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The Cordova daily times., 1923-04-05
SUGAR PRICES AND THE SUGAR TRUST

Senator Walsh of Massachusetts ventures to assert that the recent increase in the price of sugar was due to the increased import duty in the new tariff, iustifyng his prediction that the protective tariff would be a burden upon the people,
 Until beet sugar was manufactured in the United States in commercial quantities, an import duty on sugar was purely revenue dutv But after the passage of the tanft or 1897, which, marked the beginning of the great American beet sugar industry. duty on su@ar became protective. It stimulated the manT- fracture of domestic beet sugar, gave prot1t- able market for immense quantities ot sugar hccts raised by the farmers, and employment to thousands of wage-earners.
 The World War was the only thing that saved this important American industry from annihiation. The war over, and the beet sugar industry facing the low duty the tariff of 1913, which with Cuban reciprocity. brought the duty on raw Cuban sugar to about one cent a pound disaster was imminent.
 The 20 per cent Cuban reduction on raw suoar imported into the United States induced American capital (nostly from the American sucar trust and allied interests) to buy and operate immense sugar plantations in Cuba This investment, together with the 20 per cent reduction of Cuban sugar, gave the sugar trust, which is a refining institution only, a tremendous advantage over the beet sugar producers.
 In its last annual report. the American Sugar Refining Company (the sugar trust states: "Sugar refineries already built in the United States are more than sufficient to re- fine enough sugar for this country and also all the export sugar Cuba can produce for wears to come. United States and Cuba pro- ducers, acting together in perfectly legal ways, and under tho encouragement of ther re- spectve governments, can build up foreign markets, giving capital generous return and also giving the United States and foreign countries the benefit of ample supplies of food staple in demand throughout the world. y
 In other words, it is claimed that co-opera- tion between the American owners of sugar plantations in Cuba and the American refiners, together with the 20 per cent reduction in the import duty on Cuban sugar, acting to- cethcr Gin perfectly legal ways," will be sui fcient to supply the whole domestic market and also a large foreign market.
 The only thing that makes the production of beet sugar possible or profitable in this country, is the import duty or tariff. Wlth- out it, the sugar refiners would be great monoply, and would raise the price to the consumers more than they have already.
 The increase in the import duty on raw sugar did not cause the increase in the price; it was the arbitrary power of the sugar trust which aims to control the sugar market and the sugar price of the world. Without the beet sugar industry of America kept alive by the tariff, the strangle hold of the sugar trust, through ownership of Cpban plantations
The Cordova daily times., 1923-04-05
THURSDAY, APRIL ,, 1923
WE'RE MAKING THE GRADE

Not q single blow dealt in the Great War 7oft q dent on the forces of Nature. So it seems, after all, the consequences ot that mao affrav have been somewhat exaggerated.
 With the prime sources of wealth intact the very thought of world insolvency IS IT. dicu1ous. Mountains and lakes, soil and ar: rain and sun perceive no reason why chlns should bump pavements.
 Those are the inexhaustible hints from which the debts of wars can and Will event ually be met. ~
 Everything that happened since 1914 won't leave even {. rash mark on the 1uture' 1o- mo,rows don't inherit the wounds of prede- cessors.
 Generations and their mistakes soon be- come bidding dust heaps before the broom of Time. :,
 This little pile of ruin over which the nrcscnt is fumbling and stumbling Will soon insnire the very deficiencies to erase It.
 Next wear is always shrewder manager +}on 1ast Proeress is a daughter of Antaeus, rising with fresh strength after every fall.
 Fxne, ;ence and imagination have not yet desioned the mental cranes and derrlcks to life the international train of events back on the track, but man always cuts new WIS dom teeth upon his problems. Obstacles 1n- variab]v become the whetstones that edge the innenu;tv to remove them.
 Rosource is challenged. not dannted by barriers. Necessity is a brutal midwife, o"1 the ideas she brings forth are lusty and vital fiS 'NS''' ~'' giants !,
 We seldom do our best, until we face the worst.
 Reconstruction profits from the flaws m old blue prints and erects sounder, grander fabrics on the sites of wreckage.
 Civilization is essentially a laboratory and a tool shop.
 The needed recipe and engine never failed emergency Nothing that has occurred or may happen can long thwart a will with way.
 While governments are wrestling with peoples problems, peoples are solving them with hoo and hammer and lathe and loom
 The world has gone back to work Flelds are in crop, herds are increasing, smokestacks are belching, clock ticks and sweat drops (the magic formula that alchemy overooked) are welding the gold to ransom millions from dependence and place them again in the ranks of bread-1nakers.
 Every harvest brings another purchasing influence to market The ferments of confl- dence and hope keep steadily spreading. Head- lines may be disturbing, but bread lines arc diminishing. soup kitchens are closing and m this, optimism finds firm ground for faith.
 We're marching on, we're making the grade. Prosperity still grumbles at temporary detours, but the road-menders, the thinkers and tinkers and farmers are busy restoring financial and industrial highways.
 Tie fundamental business of folk is pro- duction, not destruction.
 The ploughshare settles the bills Of the sword.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-04-05
Medicine for a sick busi- ness Is Advertising. 1t works wonders while you sleep.

and reduction of 20 per cent in the import duty of Cuban raw sugar, would be far more disastrous to the American consumers of sugar.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-05-15
The World Is Small. 7"

Clara Phillips has been found long dis
lance from the jail from which she escaped
months ago in California. She will be
brought back from San Salvador in Central
America, to serve her time for killing anoth-
er woman Unless, after all, an error has
been made in determining the identity of the
Mrs. Robert Young" the notorious ham
mer murderess once more will find herself
behind the bars, there to stay for many years
before freedom comes to her again.
The capture of this woman emphasizes the
truth of that trte remark, the world is
small" so frequently heard when acquant-
ances meet by chance thousands of miles
from their homes. The world is small when
one has committed grave crime. 1t is big
when one thinks of the hundreds OF millions
Of people there are in the various countries
but it is a small place which to hide sue
cessfully. But no two persons in all the
world are exactly alike. Every man, every
woman has double, it is said, but there is
a marked difference which experts easily can
detect 1t is hard to hide and keep hidden
when rewards are offered and justice de-
1nands eXpiation OF a crime
1t would require extreme skill and clever
when mingling with others to lose himself.
Some criminologists insist it cannot be done
perfectly. the consciousness that one is being
sought having its influence on ones actions.
II a practical assurance is too marked that
NAV arouse keen observers long skilled III
hunting criminals; if the assurance is not
enough the effect is the same. DISCUSSES do
not always disguise. A murderer cannot al
ways hide himself behind beard nor a
murderess by having her hair done differ
entity On the other hand, men and women
who have done nothing wrong rarely are
suspected by efficient detectives Somehow,
the clean conscience seems to tell the story
of innocence But with those who have guilt
on their souls the betrayal comes when they
least expect it-and 'the world is s1nall'
when one wishes to hide from the law.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-05-15
About Pardons.

A news item states that "Muscogee county
grand jurors have requested the local legis-
lators to draw bill providing that pardons
shall not be granted until recommended by
grand jury in session where the crime was
committed"
Such law would be void, because it would
be unconstitutional. 1t would seek to take
the pardoning power from the governor and
place it in the hands OF county jurors. AS
a matter of fact, instances are rare in which
clemency is extended to prisoners who have
not been recommended by the grand jurors
who indicted them and the trial jurors who
heard the evidence and returned the verdicts
Moreover, in nearly all cases applications
that are favorably considered have the en-
dorsement OF the judge who presided at the
trial and the solicitor general who represent
cd the state in the prosecution 1t is tact,
too that these recommendations are not al
ways followed in passing upon clemency pc
titions.
1t is not a very easy matter to obtain a
pardon, notwithstanding that some people
have an opinion to the contrary. The record
shows that last year only 81 convicts were
pardoned as an original proposition. In adj
dition, a number of paroled prisoners whose
conduct had been such as to show that their
restoration to citizenship would not be in
compatible with the welfare of society were
pardoned after one year, as is contemplated
by the parole law. The number of prisoners
paroled during the same period was
1877. The parole of these prisoners is amply
justified by the fact that during last year
only II of them were, because of misconduct
returned to the penitentiary to complete their
sentences. 1t is not reasonable to suppose that
any one will contend it is not better, both
for them and the state, that these men anc
women, who have shown a willingness and
determination to obey the law and live
Industrious lives, be engaged in galntul oc
equations than held behind prison walls
There are 6632 prisoners in the Georgia pen
itentiary.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-05-15
Taxes Upon Taxes.
From the Winder News.

South Carolina has recently passed a law
levying a tax of $500 year upon every per-
son, firm or corporation doing business IA
the state This does not miss anyone that
works for support. Besides this, South Caro-
lima mas an income tax. That state is gong
some when it comes to taxing her people
But Georgia is itching to follow her sister
state across the Savannah river. The program
or this summer when the legislature meets
is to pass an income tax law, increase the tax
or gasoline put a tax on tobacco products,
also on admissions to amuSements and toHet
articles
1t seems that most of our men in public
life today are ransacking their brains to ind
some plan by which tax income can be IN
creased The main business of the legislature
seems to be to make appropriations. No one
seems to think about curtalling our expenses
and cutting down appropriations.
The Dawson News, in discussing the tax
problem, takes a sensible view OF the matter,
and closes a splendid editorial in the follow
ing words:
The News repeats that it is opposed to
any new taxes 1t believes that the effect of
certain of them would be disastrous to the
state. 1t is opposed to any increase in taxa
ton The News believes that those who are
proposing new taxes are approaching the
problem from the wrong starting point. They
are getting the cart before the horse. It they
were to devote as much energy to curtaihng
expenditures and to killing schemes that
leach the treasury they would be doing the
state better service. During the last few
years the various governing bodies of this
country have been engaged in vast tax
raising and tax-spending orgy. The money
has come SO easy that public extravaganza
has been encouraged public expenditures
have increased at an amazing rate, and pub
lie officials who handle the funds are in dan
ger of losing their heads 1t is time to bring
the orgy to an end. It is time to get our
feet on solid ground. Never was there greater
need Of prudence and wise spending than at
present.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-05-15
The Bible as Serial.

The New Era, at Parker, S. D., has COM
pleted the serial publication of the old tesla
ment of the Bible Publishing one chapter
each week, 932 chapters in all, it has requir-
ed nearly IS years. At the beginning, the
veteran editor of the New Era, Charles +.
Packett, expressed the hope that he might
live to see the job finished and providence
kindly has granted his wish. Now he has
begun the publication OF the new testament,
$50 chapters all told. At the rate OF one
chapter week, FIVE years and 20 weeks will
he necessary to complete the task. Mr.. Hack
ett's wish is that his life may be spared to
witness the undertaking completed, and in
that wish his friends in South Dakota and
elsewhere will join heartily 1t is not many
newspaper editors who possess the courage
to tackle so formidable an undertaking as the
serial publication OF the Bible; but in day
when serial publications are so popular why
shouldn't the Bible be published that way'
At any rate. Mr. Hackett has demonstrated
shat il can be done.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-05-15
RUDE RURAL RHYME
CONSOLIDATION.

Some towns have got too many preachers;
the signs of care are on their features. They
find the pasture very thin and all their bones
show through their skin. Their wages small
are slowly paid, their wives sad and early
fade If towns are small in population they
should be all one congregation. Let every
burg consider whether it might not worship
all together Alike the hopes alike the needs
for which our human nature pleads, and
brotherhood is more than creeds O let us,
if our town is small, warmed by one furnace,
i'll one hall, pray all for each and each for
all. Our little towns might be more happy
if we were kinder and less scrappy. This
spot of all the universe is ours for better or
for worse. We breathe alike its vital airs,
concerned alike with its affairs. To man it
as our fathers manned to make it what the
fathers planned let's join together in one
bunch and thereby magnify our punch We
meet each other on the pike and all OF us
are much alike In daily life the Baptist man
Joins with the Presbyterian, and naught III
either one, l wist, divides him from the
Methodist We're all alike in heart and soul ;
let's join in one efficient whole and knock
old Satan for goal. Let's keep one good
fat preacher going, instead Of three whose
ribs showing. BOB ADAMS.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-05-15
Something for Each of Us to Do.
From the Columbus Enauirer-Sun.

"A lot of people around here" says the
Greensboro Herald Journal, ''have finally
found out that they will not have to starve
after all" adding that maybe, if they will
go to work, conditions viii look much bright
er to them"
Ii is true that there are many drones and
parasites, but those who do work are re-
sponsibe for this condition. If the workers
would insist as they should that the nom
workers take their proper place among the
ranks of the toilers they would be compelled
to do So But the real workers are SO much
engrossed in their labors they are, in a great
measure, overlooking the fact that they are
contributing to the upkeep, as we might say
Of those who toll not, neither do they spin.
Hence we find in every community a class
of people who are burden upon those who
produce. There are Migrants and deadbeats
to be found everywhere, notwithstanding the
fact that there are laws upon the books of
every state prescribing punishment for such
persons.
Men must work. There is no escape from
it even if we would do so, and no right think
ing person desires to escape doing his share.
No man who has anything like the proper
conception of his duty to himself and to
mankind will, for a moment think of Sinking
the duties and responsibilities resting upon
him.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-05-15
Slain by Idle Gossip.
From the Omaha Bee.

Words kill, Just as certain as bullets.
P. J. Schmidt worked in an Illinois bank
for many years, rising to the post of cashier.
A few weeks ago he retired and today he is
dead, victim OF thoughtless gossip. After
Schmidt had given up the post he had 50
long and honorably filled somebody with
more time than sense started bit of gossip
to the effect that discrepancies had been
found in the accounts of the cashier. When
this report reached the ears Of the man it
reflected on he dropped dead. Examination
OF all of his accounts proved that his rela-
tions with the bank were perfect.
But the gossip killed him, just as surely
and suddenly as If he had been shot instead
of siandered The man who first told the
story, those who repeated it, had no notion
OF killing anybody. A word was idly spoken.
without malice, maybe, but certainly without
thought as to what its effect might be. The
unruly tongue is a terrible weapon; it does
not always bring physical death, but it fire.
quently deals wounds that never heal. Idle
words harm regulations .injure feelings, out
rage sentiments and often turn the course OF
life for an individual
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-05-15
EDITOR DAVIS UNBosoMs.

From the Thomasville Press.
The editor prints thousand articles in his
paper boosting the town and che county,
eulogizing home folks and their personal at
fairs gives the churches and social functions
praise and says nice things about individuals
for which he seldom receives an encouraging
word or a pat on the back. Every one takes
it as imperative duty, and it is. But the first
time the editor stumbles up on some sub
ject that happens not to coincide with the
views of some fellow in his local trading au-
dence that fellow will walk ten blocks out
OF his way to baw out the editor and then
&C out with his hammer and knock the paper.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-05-15

The most certain way Tor people to reju-
vcnate themselves physically is to insure
themselves against the need OF it. That IS
to be done in youth and all through life by
proper care and respect for the body. Any
machine that is abused and overstrained will
wear out and break down before its time. and
the human machine is no exception. All this
rejuvenation BUSINESS that is so popular just
now is nothing more nor less than an attempt
to repair the results of indiscretion, folly or
excess. Natures laws, however, are immut-
able No rejuvenation process will enable
any one to escape paying the price of their
violation
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-05-15
COTTON FARMERS HOPEFUL.
From the Albany Herald.

The cotton belt farmer enters the new
crop season with a more hopeful out
look than for some years past. The price
of cotton on the primary market IS now
above Is cents, and in all Likelihood it
will go higher before the new crop is
harvested There appears to be good
reason for believing that a high price
level for the new crop will be maintain
ed. One OF these reasons is the abSorp-
ton OF surplus stocks With no surplus
on hand at the time of harvesting in the
fall it is reasonable to conclude that the
effect on prices will be beneficial What
ever may be the fact as to other crops,
the cotton season is getting away to a
good start. The cotton farmer has eV-
cry reason to feel encouraged.-Dawson
News.
The average farmer in the cotton belt
believes that the price Of the staple will be
high when the 1923 crop comes to market.
Yet he does not know, for no man can pos
sib1y know. What it is so easy to forget
is that cotton is a world commodity 1t is
utilized in all parts OF the world, and is man
in some form in practically all
civilized countries. In the tropical, semi
tropical and temperate zones it is universally
used and hundreds of millions OF people are
wholly or partly clothed in i.
1t follows therefore, that any disqu}et-
ing condition in any part of the world at
fects the cotton market i'll some degree. The
mere rumor OF war is like an electric shocl,
to the delicate nervous system OF the cot
ton market What sends prices up this
month may send them down next month,
for when they are high shock is apt to
tumble them, and when they are low world
tremor is as apt to move them in one di-
rection as another. The law of supply and
demand is the inevitable final law of all
price-fXing, but its operation must wait, in
the case OF cotton. while thousand and one
lesser laws are playing their several minor
parts i'll influencing market quotations.
The present outlook in the cotton world
is bright, as the grower sees it, but he need
not be surprised to see many fluctuations
while the crop is coming in. He must sit
steady in the boat" and wait till the situa-
ton clears up. And that will take time.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-05-15
Just for Fun.

Any special way you want your hair
trimmed2" began the barber
Yes, with the scissors" replied the pa
iron. IF | wanted it trimmed with ribbon
and birds wing I'd have gone to a mil
liner. The .PretzeL
Something's got to be done about it.
gents said the chairman of the village
council
"Yes, sir" agreed the constable. I'VE gotta
put a stop t them thieves stealin' all tn
burglar alarms in town"
That amt as bad" said the chairman, "as
them breakin' into tn jail las night an tollin
eff TIL sheriff's blood houndsl'- Richmond
Times
This is my car" exploded the irate tour
list to the garage man, land what I say about
ii goes-see?'
Just then a dirty faced machinist crawled
out from under the machine and said Say
engine mister"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-05-15

Prof. Paul Ponlieve, French mathemati-
clan who has been studying the Einstein
theory OF relatively now tells us that the
earth does not revolve on its axis in space,
That theory he asserts, is mere talk for chill
dren; no such thing occurs; neither the earth
nor the stars whirl in space. The next thing
we know, if the scientists do not lay off con-
templating relatively, some of them will be
accepting the idea that the world is fiat Long
ago it was written that men ''out OF too much
learning became mad"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-05-15

Paderewsk has shown the world that he
was able to come back The great artist has
triumphed over adversely, neuritis and every
other misfortune. Recently he completed a six
months season in this country during which
he played 90 concerts, the earnings of which
aggregated 100000 Good for Paderewski!
To do that at the age of 63, to demonstrate
that he has lost none of his old time skill, is
an achievement.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-05-15

The number of men in the United States
who have life insurance of $250,000 to $1,000
600 is rapidly growing larger. 1t is explained,
and no doubt correctly SO, that high taxes
have much to do with raising the maximum
Of insurance being sought by the wealthy.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-05-15
LITTLE THINGS" THAT COUNT.

From the Jackson Progress-Argus
1t is the little things" that will pull
Georgia out OF the hole and place her on top.
A little" money from dairy COWS, little"
money from chickens and eggs, little
money from hogs all go to make up big
sum in the aggregate. Do not despise the
so-called little things, for in them many
Georgia farmers are finding their independ-
ence and salvation and prosperity
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-05-15

We do not take any stock in the reasoning
OF W. H. Stayton, executive head OF the As
ISOLATION Against the Prohibition Amend
ment that prohibition is responsible for a
loss of appetite or for decreased consump-
ton of staple, wholesome articles of food. If
there has been a decreased consumption per
capita OF American food products as. Stayton
alleges. it will be difficult to prove that pro-
hbition had anything to do with it, and The
News does not believe it did. Stayton's ar
gument smacks of pro-liquor propaganda 1t
is non-sensical and far fetched.