llH(t'f ha ", l,rMi!! PM.Vf.r'f"- iiTf , (? JW , tf ' ft- X IV . la It 15 If? Il 'ift EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER 1'UlLADELrni A, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER w-.t J.iXm ITALY ASKS U. S. TO LOWER TARIFF Dolegates Plead for Reduction of Textile Tax as Recon struction Aid FRANCE NEEDS FUEL OILS Tin a Staff Correspondent Atlantic Clt. N. .1., Oct. J.-Onc way (or tin1 t'nitul Stntei to lirlp ltnlj to lirr feet in to lowir import tariff-" on tnttllr ninnufnetiircs. The Itnlinu lev tile delegates to the internntional trade ronferenco, headed hv Gimpo Mvliti. president ot the Ttiiliun Master Cotton Spinner nnd 'Weavers' As-ocintum. oonveved this information today to the textile committee of the conference Italy has reviled her textile impoit tariffH- downward, and hopes other rmintrle. notably America, will do the John It. Munn ii chairman or the American tetile committee. lie nnd hit associates were informed bv the Italian delegation, in joint committee ineetitic tint morninc, thnt there weie MiOO.OOO spindles turning in Unlv before the war, of which .100.000 tverc temii.iril put out of work or totally ilotinvrel by the invasion. Conditions Iinve been re stored to almost normal in spinning Tlie normal cotton importation into Itnlv nnmialb was fi00.000.000 pounds before the tvor. It will not be more than 12u.000.000 pounds this vni, ac cording to the delegation. I'.efore the war between .10 and 10 per cent of Italy's manufactured textile goods weio exported. Franco Needs Fuel Oil The French delegates confeired with the American fuel committee this morn ing on the supply of petroleum iinil fuel M. ! . . T' ...... .... l!lr. It nlt- OUS lor IU'E a ear. i iuiivjv, hi..- ...... lias reduced import tariffs to meet post bellum conditions. The import tax on petroleum has been cut fiom 1-0 frams it ton to four francs. During the next year Trance wants the Tnited States to supply her with petroleum and fuel oils to n total value of $."0,000,000. nt cording to n state ment made to the Amciicau committee hv the French delegates. It was for the purpose of encouraging import of fuel oils, the delegates explained, that the tariff has been cut to a minimum During 1020 Frame will need 100,000 tons of fuel oil a month. The American committee nssured the French delegates that this country had the oil thnt the French need, but there xvns some uncertainty nbout ship ton nage. The French Government is build ing tankers for this tiade, anil it is said thnt it is possible that ships now ou the wnjs in American shipjards may be allocated to the French. Delegntes have been arriving rapidly during the dny from all ovir the coun try to attend the open sessions of the conference. There are approximate! WOO registered at headquarters at present, nnd more nre expected Italj's war losses amount to between txvo nnd one-hnlf and three billion lire, according to Commander Dr. Ferdi nand Quartieri, chairman of the Italian mission. Italy has come to the convention eager to take her full part in the gient work of post-war economic reconstruc tion. The Italinn delegntes, meeting the American business men in various sec tional groups, have been frank to tell the needs of their country. The heavy loans necessary during the war have proved n heavy dinin on the country; reconstruction likewise is in volving the investment of billions more: some of Italy's most fertile lands are far from recovered from the devastation of conquest nnd reconquest. On the whole, however, Italy is in reasonably good economic condition, facing the fu ture bravely and rendy to undertake a enmpaign of manufacture and foreign trade that will bring about n new era. Fear Spread of Bolshevism Though the meetings of committees and subcommittees were held behind closed doors, enough has found its wnj out to make it very evident that the business men. both Kuronean and American, who are taking part in the conference, fear the spread of uol bhevism nnd kindred doctrines. The need to provide by wise enact ment and economic measures against the spread of Bolshevist propaganda is expected to be the keynote of the pub lic meetings. Britain. France and Italy have all experienced the stirring of more or less ladical social discontent. Belgium alone of the nations interested in tin (onference has been relatively free from serious industrial unrest. The explana tion given by the Belgian delegates of the methods used in King Albert's country to keep the people happy and contented has given rise to much dis cussion in the conference. There is n ktrong feeling that similar remedies for the industrial and economic diseases of the age should be applied here and iu other countries. Belgium has kept her working people satisfied by elaborate government co operation with the working men. There lias been no effort at state socialism or anything approaching it. The state bank lias been the rock of Belgium's content The government is continuing the prac tice, begun long before the war, of louu ing monej to workmen and farmers, to pay for the purchase of farms uud the erection of dwelling houses. See Grate Danger in United States ' American lenders of business fel trongly that tbero is grave danger in VAnopjem TSMtKf-&a.BJSCs u 3f this oonntry to be met. They feel, nnd will express their thoughts concretely during the public sessions, thnt the nn tions face an Internal foe nt present which offers u graver inennec than the (jerinnn. These niembeis of the confeience especlnllj the Ameilcaii members, have come to the conclusion after these time da.vs of deliberation thnt the otil.v safe guard is to so Insme the economic pios pcritj of this nnd other countries thnt there will be no poveitj and miemplu ment for the iniliciil propaganda to feed on , This feeling. Influential members or the (onventlon pointed out todnj. makes it all the more plain thnt it is the dulv of both American and foielgn delegntes i to not onl.v establish a firm woild-wide, tiade league for the fiitute, but inline dintcly to work out plans for Inter- change of goods mid levivnl of world- wide industry. . Tie ilmtrlne of salvation tmniicli woik lias gained the entile membership of the convention as Us adherents. It is predicted that the measures to be passed lit the lenminlng meltings of the convention will have mainly to do with the immediate lestoiation of not T RADEBOARDHITS PICTURES FARMER AKA1 TSON AS ML V He and Sherman Called "Pari Forced to Sell at Loss While and Parcel of Packers' ' Others Profit, Says Sen- Warfare" ACCUSER OFFERS PROOF II) the Associated l'res Washington, Oct. 22 - The IVih ml Trade Commissi in a formal state ment todnj, assisted that the t lunges mnile ngiiiiist the loiiiinlsstoii bv Sum tor Watson. Ili-puliliinu. of Indi.inn. and Scnntoi Sherman. Itepiibliiaii. of Illinois, weie "unit nnd nan el of t mnl working londitions thioughoiit the ivvat fare of the Chicago meat uaikeis woild. and a consequent spied leturu lacniiisl the Deimrtmi nt of JiMui' and to an iippioxininiion oi pie-ur living condition. STATE TO BUY OWN BONDS win $1: Invest $1,000,000 in 000,000 Road Loan Harrisburg, O. t 22. (By A I I The state is niiniiging to mct a mil lion dollni in its own bonds I'icllminnry ariaiigements hnve been made and will be approved shortl) b the sinking fund commission wheieby tlie commonwealth will purchase for the fund a million dollars' woith of the S12.000.000 rood bond issup, the fiist instalment ot the SoO.000,000 issue to be sold The sinking fund for redemption of the road bonds was established bj the last Legislature, an item in the gen eral appropriation bill providing for the pa) merit of ceitain sums out of the general revenue for the puipr. The pa) ment is about to be mnile nnil tlie investment will follow. It is probable that this policy will be followed fiom year to year. PARIS SHORT OF COAL Hotels Forbidden to Use That Fuel Until Nov. 1 Tourists Shiver Paris. Oct 22. (By A P 1 Amer the I'edeinl Tuide Commission with Ihe purpose of subeitiiig iiistiie " The commission s.iid the good fiuth of Senator Watson's ihatgts was open to question when it was ipuir uihcii it that the senator wn n 'InliliViVt" in 1111)0. and It charged that tin senators "lelations with the Chluco pnikei' weie shown bv i-rtnin coiiepoiideiue whuli the commission h.id taken fiom the hies of Wilson A. Co Commission Declaring that its cmplo.vcs had nu attack that 'I urns An usei the iiiiiimissiou .Hid long hi en suliet to the niililic has nevei known about." the commission's state ment said that whllr it wis nivistigat ing the meat pnckei the goveinnii lit' lepicsmt.itivcs weie tinilnl bv delei fives and that the commission s ofhiis were entered "smicptiliotislv The commission nddid that some of the loinniission'h agent hail befii Mun itioned ns witnesses in the case against the packers whhh the Dep.irtmint of .luttii e soon is to in i ( nt to .1 Fideial Grand .lury nt Chicago, unci asked whether it was n tonic idcme thai these men were the men assailed in Senatoi Watson's chniges Unit the commission was a hotbed of bolsjievisiu, sedition nnd anaich . Asseiting Hint the ihniges of both Senatoi s Watson nnd Miciman had been made in detail, the 1011111111011 decl.ned it "clinllences the uroof. and with the lean tounsts who have recently leached pioof their souue and the means In 1'nris wish that they might lime brought 'which they weie fnimuliitcd " their own coal supply with them O-I w.,(s0 onVl , ,.,.mp ( urEC tober hns been unusunllv cold nnd dump. "."son wueis 10 1 iovi main but theie is nn official pinhihitu 11 Senator Watson, told Ihe Scunte to against tlie use of coal for centtal lie it- , elav that 1 hinges of socialistic activities ing puiposes before November 1, so vjeh lir ninde Mnnda against em that onlv those hotpis able to obtain ndo.ves of Federal Tiade t 011111111011 supply of wood nic heated. .weie based on lufiumntion fiiinished Trnveleis just nrrived ficm Ileilin ,,, "from inside the ioimuiuin it- nnd Vienna n that price theie aie'UHf" lie denied that .nn of the infoi' ator Capper DISTRIBUTION IS FAULTY 1 It) Ihe Assmiafcd Tics W.isliliieton. Oct. 22- The fanner' I side ol the lilfch.-ent of-lilng eiiiestlon I was presented to the Senate toela b) I Senator Capper, ltcpiiblieiin. of kitn mis. who declaied that, while farniei , lire vc llinc their pioduets at a los in I deelitiing mnikets. the lolisumcis lllc pining using pi ice. Fault v distribution , was blamed Inigelv 'feu this "is mniknblc specta cle." and the senatoi urged n num ber of leinedies to Increase production. Me deploied the niiincioiis industilnl stiikes and tlie small lepieseutatlou given agriculture in the Industilnl con ference. "In our efforts to get lid of the high icist-of living disease," salel Mr. Cupper, "I fear we nie 111 gient dan ger of elvlng of Ihe lemeelv As 11 re sult of Washington's effoit to 1 educe high pi ices b breaking lnwn entirel) tlie e'ost of food, we have the icmark nble siectacle of 11 1 isc of 1 per cent 111 the eost of living, coincident with maiket drops that are putting livestock iniseis out of business and causing serious losses, to other piodneers." Big l'rnflts of (Itlieis Illustrating the anomalous situation of funnels and coiisiimeis. Senator Cappei said fnimeis nie selliug their wheat at a loss, adding "It takes four and a half bushels of wheat to make 11 ban el of flour. The wheat miser gets nbout !sS.:i7 for the wheat, the miller 12 70, the baker S.S 70 and the hntelkcopcr heie in Washington ns it is doled out iu thin slices, ?.-S7." The government, thiongli the giuin loiporation. Senatoi Capper said, mofited $2:S, 000,000 at the expense of farmers last jeni. Hie fniniers selling fiom twent) to mhiiiIv cent less than tlie guaranteed pi ice "The situation ol the livestock farmer is even moie deplorable." he said. "1'armeis are selling their grain fed beeves and hogs for less than it 'costs to produce them, but the con I siiinei lltiils little or no change in the price o nnul KVnncrs A10 Dihrn Out While evir.vthlng a fanner musl bin demands the high dollar, the price of hi lomuiodlties, the cheapest in the miukct, nie held down b) n foreign iinluigo and 11 goveinmeiit guarantee' Tunnels nie being ililven out of bus"! lies and cliifting to the cities because of eoiidltiotis iu the agiicillluial iu- Iclusliv S1n111J.n1 Capptr declaieel, Ultl ing losses sustallud b) ngileultiiral piodiiieis. Senator Ciippei' Mild the le eent dec line iu livestock luifibs had I cost proline ers $SO,000.OII0. I'.niii wages hae doubled, land al- lies have llsin enoi luollsl) anil ever)- I thing the fanner bii.vs, he said, has ilsen fiom ."() to ,1(1(1 per lent. I Among Ihe lemeilies suggested b Sim ilm C '1111 ic f u urn 1 H..S.1 1 11 111 11 f ' 'fi 1 1 . einl gincinmcnt iiopagamla which tend to beat down the .in Ices of farm pioclui t A L mm T NOT YET IN SIGHT Secretary Wilson Holds Sep arate Meetings With Each Contending Croup the strike order nnd demands for n five day week were withdrawn. There was n stormy moment nt the meeting when Lewis rend from a speech fnndc jesteldn) by Senator rrcllngliuy sen, Hepuhllcnii, New Jersey, who quoted Secretary Wilson ns sa)lng be fore the Scunte Interstate common c committee that the mlncis had made Impossible demniuls. The secretary ic pllpel that thp committee meeting wus executive; 'nnd that only twirl4 of hi statement had been repented by1 Scridtni' Freltnghu.vsen, nddlng thnt he had siticl demands by both sides were impossible.' ROME JARRED BY QUAKE Koine, Oct. '2'2. Home wns shaken! by an enrthciuakc nt 7 :05 o'clock Uib morning, the tremor wnking up tho iioiiulntieiii still in bed and lasting a few seconds. STORM HITS CONFERENCE Sulphur-Laden Ship Stranded (li.illi.im. .Mass.. Oil 22. Ill) A. I. I The sulphur-laden steamer .May pint wn stinliiled In Shovelful Shoal iu Nantucket Sound toehi), liming 1 it ti on the hai dm lug flic fog and lain of last night Captain Tnjlor nnd Ills 1 lew derided to stnv nhoaul theii ves sel, wlin h is Iving chhII) The Mil) -pent .1 shipping bonid fieighter of l.ilO tons vmis noiinei 110111 rnuine. 'IV. fin I'oitlnni Me Wiisliliifitnii, Oct. 22, Mineis and opeiatnrs, e-alled here bv Seen tin) Wil son iu an effoit to settle the 1 mil stnke in del eel for November 1, still weie wide npait toelii). After u two-hour conference Secre tary Wilson shifted ills pioginin bv ml joiirning the minus' gtoup until this afternoon and holding n scpuiate meet ing with tlie opciatois, lie proposed to meet the miners til 'J:P0 p. m. and to cull In the opeialois again at IS loll p. 111. John li. Lewis, picsideiit of the I'tilted Mine Workeis of Ameiicn, de clared tlieie was no change in the sit uation Opciatois lefuse to sa) what pioposal wns mnile to the 111 or if (lie would leceele f 1 11111 their position not to neirotlate 11 new vviibc iigieeinent nii'es much biirher mill bent nlo is lacking I'aris seems just as badly doweled as at this time last year, nnd tourists nre wolklng thp stieets. seeking accom modations. Apartments nnil boniding houses are ns greatly crowded as the hotels. RAID LANCASTER SALOONS u. s. Agents Collect Samples of Beverages Dispensed . Lancaster. Pa.. Oct. 22. Working under direction of Cnited States Dis trict Attorney Finncis Fisher Kane, ' Philadelphia, federal agents todav 1 swept clown on Lancaster iu mice unci visited man) places suspected of sell ing beverages containing more alcohol than the wartime prohibition law spec ifies. SamnleR weie taken nnd sealed in bottles. It is undetstooil the contents , will be sent to Philadelphia for cheiu- ical anal) sis. 1 FEDERArAGENTs"lNDICTED j Three Accused of Plot to Blackmail Liquor Dealers ! New York, Oct. 22. (By A P ) Three agents of the Department of Jus tice weie indicted today bv the federal grand jury 011 clinrges ot having en gageel in a 1 onspirncy to blackmail liciuor denleis In this ejtv and thereb) frustrate the operation of the wintime pmhibition law. Two other men, one a former agent of the department, were indicted on similar charges. matioii came fiom the meat paekeis "All I want i .111 opportunit to piove the truthfulness of'niv charges," lie declared. Senator Watson's statement follow ril demands of Senator llnni, Dcmoei.it, Georgia, a former member of Ihe com mission, and Senator Ken on. Itepub- llicnn, Iowa, thnt Senator Watson's 'lesolution pioposing nn investigation of I his charges be adopted without delav Tlie lesolution is befoie the Senate I auditing committee. Senntor Watson nid that before mak- im: hi c lunge he spent considerable time investigating the 111 and had "even leason to beliee the chiugis .lie true." He added that he alo wa investigating the activities of Soe inlits in other gov -eminent depui tinents anil expected to make knovvu the lesults fiom tune to H H time. For that Piano, Player Piano or Vicirola Hear Victor Records Here Ilfli Mpins lllsiiiiiointment G.W.HUVERCO. 1031-33 Chestnut St. HOME OF SERVICE Every poise. Roamer possesses individuality- FIAT MOTOR,CO. 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You may read more of this wonderful story as told by eS Associate Editor of ASIA, lecturer, traveller and explorer, who met and lived with Lawrence in the deserts of Arabia and knows him as no other American does, in the October The American MAGAZINE on ihe Orient America's Future Lies East ward Across the Pacific Learn How the Other Half of the 'Vurld Lives, Thinks and Acts. What the peoples of Asia think and do how they will act in the tjreat international crises of the future affect our daily life and the fu ture of our children. -ASIA clarifies nolitical situations. China's affairs are now our affairs Japan's interests are our interests Near Eastern mat ters are our concern. No longer may we stand afoof. We must know the Great Continent. ASIA brings the Orient to you. Not a dry-as-dust discussion, but through articles contributedi by au thorities, vivid with human experi ence, illnstrated with remarkable photographs and reproductions of paintings. Pari of IVhal You Cel in October ASIA "The Broad Highway to a Land of Fascination" Persian Ruins Solving the Persian Problem, by F. L. Bird Dropping the White Man's Burden, by H. M. Hvndman The Unnecessary Fakir, by H. V. Andrews War in the Land of the Arabian Mights, by Lowell Thomas II, Lawrence Thrills the Arabs and Wins Their Leadership Insert of Thomas Pictures Tlie Tiger and the Foreign Devil, by William L. Hall In the Japanese Green Room, by Zoe Kincaid Eastern Craftsmen and Western Markets, by M. D. C. .Crawford Labor and H.'C. L. in Japan, .by Sydney Greenbie Ceremonial Diversions in Japan, by Stewart Culin Opening China's Inland Empire III. The Dawn of a New Era in International Finance and For eign Investment, by Silas Bent An Attractive and Valuable Publication "May 1 write to say to you how greatly I enjoy the perusal of the numbers of ASIA, the magazine of your Association, as this comes to me from month to month. 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