Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-09-01
Summary of Americas Speech of Senator Smith

continue my position on all of them
in your interest.
Peace Problem, Too.
"The conclusion of the peace
treaty with Germany is another prob
lem that will be before US. There
will be the big question of what shall
we do with it? What will be to our
best interests? | believe that it is
important to this country that we
settle that matter; that We close the
peace treaty But l am frank to
say that l could not support it just
as it was brought back from Paris by
President Wilson. And l could not
support it with only interpretive res
ervations. They must be real res
ervations. For instance, Article TO-"
Here the senator quoted the text of
the article binding the members of
the league to guarantee each other
against territorial aggression and to
preserve the present boundaries of
the member nations. "I regard that
as an obligation upon this country
if we accept it to enter war and as
taking away from congress its dis
erection as to whether or not we
should enter war;" he continued.
81 am glad" he went on after
mentioning other treaty provisions
to which he objected, "that the ma
tional platform and the two broad
reservations of Governor Cox cover
all the reservations | believe neces-
sary to the treaty. / regard it as
proper, with proper reservations, and
as beneficial to our nation to ratify
the treaty, and believe it should be
ratified as soon as possible before
the first of next March. | have been
asked, after all these reservations
that I have advocated, what will be
left of the treaty. Well, III tell you.
There will be left the agreement
among the nations of the earth to
settle their differences by arbitra-
ton and by peaceful means instead
of by war. There will be left in it
all the elements of peace and all of
the elements of war will be taken
out"
Market Like Ball.
Senator Smith touched on the cot
ton market next. 81 have been seek
ing to keep open the cotton markets
of the world so that you might get
a fair price for your cotton" said he.
"The cotton market is like ball.
When it starts down hill, if you don't
stop it it keeps on going down: The
SPECTATOR starts it going and un-
less you put a stop to it. yourself it
keeps going till it hits the bottom.
| have been asked what was the cause
of the recent break in the market.
The break was due, first, to the fear
that the Russian armies would over
run Europe and destroy the markets
there for cotton. The danger is now
past. am glad to say, but the ball
has kept on rolling down hill. I will
tell YOU how to stop the ball this
time and every time it starts rolling,
and that is, don't sell. If you don't
sell your cotton until you get what it
is worth it will go back"
The senator returned to- the
League of Nations for few minutes
again, as if on an afterthought. THE
statement has been published" he
declared "that | have said | wrote
the Lodge reservations. If had
said it it would have been stupid be-
sides, for | spoke against and voted
against seven of them on the floor
of the senate l have been asked
how, then, | could vote for ratifica-
ton with the Lodge reservations. l
voted for ratification with the Lodge
reservations because I wanted peace
with Germany. We need our con-
suls over there to help us develop our
cotton trade and to help us get the
potash that c6untry produced and