Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-01-13
Scraps aud faets.

as half bales; 30,093 bales Of Ameri-
can-Egyptian and S,106 bales of sea
island. To January l, last year. H.
554.64S bales were ginned, including
202,127 round bales; 64,262 bales OF
American Egyptian and 1,449 of sea
island. Ginnings by states to January
], this year. were: Alabama, 5S4,336;
Arizona, 35.304; Arkansas. 7S1,20S;
California. 1850; Florida, 12.OsS;
Georgia, S17,26S; Louisiana, 2Sl'IS;
Mississippi, 1880; Missouri, 67,sls;
North Carolina. 7S3,69s; Oklahoma,
476,279; South Carolina, 770,55S; Ten
nessee, 295, 1850; Texas, 2,117,93S; Vir-
ginfa, 16,07S; all other states, S.S47.
New York CITY, has been swept by
a terrific gale, which centered over
northern Alabama on Tuesday night,
and which went out into the Atlantic
Wednesday morning, reaching Sandy
Hook at about o'clock in the after
noon. The force of the gale was ABOUT
90 miles an hour when IL reached New
York, and that is well into hurricane
proportions. Quite number OF smoke
stacks and q good many chimneys
were blown down in New YORK ana
Brooklyn. Rain fell in torrents, and
pedestrians were swept from the side
walks into the streets, especially as
they were struck by the side-swlplnS
winds that hit the main thorouShfares
from the sea. Trolley lines were put
out of business by tangles OF wires
and traffic generally was badly con-
fused.
Tentative agreement for an investi-
cation of wholesale and retail prices
throughout the country to be carried
on by the departments Of justice. COM
merce and labor has been reached, Al
torney General Daugherty said Tues-
day. At a conference with Secretaries
Ioo,,nr and Davis Tuesday, Mr..
Daugherty said, il was virtually decid-
ed TO broaden the retail price inVesti-
cation of the Justice department to in
cmde the costs of various commodities
from their origin to the consumer ana
10 make the survey jointly by the three
departments committee composed
of a member from each department, he
added, would be appointed TO conduct
the investigation. More extensive IN
vestigation is necessary, Mr.. Daugh-
erty declared, in order that the public
NAV know the cost of the egg as it
travels from the hen to the breakfast
table" and the government plans to
study the whole field Of prices ana
costs of manufacturing and production
Just what commodities Will be covered
in the investigation, he said, have not
vet been determined, but indicated that
clothing, food and fuel would be in
cluded in the survey"
Secretary of Agriculture Wallace Is
considering a tentative draft OF rules
and regulations for administration or
the federal highway act under which
S75,O00,000 Is made available for con-
struction Of federal aid roads, it was
announced today In formulating these
. wa Said fha de.
partnent is consulting the state high
way officials, who will have much to
do with carrying out the purposes of
the act. as representated by the exc
cutiye committee of the American AS
sociation of state highway officials.
Each state highway department, ac-.
cording TO the announcement, has been
requested to submit TO the department
a tentative map showing routes pro-
posed for primary and secondary sys-
TENS of roads to be constructed under
the act. In considering these recon-
mendations, it was said, special arten"
tion will be given to social and econ
omic questions involved. Meanwhile,
pending definite decision upon details
of the federal highway system. each
project submitted by the states is to
be closely studied by the bureau OF
public roads to determine whether the
proposals will At in with the general
system as finally worked out.
The Republican party will make
large gains in the south in the next
congressional campaign unless the
Democrats abandon the doctrine Of free
raw material as applied in the Under
wood tariff act, John II. Kirby, preSi-
dent of the Southern Tariff association,
declared in Washington Wednesday,,
after adjournment of n two day session.
As the head of an organization that
was formed as a protest against the
pernicious doctrine Of free raw ma
terials," said Mr.. Kirby, IL feel COM
missioned to warn the Democratic lead
ers and members Of the senate that,
unless they repudiate the tariff policy
announced by Minority Leader Kitchin
on the floor OF the house, April IA, 1921,
and accepted by large majority OF the
Democratic members of the house, the.
solid south will be broken" Quoting
Mr.. Kitchin's address to the effect that
"a sensible protectionist will go to the
party that has taught and practiced
protection for fifty years and not TO the
party who has always opposed II" Mr..
Kirby declared that against this an
nouncement We place the demands of
every productive industry in the south
1OI q pAONSSNNS AtAa pi ~" AAioNSi io'
and the signature of eighty per cent. of
the bankers of our leading southern
states
- Official announcement is made
that the supreme council at Cannes
has approved the plan for the Inter
national Finance corporation, decided
upon by the Economic committee. 1t
was agreed to appoint Immediately a
sub committee, composed of two
French and two British representa-
tives and one Italian, one Belgian and
one Japanese representative to organ
ize the corporation. The governments
represented at the Cannes council un-
dertake TO furnish 10000 for the or
ganiZation expenses and will give Tie
subcommittee. as well as the corpor-
alton when it is established, all the
aid and assistance in their power. The
International Finance corporation
would have q capital of G2.u0r.-
900 (normally about $l0,000,O00). Its
seat would be in London, with a board
of directors nominated by affiliated
companies in each interested country.
These countries. including the United
States, would organize corporations,
for promotion only, with q combined
equivalent of e2O,000,000. To serve as
mediums for credit transactions and
facilitating the activities of private |
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