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Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1923-12-28
Long Neck

Miss Evelyn P. Lingo left on Thurs
day for Brooklyn, N. Y, where she
will spend some time as the guest of
her sister, Mrs. F. c. Wilson. She will
also spend a few days with relatives
in Wilmington.
Mr. and Mrs. Penuel Smith are
spending the holidays with relatives.
near Paoli, Pa.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Warrington and
John Conklin accompanied by Mrs. w.
D. Steele motored to Salisbury, Nd,
last Wednesday and spent the day
Christmas shopping.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mahlon T. Lenhart
were Salisbury, Nd, shoppers a few
days ago.
Lester Burton who has been very
sick for several weeks with typhoid
fever is somewhat improved and able
to sit up for few moments at a
time. His sister, Miss Laura, is also
very sick at the present time.
Mrs. Emma Collins of Millsboro
spent part of last week with Mrs.
Frank Parsons and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Mcgee of Milton
are spending the Christmas holidays
with their parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Ward
Mcgee.
MahlOn L. Lenhart is improving the
of his farm by the erec-
ton of an upto date poultry house,
c. Phillips is doing the work.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1923-12-28
missioner remains in the hospital.

missioner remains in the hospital.
Mrs. Henry c. Conwell is suffering
with rheumatism at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. J. Frank MacIntire.
Archie S. Lynch of Hartman, Pa,
formerly of this town, is spending a
few days here with friends and rela-
tives.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Orr Nelson
are spending a few days in Whining
ton and Philadelphia.
DR.. w. E. Gunby, district superin-
tendent of this conference district,
held the third quarterly conference of
the Lewes Methodist Episcopal
Church last week in the Sunday
school room.
Joseph H. Ramsey of the firm Rick
ards and Ramsey, merchants in Lewes
Beach, has been ill for several days
and expects to leave tomorrow for the
Methodist Hospital, Philadelphia,
where he will undergo an operation.
Miss Emily H. Orr who is a senior
at st. Mary's School, Peekskill, New
York, is spending the holidays with
her parents here, DR.. and Mrs. Will
liam P. Orr, Jr.
Roland D. J. Raught who is attend
ing Lehigh University at Bethlehem,
Pa, is spending the holidays with his
mother here.
Arthur c. Morgan who is employed
by the du Pont Company, in Whining
ton, is spending the holidays with his
mother here.
! Messrs. Millman Prettyman, Ray
mond Atkins, James Marshall and
Kenneth White who are attending the
University of Delaware are spending
the holidays with their parents here.
Samuel B. D. Marshall left Sunday
for Wilmington where he will spend
the holidays with his wife at the
home of his daughter, Mrs. Charles Fl.
Miss Virginia Carpenter is home
from Bryn Mawr College for the hol-
idays with her parents, Captain and |
Mrs. Thomas H. Carpenter.
Radio Chief Joseph A. Miller has
been ordered to Guantanamo, Cuba.
Mr.. and Mrs. Miller will leave the 10
cal radio station on January fourth |
for their new post. Mrs. Miller was !
formerly Miss Muriel Steele of this
,Own.
Thomas M. Reeves of Cape May, N.
J., and J. c. Ratledge of Wilmington
who are employed as carpenters on
he new breakwater, building a new
lock are spending the holidays at
heir respective homes.
The Right Rev. Philip Cook, Bishop
If the Episcopal Diocese of Delaware,
made his annual visit to Lewes for
on Sunday evening in st.
Peters Church.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1923-12-28

who might wish to come to this coun-
try; require these workmen to fur
nish record of their past employ
ment and associations; pick the de-
sired number and send them to the
United States with a ticket to the
point of destination.
The farmer or manufacturer who
receives these laboring men should
sign a contract guaranteeing to en-
ploy them at stipulated wage for not
less than one year. These immigrants
should be required to report to the
state authorities at specified times in
the section where they are employed
and after a certain number of years
should become American citizens or
be deported to their native land.
The question of securing common
labor in the factories and on the
farms is becoming a real problem in
this nation. Instead of dumping the
scum of Europe into New York City
where it is left to shift for itself, a
policy of this character would re-
strict immigration to the needs of the
nation. No man could afford to con-
tract to employ help for year unless
he actually needed it. 1t would give
us a better class of immigrants in
that they would be picked at the
source of supply instead of trying to
seggregate them after arrival here
and deport the undesirables.
This is not a labor union question
or political question. 1t is a serious
problem involving the future labor
supply of this nation Many of our la
boring men of today will be our en-
tomorrow and neither they
nor their children will do the hard
work which their fathers did. Where
will they get the men to do this work,
The farmers son is leaving the farm
he cannot get help to do the
Dack-breaking work which his father
lid and he has been educated to a
Joint where he will not do it himself.
This subject is worth serious thought
ind it seems as if some plan like the
me suggested might be worth discus
zion and consideration.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1923-12-28

THE NEWSPAPERS OF DELLA
WARE are standing by the interests
of the people at every turn. They are
the least paid and most used servants
of the public-often maligned and be-
Titled for their efforts in such ser
vice, it is true but nevertheless true
and dependable recorders of the pres
ent day history of every community.
If our officials and our people realize
that it is the record, the history of
today, that each issue of the local
newspaper presents, they will not per-
nit of any curtailment of official pub
licity in any transaction where the
public taxes are involved.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1923-12-28

THE BUDGET for the next fiscal
year, as submitted to Congress by
President Coolidge, demonstrates once
more the sound theory of the budget
law. It will be remembered that the
budget bill was vetoed by President
Wilson, and when re-enacted by Re-
publican Congress and approved by
President Harding. The billions of dol
lars saved to the people through the
working of that statute, are part of
the debt of gratitude which the peo-
pie of the country owe to the Republic
can Administration.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1923-12-28

THE IMMIGRATION QUESTION
has always been a bone of contention
in this nation. Instead of considering
it from a business standpoint it has
invariably been dragged into politics.
What would be wrong with consid-
ering the question of immigration
from the standpoint of the business
needs of the country? We have our
representatives in all foreign nations
whose business it is to look after
American interests. If manufacturing
plants in New England, cotton rails
ers in the South, farmers in the Mid
die West, mine operators in the Noun
tain States or lumbermen on the Pa
cific coast need labor when there is no
help available in this country, why
should they not be allowed to con-
slider availing themselves of idle
workmen in other nations?
Supposing a mine operator needs
nlCy SHlPlOySSS' SuppOSluS MY lar
mers need one hundred farm hands.
Let them state their needs to the
United States Department of Labor,
which, in turn, would advise our rep
resentative in the foreign country
from (which the character of help de-
sired could be most readily secured.
Let our foreign representative adver-
tise or communicate with workmen
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-14
Cotton Goods Regain
 Part Of Recessions

NEW YORK, oct. 13.-Wealkness in cotton goods and cotton yarn mar kets was somewhs <dissipated by the firmer tone of speculative cotton mar kets on Wednesday and Thursday. A part of the price recesions of the month was regained- The demand improved a little and many odd lots offered from second hands at con- cessions were cleaned up. Print cloths and sheeting have sold very moderately. In finishing goods lines trading has been light southern ginEhams have sold quite well, but some of the eastern lines have been dull. In the colored cotton goods di- vision, trade l. quiet. Less than the anticipated quantity of business for automobile purposes have developed this fall. Ducks were a little more irregular and mills were q ain seek ing business. Fancy cottons for spring are selling moderately. Per cales are dull.
 The demand for cotton goods for export is light. In yarn markets prices stiffened a trifle on Thursday but sales continu along conserva- tive lines. Mills are firner in their request for higher prices before ac- cepting any contract business, due to the firm tone in rax cotton markets. Curtailment of production has been increasing in mill centers.
 Prices current for cloths in pri- mary markets ar as foll WIS:
 Print cloths 64 by GAS, ' 7-S cents; 64 by sos, 5-s cents Ss1s inch 64 by 64's. 10 cents; brown sheetings, southern standards, 6 1-4 cent; tickings oun ,es, P cents; denims, 23 and 241a cents; sta l. ginghams, .19 cents; prints, 9 1-4 cents nominal; dress gingh ms, 2l F and A cents.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-14
COTTON GOES UP WHEN LIVERPOOL MARKET CLIMBS
BuIIish Condition Also En- couraged Upon Weather
 Reports From South

NEW YORK. Oct. 1s.-The cotton market was strong, excited today owing to unexceptedly higher Liver pool cables and unfavorable weather reports from the southwest. Decem- Der contracts advanced to 28,70 or 20 points above the closing price of and 15S points above the low level of last Tuesday. Decem Der closed at 2S.5S or 12 points off from the best under realizing with the general market closing firm at net advances of 40 to 58 points.
 The market opened firm at an ad vance of 50 to 66 points on the over holiday strength of Liverpool, which private cables attributed to Ameri consequence of unfavorable weather in Texas. The initial prices here at tracted scattered realizing and south ern hedging, but the offerings were very readily absorbed by covering and fresh buying. The latter became more active following the western belt forecast for heavy frost in west and central Oklahoma and possibly killing frost In the Texas panhandle with October contracts selling up to 29.23, and January to 2S.16 late in the morning. These prices represented the active months and while they brought in. considerable realizing prices closed within or 12 points of the best. There was some reac= tionary sentiment expressed around the ring here late in the morning on an idea that covering had been pretty well completed, but selling on such theories was restdicted by the fear of unfavorable weather over Sunday.
 The census report showing 4S3.- S52 bales consumed bl domestic mills for the month of September com pared with 495,344 for the same month last year, but being a shade above the recent forecast, was con- sidered more bullish than otherwise. A crop report issued by South Carolina trade authority estimating the yeild at 10,331 bales, also seemed factor on the early advance, but the main feature was the strength of Liverpool and the unsettled west ern belt weather. Sales of print cloths in the Fall River market for the week were estimated at about 30,000 pieces.
 NExE UnDE rnrrnZY
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-14
PRICES FLUCTUATE' ON TALK IF AIDING. WHEAT FARMERS
Leaders In Wheat Pit Say Bigger Export Demand
 Is Only Solution
By RODNEY F. BUTCHER leased Wire to The Age-Herald)

CHICAGO, oct. lS.-The wheat market has sneaking suspicion that the administration is going to do something to help the farmers Vague whisperings of what VIII be done to advance prices have in- fluenced much of the buying lately and also are serving to make short sellers quite cautious.
 Mystery and uncertainty. sur round future prospects, but the ad- ministration has announced that IL aims to do something for the wheat grower and the trade is paying close attention to the various plans for this, which are under discussion.
 So far as the market is concerned, however, it claims that the only plan that can bring real benefit to the farmer from his crop is that which provides for exportation of wheat over and above the present amount. Leaders in the wheat pit point out that to bring permanent advance in wheat prices, it will be necessary to dispose of the surplus and in doing this, the United States would meet some strong competition. Because of our surplus, the world price gov- erns the domestic price.
 Canadian wheat Cheap.
 Canadian wheat Is selling at fig ure considerably lower than the American price, and foreign mer- chants are rather certain to buy where they can buy cheapest. Win nipeg December wheat is about 14 cents under Chicago December, and an even greater difference is noted between No. 1 northern wheat there and No. hard winter wheat here. This sort of competition would have to be met, and. at the present time, not even the cheaper Canadian wheat is attracting much of any foreign de- mand.
 The big interior markets of the country have nearly three times as. much wheat in store as a year ago. The visible. supply in the United States is About 65,000,000 bushels, practically double that of a year ago, and less than 15 per cent of this, It is estimated. is in export position.
 Wheat receipts at the primary markets for this season to date are something like 20,000,000 bushels smaller than in the corresponding period last year, and exports for the same time show decrease of 4O,- 0oo,000 bushels as compared with 1922.
 Hence, the trade holds that, while government activity may bring tenn porary aid to the farmers, it Is up to the farmer to solve his own troubles, as the law of supply and demand must prevail in the end. Traders de- clare that if the farmer is really de- sirous of helping himself, he can keep the acreage down for the next that the reduction in acreage will be comparatively small, or at least, not extensive enough to be 8 factor In the market.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-14
NEW ORLEANS CoTTON

NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 13.-The first frost scare of the season, heavy rains over Oklahoma and west Texas. the report that it was showing in the extreme north western corner of the Texas Panhandle and a most favorable combination of weekly and monthly statistics put cotton strongly higher today. In the early trad ing gains amounted to 65 to 6S points and this rise met great deal of selling from realizing longs. Reactions of con sequence were prevented by new buying, and after the reports of in the west were received the market moved up to it's highest levels, advances of 6S to 69 points. The close 5s to 67 points net higher on the day. December traded as high as close.
 The rains in tho west were considered damaging to the crop; the trade feared frost more than the wet weather. Frost was forecast for northern Arkansas Okla shoma and north Texas, with prospects of heavy to killing frosts in the Panhandle of Texas and In western and central DOT rains up to over inches officially were reported.
 Mil takings of 3o4,ooo bales for the week were larger than expected and com pared with 274.000 this week last year. Much buying followed the bureau report. which counted September con- sumption in this country at 4S3.s53 bales recent talk of poor trade, but probably most bullish comment aroused by the item which related to mill stocks. tho total quantity of raw cotton In American mill warehouses at the end of September being 77S.173 bales. against 806,6 at the end of August and 1.065,S16 at the end of September last year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-14
HUNDREDS CHEER GEORGE ON VISIT T0 W|NN|PEG
Regards Dictatorship In Ger many As Inevitable-Cur-
 tails Canadian Trip

WINNIPEG. Oct. 13-(Assoc3ated Press. "A warm welcome was given David Lloyd George, the wartime premier of Great Britian on his ar rival here in his tour of the Domin- ion, crowds lining the station and cheering as he stepped from the pri- vate car to be greeted by provincial and city officials.
 The distinguished visitor was i'm mediately taken on a drive about the city where thousands applauded his appearance. From there he went to the heart of the business section and placed a wreath at the base of the cenotaph erected by the people of Winnipeg to the memory of heroic dead of the World war. He was then escorted to Government house with Lieut.. Gov. Sir James Atkins where he will be guest during his stay here. An official dinner was given in his honor at Government House to- night and later he left for Olympic rink to deliver a public address, in which he will extend to western Canada his thanks for the part 1t played in the World war. Arrange ments were also made for him to address on overflow meeting in the auditorium of the board of trade building.
 CurtaiIs Tour.
 During the day, Mir. Lloyd-George announced definitely that he would go no further west than Winnipeg. it being impossible for him to visit Vancouver and the coast. Even with his present program, he explained, Parliament will meet but two days after his return to England. Express ing regret at his inability to extend his tour he spoke in appreciation of the reception given him in Canada
 The spontaniety of the welcome at the small places, he remarked, had especially touched him.
 Why" he added, they have awak- ened me cheering in the middle Of the night"
 In accordance with his desire fo- mo Sunday labor" MT. Lloyd George will remain quietly at Government House tomorrow and leave late in tn e afternoon for Minneapolis and d tour of the middle west and eastern United S:ates.
 On his special train today, the for mer premier w4.s informed through news dispatches read over the wire less telephone of the occurrence of bread riots in Germany. Expressing concern, he said he regarded the com ing of a dictatorship in that country sary because of the emergency situa- tion. Favors OictatorshiM
 The Roman republic in the days oi it's purity, he remarked, establisbe ed Relationships in emergencies and vir tually the same thing has been done in wartime in both England and tn, United States. But whether a 6icta
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-14
POLAND IS HARD AT WORK BUT COMMON LABORER MUST GET ALONG IS CENTS A DAY
Carpenter Describes Trip Through Cotton Mills Of Lodz And Iron And Steel Plants Of Polish Silesia-Wages Frightfuly Low But So Are Living Costs-How 100000 School Boys Struck For Right To Pray

He replied that they were really as high as those of other countries be- cause the food is so cheap and the rents are so low. He thought their conditions were equal to those of the United States. This statement, how ever, must be taken with some grains of salt. I doubt whether our Ameri- can workmen would be satisfied with the black bread used here in Poland. It costs only one cent per loaf, bus 1t would not sell at all in the United States. Some of the laborers pay less than one cent a week for their homes, but the home is often only one room and a kitchen, and the whole family somehow crowds in. For instance, I was shown the out side of a tenement belonging to a big cotton factory. It was building of three stories, of considerable size. The manager said it contained ac- commodations for 5000 people, and when l asked how many rooms were allowed for each family he answered that some had one room and kitch- en and others two rooms and a kitchen. I suggested that I might go through the building He said he would be glad to take me, but some how he forgot. A room and a kitch- en for a whole family would hardly satisfy one of our American spinners, even though the apartment has run ming water, which Is considered ex- traordinary in this part of Poland.
 The Cotton Factories.
 The cotton mills show how rapidly Lodz is coming back. The new fac tories are among the largest, best equipped, and most thoroughly or ganized on the continent. They are now working three quarters of a mill lion spindles and more than 12,00O looms This Is much less than they had before the war, but the Germans did all they could to destroy the in- dustry. I visited one mill from which 5000 copper rollers, 10000 bales of cotton and 16,000,000 yards of goods were taken away. That plant is known as the .Poznanski mill. It is now working at 90 per cent of it's pre-war capacity. It has 127,000 1,500 looms. Standing in it, I seemed to be in a forest of belts, a wilder ness of moving machinery. The din was so great that 1 could not make the guide hear me.
 The Poznanski mill has it's own water works, it's own gas and cleo tric plants and it's own fire depart ment. Before leaving, the director sent in a false alarm to show me the efficiency of the firemen. He touched the button of the fire box on the side of a building and within 40 seconds by my watch there were a score on the spot, and within one minute more they had connected the hose to the hydrant and were spraying the mill supposed to be blazing. The private fire department of the plant consists of 52 men, 12 wagons and modern fire engines. After a blast from a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-14
BRITISH UP P|NION IF
 LEAGUE IS VARIED,
 ADDRESSES SH | W
Imeprial Conference Dele. gates Voice Opinions From
 Numerous Angles
By CHARLES M'CANN By Lensed Wire to AGe-HeralA1

LONDON, Oct 13.-The concerted expression of opinion of the British empire on the League of Nations was made public Friday when speeches of imperial conference delegates in Thursdays league discussion were published.
 Summed up. the substance of tho lengthy speeches was as follows:
 Premier Stanley Bruce of Australia declared that the league would never be what it should be until all great nations were members.
 Premier Massey of New Zealand held that the league should initiate and promote peace-by arbitration, by conciliation, or by force of public opinion.
 Attorney General McNeill of the Irish Free state said that Ireland to the extent of cooperating in bringing pressure to bear on recalci- trant nations.
 Lord Robert Cecil, England's lead ing advocate of the league, stated the position of the Geneva body by say ing:
 "The league is what it's members make it. The league is not super state, and it is not intended to give
  fined as an international organiza- ton to discuss and agree upon inter- national action and work for the settlement of international difficult ties and disputes"
 All members agreed that Britain's only possible policy was to give the league fullest support, agreeing with Cecil's statement that i've ought to do cur utmost to strength the league and nak ke it more and more the Ter stone of our policy"
 Friday was given to impressive cerem onies at the famous Guildhall when the freedom of the city Of Lond on" was conferred upon Premier Bald win, Premier Mackenzie, king of Cana and Premier Bruce of Aus~ tralia.
 Crowds of Londoners turned out to ca tch glimpse of the dominion r'alers, whose visits have further Linked the overseas empire with Britain.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-14
NEW ORLEANS COTTON FUTURES NEW ORLEANS. Oct. 13.-The marke

SPOT COTTON
 NEW YORK, Oct. 13.-Spot cotton steady. Middling. 2s.7oo.
 NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 1s.-spot cotton steady and unchanged. Sales on the spot 214 bales. to arrive. TOO. Low middling. 29.25c. Receipts. 6.sss; stock. s3.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-14

NEW YORK COTTON FUTURES NEW YORK, Oct. 13.-The market c1 steady
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-14
BOMB EXPLODED IN
 KLANSMAN'S STORE
Crime Is Attributed To Enemies Of
 Ku Klux Klan

CHICAGO, Oct. 13.--A bomb explo- sion. the second within 4S hours. at tributed to enemies of the Ku KluX klan, early today shattered the front of southside jewelry stare owned by c. A. Penrose, who admitted be- ing a klansman and having received anonymous threatening letters.
 Penrose told police he had been threatened with being put out of business if he did not quit of his own volition."
 the entrance of a printing shop owned by Jack Forcum, whose plant in another southside location was bombed six months ago while issuing a Ku Klux Klan publication.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-14
LONDON MONEY

LONDON. Oct. 13.-Bar silver. 31 7-16 pence. Money. 2% per cent. Discount rates; Short bills. ? 16-1603 per cent: three-month bills. S-16 per cent.