Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-09-06
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mentS proposals Tor Settemenl ol liie
Irish question on the ground that they
are not based on dominion status
for Ireland 1t leaves the way open
for further negotiations, however. py
Offering at once TO appoint plenipo-
tentiaries on the basis of the principle
of government by consent of the gov
erned.
= Concord, n. c., September 2: The
textile strike ended suddenly here to.
night when union men, In several
meetings here, voted to return TO work
Tuesday morning. 1t is estimated
that $500 workers will return to their
looms in ten mills. This embraces
majority of the employees who went on
strike early in the summer. l.. M.
Barnhardt, member of the internatlon-
al textile executive committee, and r.
NJ. Sloop, president of the local union,
were told today that under no circum-
stances would they be given their ola
position back, but they are understood
TO have let their constituents know
that should the latter vote to end the
strike the action would meet with
their entire approval.
Chester, September 4: A meeting
Of farmers and business men OF Ches-
ter was held in the court house Sat
urday morning in connection with the
establishment of creamery In chester
to be capitalized at $4,000. the par
value of each share TO be $40. Z. w.
Schmolke of the extension depart
ment of Clemson college was present
and addressed the crowd in detail as
to the establishment and operation OF
a creamery. He consumed about an
hour and a half in explaining the mat
ter after which subscription lists were
opened for the subscription OF stock.
Those present subscribed about $3,400
and IL looks as If the establishment OF
q creamery in Chester is assured. the
people of the county have realized
that something must be done to COM
bat the boil weeyil and the creamery
promises to be the best solution at the
present time and Is something which
can be put into operation in the short
est length Of time.
Washington, September 5: Pre-
parations for advancing upwards or q
billion dollars in agricultural and live
stock credits under recent legislation
have virtually been completed py the
war finance corporation, officials said
tonight. The corporation probably
will be ready within the next week or
so TO function under its enlarged pow
ers designed to afford needed credit
relief to the farmers, 1t was said TO
expedite the advances executive COM
mittees are being formed In agricultur-
al and stock raising sections of the west
and south and will attend to prellm-
nary details Of applications, making
the necessary Investigations and deter
mining the adequacy of securities Of
fered. Ten or Is such committees are
to be formed now and others Will De
added as the amount OF business In the
different localities warrants. The cor
poration's policy for financing ao.
yances, officials asserted has not yet
been definitely decided, but II is be-
lieyed that little of the $400,00O,O 600 bal
ance with the treasury will be used Tor
agricultural credits. Demands may De
made on the treasury to make the hrst
loans. officials declared, but as soon as
the volume Of needed credits can De
pouRed. il is believed the corporation
will begin issuing its own bonds. Cur
rent operations of the corporation IN
financing exports are being carried on
almost exclusively out OF reVolVlnS
fund automatically estaohSnea oy one
repayments being made onsthe approx
imately slOO,O00,000 in advances now
outstanding.
- PAYMENT of it's state property tax
by the Ford Motor Company at De
IrOlI, MlCn, IdSl iN'NSN
that Henry Ford Is on the way TO be-
come the richest man in the world.
His taxable property as stated in his
return amounts to 1868, 3,36S,1 1879, but De-
troit bankers point out that these are
only tangible assets and his Eeal
wealth will probably far exceed that
figure. Some bankers indeed say that
Ford is worth more than $75OOOO,OOo
when the good will and name OF the
Ford Motor Company are taken into
consideration. Ford himself has said
that he does not know how much ne
Is worth and does not care. The state
ment filed in Lansing said that on
lime 3 the Ford Company had S54,-
S44,53S in cash in hand, or in banks.
Plants. buildings and Improvements
were valued at $46926,0l0, and ma
chinery and equipment at S211S3,99O,
while the good will Of the company
was set at $20,517,9S5. This last Is
considered low Property in Michi-
gan was at $l33,025,079. Total cap
ital and surplus were put at S173,95l,-
172 and the amount in capital and sur
plus held in Michigan at $S7,S6l ,2S4.
On these holdings the company sent
the state a check for $4,000, the max
imum payment in Michigan, for the
Ford Motor Company, the Michigan
Iron Land and Lumber Company, the
Dearborn Realty and Construction
Company. the Dearborn Independent
Fords weekly paper. State officials
hold. however, that Ford will have to
pay $4,000 on the motor company a
lone and separate taxes on his other
holdings The returns do not take
Ford's railroad holdings into account
or any of his real estate throughout
the country.
Desperate efforts are being made
by labor leaders throughout England
TO stem the unprecedented trek to the
poor houses by hundreds of thousands
of unemployed. The situation is ad-
mittedly hardly less critical than du:-
ing the coal strike Of last spring al
though the latest weekly reports on
UNEMPLOYMENT show slight decreases.
More than 100000 are wholly without
work while 100000 others are only
working part time. Many thousands
more are out of work but not register
ed. Practically every municipal borough
in the country is wrestling with the
problem of providing adequate relief.
London boroughs controlled BY labor
men are granting families unparalleled
sums, amounting in case involving
children to nearly twenty-five dollars
q week This is higher than the work
ers average earnings. Thirty mem
bers of the Poplar borough council
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