The Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 67, No. 27, Ed. 1 Friday, December 19, 1919 Page: 1 of 8
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WILL FIGHT HIGH
PRICES TO FINISH
WARTIME PRO ACT j URGE CO-OPERATION PRESIDENT TO MAKE ORDER OF RAILROAD
IS CONSTITUTIONAL IN CENSUS TAKING NO COMPROMISE COMMISSION UPHELD
COTTON CROP OF
11,030,000 BALES
Palmer Asks the Assistance
of Every Man and Woman
in This Country.
Chicago. Ill Attorney General A
Mitchell Palmer Tuesday mapped out
I he program of the department of jus
Hce to I rliiK down the cost of living
at a meeting of 400 city officials, heads
of civic organizations and clubwomen
of Illinois, called by Governor Frank
<) la>wden
Pledging tho full power of his do
partmcrit in the prosecution of hoard-
ers and profiteers. Mr Palmer called
for the assistance of every man and
woman in the country for a national
right against high price*
Explaining the plan of action where
by fair price committees in every com
munify become agents of the federal
government in enforcing its decrees.
Mr. I'all uer laid dow n a program of
five aitngs which If carried out. he
thought, would do much to deal a
death Mow to the high cost of living
They a re
1 Organization of lair price com
mlttees in every city and county, back
ed b> mayors and prosecuting attor-
neys, with committees supporting
United States district attorneys
2 Organization of women to refuse
to buy ar.tthing but actual necessities
until prices come down
3 Holding of "conservation and
economy" meetings in every conunun
Ity under the auspices of civic bodies
4 Influence of mayors and prose-
cutor* to l>e brought to bear on the
"warring elements" to prevent "fac-
tional disturbance in industry," and
particularly to bring jtliout an indus-
trial peac of at least six months' du-
ration
5. Bemobili'atlon of the "four min-
ute nun to deliver "work and save
addn ws'in theatres each ninht.
"I -spite all objection* and obstacles
I purpose tu go through with this cam-
It ''«i, ' Mr. Palmer said. if Indus-
di'li tis do not gr.t too Iwd dm*
nip thf i. few months we can bring
relief
The chid cuip-c of the high cost of
livinj if <>aid. were decreased produc-
tion incident to the war. inflated cur-
rency due to government borrowings,
and heavy taxes, wltlch he charged
were passed on by business men to tlm
ultimati consumer.
L'tlvlties of the department of jus
rt hi aid. had ..head} uncovered
1 cases against fdoil hoarder which
hud resulted In I he libeling and dis-
tribution in eighteen states of millions
of dollars worth of food
Ninet eight i asw had been brought
igainH proriteers. many of whom were
Indict* d. and some of whom were
serving sentences
Mr I'nlmer described the efforts to
havt congress continue the operations
.if the 1 a ver food act six months after
declaring of peace, and also to pass a
law requiring the price at which an
article left the producer to he stamped
on tin article
"If we can get that law we will stop
profiteering, he said "When you go
i<> the shoe store if you see plainly
stamped on a pair of shoes the whole
sale price of 14 50 you simply aren't
siting to pay SIS for that pair of shoes.
"An organization of women, organ-
ized as they never were before, will
do more to bring down prices than any
single movement Their power is In-
calculable
"One of the greatest crimes of the
day is Idleness. If men and women
would «k 10 per cent more work
prices would come down 20 per cent,
and If they would economize and save
10 per cent this problem of high cost
<of living would be solved
flying Field Closed.
Fort Worth. Tex Major T J Man-
ley, commander of Carruthers Flyir.g
Field for IS uionths. has I>o mi ordered
to Hampton, Va . according to a mes-
sage received Wednesday The fluid
was formally (dosed also
President Wilson Proclaims it
Supreme Court Decision Un- the Duty cf Everyone to
May be Ended Answer Enumerators.
By Demobilization.
ammous
Washington. By unanimous deci-
sion the constitutionality of the war
time prohibition act was sustained
Monday by the supreme court The
(pinion given by Associate Justice
li'andles. held in effect, however, thai
the war invoked "dry period still ma>
be terminated by presidential procla
mat Ion of demobilization.
Washington The following procla-
mation on the fourteenth decennial
consuH of the United States Is issued
by the president of the United States
of America:
Whereas. By the act of conirresB ap-
proved March •!. 1911*. the fourteenth
decennial census of the United States
is to be taken beginning ou the second
day of January, 1920; and
Whereas. A correct enumeration of
Says He Will Let Senate Ar- Authority to Require Roads Department of Agriculture
rive at Own Solution of to Install Agents at De- Gives Final Estimate of
Treaty Dilemma. pots in State Sustained. 1919 Production.
In rendering its opinion the court.
however, did not act ou thu validity the population every ten years is re-j
quired b> the constitution of the j
Glass to Take Seat in Senate.
Washington Secretary (Ilass said
Tuesdu; he would give up his office a*
secretary of the treasury January I
and take his seat in the 'snate
it
e.opro*lmately 226 Miles an Hour.
I'ari* A burst of speed of approxl
mutely 226 miles an hour was scored
by Saill Locointe, the noted Vrcnch
,iviator in an official timed airplane
est Tuesday
of the Volstead prohibition enforce
nftit or on appeals involving the al-
coholic content of beer, leaving those
Crises to opinions which may be hand-
eii down next Monday before the court
recesses for the Christ mas holidays
Monday's decision practically swept
away all hopes of a "wot" Christmas,
as the possibility of the wartime act
being repealed before constitutional
prohibition becomes effective one
month from now was considered re-
mote
The cases decided were those of the
Kentucky Distilleries ami Warehouse
Company of Louisville, and Dryfoos,
Blum Ar Co of New York, instituted
tor the purpose of compelling the gov
eminent to release whiskey froiu bond.
Ill both cases the court denied conten
tit t ot RlHiu Boot and other attor-
neys for the jlsllllers that the act in
violation of the constitution takes pri
v: te property without just compensa-
tion: that the period of the war emerg
eitc> for which the act was passed had
terminated; that the law was an inter-
ference with the state police powers
ami an undue exercise of the *ur pow-
ers of congress.
Congress did not intend the wartime
act to terminate at the conclusion of
the war, but at the end ol the period
ot demobilization in the view of the
court, which held that "the conclusion
ol the war clearly did not mean ces
■allot) of hostilities'
'('i ngress therefore provided," the
jjii .on added, "th > time wht-n the
act i e.i utd to !>i operative should be
fixed by the president's ascertaining
and procla. aim* the date when demo
bilizatlon had terminated."
"Had the president. October 2S last,
when he vetoed the Volstead act be
lieved that demobilization bad tertni
nated " the court said, "he would
dotilil!< -s have issued then a procla
mat ion to that effect, for he had mani
fested trong conviction that restric-
tions upon the sale ol liquor should
• ud
"Only by such proclamation should
the purpose of congress be Attained
and the serious consequences attend-
ing uncertainty be obviated "
"In view ol facts of public knowl-
edge the opinion continued, "some
of which have been referred to. that
the treaty of peace had not yet been
(included, that the railways are still
under national control b> virtue of the
war powers; that other activities have
not been brought to a close, anil that
it can not be said that the manpower
of the nation has been restored to a
peace footing, we are unable to con-
clude that the act ban ceased to be
valid
The wartime act, the court also
held, is not confiscatory, asserting that
more than nine months were given
distillers to dispose of their stocks,
which time the court believed to be
adequate The act also was not re-
pealed, the court held, by the prohi
bltion constitutional amendment,
which it asserted is binding, uot only
in peace, but also In wartimes
Austin. Tex i'lie scrap between
vhe Oklahoma and the Texas receivers
for the Burk Senator well !n the valley
of the Bed Blver has been transferred
to the federal court by the Oklahoma
claimants For the last several weeks
John W llornsbv of Austin, named as
receiver by District Judge Calhoun,
has been In possession with armed
guards over the wells The Oklahoma
parties have now asked for appoint-
ment of a federal receiver and that the
fedeial court take over control of the
property, asserting that this is proper
since the territory is in dispute and
the ease i- pending in the United
States supreme court for final adjust
nieut
I'nited States, for the purpose of de-
termining the representation of the
several states in the house of repre-
sentatives; and
Whereas, It is of the utmost Impor-
tance to the interests of all the people
of the United States that this census
should be u complete and accurate re-
port of the population and resources
of the nation; now, therefore,
I. Wood row Wilson, president, of the
I'nited States of America, do hereby
declare and mrke known that, under j
the law aforesaid. It In the duty of
every person to answer all questions j
on the census schedules applying to
him and the family to which he lie- j
longs, and to the farm occupied by j
him or his family, and that unv tsoii
refusing to do so is subject to pen
altv.
I
The sole purpose of the census if. to j
secure general statistical information
regarding the population and resources
of the country, and replies are required
from Individuals onl> to permit tho
compilation of such general statistics
No person can lie harmed in any way
by furnishing the information required.
The census has nothing to do with tax
ntIon, with military or jury service,
witti the compulsion of school attend-
ance, with the regulation of immigra-
tion, or with the enforcement of nn>
national, state or local law or ortli
nance There need be no fear that
any disclosure will lie made regardfng |
any individual person or his affairs, j
For the doe protection of the rights
and Interests of th persons furnishing
information every employe of the cen-
sus bureau is prohibited, under heavy
penalty, from disclosing any informa-
tion which may thus come to his
knowledge.
I therefore earnestl> urge upon all
persons to answer promptly, complete
ly and accurately all inquiries ad-
dressed to them by the enumerators
or other employes of the census bu-
reau, and thereby to contribute their
share toward making this great and
necessary public undertaking a sue
cess.
In witness whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and caused the seal o>
the United States to be affixed
Done in the District of Columbia
this loth day of November, in the year
of our Lord 1919, ami of the independ
once of the United State* the 144th
WOODBOW WILSON.
By the president
William I'hlllips, Acting Secretarj
of State
Former Mexican General Held.
San Antonio. Tex Charged with
violating the United States neutrality
laws, Kdwardo Martinez, formerly a
general In the Mexican army, was at
rested Friday on a fugitive complaint
filed by Fleet T White, agent of the
bureau of investigation Martinez is
alleged to have organized an expedi-
tion into Mexico consisting of 14 tnen.
who, It is alleged, crossed the Bio
Grande near Bonia. Texas, in May.
191ft. and attempted to capture several
towns.
Wa I iiiMon President Wilson In
tervtNied Sunda> in the peace treaty
dilei mu with an announcement that
lie Had no (ouipromisc or concession
of oin kind In mind." would make no
move tow ird the treaty's disposition,
and would continue to hold the repub-
lican iieiiiliers of the senate respon-
sible for results and conditions attend
ing the delay
The president's pobition, regarded as
peculiarly significant in view of the re
cent discussion in the senate of a com
promi.se ,was set forth in the following
statement Issued Sunday from the
White House:
"It was learned from the highest an
thority at the executive office toda>
that the hope of the republican leaders
of the senate that the president would
present I) make some move which will
relii ve the situation with regard to
the treaty is cntlreh without foundn
tion; he has no compromise or con-
cession of any kind in mind, but in-
tends. so far as he is concerned, that
the republican leaders of the sonata
sltait continue to bear the undivided
responsibility for the fate of the treaty
and the present condition of the wot id
in cot,sequence of that fate."
The White House statement appar-
ently had no effect in changing the
treat> situation Democratic leaders,
indorsing the president's views, de
dared that it did not preclude a sen-
ate compromise, and that compromise
efforts would proceed. Beptiblican
leaders reiterated that the president
was responsible tor the present status
and must make the first move toward
a solution Senators hoping to kill the
treaty alone expressed satisfaction
Final L^'mate of Texas
"Jotton Crop Is Issued
To Publish Record.
Berlin The subcommittee invest!
gating peace opportunities will publish
the complete record of communlca
lions exchanged with the Washington
embassy, and also the official docu
mollis bearing on the central powers
peace otters
Plagee Reported Grave.
"* enos Aires The bubonic plague
In reported to have attained grave
^■Htrtions at Las Bosas. Santa Fe
ce Several deaths have occur
py "
Yaqui
Nogales,
tured Yaqtii
Women Deported.
Art/. Two hundred cap
Austin, Tex In a recent survey of
Runnels County, made y tin- bureau |
of economic neology and tei hnology
of the University of Texas, the geol
ogle resources of present economic
value were found to be confined to
the nonmetallic products, such as
sand, clay, gypsum, structural stone, ]
lime, road metal, oil and gas Under i
favorable conditions tho bureau be-
liever. a number of these may be utll
lzed locally and some of them In a
broader way
women and children are
to he deported to the Yaqui reserva
Hon on the Marias islands, off the
coast of Simaloa The Yaquis. captur
ed by Mexican federals In fighting
near Bncatez., Sonora, last week.
Texas Will Have 23 Delegates.
Washington Texas will have '
delegates in the republican national
convention next June, a loss of three
compared with the convention of three
years ago There will he four dele
gates ut large, two from the San An
tonlo district end one each from the
other congressional districts
Houston, Te.v The Mnal estimate
of the Texas cotton crop, prepared bv
K N Gray. Texas crop specialist.
United States department ol agricul
Ittre, was issued Saturda> The re
port follows
The final estimate show the Texas
cotton crop to be practieallv the same
In number of bales as last >ear's short
i rop. Both years' crops suffered alike
througlit the seasons from extremes
of weather influence, but the excesses
wi re totally the opposite in character
and application to areas affected. Last
..ear, because of prolonged drouth, the
west half of the state made little col-
ton, while the east half, with n«*« es
sary moisture, made a splendid crop.
This year, with excess of moisture
throughout and multiplied Insects of
everj known kind, the eastern belt has
suffered in almost equal proportion
therefrom, as d'd the western belt last
>ear from excessive drouth
The lute date of killing frost, us of
November 11', materially added to the
top in that part of the state unuffect
ed by insects.
I'icklng has been most unusually de-
layed by bad weather In nearly all
districts, hut particularly so in th«
west centoi and northwest, where but
little over half of the crop was picked
|i> December 1, on account of the
In-avy yield, shortness of labor and
hiKh cost of picking, amounting to us
much as $<!0 per bale
The estimate for Texas of IS,700,000
bales of 500 pounds gross weight is
based on ],29S,2MO,000 pounds of lint
picked front 9.94K.OOO acres of 10,77f>,
nit acres estimated planted and stand
inn June 5. which shows an abandon-
ment of 7 per cent since thut date !>•
cause of inability to cultivate oil ac-
count of continuous rains The aver-
age yield of lint cotton per acre for
the state is estimated at U10 pounds.
I.ust year's production of cotton was
.liHtl.&til bales of M)0 pounds gross
i'eight, and the five yeat averac*
l'.iUl 17 (censnsi, is .'!,7"'i. 11!K hales
The average yield of lint cotton per
acre by districts in as follows North-
we t (usual!) S per cent of crop), coin
posed ol 30 counties, \iehl L'.i'i pounds;
north tl7 per cent of t ropi. Iti coun-
.les, average yield LI5 pounds north-
east (Ut per cent of eropi. ^'ii coun-
ties, average yield 11 o pounds, west
enter (ti per cent of crop). "t> conn
ics. a\orage yield i!f>- pounds, renter
i il per cent of cropt, counties, av-
erage yield L!3 pounds, east (7 pet'
rent ot crop), HI counties, avoraire
yield 4K pounds, south < 14 per cent of
ropi, 'J9 counties, average yield 80
noil lids, southeast (4 per cent of
top), 12 counties, average yield 4V
1 pounds
Austin. Tex That the railroad com
mission of Texas has authority to re
tiuire railroads to Install agents at de
pots is the effect of the refusal by the
supreme court to grant a writ of error
in the ease of Angelina <v Neches Rlv
nr Railroad Company vs. the Bailroad
Commission of Texas, from Travis
County
The railroad company nought an in-
junction to restrain the railroad com
mission from putting into effect its
order requiring the railroad to Install
an agent at ith depot at the station of
Ktoile, Nacogdoches County The In
junction was denied by the district
court and an appeal to the court of
civil appeals judgment of the lower
court was affirmed. This was the first
time the question was ever presented
in Texas.
In the opinion of the appellate court
it was stated that while the "statutes
tin railroads do not In terms require
agents to lie furnished at railway sta ;
lions and do not author'ze the rail-
road commission to make such ap-
pointment. it becomes a duty and such
iiufhority arises by imperative impli
. at ion from the many duties placed up-
an railway companies and the author-
ity given the railroad commission to
enforce compliance with s*ieh duties "
"The statutes require that freight
vhsil be delivered to the owner, agent
or consignee." continues the opinion;
that baggage shall he checked when
taken for transportation by the agent
ir servant at such corporation; that
I hey shall erect suitable buildings at
stations for the protection of passen-
gers and freight, shall keep depots or
passenger houses lighted and warmed
#nd subject to egress and ingrt ss for
an hour before and after departure of
trains and other duties which can not
be performed without the presence of
an agent or other servant."
ft was held that the depot buildings
could he automatically lighted and
warmed, but the prt «< ne of an agent
nr other servant would necessarily be
required to perform those duties.
"The authority to require compli
anee wiiii the statute would be futile
if it did not carry with it the author
Ity to require the presence of such
agent or servant." held the appellate I
court. "All reasonable canons of In
tcrpretation and construction would |
necessarily involve such authority A
-statiit • should not be enlarged by im-
plication unless it was enacted. But
if that be necessary the implication
will be indulged in."
Tills judgment of the court of civil
appeals has been in effect sustained
by the action of the supreme court in
refusing writ of error. The appeal
from the district court was to the third
court of (dvil appeals at Austin, and
by that court transferred to the fourth
court of civil appeals at San Antonio
fhe opinion wait written by Chief Jus
tice W S Fly.
Washington A cotton crop of more
than 5,250,000,000 pounds, worth up-
ward of $1,500,000,000 to producers for
lint alone, not taking into account tho
vhIiio of llnter cotton and cotton seed,
was grown this year. Final estimate
of production made Friday by tho de
partment of agriculture placed upon
the crop at 11,030,000 equivalent to
500 pound bales.
Much interest centered in the report
in view of the recent attack on the last
estimate of 10,696.000 bales made by
the bureau of crop estimates *arly in
October as being too high and which
resulted In a resolution by congress
causing the issuance of an ext'ii con-
dition report In November.
Friday's estimate exceeds the Octo-
ber estimate by 334,000 bales. The
December estimate of tho department
of agriculture, while not accepted as
the final productie n figures, inasmuch
as the census bureau's ^ nning stalls
tics issued In March are taken as final,
always has been remarkably close to
the actual production. Carefnl check
ing ol the estimate with actual pro-
duction has disclosed that In the nine-
teen yegrs from 1900 to 1919 the bu-
reau of crop estimate's December fig-
ures have averaged 1 4-10 per cent low-
er than the census bureau's final pro-
duction figures.
Last year's crop was 12,040.5,12
hales, the average for the five years.
IH13-17 was 12.847.10R bales and the
record crop, 16,134,930 bales, in 1914
The average Kross weight per run
nirig bale is estimated at 500.2 pounds
gross, compared with 605 6 pounds
last year and 506.3 pounds the aver-
age for the five years 1913-17.
Tho estimated production by states
follows: Virginia. 22,000 bales; North
Carolina, 875,000; South Carolina. I.
475,000; Georgia. 1,730,000; Florida.
17,000. Alabama, 715,000; Mississippi,
!i46,ou0; Louisiana, 300,01)0; Texas. 2.
700,000. Arkansas, *30,Oft; Tennessee,
'■m.peitv. \*tti*ourl, >0.(>00; Oklahoma
'i.'!o ooo; California 102.000; Arizona.
/5.000, all other stutes 7.000
Ruling on Textbook
Question Is Renderea
State Board of Education
Buys District School Bonds
Austin. Tex The stale board of ed
ucatlon hss purchased $168,000 In tho
bonds of various school districts of the
•Mate, the largest being an issue of
$50,000 presented by the independent
district of Moody One-third the price
w as paid in each instant e save where
the issues were for $1000 ami less,
j when all cash was paid
The hoard owed $158,000 for bonds
previously purchased, and this was re-
duced by one-third The hoard had on
hand $125,000 In cash, and all of this
has been paid out. leaving an indebt-
edness $20) ,000,
It is the expectation that the board
w ill be able by February 1 to entirely
clear up this Indebtedness to the vari-
ous districts; and as there has been
rather a slackening in the issuance of
bonds it may be enabled to care for
the small Issues on a strictly cash
basis
Austin, Tex Where the textbook
commission has adopted textbooks cov
ering specific subjects it would be
without power to adopt a different
book being a general treatise on all
the subjects theretofore adopted in
separate books, and no such general
book could be substituted in the
schools for the books upon spectflo
jects theretofore adopted, according to
an opinion given Friday by the attor
ney general's department to the text-
book committee The opinion was pre-
pared by Assistant Attorney General
C. W Taylor.
It is further held in the opinion that,
the textbook commission having adopt-
ed textbooks in physiology, physical
geography, physics, chemistry and ag-
riculture would be without power to
adopt a genernl science text cover-
ing each of these subjects If tho same
are to be substituted for either of tho
subjects covered by the textbooks up-
on specific subjects
A textbook on general science, it i
held, might be adopted and put In use
In the schools, provided it did not dls
place or be substituted for any one of
the textbooks adopted upon the sub-
jects heretofore named General sci-
nnce might be used ss a supplement
ury book after others adopted upon
j this specific subject had been used In
good faith.
General science might hw adopted
and used In the schools as an element
ary book, provided it did not displace
j or was not substituted for any other
adopted book, it is held
Governor Approves 25
Pardons for Christmas
Pardons Granted.
Austin. Tex Two more Chrlstmss
I pardons were granted Monday by Gov
"i-nor Hobby, bringing the total up to
I !S. Others probably will be granted
i this week, the governor having undet
i consideration other recommendations
made by the board of pardons
Battle With Whiskey Smugglers.
K! Paso, Tex Probably 200 shots
were fired Thursday night in a 30
minute battle between four provost
! guards, In charge of Lieutenant L. W
i Little, and 12 liquor smugglers on the
| international line Finally the latter.
I abandoning several hundred dollars'
I worth of liquor, fled into Mexico
Austin. Tex The governor has ap
proved 2.'i Christmas pardons which
were recommended by the board o'
pardon advisor according to a -late
in«<nt by Fritz Smith, chairman ot that
board Friday
The governor approved 25 of the !•>
recommendations made by the hoard.
Slid the tut n are to bo released Christ
mas Da> Of this 25, 20 are friend
less men who have served two-third*
of their terms with good records aid
no one to bring their cases to the a;
tendon of the board of pardon ad
visors Klght were Mexicans who can
not speak Kngllsh \ majority of th.«
men scheduled for pardons have beet
In the penitentiary for more than 19
years
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