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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-03-11

For Sale -.Moore's Prolific Long Staple
cotton seed, $500 bushel in 5 bushel
lots. This cotton sold for 10c oyer
:; Cleveland Big Boil, same date, on the
Rock Hill market. aJ: B. Gardner, R.
F. D., Rock HILL, H.. lS It
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-03-11

For Sale-Fine grade Long Staple cot
ton seed, s3.00 per .bushel. H. L.:
Johnson, r. +. D. /. York. S. c. Is. tt
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-03-11

We. Car save-You money. Try us
and :. be, convinced. G. c. Deese &
Co., Ogden, s. c.. lis It
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-03-11

For SaIe-Swect potatoes-Porto Rico
variety. $3.50 bushel.; J. E. Latham,
Sharon R. T. D. No. /. is 3ts
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-03-11

See Us-Before you ;, buy your -four
meat. lard and sugar. Also hard
ware and notions. G. c. Deese & Co.,
Ogden, S. e 10 u
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-03-11

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN -.
Rev. E. E..tGillespie, Pastor.
Sunday Services Sunday school at
10 a. m. Morning service at IL. Junior
c.. E. at p. m. Il. Young Peoples C. E.
$50 p. m. =, T., -,
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-03-11

CHURCH OF THE GOOD SHEP-
HERD.
Rev. r. T. Walsh, Pastor.
Sunday services-Sunday school at
10 a. m. Morning service at II o'clock.
Evening service at 500 o'clock.
Evening star., 1921-01-24

Women. Hose, z Pairs for ID
Plain and Richelieu ribbed in silk
ard fiber. Scanned hack. plain and 3D.
drop-stitch. All perfect. Formeriy 55c
pair. Dollar Day, pairs at &.-1ain
Evening star., 1921-01-24
CinaWare
Dollar Day Specials

DOll0T LAY SpeCl0lS
8 Cups and Saucers, 8 Individual +
Cake Plates, 3 Soup Plates, white
and gold combination. e 00I
Regularly 500, '"OO
Brown Mixing Bowl III Conn
inches, saaa-
quart size, &1<OO
Oval Brown and White Be- Re-:
6-inch Cooking Casserole, sI.ss
Mock Bronze Incense Burner and
59c Package of Incense; <f mi
regularly $14O, %>>S0
3 Fine Cut, Rose Pattern Low
Sherbets, or Fruit Cocktails; reg
q, s1.F'y s59s dozen. 3 $t.M
aaI' a,i1eh h.;:.s Gs!sn;s! a;!:F Fruit $t.M
rSsa co!o2ia, Ra,,sa Gas; S;:t sea''oped $1.00
3-quart Round, Squat, Colonial
Glass Water Pitcher, an 81 00V
other Kelsey quality, ~
4 Cups and Saucers, wide 81 m I
gilt band, |~
6-inch Round Casserole and
Covers Pyrex oven glass 81 y00H
ware; regularly $l55, |
Pyrex Utility Dish, Sf.00U
l1x7 inches, +S
Jardiniere, ivory tinted, 81 00N
8-inch top, 4inch bottom, WV
Green Jardiniere, made to 81 m
hang for vine plant, %''~S
6-inch Powder Blue Lily Bowl,
round bottom, square $f m
top, O
Tobacco Jar, place for sponge,
ctssshd1s;aSsl;et csos IN the : box top; $1.M
&C chiasse S;ss b. Blue ID Dragon + $1.M
r. Rich b. Chinese Blue Color $1.M1
Scenic Painted China 81 ~
Vases, quite ornate, T>s~~
Blue Dragon Handled 81 m
Cake Plate, $'~~
s Soup Plates, s Individual Cake
Plates, wide gilt band. 81 M \
Regularly 500, O
Evening star., 1921-01-24
$3.50 and $2.25 Window n q
Shades. Dollar Day Special, -

In the lot are Duplex Color shades
on Hartshorn rollers. Ameriean,Hea- a.,
land Shades, stock rollers and Best Grade vi
Opaoue Shades, on stock rollers. Dollar Day at
81 eSch-SeCond Floee.
Evening star., 1921-01-24
HOuseware
Dollar Day Specials

$L4S Alrnmnm Percolsfors, SlSo
u $139 Skirt Ironing Board, Sl.eo
Il $1.55 Hardwood Wash Bench, $l.N0
$I69 White EnameIed Bread
SIS Sc Carpet Broom, si.ss
$L69 Steel Enaneled Chamber
PAIL $1!se
/ Sl60 Cast Iron GriddIes, $l.Oo
$1.59 Cast Iron Slillefs, Sl.o0
$1-3o Pastry Boards, S1I4o
$l.z5 to $160 Waste.Paper
s1.4s -toI to SIS Willow shoppiar ~
| Baskets, $l0o
sl.zs Gallon Size Hi-Si-Wax, S1.oo
$lA0 Quart Size Liquid Wax, Sl.So
Sis Quart Size Liquid Veneer, Sl.eo
Sl50 O'Cedar Mop. .---.>- $lJoo-
| Sl.z5 Quart Size Wizard Poaish, $lIDo
s1As Rubber Door Mats. 1sxse
Size. $l!1o
s1.6o Black Ash Cans, SIZE
$1.3o Galvanized Garbage Cans, Sl.0o
S1.9S Tin Wash Boiler, SI.00
$1.39 Bath Spray, $l0e
$L69 Dish Drainef. $lAo
S1.9S Nut Bowl Set, with Picks
and Cracker, $l!No
Sl4o Coffee Mills, Slee
$L5e Two Gas Light Outfitx $LSo
$l.Se Ten 1Sc Rolls Toilet =.
/ Paper, 6.0o
SIS Wiley Laundry Baskets, S1.ao
Sis Tumbler Holder, $l.De
$lAS Combination Tumbler and
Soap Holder, S1ee
| s1zs Acme Ice Cream Freezer, sl.se
/ Sl.zS Vacuum Washers, $leoI
$l.so Six sc Re6ex Gas Man.
/ ties ~
$l.so Candle Lamp 0ut6t $l.se
Sl.3S G o N bin q q o q Of Sell.
wrinEing Mop and lz-quart
sl.9s silk Boadair Lamp
/ Shade, 1eo
Palais ReSal-Fsurth Flsee.
The Washington herald., 1921-02-18
MAY ISOLATE u. S.
TO SAVE HAWAII
Dept. of Agriculture COnsid-
ering Step Against Crop
Destroying Insects.

To protect Hawaii against CCrja m
insect pests which are dsmagin-
crops in the United States. tho de-
partment Of Agriculture YESTERDAY
announced the calling Of q hearing
to be held in room IL. Federal Hu~-
ticuItural Board. April Is. At DO
o'clock a. m. to consider d Quara De-
tine against the carrying Of sugar
cane. cotton and alfalfa plants "r
parts thereof. and the fruits Of ave-
rado and papaya by passengers mr.
IN ships stores from this country
Ito the territory.
The Secretary Of Agriculture has
Information Of existing danger that
injurious insects. including th'
sugar cane and corn-moth borer. tho
avocado wecvH. tho napala frurf
fly, the alfalfa weevil and the cot
ton boil weeviI occurring IN the
United States may be introduced
into Hawaii through plants or parts
II plants and fruits carried by pas
senEers or as ships stores
The proposed quarantine would
come under the Plant Quarantine
Act Of August 20. 1912. as amended
II is not intended TO apply to com
mcrCial shipments. as necessary re
striCtions on such movement are
provided for under territorial au-
thOrity ANY person interested ir
the proposed quarantine may an
pear at the hearing and be heard
either in person or by attorney.
The Washington herald., 1921-02-18
WHOLESALE PRICE
LEVEL DECLINES
Average of 61-3 Per Cent
During January, Labor De-
partment Announces.

Level OF wholesale prices declined
an average of s 1-3 per cent during
January. the labor department an
nounccd yesterday, making a de-
cline of IS per cent since the peak
of high prices in May.
Clothing prices in January were
reported Sc per cent below those
of January 1920, cloth and clothing
40 per cent and farm products more
than a. per cent.
All commodities were found
% 1-2 per cent lower than in jan
uary. 1920.
The bureaus average is based on
prices of 327 commodities.
House furnishings led all other
groups of commodities in the de-
cline. They dropped Is per cent
during December. Building ma
tcrials slumped 10 per cent. Slumps
in other groups of commodities
were given as follows:
Farm produces, food and clothing
dropped 5 L. per cent each; fuel
lighting material, metals and chem
iCals, per cent; miscellaneous COM
modities, including articles like lu-
bricating\ oil. rubber. newsprint
soap and laundry starch, fell off
I 1-3 per cent.
Commodities taken individually
showed decreases for 1873 and in
creases for only 81. Prices of 7S
commodities failed to show any
change.
The Washington herald., 1921-02-18
COTTON TRADING
ALMOST AT HALT
Market Recedes After Small
Gains at Start, With Some
Selling Pressure.

NEW YORK. Feb. 17.-Trading
in cotton was practically at
standstill today and after making
small gains at the start the mar
ket receded.
Next Wednesday will be the first
March notice day. A good deal Of
progress apparently has been made
in evening up March contracts and
it looks as though the scattering
interest will be pretty well gut OF
the way before Washington's
Birthday.
The market opened steady at an
advance Of to points on a de-
mand from Liverpool and spot
houses. but soon turned easier un-
der selling by Wall Street and the
South. Liverpool also became
seller later and by the end Of the
first fifteen minutes quotations
showed net losses of half a dozen
points.
Dealings were light most OF the
afternoon. but late in the day a
selling furry developed. Support
was absent and prices responded tc
the pressure, breaking about q
points. There was a good deal Of
discussion about the relative merits
of low grades. Last quotations
were 20 to 30 points net lower.
Spot here was quiet at a decline
of Is points at 1855 for middling
there were no sales. Spot at New
Orleans was steady at a decline Of
4 cent at 13c; the sales were l,64;
bales.
Receipts of cotton in bales al
some of the leading points today
were: Galveston. $3.50: New Or
leans. 4,541; Savannah, 1855; st
Louis, 1883; Houston. 4,Sl7.
The Washington herald., 1921-02-18
Committee Formed to
Protect Stockholders

A committee for the protection Of
the interests of stockholders of the
National Conduit and Cable Com
pany. Inc, was on Wednesday form
ed at the request of a number Of
stockholders of the company.
Formation of the committee follows
the communication sent February IA
to stockholders of the National Con-
duit and Cable Company. calling
their attention to the fact that "un-
less the default in certain covenants
of the first mortgage bond issue is
remedied by March is, 1921, the
banking houses which originally
purchased these bonds will ask the
trustees to take immediate action"
Tho committee is made up as fol-
lows: Chairman, NJ. P. Galloway
vice-president of the Guaranty
Trust Company of New York;
Stephen c. Millett. of Millett, Roe
and Hagen; Edward w. Harden, of
]. B. Colgate and Company; Hugh
K. Prichitt, of Prichitt and Com
pany, and secretary. Harold D.
Bentley, investment trust officer of
the Guaranty Trust Company of
New York
The Washington herald., 1921-02-18
INDUSTRIALS GAIN
STRENGTH ON CURB
Following Irregularity at the
Opening Trading Sends
Prices Higher.

NEW YORK, Feb. 17.-Following
much uncertainty and irregularity
in price movements in the fore
on the curb market today. Trading
was in fairly large volume, par
ticularly in the Industrial section.
Dealings in the oil group quieted
down somewhat, although there was
a fairly large turnover in Carib
Syndicate, which recovered part OF
yesterdays loss. Maracaibo and
other South American shares were
less active and moved In a listless
manner.
A few low-priced industrfals were
the center of bear attacks in the
morning. and after falling some
what displayed fiTmer tone. Good
year Tire issues were again active
and displayed a weak tone, both
the common and preferred dropping
about points. Durant Motors vas
well bought and sold to a new high
record of near 90. Meteor Motors
was firm, selling above %. Read
ing Rights were in constant demand
during the morning and rose more
than a point.
In the metal section prices moved
about listlessly, although a gener-
ally firm tone was maintained dur
ing most of the session. Boston
and Montana was in better demand
after falling somewhat. The turn
over in bonds was smaller ano
'hanges were small and mixed
The Washington herald., 1921-02-18
TOTAL PETROLEUM
OUTPUT EXCEEDS
PREVIOUS YEARS
Gain of 22.2a6 Over 1919
Shown in Com
pilation.
U. S. PRODUCES 64.496
Mexico Also Conspicuous in
Total Production With Gain
OF S3.5 Per Cent.

The estimated worlds production
OF petroleum in 1920 is 6SS.474.25I
barrels against 554,5O5,O4S barrels
in 1919, according TO figures as
sembled by the American Petroleum
Institute. This represents a gain OF
1889 1908 barrels or 24.2 per cent.
OF the total production in 1920 the
United States supplied 443,4O2.OU0
barrels or 64.4 per cent. Mexico sup
piled l5S,SOO,O0O barrels biased on
exports Of that amount plus pro-
duction marketed at honeD, or %.
per cent Of the worlds output
BY far the greater gains were
made by the United States and
Mexico. United States production
increased from 377.7lS.OOO barrels in
1918 to 443,4O2OOO barrels in 1920.
a gain of 65,6S3,OOo barrels Of ia
per cent. Mexico increased from 81
O72.s54 barrels to 1853. 100000 barrels,
gain or 72,727.046 barrels or So
per cent
The estimated production by coun-
tries follows
The Washington herald., 1921-02-18
CROP REPORTER
MAY BE PERFECTED
Accurate Daily Figures on
Worlds Supply Being De-
veloped, Says S. Agresti.

CHICAGO, Feb. l7.-SignOra Oil
via Rosetti Agresti, representing
the International Institute of Ag-
riculture, in Rome, told leading
grain men at a conference here that
world crop reporting system so
efficient that accurate figures on
world supply would be available
daily to all countries is being de-
veloped.
Signora Agresti, who came TO
America to consult with agriCul-
tural experts. declared that the
leading governments which took
part in organizing the institute
several years ago are now striving
to make the machinery so complete
that other world crop reporting
systems would be unnecessary. A
bill to cover Americas share of the
expense OF maintaining the insti-
tute is pending before Congress.
Monthly Report Now in Vogue.
The institute now sends out a
monthly report on world conditions
1t is planned to provide a weekly
SCI VICE SUM ana GNenludllN a Odlly
service. Signora Agresti said. She
referred to the institute as a TEN
pie of Commerce" which. when or
Ganized to high efficiency. will mar
row down price fluctuations in all
countries and prove satisfactory tc
farm organizations. many of which
seek to establish new market re-
porting systems.
Leaders of the institute have
characterized the grain exchanges
as the true friend of the farmer
she said, because they provide Z
continuous market. while commodi.
ties without such arketing ma
chinery often are forced through {
period of chaos"
Grimm In Attendance.
The conference was attended by
Clifford Thorne. counsel for tn,
American Farm Bureau Federation
President Joseph P. Griffin, of tn,
Chicago Board of Trade, and man,
| other agricultural marketing ex
The Washington herald., 1921-02-18
BALTIMORE GRAIN.

BALTIMORE, Feb. l7.-FIour-
Quotations for -four, per barrel, in
9Spound sacks carload Iots):
Winter patent. s9.25a9.5O; winter
straight, SSaS.25; spring patent,
S9.5Oa9.75; spring straight. sS.5Oa9;
hard winter patent, &9.5Oaa75; hard
winter straight, sS.5Oa9: rye -four.
medium to white. s725a9.25; corn
meal, 100 lbs. $2.25a2.5O; city mills,
9S-lb sacks. $1O.75; city mills, win
ter straight. s1O.5O; city mills,
blended patent, SLIPS; city mills.
spring patent, SLIPS.
Wheat-Bag lots of nearby wheat
by sample, as to quality and condi-
ton, sold at &1.57, s1.65 and $3.50
bus. The market was quiet and the
tone rather easy in the morning.
but prices were%only slightly off
Midday quotations were: No. 2 red
winter spot, s1.s6%; No. red gar
licky spot, s1.S3k.
Car lot sales included 5000 bus
March, $685.; 5000 bus March,
s1.S34. A cargo of No. red winter
garlicky wheat sold at $1.74 per bus
Closing prices were: No. red
winter, spot, $1.941h; No. red win
ter garlicky, spot. s1.S2; February
1872; March, S1.S2k.
Corn-Cob corn is steady at Sac
40 Dbl for car lots of prime yellow
on spot Track yellow corn, No. ;
or better, for domestic delivery,
was quoted at about SAC in car lots
Contract spot was sac at noon.
Cargoes on grade sold at 81S c
for No. 2 and 7S&c for No. 3, botf
white and yellow corn. A car OIL
No. 4 mixed, to go in, sold at 500
per bus.
Closing prices: Contract, spot
S24c; February. S24c; March. sc
Track and cob corn closed at the
mornings figures.
Oats-No. 2 white were quoted al
fS1ac in the forenoon and No.
white at 47a471ac.
Sales included car No. white
No. 2 elevator, 47zc.
Market steady at the close al
431Ac for No. 2 and 4715c for No. ;
white oats.
Rye-Around midday No. West
tern spot was quoted at SLIP.
A car of No. Western rye sole
at S1.71 per bus.
Prices lower at the close on a
basis of S1.SS for No. 2 Western
spot.
Hay-Standard timothy, s25a25.5o
No. 2 timothy, $24a2450: No. 3 tim.
othy, $17a22;, No. l light clover
mixed, s23a23.50; No. 2 light clover
mixed, S19a22; No. 1 clover mixed
S21a22; No. clover mixed, s16.5Os
20; No. 3 clover mixed, s13a16: No
clover, s23.50a24.50; No. 2Jclover
s16.50a2o; No. clover, s13a1S; sam
pie hay, s10a15.
Straw-Per ton: No. l tangled
s17; No. 2 tangled, SIS; No. 1 wheat
S14a14.50; No. 2 wheat, s13a13.50
No. oat (nominaD, s1sa1s.5o; No
ost. s1ss17.
The Washington herald., 1921-02-18
PHILADELPHIA PRODUCE.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Feb. IL
Butter-Further advanced 1Aa1c.
Fresh solid-packed creamery, fancy,
high-scoring goods. 49a51c: extras.
4Sc; extra firsts, 46a47c; firsts, 4Oa
use; seconds, 3Oa3Sc; sweet cream
cry. choice to fancy, 5Oa52c; fair to
good, 39a49c; prints jobbing at 5Sa
so for fancy and 4Sa57c for fair to
choice.
Eggs-In good demand and ease
higher. Quotations: Nearby firsts,
81 re per dozen; nearby current re-
ceipts, 36hc; Western extra firsts,
SIC; do, firsts, IS 1aa36c; inferior lots
lower; Southern, 34c; fancy candleo
eggs jObbing at 46a47c; fair to good,
4Oa45c
Live Poultry-Fowls. fancy. 37a
3sc; medium, 35a36c: small and in
ferior. 31a34c; white Leghorns
fowls. 33a35c; spring chickens, broil-
ers, 40a45c; young roosters, fancy,
soft-meated, 35a36c; shaggy, young
roosters. 27a29c: old roosters, 24a
Csc; turkeys, fancy, 45a52c; do, ordi-
nary. S5a43C; ducks, white, Pekin,
43a45c; mixed colors, 4Oa42c; do,
MuscoYy, 2Sa30c: geese, 2Sa32c; pig
cons, per pair. 55a6Oc.
Dressed Poultry-Fowls, fresh
killed. dry-picked, in boxes, weigh
ing 412a5 lbs and over apiece, 3shc;
weighing 4 lbs, Csc; weighing 81
lbs, 34a36c; weighing lbs. 3a33c;
fowls, fresh-killed, in bbls, dry
picked, weighing 4a5 lbs apiece, dry
packed, 39C; weighing 81 lbs, 32a
34c; weighing 3 lbs and under, %
a31c; roasting chickens. Western,
dry packed, in boxes, weighing Az
al lbs and over apiece, 39a4Oc,
weighing 4 lbs, 37a3Sc; roasting
Obs K9ns. Western, packed, IN
bbls, weighing 4a5 lbs and over
apiece, 39a4Oc; flyers, Western, dry
packed, weighing 3a3la lbs apiece,
33a35c; brOilers. Western, dry-pick-
ed, Weighing IL az lbs apiece, Asa
45C; broilers. nearby, weighing IL
az lbs apiece, 46a4Sc; roasting
chickens, nearby, weighing 4a5 lbs
and over apiece, 39a4Oc: fryers,
nearby, Weighing 3a3h lbs apiece,
| 34a36c; turkeys, spring, fancy Vir-
ginia and West Virginia, 61a62c;
do. do, Western, dry-packed, soc;
do, do, oil dtoms, 55a56c; do, do. fair
to good 45a5Oc; old ROSTERS dry
picked, 29c.
The Washington herald., 1921-02-18
BALTIMORE PRODUCE.

BALTIMORE, Feb. 17.-Butter-
Creamery, fancy, ID, 46a47C; choice,
44a45c; good, 42a43c; prints, Ala
aSc: blocks, 46a47c; ladle, 2Sa30c;
MARYLAND and Pennsylvania rolls, 20
.2lc; Ohio rolls, 2Oa22C; West Vir-
vfnia rolls. 2Oa21C; Maryland, Vir-
rfnia and Pennsylvania dairy prints.
,3a25c: store packed, zoe; process
butter, 33a35c.
Eggs - Maryland, Pennsylvania
and nearby firsts, 34a35c; Western,
Hrsts. 34a35c: West Virginia. frsts.
pa35c; Southern, frsts. 33a34c; duck
riggs. SOC.
Live neutrality-suspicious.. old hens.
lbs. and over, 32a33c; small to
medium. 32a33C; White Leghorns,
&c; old roosters, 22c; young. large,
l6a2Sc; young chickens, lbs. and
under. 4Oa45c; White Leghorns. 35a
,6c. rough. poor, thin to shaggy,
l2c: ducks, young Pekins, lbs. and
over. 3Sa39c; puddle, 37a3SC; Mus
.ovy. SAC: smaller. 32c; geese, near
bv. fat, soc: Western and Southern.
! .6a2Sc: Kent Island. 32a33c; all sec
siOns. poor and thin, Csc: pigeons,
young. pair. 45a50c; old, 45a5Oc;
guinea fowl, young. liz lbs and
fover. each. 65a75c; turkeys, choice
hens, 53a54c; young gobbIers, SIC;
old toms, 4Sc; poor and crooked
breast. 4OC.
Dressed pOultry-Turkeys young
,boice to fancy. 55a56c: fair to good
I8a54c; old toms, 5Oa52c: poorly
dressed and thin, 40a42c; chickens
choice, young, 36a3sc; old and mixed
,s-oEo. ola rOOsfars 19s9Ac. d,,clyy
.hoice to fancy. 3Sa42c; geese. choice
20 fancy. nearby, 34a35c; Western
md Southern. 3Oa82c; capons, 7 lbs
md over. soc; medium, 4Sc: small
Tlze, acc.
The Washington herald., 1921-02-18
Call Money Free \
Att Per Cent Rate

NEW YORK, Feb. 17.-Call money
was freely offered at the per cent
renewal figure on the Stock EX-
change. and on the outside, money
loaned as heretofore at about 6 per
cent
The feature in time money was
that in contrast with last week and
previous weeks, when there was
practically no money obtainable,
some funds were available at Z per
cent for 60 and 80 days, and quo-
tations were as low as 6h per cent,
but transactions under per cent
were exceptionally light The COM
mercial situation shows very little
change and improvement is ex-
pected to develop very slowly.
In prime mercantile paper. the
situation can be judged from the
reports that that market was lit
tie better to the extent that prime
paper was being discounted at IN
per cent.
Prime bank acceptances are still
in larger supply than demand and
rates are unchanged.
The Washington herald., 1921-02-18
Decline in Wholesale
Prices Continue

The Bureau of Labor Statistics,
United States Department of Labor,
announces that its wholesale price
index for January. 1921. is III COM
pared with i89 in December, 1920.
The index shows a decline Of 81
per cent for the last month and a
drop of IS per cent from the high
point reached in May, 1920. The
great decline occurred in the case
d house furnishing G~ods which
cropped from 346 in December TO
1873 in January. a total decline of
more than IS per cent. Prices of
farm products have declined nearly
IS per cent from the record prices
reached in the early months of 1920
Food prices are also down ~ per
cent and. according to this index
are now at about the level reaChe
n the early months Of 1917.
The Washington herald., 1921-02-18

In addition practically all our
silk clothing and wearing apparel
is made in this country. With the
exception of spun silk our imports
are relatively small compared to
our manufactured products, and
even here the Tariff Commission
reports that imports are supple
mentary rather than competitive.
Similar figures and similar con-
illusions could be given for any one
of a dozen or more commodities
which are being discussed before
the Congressional Committee. Manu-
facturers are urging the necessity
of higher tariff, while importers
and others are claiming that these
rates are not needed and will have
a disastrous effect. In the main
neither of these groups appear to
have the best interests of the coun-
try as a whole at heart. Many men
are willing to subscribe to a general
principal for the guidance of the
other fellow. but they can cite in
Vulnerable reasons why 1t should
not apply to their own business.
Among the items for which tariff
protection has been requested is a
duty of 5000 per cent on imports
Of pummice stone. To the ordinary
citizen it would appear that If we
cannot produce pummice stone
without a tariff of this sort per-
haps it would be better to let some
one else do it and devote our en-
ergy to lines where we do not need
such a handicap.
Some twenty-odd years ago there
were heated arguments on the in
PRODUCTION of labor-saving machin-
cry into industry. The dire effect
of this upon labor was pointed out
Yet such machinery was and still is
| being introduced. Labor has ad'
justed itself to these conditions ant
has been greatly benefited by 1t
In this respect the United States
surpasses any other country, anC
because of it we are enabled to com
pete with other countries and main
tain a higher level of wages thar
anywhere else.
Is it not possible that the same
reasoning applies to the tariff Ques
ton? We have lots of things tina
we must export If we would sci
abroad we must be willing to bu!
their products Would it not be bet
ter to devote our energies to pro
ducing those things which we cal
do efficiently and economically ant
to buy those things which othe
countries can produce to better ad
vantage than we? Infant and essen
tial industries need to be protected
but one does not usually think /
necessary TO furnish an expensiv
bOdyguard for a giant
The suggestion of the Nations
Foreign Trade Council that. we hav
a tariff law which will enable US t
bargain with foreign countries /
order to secure favorable terms 70
our own exports, has very much t
commend it. There is grave DANCE
in making a hard and fast tariI
revision under present world con
ditiOns. The question of exChang
depreciation is sure to enter int
the duties levied, A tariff law can
Manufactured Silk in 1914