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The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-02-05
KENTUCKY PRODUCES ONE.
FIFTH OF WORLDS TOBACCO
Bluegrass Slate Grows One.Thlrd OF
Nations Crop and One.Fifth
Crop Of World.

Lexington, KY, Feb s. - Kentucky
produces one-third Of the tobacco crop
Of the United States in 1919 and more
than one-ffth of the crop Of the world
according to figures set out in the pre-
liminary report of the cost of pro-
duction of tobacco in 1919 as compiled
by W. ID. Nichols and f. w. Peck. The
report quotes the yearbook of the
United States Department of Agrlcul-
ture as stating that the world produc-
tion of tobacco in 1915, the last year
for which figures are available, at g.
153,395,0OO pounds.
The production of the United States
in 1919 was l,3S9,45S,OOO pounds and
for Kentucky 456,5O0,OOO pounds.
The production by states in 1919
was: Kentucky, $456,5OO,OOO, North
Carolina 31O,24O,000, Virginia, 131, ,1OO,-
900, Tennessee SS,OOO,OOO, South Caro-
lima Sl,OO0,OOO, Ohio 77,4OO,OOO, Wis
consin 6O,96O,0OO, Pennsylvania 54,-
100000, Connecticut 39,OOO,OOO, Mary
land 19,575,OOO, Georgia 16,43O,OOO,
Massachusetts 15,400,OOO, Indiana 49,
215,OOO, West Virginia 1O,5OO,OOO,
Florida 100000, Missouri 3,5OOOOO
New York S,4S3,OOO, Alabama 1880 900,
Illinois $4,000, Arkansas 456OOO,
Louisiana 174,OOO. The total value of
the crop of the nation was $542,547,-
900, with the value of the Kentucky
crop fixed at Sl74,3S3 900.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-02-05
WASHINGTON AND
GEMS PROGRAM.

The management of the Washington
and Gem theaters announce the pro-
gram at these popular houses for
next week as follows:
Monday, afternoon and evening,
Gem only, Elaine Hammerstein in
Pleasure Seekers" and Selznick
News.
Tuesday, afternoon at Gem, evening
at Opera House, Mary Miles Minter in
Eyes of the Heart"
Wednesday, afternoon at Gem, eve
ming at Opera House, Dorothy Dalton
in Dark Mirror"
Thursday, afternoon at Gen. eve
ming at Opera House, Alice Lake in
"The Misfit Wife"
Friday, afternoon and evening at
Gem only, James X. Hackett in "The
Greater Sinner" and Current Events
Saturday, at the Opera House only
afternoon and evening, Tom Moore in
"The Great Accident" Mack Sennett
comedy; Ford Sterling in Fresh from
the City"
Saturday, at the Gem, afternoon and
evening, James X. Hackeett In "The
Greater Sinner"
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-02-05
WALTON BANK ROBBERY
MAY Be CLEARED Up
Arrest Of Man In COvlngton With
Stolen Bonds May Clear Up
Big Bank Theft.

Covington police are holding Ca
milius Terlau, 26 years old, 109 East
Seventh street, Covlngton, on charges
Of bank robbery, having stolen goods
In his possession and vagrancy. This
action is based upon an affidavit filed
by Mrs. Pearl Johnson stating she is
the owner OF a $10O Liberty bond stol-
en- from the Walton Deposit Bank on
December Ia. The bond was found in
the possession Of the prisoner. In the
Police Court yesterday the case was
continued until next Monday. Bond
was fixed at $4,000 by Judge Lew
Manson.
Detectives Higgins, Parker and
Drees have been unable to locate the
owner of the $50 registered Liberty
bond found in Terlau's possession.
Ben Beninger, now In Florida, is the
owner of the $500 registered Liberty
bond.
Detective Higgins yesterday COM
municated with C. S. Weakley, Special
Agent of the Department of Justice,
Cincinnati. The Walton Bank is a
United States depository and also a
b-postoffice. So far as the bank case
is concerned it is expected that Ter
lau will be tried at Burlington unless
the federal authorities insist on trying
him in the federal courts. Terlan told
the detectives that he found the bonds
on a street in Covington.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-02-05
REDUCTION BY
0NE.HALF WILL Be
RECOMMENDED
Burley Growers Association VIII Ad.
yocate One-lalf Reduction
BY Growers Of the
Weed.

A fifty per cent. reduction Of the
1921 Burley tobacco crop will be
recommended by John W. Newman.
president of the Burley Tobacco
Growers Association, at a meeting of
the board of directors of that organi-
cation in Lexington, February u.
The call for the directors meeting
was issued Friday by President New
man. In addition to taking action on
the crop reduction proposal, the direc-
tors will elect officers of the Burley
Tobacco Marketing Company, the sub
sidiary organization recently formed
to handle low grade tobaccos by sale
direct to European buyers and by
converting it into commercial fertil-
izer to be sold on the open market
MIR. Newman said that he would rec
ommend that the growers Association
insist that the maximum acreage
painted thlS year not exceed fifty per
cent. of the acreage of 1920. and that
if conditions warranted it an effort
would be made to decrease the acre
age by even larger per cent.
The board of directors will adopt
definite plans for carrying out the
proposed reduction program of the
organization at the meeting to be held
at the Lafayette hotel week from
Saturday. The nature of these plans
have not been worked opt. Mr.. New
man said today, but whatever plan is
adopted will be entirely within the
law and will be carried on quietly and
peacefully, he said
There is no lawful way to enforce
a voluntary agreement among tobacco
growers, much less enforcing some
thing that is not voluntary and not
unanimous" he asserted. I've do not
(COntInued on Fourth Pape)
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-02-05
HOW ABOUT OUR OWN!

For some time past our people have
been called on and urged to open their
purses and give to the fund being
raised $4,000 900 for the poor and
starving Of Europe; and our people
have responded generously to these
numerous calls. But-how about our
own destitute and poor and naked and
hungry right here in Maysville? Must
we give all to those abroad and none
to our own? There is mother and
four little children in this city that
are in want. The children have no
clothes to keep their little bodies
warm nor food to nourish those little
bodies. Isn't there something for
these? Let's don't take up all the col
lections for Europe and leave Mays
vile people cold, hungry and clothe-
less. What say you, neighbor?
ONE WHO KNOWS.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-02-05
BETTER SPIRIT
OF COOPERATION
Between CITIES
High Compliment Paid Boys Band
and Maysvllle In Lexington
Editorial - Pleased at
Contract.

The Lexington Herald today says
editorially:
The Kentucky Cardinal, long famed
in song and story as being one Of the
most brilliant of southern musicians,
will have most worthy rival in this
state when the famous band from the
River City, Maysville, are clothed in
their royal scarlet suits which they
will wear in all their public appear
ances this year.
This band was organized in Febru-
airy, 1919, by the business men of the
city of Maysville and has been very
great success. It has been a wonder
full drawing card and in competition
with the best bands in the United
States has more than held its own.
We we're fortunate enough to be
present on couple of occasions when
the band gave concerts and in our
opinion, and in the opinion of numer-
Gus others who are far better qualified
to pass Judgment upon the quality of
the music offered, 1t was an exhibition
Of real charm.
We can think of no feature that will
be more attractive. at the Blue Grass
Fair next autumn than this band, and
we believe that the people of Central
Kentucky will enjoy their playing as
thoroughly as we did Possibly they
are not so famous as some of the
Northern or Eastern bands. but they
are delightful in their courtesy, most
attractive in appearance and undoubt-
edly many members of the organiza-
ton have real talent.
The officials Of the Blue Grass Fair
are to be congratulated upon the en-
gagement of the band for next year 1t
will help cement the ties of friendship
between our city and Maysville and
numerous citizens of Maysville who
have been in the habit of going to the
State Fair will come to Lexington in
loyal support Of their own organiza-
ton and there will be thousands of
dollars spent with our merchants
which they otherwise would not get.
A better spirit of cooperation will
exist between the communities and a
better feeling generally will prevail
This in itself is most invaluable, and
we believe TOW that everyone who
heard the pledges made on the Good
Fellowship Tours of last year will
realize that those pledges were made
in utmost sincerity and were not, as
it was sometimes claimed, but idle
talk. We know that this is but the
start of loyal and friendly co-opera-
ton between the various towns in
Central Kentucky. It can be made
powerful organization and Lexington
has shown a most worthy and laud-
able spirit in bringing the band from
Maysville when there were many
larger and better-known musical or
ganizations desiring to obtain the
same engagement.
Knowing the citizens of Maysville
as we do, knowing the intense pride
they have in their band and knowing
many members of the band itself, we
believe that there will be on their
part no effort spared to give absolute
ly satisfactory service and we are con-
fident that this will be undoubtedly
accomplished.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-02-05
LAST MEETING OF OLD
COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD.

The old Mason County Board of Ed
ucation will hold its last regular meet
ing at the office of County Superin-
tendent Turnipseed at the court house
next Monday. The newly elected board
will begin its duties on the first Mon
day in March and its first duty will
be to elect County Superintendent
Much important business will come
before the old board on Monday.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-02-05
FEBRUARY MEETING
OF KINGS DAUGHTERS.

On Monday afternoon the Kings
Daughters of the Episcopal church
will be entertained by Mrs. William
H. Cox The meeting will be called to
order at 3 o'clock, and very pleasant
feature of the afternoon will be an in
formal talk on Student Life at West
Point" by Mrs. Earl Wheat, who has
always kept in touch with the work of
the Kings Daughters and continues
her membership in our local society.
Plans for the gathering in of the
Easter Offering will be arranged, and
a full business session held; after
which the usual social time will be
enioyed, .-..
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-02-05
CINCINNATPS MAYOR BOOSTS
LOCAL BAND FOR OHIO FAIR.

County Judge IT. p. Purnell today
received letter from Hon. John Gal
win, Mayor of the City of Cincinnati,
in which the Cincinnati Mayor says he
is writing a letter to the management
Of the Ohio State Fair and recon-
mending the Maysville Boys Band as
one Of the best drawing musical Or
ganizations in the country. 1t may be
that the local band will land con-
tract for the Ohio State Fair.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-02-05
TO SAVE THE STARVING
CHILDREN OF CHINA,

A special collection will be taken at
the Sabbath school at the First Pres
byterian church Sunday morning, to
save the 100000 starving people in
China. AS God has prospered us We
must hear China's call 1t is hoped
that every member of the Sabbath
school will make a liberal Offering.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-02-05
COUNTY COURT.

In the Mason County Court today
on motion of W. W. Ball, Jr., Messrs.
A. p. Lukins. T. A. Keith and W. l..
Gault were appointed to appraise the
personal estate of James C. owens,
deceased
f. T. Kirk was appointed to ap-
praise the estate of William II. Hunter
deceased, for inheritance tax purpose.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-02-05
MUCH TOBACCO YET
UNsTRIPPED.

Growers in the city today report
a large amount of tobacco in this sec
tion that has not yet been stripped.
The sort of weather we are having to-
day permits these growers to bulk
down much of their crop and strip
ping will be the chief business of the
growers for some time to come.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-02-05
HEARTY WELCOME IS
GIVEN COLONEL RUSSELL.

The Maysville Boys Band and
many of their friends met Colonel ].
Barbour Russell at the l.. & N. depot
last night upon his return from Lex
ington and accompanied him to his
home in Third street. Members of the
band are very much rejoiced that the
contract for the Blue Grass Fair has
been signed.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-02-05
CINCINNATI MARKETS.

Saturday, February 5.
Cattle - 300, weak; Bulls, weak
Calves, $13.
Hogs - 5000, weak; Heavy, $9.25G
1915; Mixed, S1O.OO@1O25; Medium
s1O.5O; Lights, $1O.75; Pigs, $3.50;
Roughs, s7.75; Stays, $6.OO@6.25.
No sheen offered.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-02-05
SHERIFF SSALE
ON NEXT MONDAY.

Sheriff Galbreath will hold his an
nual sale for taxes on next Monday
and there are many pieces of proper
ty on the list at this time. In another
part of this issue will be found the
last official announcement of this sale.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-02-05
LOCAL KNIGHTS TO INITIATE.

The degree team of Maysville Coun-
Gil, Knights of Columbus, will leave
this evening for Ashland where they
will confer the first degree upon a
large class of candidtes tomorrow
morning.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-02-05

Mr.. Vincent Ellis, who has been Wis
iting his parents here for several days,
left yesterday for a trip to Washing
ton City.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-02-05
FLEMING COURT ENDS TODAY.

Judge c. u. Newell motored to
Flemingsburg this afternoon to re-
ceiye the renort of the Fleming county
grand jury ana to close the January
term OF the Fleming Circuit Court.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-02-05

County Clerk James Owens has been
confined to his home in East Second
street for the past several days with a
severe cold.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-02-05
BABY BROWN.

Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Brown, of East
land, are the proud parents of fine
baby girl, born Thursday morning.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-02-05

Mrs. A. L. Me-z left today for New
Orleans to visit relatives.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-02-05

LOST: A string of small pearl
beads. A reward will be paid II re.
turned to Mrs. Eugene Merz. 5-tf
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-02-05

severe cold
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1921-01-28
ARBITRATORS

There are arbitrators in industrial
disputes who give their services
gratis, feeling that they are perform
ing public duty, and there are some
who charge for this service. 1t is
only natural to expect to pay where
one devotes considerable of his time
to this arduous work, especially at
financial loss from their regular bus
mess. There are arbitrators who rem
der decisions that are worth paying
the price charged, and again there are
others that are not. Some decisions
in Cincinnati recently given in four
cases are interesting, to say the least.
In the first case a professor was the
third man and gave to the men a'o1t
a fifth of what they asked for. The
hearings lasted about a month and
the nominal fee of $500 was charged
each side. In the second a Reverend
Father served and awarded the men
an increase of Is per cent with no
charge, but the organization involved
made him a present Of $3.50, to use
for whatever charitable purpose he
saw fit. The third case was decided
by an eminent member of the Bar,
who rendered a decision giving the
men involved $40 a week increase,
with the small charge of $3.50 to each
side. The fourth and last decision
was rendered by a doctor. This, in
fact, was major operation, for the
decision gave to the crafts involved
81 and So less on the day than was
originally offered to them without
going into arbitration proceedings.
His charge was $1,000 for each side.
Moral: 1t is better to gather
around the round table, adopt the
principle of give and take, and you
won't need an arbitrator.
Cincinnati Chronicle.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1921-01-28
THE SECRETARY OF LABOR

Representatives of capital and la
Dor" are having a desperate fight be-
hind the scenes over the selection of
Secretary of Labor for Mr.. Har-
ding's Cabinet. After the gentlemen
have had their desperate fight" Mr..
Harding presumably will pick out his
own man and one who knows some
thing about labor.
The Secretary of Agriculture
should understand farming and the
Secretary of the Treasury should un-
derstand finance. The Secretary of
Labor should understand labor and
SYMPATHIZE WITH LABOR. He
should not be gentleman selected
by corporations to reduce the income
of labor, and, if possible, destroy its
unions.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1921-01-28
A CORRECTION

Under date of January 25 Swift &
Co., of Chicago, have called our at
tention to telegraph news item ap-
pearing in last weeks Leader which
stated that the Swift company, in ad-
dition to declaring a dividend amount
ing to $12,00O,OO0, had added over
five millions to its surplus fund. The
real facts, as shown by the sworn
statement of the packing company,
are that the five million added to the
surplus represented the net earnings
for the year, and that the dividends
were paid from the surplus, which had
accumulated during past years.
The Leader believes in treating
everybody with absolute fairness, and
gladly makes the above correction.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1921-01-28
LABOR NOTES

1t is stated that the British cabinet
Professionally agreed upon new scheme
to deal with unemployment. Under the
plan each industry would absorb its
own unemployed by shortening the
hours of work or increasing the num-
ber of shifts.
The Federated Board of Governors
Of Associated Industries of Paterson,
N. j., addressed an announcement to
"the citizens of Paterson" asserting
that all silk workers must return to a
4S-hour a week basis and that lower
wages are inevitable.
The "week- end strike of engineers
employed at the johannesburg, Trans
vaal, mines, continues, and the situa-
tion is likely to become critical owing
to the definite refusal of the chamber
of mines to pay at the rate of time and
one-half for Sunday work performed
by the few engineers who are allowed
by their society to do the absolutely
essential work during the weekend
strike period.
Elimination of strikes and labor dis
putes in the building industry Of Can
ada through the use of standardized
wage agreements and contracts Is con-
tempiated in a plan to be considered
by the Association of Canadian Build
ing and Construction Industries at its
annual session in Winnipeg this month.
Eight hundred homeless and unem-
ployed men started the new year by
sleeping in the pews Of one of New
Yorks most historic churches-St.
Marks in the Bowery.
Officers of Steamftters' union No.
665, Buffalo, N. Y, made public reso-
luton declaring against the closed shop
and announcing it's withdrawal from
the International Steamftters' organi-
zation and the American Federation of
Labor. The local expresses confidence
in it's ability to maintain present wage
scales and hours by increased pro
duction.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1921-01-28
MANS FIRST INSTINCT IGNORED
BY HIGH COURT

The instinct of self-preservation
was ignored by the United States
supreme court in the Duplex-Machi-
nists' case.
The court held that a boycott by
New York machinists against this
Michigan concern is a violation of the
Sherman antitrust law, which penal
ICES interference with interstate COM
merce.
Behind this boycott is strike that
involved but a bare dozen machinists
employed by Duplex. And behind the
strike and boycott loom a notice by
other printing press manufacturers
that the Duplex must be put on the
same eight-hour basis as they, must
pay the same wage and agree to the
same working conditions.
The Duplex refused this demand of
their machinists, who struck. Other
machinists refused to handle the
Duplex press, and asked fellow trade
unionists to aid them. These machi-
nists were as involved in the Duplex
strike as the Duplex machinists, for
if the latter failed the others were
warned by their employers that the
Duplex must be placed on the same
competitive basis. This was notice
that if Duplex were permitted to
operate under the 10-hour, low-wage
system, they would do likewise.
1t was under these conditions that
the Duplex complained to the United
States supreme court that New York
machinists were interfering with in
terstate commerce.
And the court made the astounding
decision that the New York machinists
were not directly involved in the
strike and that their Conspiracy"
should be enjoined.
The court ignored the old maxims:
"He who seeks equity must first do
equity" and "He who seeks equity
must come into court with clean
hands"
Duplex did not "come into court
with clean hands" 1t was attempting
to debase conditions of it's employees
and force it's competitors to adopt
the same policy.
And the court gives notice to other
machinists that if they do not aid in
breaking the Duplex strike and fasten
upon themselves the 10-hour day,
they are in contempt of court.
The courts decision is commercial
ism rampant and has brought howls
of glee from every reactionary in the
land.
This decision is in line with the
courts refusal, last March, to dis
solve the steel trust. In this case the
minority opinion declared that the
trust was formed Gin plain violation
and bold defiance" of the Sherman
antitrust law
But the majority of the court re-
fused to dissolve this trust because
at may be a serious detriment to the
foreign trade"
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1921-01-28
THE LABOR PRESS

In every city of any size or i'm
portance in the United States can be
found labor paper. Some of these
papers are owned and controlled by
the central bodies of their particular
city, and are ekeing out bare exis-
tence. Th great majority arc priv
ately owned and apparently are doing
we'll, considering the many obstacles
they have to overcome.
The labor movement today is fac
ing the most bitter fight it has ever
been up against in it's entire history,
and the need of publicity was never
more apparent than at this time, but
the pity of it all is, the union men
and women of this country are indif-
ferent to the welfare of the labor
press and are spending their union
wages to support the daily press,
which never has nor never will give
organized labor a fair deal in their
columns.
Whenever we have a big strike,
you will hear the union men clamor-
ing in a loud voice for a daily paper
press. "Why can't we have a paper
that will publish the truth every
day?" they will shout. A great hula
baloo will be raised and much talk
indulged in while the strike is on, but
just as soon as it is over, nothing
more is heard about the labor press
and these same shouters go right
along and buy the daily press, which
has done everything within its power
to discredit organized labor, and for
get all about the only paper that
really and truly printed the TRUTH
about the controversy-the labor
paper.
One of the continuous and all
powerful influences in behalf of the
workers cause is the labor newspaper.
Labor education requires the labor
paper. We are not printing this art
icle because The Leader is suffering
from lack of patronage, but we realize
that the labor press of the entire
country is suffering from the indiffer-
ence of the workers to their own
cause, and it is also suffering from
the knocks that are given it from
those low-down parasites who are
using the labor movement for graft
and an easy living. 1t is to be re-
GREETED that the American Federation
of Labor officials have not given the
labor press of this country more sup
port. If the A. F. of l.. would more
firmly impress upon the rank and
file of organized labor the tremendous
influence the labor press can WELD in
their behalf, it would be great help
to struggling papers.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1921-01-28
LEADER OFFICE OPEN SATUR-
DAY EVENINGS

In order to accommodate many of
our subscribers who are unable to call
during the day, the office of the New
arb Leader will be open on Saturday
evenings from 7:30 to $3.50 o'clock
until further notice. Drop in ard get
acquainted.