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Judsonia weekly advance., 1922-01-12
A NUT TO CRACK

During the month of October, 1921, Henry Ford's railroad yielded him a net revenue (prof- it} of $120,723.
 During the month of October, 1920, this road was owned by corporation, and the deficit was $126, 1892.
 The nut to crack" is this. Why should MT. Ford make $120 723 in operating the same road the same length of ti1ne that the corporation did and lost $126,- 492.
 It can't be claimed that MT. Ford did more business than the corporation, fol. he did $95,615 less. It can't be said that he paid less for labor, for wheh he took charge of the road he practically doubled wages.
 Neither an this be called an ex- ceptional month, for every month shows such large profits that MT. Ford has made four ap- plications to the government for permission to reduce freight rates on the plea that he is mak- ing too much money at the ex- pense of q needy people, a per- mission that the government re- fuses to grant.
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liberately intentional oppression, but rather with the conception that the marketing of farm products has not been modernized.
 An ancient evil, and a persistent one, is the undergrading of farm prod. ucts, with the result that what the farmers sell as of one quality Is re- sold as of higher. That this sort of chlcanery' should persist on any i'm portant scale in these days of busl- ness integrity would seem almost h. credible, but there Is much evidence that it does so persist. Even as I write, the newspapers announce the suspension of several firms from the New York Produce Exchange for ex- porting to Germany as No. 2 wheat a whole shipload of grossly inferior wheat mixed with oats, chaff and the like
 Another evil is that of inaccurate weighing of farm products, which, it Is charged, is sometimes a matter of dishonest intention and sometimes of protective policy on the part of the local buyer, who fears that he may weigh out" more than he weighs in"
 greater grievance is that at pres ent the field farmer has little or no control over the time and conditions of marketing his products, with the result that he Is often underpaid for ; his products and usually overcharged for marketing service. The differ- ence between what the fsssmer re- ceives and what the consumes pays often exceeds all possibility of justi- fcation To cite a single illustration. Last year, according to figures attest ed by the railways and the growers, Georgia watermelon-ralser received on the average 7.5 cents for melon. the railroads got 12.7 cents for carry ing it to Baltimore and the, consumer paid one dollar, leaving 79S cents for the service of marketing and its risks, as against POP cents for growing and transporting The hard annals of farm-life are replete with such com. mentaries on the crudeness of pres ent practices.
 Nature prescribes that the farmers goods" must be finished within two ov three months of the year, while financial and storage limitations gen erally compel him to sell them at the same times Ms rule, other industries are in a continuous process of finish ing goods for the markets; they dis tribute as they produce, and they can cnrtail production without too great injury to themselves or the commu- nifty; but if the farmer restricts his output, 1t is with disastrous conse- quenees, both to himself and to the community.
 The average farmer is busy with production for the major part of the year, and has nothing to sell. The bulk of his output comes on the mar sket at once. Because of lack of stor- age facilities and of financial support, the farmer cannot carry his goods
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through the year and dispose of them as they are currently needed. Ia the great majority of cases, farmers have to entrust storage-in warehouses and elevators-and the fnaneial carrying of their products to others.
 Farm products are generally marl keted at a time when there is a.
 gestion of both transportaton ara f1nance--when cars and H5oney are scarce. The outcomey a many i,s. stances, is that the farn CTS not only sell under pressure, and therefore at a disadvantageSout are compelled to take furthersreduetion in net returns. In order to meet the charges for the service of storing transporting, lnanc- ing, and ultimate marketing-which charges they claim, are often excess sive, bear heavily on both consumer and producer, and are under the con. trol of those performing the services. It Is true that they are relieved ot the risks of a changing market by selling at once ; but they are quite will
 Continued on Page Four)
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The whole rural world is in fer ment of unrest and there is an un' paralleled volume and intensity of de, termined,- if not angry, protest, and an ominous swarming of oecupational con ferences. interest groupings, political movements a4g propaganda, sucn. n. 2 2 turmoil cannotAbut arrest our atten- tion. Indeed, ft demands our careful study and examination. It is not like ly that six million aloof and ruggedly independent men have come together and banded themselves into active unions. societies, farm bureaus, and so forth, forsno sufficient cause. M
 Investigation of the subject conclu- sively proves that, while there is much oyerstatewent of grievances and mis conceptf6n of remedies, the farmers are right in complaining of|swrongs long. endured, and right in hofding that 1t is feasible to relieve their ills with benefit to the rest 0f the communitys This being the case of an industry that contributs sin the raw material form alone. abbut one-third. of the na-. tional annual wealth productieI and is the means of. livelihood of about 49 per cent of the population, 1t is ob- vious that the subject is one of grave copcern Not only do the farmers aiiIake up one-half of the nation, but ythe well-being of the other half de pends upon them.
 So long as we have nations, wise politcial economy will aim at large degree of national self-sufficiency and self-containment. Rome fell when the food supply was too far removed from the belly Like her. we shall destroy our own agriculture and extend our sources of food distantly and precari- ously, if we do not see to 1t that our farmers are well and fairly paid for their services. The farfS} gives the nation men as well as fosd. Cities derive their vitality and arA forever renewed from the country. butN Nn i'm poverished countryside exports intelli- gence and retains unlntelligence. Only the lower grades of mentality and character will remain on, or seek, the farm, unless agriculture is capable of being pursued with contentment and adequate compensation. Hence, to em- bitter and impoverish the farmer Is to dry up and contaminate- the vital sources of the nation
 The war showed convinclngly how dependent the nation is on the full productivity of the farms. Despite herculean efforts, agricultural produc- tion. kept only a few weeks or months ahead of consumption, and that only by increasing the acreage of certain staple crops at the cost of reducing that of others. We ought not to for get that lesson when we ponder 6n the farmers problems. They are truly common problems, and there should be no attempt to deal with them as If they were purely selfish demands of a clear-cut group, antagonistic to the rest of the community. Rather should we consider agriculture in the light of broad national policy, just as we consider oil, coal, steel, dye stuffs, and so forth, as sinews of na- tional strength. Our growing popula- ton and higher standard of living demand increasing food supplies, and more wool, cotton, hides, and the rest. With the disappearance of free or cheap fertile land, additional acreage and increased yields can come only
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} $ HYDRO
 ELECTRIC PLANT

ar Toronto, Canada, 1iic : ust been completed the 'sgleatest hydro electric
 ant, with a capaci oI
 horsepower.
 evelopers of the project
 market for 100000 h. D. ! it's completion, and al
 J GOO Horsepower now is
 stributed over a network er lines to 348 cities,
 hamlets within the big
 pien radius, at an aver ! pe of $40 to $22 per horse Hol power and two cents Hwatt hour for light. 5 tremendous energy, at khpsal of manufacturers at m prices, is attracting from far ana 4ndNhe Toronto power ar A'owdcd with new ac- I this isRof interest to us h ArkansAs because we our are on the eve of an era Ectrical development that Ing to do for us just what hg done in the Toronto mar )n the Little Red and n the 3 river there are developing kpfojects which will work bndcls for the respective
 in which they will pe To- and for the entire state,
 Ing, with their cheap pow
 blood md new industries
 which our vast natlnal ]: ! I!!g > ks may be worked up In- } aNWcalth.
 sl1c isn't any unsubstantlal stuff about this. Wehave -Four very eyes the results {p hydro-electl'ic power dc lent in Canada. We must the same results will H0ss' here in the Southwest have taken steps to them.
 Arkansas Democrat.
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ave had Il years exper- 5 an actual builder. six
 thesretail lumber busi- } can make you an esti- thin a few. daHars of in 2 oat of anything you wish or will contract the en- t of your building.
 Fens Houck Lumber Go.
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Some Aspects of the
 Farmers Problems
(Reprinted from Atlantic Monthly)
By BERNARD M. BARUCH

from costly effort. This we need not expect from an impoverished or un- happy rural population.
 It will not do to take a narrow view of the rural discontent, or to appraise it from the standpoint of yesterday. This is peculiarly an age of Aux and change and new deals. Because q thing always has been so no longer 'irieans that 1t Is righteous, or always shall be so. More, perhaps, than ever before, there is widespread feeling that all human relations can be inn proved by taking thought. and that it Is not becoming for the reasoning ani- nal to leave his destiny largely to chance and natural incidence
 Prudent and orderly adjustment of production and distribution in accord ance with consumption is recognized as wise management in every business but that of farming. Yet, I venture to say, there is no other industry in which it is so important to the pub lic---to the city-dweller-that produc, tion should be sure, steady, and in creasng, and that distribution should be in proportion to the need The un- organized farmers naturally act blind s1y and impulslvely and, in conse- quence, surfeit and dearth, accompa- nied by disconcerting priceyariafiens .harass the consumer. 0nes rear potas toes rot in the fields because ofsexcess production, and there is a scarcity or the things that have been displaced to make way for the expansion of the potato acreages; next year the punish ed far1iaers mass their fields on some other crop. and potatoes enter the class. of lilx xuries.; and so on.
 Agricsllftire is tlie greatest and fun 1an,cnfally the most important of our American industries The cities are but the branches of the tree of na- tional life, the roots of which go deep ly into the land We all flourish or decline with the farmer. So. when we of the cities read of the present uni versal distress of the farmers, of slump Of six billion dollars in the farm value of their crops in single year. of their inability to. meet mortgages or to pay current bills, and how, seeking relief from their ills, they are plan ming to form pools, inaugurate farm. CTS strikes, and demand legislation abolishing grain exchanges, private cattle markets, and the like, we ought net hastily to brand them as. economic her2tics and highwaymen, and hurl at themS the charge of being seekers of special privilege. Rather, we should ask ifltheir trouble is not ours, and see what can be done to improve the situation. Purely from self-interest, if for no higher motive, we should help them. Ali of us want to get back permanently So "normalcy;" but is 1t reasonable tothope for that condition unless our greatest and most basic in dustry can be pSt on a sound and solid permanent foundation? The farmers are not entitled b special privileges; but are they not tight in demanding that thec tbeNplaced, on an equal foot Ing with the buyers 1of their products and with other industfles?
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Let us. then, consider some of the farmers grievances, and See how far they are real. In doing soA we should remember that, while there have been, and still are, instances of plrposeful abuse, the subject should nox be ap- preached with any general imb butation to existing distributive agencids of de
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NOTICE

have for free distribution va rieties of garden and flower seed which I shall be glad to send to anyone who may desire them. I also have for free distribu- tion 800 agricultural year books of the latest issue. This is a book of a thousand pages filled with valuable information for the fat mer, stock grower, fruit grower sand gardener.
 Write your name and ad : liess plainly and mail to T. H. Gai'away, United States Senator, Washington, D. c.
 We have in stock a nice sassort- ment of Offs, paints, valnishes, |roof paints, glass. Also a good stock in builders hardware. Come to us when in need of any of these items.
 Owens Houck Lllmbc Go
 sfDickey,' said his mother, "when you divided those five caramels with your sister, did you give her three?.'
 No, ma I thought that they wouldn't come out even, so I ate one fore I began to divide
 For car service. see the yci- low NAXI sign. Bill York.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-01-27

With forest logs hewn and hau'ed by
their own hands, American Legion men
at Stigler, Okla, have erected an
where, before two roaring woods fires,
they can gather on wintry nights to
fight the war over again in comfort.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-01-27
LEGISLATIVE NOTES.
Representative Bradford Writes Of

Representative Bradford Writes Of
Happenings in General Assembly.
Fort Mill Times. .s-s
The second week Of the 1922 session
Of the general assembly ended Friday
afternoon. Thus, far there have been
a number of socalled revenue measures
passed by the house and sent to the
senate, but the greater part of the
time has been devoted to bills affect
ing the government of number of
counties. What the fate Of the reve-
nue. measures will be in the senate re-
mains to be seen, but one is on safe
ground in guessing that they will not
be ''railroa6ed" through that body with
the celerity that marked their passage
through the house. Take the socalled
income tax bill rs illustrative OF the
Hasy sailing all the bills labeled new
source Of revenue" had in the house.
The bill, covering nearly sixty pages
Of typewriter matter, was presented to
the ways and means committee, after it
had been prepared by the experts
from the North, employed by the "ef-
ficiency and economy committee" to
tell tie legislature how to run the bus
mess of the people of South Carolina
incidentally, at cost Of some $15,-
00O After the bill had been discussed
in the committee for few minutes
and it's unsuspected virtues pointed
out by the experts" q member of the
committee moved that it be printed
for the information of the committee,
explaining that the cost Of tho prii;t-
ing would be 10 more than actual cost
of the presswork and paper, as the
type would be held for the copies of
the bill to be printed later for the
house. In behalf of the motion to
print the bill it was stated that no
member of the committee could absorb
it's many provisions by simply listen
ing to the clerk read it and that the
only way the members could get an
intelligent conception of its contents
was to have it put to press for the
benefit of the committee. The chair
man of the committee said he saw no
reason for having the bill printed, that
it followed closely the provisions of
the federal income tax, with which ev-
eryone was more or less familiar, he
felt sure. The motion to have the bill
printed prevailed, but n day or two
later it was reported favorably and
then rushed through the house faster
than the Century Limited" travels
between New York and Chicago.
Physically, Representative Sam
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-01-27

ly and flippantly about my bootlegger,
he either has not thought seriously Of
the menace to law and order which the
bootlegger represents or he has not
placed a proper valuation on the sane
tity and majesty of the law"
Director Haynes insisted that prohi-
bition is being more and more rlgidly
enforced, despite what he characteriz-
ed as IAN insldious clever, unpatriotic,
false, wet propaganda, particularly in
the large metropolitan centers that has
as its object the delusion of the Ameri-
can people into the belief that the pro-
hibition law is a failure; that it is un-
popular; that it was Slipped over on
them; that it Is not being enforced and
that it can't be enforced" He. asserted
there are thirty paid organizations in
existence striving night and day to
bring about the impossible-the repeal
of the 18Th amendment"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-01-27
mittee and probably will come up for
consideration in the house this week

mittee and probably will come up for
consideration in the house this week.
Apparently there is no doubt about
the intention of former Governor Cole
L. Blease to this year ask the people
of South Carolina to again elect him
chief magistrate of the state: Two
members of the legislature met Mr.
Blcase on Washington street in CO.
lunbia last Thursday and one Of them
asked him If he really intended to be-
come n candidate for governor. NO"
he replied, Il do not intend to become
n candidate for the reason that I am
already O candidate. I have encour-
aging assurances" he added "of support
from many influential citizens in vari-
Gus sections of the state who have al
ways been against me and with the
help of these men and others who may
feel as they do, along with the sup
port of the friends who have always
stood by me, do not expect to have
much trouble to win" Mr. Blease
said the only other candidates he. had
thus far heard Of for the goyernorship
are John I. Duncan and Andrew j.
Bethea
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-01-27

Sherard of Greenwood county, is the
smallest member Of the legislature; he
weighs less than so pounds and is a
little short OF five feet in height. But
Sherard's boyish physique ends where
his head begins ard there is more ac-
tivity above his ears than there is
above the ears of the, average member.
When things do not go to suit Sherard,
and that happens frequently, he is not
bashful about saying so. For several
years he was in the government ser
vice in the Philippines and while he
was living in the Far East he spent
ne has poor opinion. Asked O few
days ago what he thought of the jap
aresc, Sherard replied that they were
smart and shrewd, but the most vi
cious, depraved, treacherous. people on
the face of the globe. Any form of
morality, he said, IS foreign to that
country. II japanese gets behind in
tie payment of his taxes and he has
any daughters, the law Of the country
provides that he deliver his daughters
to the government for whatever pur-
pose rhe government sees fit to use
them. When they have made enough
money to pay their fathers taxes, they
are returned to him. One thing Is GER
tain to my mind, If the Caucasian race
is cilivized, the japanese are not, and
if the Japanese are civilized we are
not"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-01-27

In recent years the York members
in the house have introduced few bills,
their view evidently being that the
state already has about al the law 1t
needs. An exception to the rule was
noted last week, however, in a joint
resolution introduced by Mr.. Bradford
proposing to amend the section of the
constitution which says that the pub
lie printing must be done ION con-
tract" The resolution has been fav-
orably reported by the judiciary com
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-01-27
Boys SHOES
LADIES' SHOES

LADIES' SHOES
aides Fine Shoes Heavy Every Day shoes-Evey Style
and All Eeathers--tonest, Solid Leather Shoes
Ladies' $225 Shoes $79 $3.50 Shoes at $sS; $500 Shoes
at 248; $3.50 Shoes $685. $500 Shoes at 1888; $500
Shoes at S42e $500 Shoes $4ss; $500 Shoes at $685.
$500 Shoes $685. Pair. - g
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POISON BOOZE.
Especially Dangerous to Drink Boot
Ieners, Mares. Saws HAYNES.

ESPECIALLY cdHSSi Seo ~ ~ SSSh
Iegers' Wares, Says Haynes.
Asserting that only 2 per cent of the
vile stuff being seized by prohibition
agents is found to be free from poison
Gus fusel Oil, Roy A. Haynes, national
director of prohibition enforcement,
told 500 New York pastors Monday
that he was mot surprised at the num-
ber of post holiday alcohol victims un-
der treatment in New York hospitals
To-day it is dangerous to Violate the
law in the purchase Of the stuff, and 1t
is especially dangerous {, to drink the
stuff after it has been purchased" Di-
rector Haynes said.
when you hear man talking loose
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-01-27

LADIES' BROGUE OXFORDS
Date stoeue oxfords That Pleasing to The Eye
IS 90 Brogue Oxfords-At $448 Pair
$500 Brogue Oxfords-At $500 Pair.
$3.50 Brogue Oxfords-At $57s Pair.
.'.. $500 Vici Oxfords-At SAB Pair
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-01-27

The proper care Of disabled and un-
employed eX-soldiers should come be-
fore the erection of expensive war
memorials, according to the American
Lcgion's legislative committee, which
has condemned the plan Of the George
Washington Memorial Association to
gain state support in erecting Vic
tory building in Washington, D. c.
President Harding IS reported as hav
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-01-27
LADIES' MUSLIN TEDDYs

Ladies rs Cts. Teddys-Sale Price - SO CTS.
Ladies 81 90 Teddys-Sale Price--~--~-79 CTS.
Ladies $125 Teddys-Sale Price .98 CTS.
Ladies $3.50 Teddys-Sale Price .-----.. --- 81. 20
Ladies $500 Teddys-Sale Price -..------ ST. SO
Ladies 1926 Teddys-Sale Price~...-.--.. Sl.89
Ladies' $3.50 Teddys-Sale Price --:-..--l. Sl.9S
Ladies' $3.50 Madeira Teddvs 81 .9S
Ladies' $500 Madeira Teddys --...--..-.--.-. $24
Ladies $3.50 Madeira Teddys ..u. -.--..-... $$298
Ladies' 5.GO Madeira Teddvs -.----.. 1929
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-01-27

ing endorsed the project and written to
governors of states recommending aid.
Prisoners in the Los Angeles county
Jail have been borrowing American
Legion buttons to obtain sympathy in
the courts on the ground Of war
record" Investigation has shown that
one button and one war record has
served for whole handful of prison.
erS.
BY floating a s25,OOO bond issue, FL
Paso, Texas, has become the first city
in. America to attempt to finance a per-
manent American Legion home by mu-
nicipal bonds. 'r-, sA
Beaten up by gang OF railway
thieves, Detective J. C. Rodlinski of
Salamanca, n. Y, was spared from
death when one of the thugs spied a
Marine service button in his lapel and
recognized the detective as a former
buddy in France.
Among the New Year greetings re-
ceived by Hanford MacNider, COM
mander Of the American Legion, was a
beautifully engraved card which read:
Happy New Year. May you, if you
get in Jail through sentence affirmed
by the United States Supreme. court,
receive from Harding, as did Debs, a
pardon and reception in the White
House"
The act Of Toledo judge in refusing
to two foreign-b born resi-
dents who avoided war service, because
OF conscientious objections" has been
commended by the Tony Worblewski
post, American Legion, composed en-
tfrely Of foreign born Americans and
sons of foreign born residents.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-01-27

ing endorsed the project and written to
governors of states recommending aid.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-01-27

Thousands of disabled soldiers who
should be in hospitals are forced to
work and support their families be-
cause their compensation claims have
not been allowed, according to the
American Legion. Hanford MacNider,
commander, has called upon the Veter-
ans Bureau to effect prompt adjust
ment.