"What I need, and what is best for
all. is a suspension of payment for at
least a couple of years," the governor
said, addressing the meeting. "I am
positive that the present condition of
agriculture cannot long prevail.
Should there be no improvement in
this basic and vital industry, the en
tire country will soon be visited with
a general panic, and all industry will
become prostrate.” j
I, 000,000 FEET
OF PINE LUMBER
GOES TO BELGIUM
Outgoing Vessels Keep Mo
bile Custom House Offi
cials Busy
MOBILE, Ala., August 31.*—Most
activity around the local harbor Fri
day was outbound, and the custom
house wont through a busy session
with traffic managers of local steam
ship agencies who cleared their com
pany's vessels. The Munson lines
got two cleared and out, while the
United Fruit company cleared and
sailed the same number of vessels.
One shipping board steamer, the
Meanticut, operated by Page & Jones,
cleared an extensive lumber and flour
cargo for Antwerp and Rotterdam,
with sailing scheduled for 5 o’clock
Saturday morning. The Meanticut
had almost 1.000,000 . feet of pitch
pine and yellow pine lumber and
several hundred sacks of flour for
The Netherlands and Belgium.
The arrival yesterday was the
Danish steamer Normannla, which
came In from Nuevitas.to R. V. and
J. S. Taylor. The Normannla will
go on the Cuban berth and sail about
Tuesday.
Both stoainers cleared by the Mun
son lines, the Norwegian steamer Gro
and tho Danish steamer Josey, were
down deep when they sailed. The
Oro had Manzanillo as final desti
nation and the Josey was bound for
Carribean and way ports. These
steamers sailed about 6 o'clock Fri
day afternoon.
