Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-10-10
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The department of justice, headed
by Attorney General Daughertyr has
ruled that American craft whether be-
longing to the shipping board or not
ara prohibited from carrying intoXicat-
ing liquors. Also the department holds
that foreign ships cannot lawfully
bffng liquor into American territorial
waters. This applies to all American
territorial waters, including island
possessions except the Panama canal
zone, which is especially exempted in
the acts. The regulations to prevent
the bringing of whisky into American
waters by foreign ships have not yet
been worked out. Chairman Lascar
Of the shipping board insists that
DaughertSs ruling means the death
knell of American shipping.
"A drive to place hides and long
staple cotton on the dutiable list was
opened in Washington, Saturday, by
the Southern Tariff association, when
it adopted resolution petitioning con-
gress to reopen tariff discussions and
levy duties on these articles for the
benefit of farmers. Resolutions urging
the president to use the flexible tariff
provisions of the new tariff measure
ITO make such adjustments in the
schedules as will equalize the cost Of
production between this and foreign
countries" and to appoint representa-
tives of agriculture and allied indus
tries to the tariff commission were also
adopted. The association, meeting in
a a'"victory congress" IS a result of its
recent successful efforts in obtaining
with manufactured products, will
equal tariff legislation for raw material
"roaden and continue" its work, 1t
hts been decided.
Investigation Of the cotton stu
alton, including cotton exchange op-
erations, by the senate agricultural
committee, under the resolution of
Sejptor Smith, South Carolina, will
begin about the last of November,
Ssphtor Heflin, Alabama, stated Fri
day after conference with Senator
Smith. A conference Of senators from
the .cotton states, Senator Heflin said,
would be held to map out program.
The Alabama senator said that this in
vestigation would develop what
methods "have been and are now being
employed to evade the law, manipu-
Iate Cotton prices and control the mar
ket," and would determine whether
cotton exchanges were helpful or hurt
full to the cotton industry and whether
regulative legislation should be en-
acted. Mr.. Heflin said that the cotton
situation warranted better prices than
now are being paid.
THE National Grange, regarded as
one of the strongest agrarian organi-
zations in the country, will launch a
campaign against extravaganza IN state
governments at a national meeting
which will be held in Wichita, Kan,
beginning Nov. IA. Twenty thousand
delegates will .,be present The Strange
representatives claim that while the
Federal expenditures are being cut
down slightly, the state expenditures
show no signs of dropping, but main
tain their upward trend. The Federal
taxation superimposed upon state,
local, school and town taxes, they
claim, make a burden which is much
heavier than is generally known. The
treble system of taxation, they claim,
makes the American people the most
heavily taxed people in the world.
Figures compiled by the organization
show that the costs of Federal and
state governments since 1915 have in
creased 500 per cent, despite an alleg-
ed decrease, mostly in Federal govern
ment expense of s1,S0O0O0OOO since
1921.
A sensation has been caused by a
letter from Andrew Bonar-Law, up
holding the British governments atti-
tude in the Near Eastern crisis which
is given conspicuous publicity in all
the London newspapers. The an
nouncement is widely held to be
equivalent to a direct threat to with
draw the British troops from the
Rhine and completely terminate the
entente, unless France comes into line
with the British policy in the Near
East Bonar-Law's position as poten-
tial head of the potential conservative
government in the near future and his
intimate relations with several of the
present cabinet ministers are regard
ed as giving his view special weight.
1--WE are at the straits and Constanti-
nople," said the letter, mot by our own
action alone, but by the will OF the
allied powers which won the war, and
America is one of those powers. We
cannot alone act as the policeman OF
the world Our duty will be t. say
plainly to France that, if she is rot
prepared to support us, we shall be
unable to bear the burden alone, but
we shall have no alternative, except to
initiate the example of the United
States and restrict our attention to
safeguarding the more important in