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Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1922-11-02
NEXT MEETING PLACE LEFT 70
THE MODERATOR AND ciGRk;
! supoEr CAUSES DEBATE.
AL LINES SHOW PROGRESS
Set Apart -Four Weeks For Study Of
stewardshIp-Rev II N. Sweets
t Y Addresses tho Meeting.

AAuCOluSVus AASoA - oVosASA s~sANo
two days, during which q vast volume
Of business was transacted and many
matters Of importance to the church
considered and discussed, tho Presby.
terian Synod Of North Carolina ad'
1ourned here, after delegating to the
moderator and stated clerk the task
of selecting the next place Of meeting,
the members to be notified after de-
cesion has been reached.
The outstanding feature Of the final
session was perhaps the lengthy dis
cussion and opposition to a position
Of the recommendation Of the perma'
nent committee on Stewardship, touch
ing the budget for the coming year.
Some Of the speakers held to the opin.
ion that the expense budget is too
great. and that pastors and sessions
could collect the benevolent fund Of
the church, and thus eliminate the ex
penditure Of $1,000 in salary to the
synodioal manager.
A substitute recommendation was a.
nally adopted, instructing the commit
tee TO appropriate Is per cent of the
amount and calling on tho committee
on Stewardship to assume the remain
ing rs per cent, but with the provision
that in case the committee declines to
do this the original recommendation
will stand, chat is, the budget as rec
ommended by the committee.
Resolutions Of appreciation Of the
hospitality extended to the members
of the synod and visiting church peo'
pie Of the citizens Of Lincolnton were
adopted.
Emphasizing the fact that "the
Church of God has a mission In the
world" and that Christian men and wo
men have got to lead young people tt
understand what this mission Is, Rev
Henry H. Sweets, D. D., Of Louisville
KY. secretary Of the executive com
d mittee OF Christian education and min
isterial relief Of the general assembl!
Of the church, made an address Il
which he emphasized all Of the cause
Of the assembly.
Reports submitted included that o
the committee on bills and overture
and that Of the committee on women
work. Rev. F. @. Bell submitted tn
report Of regents Of Barium Spring
Orphans Home.
Pastors Of the North Carolina syr
cd are expected to set aside four week
in next February and March for tn
study OF stewardship and March IS ha
been set aside for the. Every.Membe
campaign of the church In the
port Of the stewardship committee
the North Carolina Synod Of which D
]. H. Henderlite Is chairman.
The report showed progress in a
lines of the work Of promoting stev
), ardship and pointed out that the con
. mittee on authorization Of the syne
now in session here has engaged J.
spillman to devote his full time
the work.
, Other reports presented shove
I progress In all lines Of the church
. activities and Dr.. W. q. Hills repo
on woman's work showed an increa'
!, in membership which now number 8
} auxiliaries in this synod with q tot
/. enrolment Of 1856 whose contrib
. tion for the last fiscal year total'
$19S,l37.
Evening star., 1922-10-01
AS / See 1t
CONTINUED from Firs, Page.)

er obnoxious tariff schedules and
then to have given the President the
power to change them. Congress also
took off a lot of nuisance taxes AZ.
slipped on a number of income Drack-
cts to replace tho 1u1sance. Laws
we're passed to Investigate the coal
business and to make it easier for
the sick soldier. Nothing seriously
bad was done. Along with lot OF
side-stepping no really backward
step was taken, although the Con-
sress was controlled by reactionaries.
who were eager to go back to Mark
Hanna's day. Considering everything,
what we reasonably feared and what
we partially got, Congress was not
the affiiction it might have been II
public opinion had not held it IN
check. A democratic Congress might
have done worse, but not much worse.
For public opinion would have oper-
ated there as it has operated on this
Congress.
The truth is that this is a govern
ment Of opinion. Campaign clap-trap.
platform promises and programs.
party tradition and party leaders
make no very great difference in the
bills that come out of the congress
sional hopper. The folks get what
they want. 1t Is a mystery how. But
they do. The American Constitution
makes no provision for responsible
government. But public opinion oper-
ating, Heaven only knows how, gets
responsible government.
And SO We shuttle along. One Con-
sress is like all Congresses. We seem
to have standardized even the ways
of Providence.
Evening star., 1922-10-01
BY BEN McKELwAY.

n Y the end Of the year. provided
negotiations now pending arc
successful, upward of half a
billion dollars will be in
vested in loans throughout Latin
America, an indication Of how large
part American money is going to
play in developing the resources of
the South American republics. Vir-
tually all of the southern republics
have fioated loans here during the
last few months, and arrangements
are now underway which will result
in the exchange Of many millions
more within a short time. Accord
ing to financial experts who have
watched the transactions, this large
investment OF capital will do a great
deal toward fastening Latin Amer
ica's economic adjustment, increasing
trade and developing her own indus
tries.
Although many of the loans have
been obtained by the republics with
the end in view of funding their in
debtedness. large part of the money
Is to be used in public works-road
building, railroad construction, cleo
trifcation of railways. development
or mineral resources. sanitation of
cities. And much Of the material
the United States. Aside from the
fact that the credit of the southern
republics; with very few exceptions,
always has been good, the loans re-
Gently negotiated are considered in
vestments Of the first order. which
the lender as well as the borrower.
More Millions Sought.
Since January, approximately s132,-
100000 has been obtained from Amer
lean bankers by various Latin Amer
ican republics, and arrangements are
pending which should result within
a very short time in the loan of
$500. 100000 or more additional.
Haiti has just secured loan here
OF $16,O0O,000. bonds for which will
be the first Haitian issue ever sold
in the United States, Haiti having
always borrowed from France. The
money Is to be used in freeing the
country from all pressing obligations
and thereby pave the way for the
introduction of much needed tax re-
forms. 1t Is interesting TO note in
this connection that Haiti. in obtain
ing the loan here. is able to make
use of the abnormal rate of exchange
The lowered value of the franc. which
has fallen to more than half its for
mer value. will enable Haiti TO pay
its debt Of 67.000.000 francs in dol
lars at less than half the amount
previously required. The surplus
will be used in the settlement Of in
ternal debts and for public works.
Cuba. which obtained a loan Of
s5,000.000 last winter, used to settle
her more pressing liens. is about to
obtain Il loan of s50,000,000 in this
country. Though the loan was the
cause of some controversy in Cuba,
the lower House Of the Cuban con-
gress has approved it and similar
action on the part Of the senate to-
morrow is expected.
Loans to Southern Republics.
Salvador obtained a loan here re-
Gently of sl6.0O0.000, which is being
used to fund her external indebted
ness and in public works. Bolivia
recently closed transaction by
which she obtains $24.o0O.00O and is
planning extensive operations in the
interior for developing her petroleum
and other mineral deposits and for
the construction of several hundred
miles of railroad which will connect
| her with two transcontinental sys-
Evening star., 1922-10-01
BY.sAMUEL GOMPERS,
President, American Federation o
Labor,

RESPECTS for the industrial
- future Of the United States are
the subject Of discussion every
where. No man or woman in
America can escape an interest and
responsibility regarding our future. ,
In the course Of these articles we
have examined the causes Of the un-
rest which has been so clearly mani
fest and we have taken account or
methods and policies which have pro-
duced discord. We have done this at
q time when the nation has been
stirred to profound depths by reason
OF the stoppaee of work on the part
Of coal miners and railroad workers
Scientists know that certain causes
can be relied upon to produce GER
tain effects. Having that in mind
it would be possible to answer the
question, what Of the future! oS
saving that If there is an insistence
unon polic,es and practices which we
have seen to be ruinous and produc-
tive 2of distrust and unrest in the
past there will be inevitably a cor
responding distrust and unrest IN
the future. IL, on lhe oeheA ..onC,
futility of such methods and policies
is recognized and more construc-
tive attitude is adopted. by those
who are responsible for the employ
ment policies in great industries,
there will be a responding evidence
Of good will on the part. of workers
which will prove profitable not only
to employers but to the country as
a whole.
I believe I see signs Of improve
ment on the horizon. I believe the
great onslaught against organiza-
tions Of. the workers has spent its
force. believe the. terrific, sweep
ing attack organized and conducted
by powerful financial interests and
by great organizations Of reaction
ary employers. operating in conjunc-
ton with great financial interests,
has been brought virtually to a stop
by the heroic resistance of the or
gani1ed workers and by the force
Of an aroused and thoughtful public
injured by the brutal display of
power and unreason directed against
labor. Consider for a moment these
facts:
!. The dominating factors in Amer
lea Industrial life are the railroads,
the, steel industry and the coal in
dustry.
g. The steel industry about a year
ago arbitrarily ordered a reduction
in wages of approximately 20
per cent. Observing what was trans
piring on the railroads and in the
coal mines, and having an eye to the
future, tho steel trust has restored
wages to the level existing before
the last reduction: OF course, the
damage done by the reduction, but it
has, at any rate. restored wages to
the figure existing prior to the re-
duction. 1t has to that extent recog-
nized the end Of the period Of de
f1ation of labor" and retrogression.
8. The organized coal mine owners
of the country have suffered inglor-
ious defeat in their efforts to reduce
the wages Of the miners. After a
the mine workers have compelled the
,nine oWusG1 = ahaadon thAis pelto1
Evening star., 1922-10-01
BY EDWARD NELSON DIxGLEY.
OWN in one corner of the old
structure occupied by the War
Trade Board during the world

structure occupied by the War
Trade Board during the world
war, packed tier on tier in
a dozen or more large rooms. is one
of the most interesting sights in
Washington. II is d museum of vital
statistics charting the war trade of
the United States with all other COM
mercial nations. detailing the exports
ard imports, and comprising the rec
ords of thousands and thousands OF
citizens of all nationalities touching
their loyalty, if suspected. This vast
museum looks like the card index
system Of half a dozen gigantic cor
porations with all the railroads of
the country thrown in.
When the United States declared
war on Germany in April, 1917, it
became necessary to regulate and
direct foreign trade for the most
vigorous and effective prosecution Of
poses: Commercial isolation of the
enemy, financial isolation of the
enemy, obtaining essential supplies
and conservation of ocean tonnage.
The machinery employed to produce
these results was centralized in the
war Trade Board; and while the
United States was in the war and
for more than a year after. the War
Trade Board possessed more power
than the proverbial car OF Russia
or any potentate elsewhere on this
terrestrial sphere. This board was
tho most autocratic and all-powerful
organization in the nations history
1t was supreme dictator in the COM
mercial and economic activities OF
lilo, 100000 people.
Records Indexed.
Every export Of American mer-
chandise Of whatever nature, every
import OF foreign goods, every ship
employed for export or import was
under the control Of the War Trade
Board. At the peak of it's activities
it comprised personnel or over
5000 people, including counselors,
the world. bureaus Of research, or
intelligence OF exports and imports
and an army of assistants 1t was a
vast and expensive organization. 1t
was a human machine, the like or
which never before was aaTSr RnoMn viii M
ourehistory and probably never VIII
be known again.
In this museum of records now re-
poses a card index giving the name
Of every exporting firm. every license
granted and every importing firm
More than 100000 export licenses were
granted, and each one, with full de-
tails attached, may be found here
properly inde1ed. The government
undertook to control exports in order
to supply the American expeditionary
forces. and allocate food and sup
plies to all allied and neutral coun-
tries, and keep the food and sup
plies away from the enemy.
The policy of restricting imports
into the United States tended to raise
prices throughout the country. The
War Trade Board undertook to stop
the evil Of profiteering and hold every
importer to strict account. In this
museum Of records now repose the
biography of every importer. the
record Of every importation and its
destination and use; also an agree
ment or guaranty not to proffteer.
Purpose of the Control.
The purpose of this absolute con-
troll through individual export Ii
censes was to insure the retention in
the Uniteds States Of commodities
nSceaqAxY to1 tha maintenance Of tbs
Evening star., 1922-10-01

increment for a few, I am sure that
will cause no anguish except to the
arrogant one-half Of l per cent
OF our population which contributes
neither Intelligence nor initiative to
our material. mental or spiritual
progress.
Labor and Management.
For the future the great need is
for a drawing together of the forces
that contribute usefully to the pro-
cesses Of production. We have seen
the devastation brought by control
over industry exercised by high
finance which is interested primarily
and chiefly in profits and only in pro-
duction that d! yields the. largest
profits. It has been said, principally
by the enemies Of labor, that the
American federation Of Labor holds
the interests Of labor and capital to
be identical.
This. Of course, is vicious untruth.
because labor holds the interest," OF
useful humanity above every otner
interest about which we know. Capt.
tai is merely the stored.up wealth
created by labor in industry ana
utilized for further production OF
wealth.
So far as production is concerned,
the interests OF capita! an, ana nacss, ia0ol,
sarily In conflict. but the present
dominating influence of the great ag-
eregations Of capital is not for pro-
duction purposes, except incidentally
to the making Of profits.
The interests Of labor and manage
ment are much more nearly along
similar channels. Each has distinct
function to perform; each, when free
to function naturally and normally,
strives for tho same goal.
Perhaps can achieve something In
the direction OF clarifying the impor-
Of ef sstabssins the bes
possible relations, the importance OF
giving industry q chance to be In
dustry instead Of a, power house FOR
banking institutions. by quoting from
the remarks Of Viscount Haidane at
a recent meeting OF the Nationai IN J
stitute of Psychology In London:
1--WE had reached q stage where
more and more the mere mechanical
work was being done by the machine
electricity would make q still greater
revolution in this direction-and man.
ual labor was getting to be more ana
more tho directing of the machine.
In other words mind was coming
into the business Mind was very
Important thing. It was not capital
that created wealth. nor labor, but
mind. One of the objects Of the in
stitute was, as far as possible, to
relieve labor from the sense that men
and women were only machines. Their
aim was not to get the utmost out of
the individual without regard to the
individuals own concern"
Importance Of Management.
Our future welfare, development
and prosperity. require that there be
mutual respect and confidence thor
ouxh understanding and unity Of pur-
pose between those groups In and
around the Industrial world which
have as their prime object the max
ing and the distributing Of commodi-
ties for human use.- OF these groups
labor is, Of course, the largest and
the most important. Two other
groups. which are rapidly coming to
have q clearly defined identity and a
clearly defined function are those
generally known as management and
TT ~ < f,Sneftona of men An1arAd In
Evening star., 1922-10-01
Exit-The Pumpbandle,

The American Army has decided to
limit the salute from the enlisted man
to his commissioned officer to Army
posts and to actual greetings before
an unavoidable meeting Of the two.
That cuts the pumphandle down 80
per cent. The Army salute, as casual
fly-brushfng episode Of the streets, is
nuisance. 1t carries with 1t no re-
spect. 1t is a mere punetility-archaic
In its meaning and tiresome in its
observance. The great war left one or
two major blessings. One was a
thorough disgust among oficers and
enlisted men with the salute. The
other was the discovery by. the en-.
listed man that when the second lieu
tenant got his uniform off he wasn't
worth the murder they had sworn to
commit. Doubtless the other blessing
will follow. But the abandonment Of
the salute and the glaring fact that
the second lieutenant still lives prove
that the war was not fought in vain.
The world is. just tha much safer for
deuocHaoXA -.
Evening star., 1922-10-01

law permits search and, seizure OF
baggage and vehicles at all borders.
And in Canada the railroads are about
to refuse constgnments Of wet goods
to America. except where there are
customs houses. On top of this the
drys, who still control Congress, have
announced that they will demand a
dry law for ali American ships as
price fer supporting the Presidents
ship subsidy bill. Every day the law
stands on the statute books is a gain.
The saloon created appetites. The
bootlegger merely satisfies them. And
every day the saloon is out Of business
some customer of the bootlegger
either dies or swears off. The stars in
their courses are against the VETS
They might just as we'll take one
long. last. lingering swig Of wood al
cohol and forget their toubles. or just
forget them by thinking Of something
else. There is no more show for legal
ized light wines and beers than for a
legalization Of the lighter degrees Of
manslaughter.
Evening star., 1922-10-01

The Stars in Their Courses.
Gradually prohibition has tightened
~ grip upon the land. The new tariff
Evening star., 1922-10-01
BY HENRY ". BUM.

TINE following is a brief summary of
the most important news Of the
world for the week ended Septem-
Der 80:
Evening star., 1922-10-01
Purpose Of the Control.

Purpose OF the Control
The purpose Of this absolute con-
troll through individual export IL
censes was to insure the retention in
the Uniteds States Of commodities
InaceaaaxY tor thA maintenance Of ths
Evening star., 1922-10-01
FRANCE MAY BE FORCED
TO AID GREAT BRITAIN
Curzon Believed to Have Outwitted Poin'
care in Near East Agreement-War
Clouds Draw Nearer Dardanelles.
BY OLIVER OWEN KUHN.

1ITII muzzles down, superb
NNl cial indication of an ap-
" v parent lack of desire to
fight. Turkish troops today
Evening star., 1922-10-01

Mesepotamia.-Moseo reports receipt
Of a dispatch from Baku to the effect that
an anti-British revolt (preceded by a
might Of weeping') has broken out in Mes
Evening star., 1922-10-01

n Y the end Of the year, provided
X negotiations now pending arc
successful, upward of half a
billion Ndollars WILL he in
Evening star., 1922-10-01

: am confident, and all labor is con-
fident, that when management with
the help Of labor succeeds in releas-
lContinusd On TWelfth Ragal
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1922-02-17
Poultry Tour.

The tour of poultry farms ar
ranged by the Farm Bureau
was held as scheduled Monday
the 18th. The poultry farms of
Chas. Seuser, Ed. Liese, Ed. Ro-
dekohr, Amos Wahrenbrock and
Chas. Brockhoff were visited.
The purpose of the tour was pri-
marily the inspection of equip
ment and as these farms are ex-
ceptionally well equipped for
poultry raising everyone ex-
pressed themselves as very
highly pleased with the days
observation. About rs people
attended the tour.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1922-02-17
Old Soy Beans.

Farmers are being offered soy
beans by a great many seed
men at a price considerably be-
low the market. Evidence is
very good that these beans are
old seed. AS one year old beans
terminate not more than 500
it makes these beans very high
in the end. Lafayette County
farmers have an abundance OF
beans to supply the county de.
mand, all produced last year.
Safest proposition will be for
farmers desiring to keep n
touch with their neighbors who
have them for sale.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1922-02-17

be forced to run in the old dis
tricts, established ten years ago
during a Democratic regime
and, it is understood, he plain
ly told Republican leaders the
result would be anything but
gratifying from a party stand
point. Furthermore, it is an O.
pen secret that state Republi
can leaders are apprehensive of
the legislative election in Mis-
souri, this fall and, if the Demo-
Gratis win, the opportunity to
redistrict the state from the Re-
publican viewpoint will be lost.
The only hope Of reviving the
bill is to move that the Census
Committee be discharged from
further consideration and that
the measure be taken up by the
House in committee of the
whole. This, it is admitted, will
be difficult to pass.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1922-02-17
TwO Types Of Farm Houses.

Two Types of Farm Houses.
While the crowd was gathering
for the poultry tour, a most well
come surprise was sprung. At
Mrs. Ed. Roderkohr's the wom-
en- and men were invited in to
see a remodeled house. Mrs.
Rodekohr has a small type of
kitchen with built-in work ia
BILE, supply cupboard for the
dishes and pots and pans. A
person can sit at the work table
and reach almost any part of
the kitchen. This is a great step
saver for the busy house wife.
At Mrs. Amos Wahrenbrock's
the women saw the large type
kitchen arranged to good adj
vantage. AS both the large and
the small kitchens are good
types for farms, it was interest
ing to see the small and the
large kitchen, one right after the
other. The other conveniences
of the house were also shown.
All the people of the tour are
grateful to Mrs. Rodekohr and
Mrs. Wahrenbrock for their hos
pitality in showing the conven-
fences they are enjoying.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1922-02-17
WASHINGTON NEWS
LETTER

tBy The Capitol News Service.)
Refusal by the Census Com
mittee of the House to report
out an appropriation bill by a
vote of 8 to 5, and one demo-
cratic member not voting, prob
ably strikes a death blow to the
hopes of Governor Arthur M.
Hyde for redistricting Missouri
before the next general election.
The fact that four Republican
members joined with a like num-
Der of Democrats made the vote
conclusive and thus defeated the
desires Of the other five Repub-
licans, one of whom was Rep.
C. l. Faust of Missouri.
It was to obtain action on this
bill before adjournment of Con-
gress that Governor Hyde made
his recent trip to Washington
and, together with DR.. E. B.
Clements, chairman of the Re-
publican state committee, called
on President Harding, National
Chairman Adams and other
high officials presumed to have
influence with Congress. Gov
ernor Hyde insisted that unless
this bill were passed and author
ity given to redistrict the state
by a commission without ref
erence to the Legislature, the
Democrats of Missouri would in
woke the referendum on redis-
tricting bill passed last winter.
This, he commended, would sus-
pen the operation of that law
and members of Congress would