Williams asked Whats the
need OF having a good building unless
you have good teachers. The teacher
is more important than the building
When Isee some teachers in the class
room Isbecome very much discourag
ed
Mr. Williams said 1t is almost i'm
possible to obtain good teachers now
because OF the poor salaries paid
Good teachers are abandoning the pro-
fession to enter more lucrative posi-
tions, while the schools have to do
the best they can on what material
there is left
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1920-03-19
Of HOGS
| IN STATE SHORT
| DECLARESBUYER
HOUSTON THOMAS, NAsHvlL LIE,
TALKS INTERESTINGLY OF
MARKET CONDITIONS.
BOTTOM OUT OF HIDE PRICES
One of the Contributing Causes for
the Slump in Live Cattle--Does Not
Look for Any Further Declines at
This Time.

Stocks Of hogs on the farms OF Mid
die Tennessee are low. said j. llous-
ton Thomas, president OF the Tonnes
see Commission Company, of Nash
vile, who Is here today for visit TO
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John A..
Thomas, of Bigbyville. From all parts
Of the state. and Mr.. Thomas handles
hogs from nearly every section, comes
the same report of scarcity of pork
ers. This situation, said Mr.. Thomas,
is due to the disparity between the
cost of feed and the price at which
hogs are selling. 1t is also affected
by the shortage of corn on the farms
of the state, due to partial failur
of the crop last year.
Mr.. Thomas talked entertainngly
of the cattle and hog situation, One
of the factors, he stated, in the ,reduc-
ton in the price of cattle was the
slump in green hides. The spread in
hides has been as wide as from forty
to sixteen cents q pound. A nifty
pound hide at forty cents would bring
$50, At sixteen cents ii would bring
81. That, he explained, is u differ
enee of dollar hundred on a twelve
hundred nound steer. Tho slump in
green hides has been tremendous.
OF course the chief cause for the
big decline in both cattle and hogs
has been the exchange and foreign
purchasing situation. Since the arm
istice Europe has purchased very lit
Tie beef in this country. For several
months it has bought little pork here.
If we raise a great corn crop this
Year, as | hope we VIII" said Mr.
Thomas" the hogs of the state will
Increase rapidly have found from
experience that big corn crop almost
invariably means a big crop of boss
Although Mr. Thomas was cautious
and said everything was too uncertain
now to hazard predictions, he did net
expect any decline in the present
Prices Of hogs and rather thought that
The market was on stable basis.
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NEGRO IS AWARDED
$2,025 DAMAGES
JURY FINDS IN FAVOR OF DOCK
CoeLE IN SUIT AGAINST |.
A. c. IN CIRCUIT COURT.

The jury in the case of Dock Coble,
eolored, against the International Ag-
ricutural Corporation, which had
been on trial since Tuesday, late
Thursday returned verdict awarding
the plaintiff damages in the sum of
Stops Coble was suing for $4,000
for the loss Of his son, who was killed
while in the employ of the defendant
company, by a breaking belt at the
plant of the company. early in 1919.
The case was an exceptionally hard
fought one, every point being contest
ed. Coble was<represented by Attor.
ney Charles Rutherford. of Nashville,
while john r. Aust. Of the firm CT
Aust & McGugin. of Nashville. repre-
scented the /. A. G. He was assisted
by Charles p Hatcher. of the local
bar.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1920-03-19
TONIGHT!
Take "Cascarets" if sick.
Bilious, Constipated.

s's''s"s-,
Enjoy life, Straighten up Your
system is filled with liver and bowel
poison which keeps your, skin salloW,
your stomach upset, your head dull
and aching. Your meals are turning
into poison and you can not feel right.
Don't stay bilious or constipated,
Feel splendid always by taking Cas-
carets occasionally. They act with
. out gripping or Inconvenience They
never sicken you like Calomel, Salts,
Oil or nasty, harsh pills, They cost
so little too-Cascarets work while
you sleep.-(Advt) ii