Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1921-10-27
THURSDAY, OCT. q, 1921.

~ P'' ''S ihOSt ldNOTuDle COLI
struciion on the action of Con-
gressman Bianton of Texas in
having printed in The Congress
sional Record of last Saturday as
n part OF Il speech he was sup
posed to have delivered recently
III the house of representatives an
obsccne coIloquy alleged to have
taken place between TWO employ
ceS oi the government printing
Office relative to labor union af-
fairs, he showed inexcusably bad
Judgment. There is no place in
The Congressional Record or in
any oiher publication. for that
matter, Tor profanity or indecen;
language. Whether Blanton will
Ec expelled from the house for
the oiIenSe, as is proposed by a
resolution of Congressman Mon
dell of Wyoming. was to be de-
cldrd today IL he should lose
his scat, one is safe in guessing
that many Il long day will pass
before he Congressional Record
agan carries out to the country
such blllingsgate as the Texas
lncm1rr had printed in it. 1t is
now 900 late to mend matters SO
ian as Blanton s remarks is con-
cerncd: but if the joint com
mitt'r on printing of Congress,
whlcl. has control of The Con-
gres%loual Record. gave the pub.
he printer some discretion in the
character of the matter to appear
IL: The publication, such filth as
Blanton 5 would find its way to
the waste basket. The present
public printer. George ii. Carter
rs II man of excellent Judgment,
as The editor OF this paper hap
pens 10 KNOW. and could be de-
pended upon TO do the right thing
IN amy circumstance. But under
the rules Of the committee, the
government printing Office IL re.
qurcd 10 PRINT verbatim the
speeches of members of Congress
delivered on the floor of their re.
spectlvc houses. Whatever they
say must BIZ printed as reported
by the official StenOgrapherS or
as sent To the printing Office di.
rect, as IN the case of B!antOn n'S
remarks, in which. eliminating
tie profanity and obscenity, ther,
was some merit perhaps. for he
appeared to be trying TO help the
public printer straighten out
conditions at the government
printing office which are known
To be bad. For many years rings,
cllqueS and factions have existed
among the thousands of employ.
ceS of the Office which should not
be tolerated. Mr.. Carter promises
10 bring order out of chaos. and
he will succeed if any man could.
In this laudable undertaking he
should have the support of every
member of Congress. irrespective
OF political affiliations.
Weather conditions this fall for
gathering the cotton crop in
the South have been as nearly
ideal as this section ever expert.
ences. 1t is fair assumption.
therefore that if the staple has
been picked as rapidly over tn.
cotton belt generally as il has
been locally, there is little of the
crop remaining in the fields. 1t
is the almost universal custom of
farmers to have their cotton gin
ned as rapidly as it is brought in
from the fields. Therefore. the
latest ginners report, issued last
Tuesday by the census bureau.
showing something like 300. 900
less bales ginned from the current
crop than We're gimncd to the
same date from the 1920 crop. is
another evidence that the crop is
so short that the price at which
II is now being sold is too low, if
supply and demand have any in
fluencc in directing the course of
TIE market. The Times never has
undertaken to suggest to its
farmer friends who have cotton
tn sell whether it apparently was
to their interest to put it on the