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Show I FARMERS AROUSED BY SLASH IN PRICES m -a. a A AAA A A .UNREST GROWS ! IS MARKET FOR STAPLES FULLS Night Riders Alarm the South Where Cost of Cotton Angers Producers GRAIN DEALERS HOPE TO QUIET DISCONTENT Farmers Meet in Capital to Discuss Problem of Falling Prices ATLANTA. Ga., Oct. 12 Th.' shoot-1 , lncr to death vesterday of a negro Kuard at a cotton gin in Arkansas. numerous fires of undetermined oilg-! oilg-! In In w hich cotton has been destroyed 1 and widespread threats of nigr-t rld-i rld-i ers to burn gins whose ownei 1 Ignore ' warnings to discontinue operations un- til the staple reaches a price of forty I cents a pound have resulted in the ' issuance of proclamations b llover-1 llover-1 nors Brough, of Arkansas, and Vilby, : of Alabama, and stateihcnis of. the.r position by Governors Dorsev, ot Georgia, Geor-gia, and Cooper, of South Carolina. BKOIGH IS AOTIVli. I Governor Brough, upon being ad-! ad-! vised last night of the shooting of Nora Canada, In 1inokt county, Issued Is-sued a proclamation citing rhe killing and lawlessness in some of our counties coun-ties gcowing out of the prevailing low price of cotton " The governor called upon" the state adjutant general and sheriffs of counties ' where' there arc likely to be disturbances," to usa aJl iiower at tneir command, "to suppress j these night riding outrages' Pos;s I of the American legion also were ! urged to cooperate with the aulhorit-i aulhorit-i ies. ,. it i , , t , ivin ..x . -i-t. .x HJ .ll 1IVO 11V 11 .i IV i io.i. I Governor Kilby, of Alabama, offered i a jiiiiu reward (or conviction of any person lor destruction of property. Governor Dorscy, of Georgia, stated , he would offer "th- highest possible reward" in any case of actual destruc-, destruc-, tion of propei t i A statement lepbring the acts of ' fanatics" was issued by Governor l Cooper, of South Carolina TO B M l LE l S1U ST. MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.. Oct. 12 A campaign to combat umcst and discontent dis-content among farming elements of the country was oeing put under way tb Uay by Grain Dealers' National usso-i usso-i elation through its legislative committee commit-tee The aasoopillon is in annual convention con-vention here . Steps to instill into the people a re-i re-i allzation of some of the advantages I of larmtng and farm life and to dig- nify the farming business by a fair recognition of Its importance were Urged in a report of the commission us remedies to curb unrest on the I farm. The report scored efforts of radical radi-cal farmers' organizations to control ! prices by creating cooperative ussoci. i atlons" which, the report said, were peeking to disregard the laws of the i world supply and demand. Mi l l ING PROBJLEMS, WASHINGTON, Oct. 12. Repre-I Repre-I sentatives of farmers' organizations trom all parts of the United States began a two-day meeting lure today j to consider credit expansion w hich they said was necessary for movement of . the crops alroadj produced and for continuation of production The meet-Ing meet-Ing was expected to devise a policy to meet the downward trend of prices for 1 farm products which the farmers claimed had created serious situations. ! Attending today's meeting were rop-: rop-: resentatlves of the American Cotton. association. National Grange, National Board of Kami Management, the lho-I lho-I stock industry, wheat growers, tobac-j tobac-j co gaowers, dairymen, sheep raisers several of the state commissioners of agriculture and of state marketing bureau bu-reau officials Delegations representing the citrus kgrowora, potatoes, corn and other ag-; ag-; neultural Interests were expected to arrive later-. I Charles s. Barrett, of Georgia, presi-1 presi-1 dent ot the Nation il Farmer , union , was made chairman. WOOL YARN DROPS. MONTREAL, Oct. 12. The retail price of Canadian w6olen yarn made a .sensational drop this week when the , price of the i hi apt - grade same down from $3 26 a pound to $1 86. Tin is the first manufactured article to reflect re-flect the very low values of real wool although it is thought by woolen man-ufactureri man-ufactureri hero that goods by the yard Will soon Imj brought down also ,x- ,)Jo a. tion of American manufacturers ; Drugs are also following the down-( down-( ward tretld. Camphor, which during ! the war. cost ?5 a pound, can now be bought for ?i 26 Turpentine has I dropped a dollar and a quarter a gal-i gal-i Ion wholesale while cocaine is now only J.. an ounce. WOULD LOWER WAGES NEW l'ORK. Oct. 12 Proposals for general revision of working and wage agreements "necessitated by business depression and failing prices" Were submitted by the clothing Man- ufacturerS' association of New York I to representatives of the Amalgamai d (Clothing Workers' union yesterday, j A return to the piece work system, the rliiht of manufacturers to t -iiaij-lish their own metlfoda of discipline and to make installations of improved i machinery, are asked The conference between committees .of both organisations was the first of a series in which "an amicable arrangement ar-rangement Is sought," It was an-j I nounced. i 'fficlals of the workers' organization organiza-tion denied (hat a strike to defeat the i proposed piece work system was contemplated. con-templated. The associations proposals were sub-i sub-i mitted to a committee Ot union and , manufacturers HSpresentltlyes, which I will meet dally In an attempt to work j out a settlement. ' |