The Holly chieftain., 1922-02-23


eral Daugherty as to the legal limits
within which such associations could
operate. Mr.. Daugherty In reply
holds that their activities do not con-
travene the provisions of the anti
trust act unless In actual practice they
suppress competition, curtall produc-
tion or enhance prices. They may
standardize grades, quality and proc
esses; furnish information as to f.
nanciai responsibility handle nsur-
ance and engage In cooperative nd
vertising: gather statistics of produc-
tion, distribution and wages for the
information of the secretary of COM
merce; and they may provide stand
ard system OF cost accounting, but
should be warned to guard against
uniform cost as TO any item of -
pense.
1T APPEARS likely there will be
1 general strike of coal miners on
@hPih \ IL 10 prey ny Rof-
ernment Intervention. The United
Mine Workers of America are In con-
ventiOn In indianapolis and have re-
ceived the report Of the scale COM
mittee positively declaring against the
wage reductions which have been de-
manded by the operators. Indeed,
some Increases are asked by the men.
though they do not demand the six
hour day and fve-day week. The re-
port says:
I'm event no agreement is reached
by April l, we declare in favor Of
general suspension Of mining opera
tions, such action being subject to a
referendum vote Of the membership
of the United Mine Workers of Ameri-
lea, such referendum to be held prior
to March 81"
D ELIGIoUS factions in Belfast
N fought bitterly throughout the
week and about two score persons were
killed and many wounded. The British
troops there took hand in the melee,
making bayonet charges on both sides
impartially, but were unable to stop
the sniping and bomb throwing.
Michael Collins, head of the Irish
Free State, went to London and after
conference with Sir James Craig
announced that they had agreed upon
the appointment Of liaison commits
sions from the Free State and Ulster
that will patrol the frontier and pre-
vent bloodshed. He also said he had
Obstetrics. The evacuation of the
Free State by British troops had been
halted, but on Mr.. Collins representa-
tions it was resumed.
EROM Paris comes the prediction
l. that the conference on the
economic rehabilitation of Europe will
be postponed until May, and shifted
probably from Genoa to Rome, Milan
or Verona. The reasons advanced are
the delay in forming new Italian
government, the insistence Of France
on preliminary meeting to decide
on the agenda, and the alleged fact
that the United States will not de-
termine the extent Of Its participation
until the senate has acted on the Wash
ington conference treaties.
The German delegation to the con-
ference, which will be headed by DR..
Walther Rathenau, foreign minister,
will be armed with elaborate argu-
ments to prove that the reparations
clauses in the treaty Of Versailles must
be abandoned or radically altered II
the financial salvation of Europe Is
to be accomplished. Rathenaus idea
Is that the interests of all will be best
served If there is almost complete
cessation Of payments during 1922 and
If Germany Is permitted to pay In
goods and work instead of cash.
L L nate, learned on Wednesday that
he is not so much the master of Ger
many MS he thought. After debate
In the reichstag in which he and his
Peoples party were bitterly assailed
the government was given vote Of
confidence. This was victory not
only for Chancellor, Wirth but also
for Doctor Rathenau and the indus
trial group that is opposed to SHINES.
a MOTHER of the gangs of SWIM
4 dlers that prey on Ignorant foreign
residents has been uncovered, this
time in Chicago. The victims were de-
frauded Of millions of dollars by means
comparable to those employed by