Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-07-29
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one present voted to donate their pay
for one day this week to the tctNllc
strikers at Charlotte, Concord ana
Kannapois. Committees, including
delegates from the seventeen labor
unions here, were appointed TO sec
every member Of the unions not pres
-: ent andsask for similar action. 1t IS
: said every man or woman carrying a
card here will give days pay to help
: strikers in their fight against rcduc-
tion in wages. In addition to this ac-
ton an Asheville delegation will leave
( here Thursday to visit the other cities
in the state to ask that similar action
:, be taken by every central labor union
in North Carolina. The action taken
by organized labor in "Ashevilic, vii:
: raise at least $4,000 in this city, ac-
cording to James +. Barrett, editor OF
the Asheville Advocate and Charlotlo
Labor Herald.
The statement is made authorita-
lively, in a dispatch from. spencer. n.
c. that all of the crafts on the South-
ern Railway system have agreed Win
officials as to wages to be pald skllleu
and unskilled labor and that the con
tract between the company and WORK
ers will be signed when fourteen minor
points as to rules governing working
conditions have been settled. infor-
nation comes from the same authority
that these points are already near an
agreement and that the delay IN sign
ing the contract will be incident prln.
cipally to the approval of the national
labor board. which may take a lie"
weeks. II is also stated that the
Southern railway officials submitted
fewer rules to be agreed upon than
any other road in the United states
tI> 1,ox hnon anna rpnf
desire on the part of the Southern or
ficers to give the workers on the sys-
tenn all the consideration possible, both
as to wages and working conditions.
In a statement of its financial con-
dition, issued Wednesday, the war n
nance corporation showed cash credit
on hand, with the treasurer OF the
United States OF S403,S27, ,T71.29. Out
standing loans amounted to S99,903,-
839.39. Of (which S65,S56,479.59 repre-
sented loans made under its war pow
crs. Outstanding loans under export
finance authority totalled So, ,359.S0.
Total. loans heretofore made agSregat-
ed $3.50, ,586,O49.5S, while rcpayments ag"
grcgated S259,6S2,2l019 While th'
$400, 100000 credit with the treasurer
would be available for payments TO lhe
railroads in the event OF the passag'
of legislation suggested to congress o!
President Harding, corporation Officials
declared that it would. probably not be
considered advisable TO withdraw the
whole sum from the treasury, as l.
would necessitate the treaSury's bof-
rowing the money for the purpose
which could be done by the corporation
itself.
The House ways and means COM
mittee took up the, burden of building
a new tax law Tuesday with numer-
Gus witnesses on hand for the opening
session Of hearings at which SuEgeS-
tions Will be heard on all phases or TAX
revision, While Chairman Fordncy oil
the committee, who said he would IN
sist on limiting the hearings 10 foui
days, expressed the belief that th'
revenue bill would be ready for slh'
House in about three weeks, othci
House leaders said they bellcVed II
could not be put into shape SO quick
". Among other tax plans to wnlci
members nf the committee are unccr-
stood TO be giving consdrrat tinn in
stheir search for methods to raise the
Approximately four billion dollars oi
revenue required is a return TO tht
three cent postage stamp. Stamp tax
es, including Il levy on bank checks'
also probably will be considered a.
possible features Of the bill. although
many members Of the committee are
frankly opposed To tho idea. na'
tax on corporations to offset losses re-
suiting from repeal OF the excess pro-
fits levy, which is regarded as certain,
is the most generally supported "i thC
proposed maj ior assessments, haflnH
the endorsement also of Sccrctay Mel
lon. Committee leaders said they be-
l..
Is per cent levy on corporations IN
comes with the present $1,000 cXcmp-
ton abolished.
An announcement by the Greek Of
fetal agency late Wednesday said the
Turkish losses in killed. wounded,
prisoners and missing amount to Is
per cent. of their entire lighting
strength in Asia Minor. Tho state
ment claims that Greeks have driven
such q wedge into the Turkish Ma
tionalist lines that the Kem;tlist forces
at Angora, the capital on the northern
branch Of the Bagdad railway, have
been cut Off from those at konch, on
the main line of the railway l5O miles
to the south. 1T is confirmed, says
the ,statement, that the Turks lost
heavily in the last ten days "l hShtlns
which resulted in the occupation OF
ESkl- SnClr anu lIlc lcLlc'iL III ~Si'
Turkish forces. 1t now can be stated
that the enemy lost more than three
quarters Of his forces in guns and in
men killed and wounded, prisoners and
descrters. The greater part of the
Turkish divisions lost most of the ef-
fectives. The number Of rifles and
the quantities Of munitions abandoned,
which are being found daily, arc
steadily increasing. Eight heavy guns
were taken by enc OF our divisions
alone in three days. Having occupied
Afiun- -KarahiSsar, kutaia, ESki Shchl'
and Billcdgik, which now comprise our
consolidated front, our troops in the
northern sector ard those OF the
southern sector have effected q juno
ton and form Il connected line. In the
center the enemy front has been Erok-
en- and his troops at Angora have been
separated from those ut konrh."
-ReductiOn Of the United States
army to Il peace time strength Of 15O.-
900 men will be accomplished by july
81, in accordance with the decision OF
congress when it refused TO appro-
pirate funds for pay of Il greater force
after October /. With the reduction,
Secretary Weeks announced Tuesday
there would he a general rcdiStrlbu-
ton of troops, practical abandonment
of seven Of The great war time army
cantonmcntS, Placement of many or
ganiZltionS on the inactive list and
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