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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-06-12
81 per Annum, in advance

iute thrives on the boarders of the gulf
with great luxuriance But few of the
tropic weeds, whose noxious exuberance
seems to be in inverse ratio to their
value, exceed it in rankness Of growth.
Some of the reports assert that jute can
be raised as easily as Indian corn.
In 1881 Mr.. Drummond, of the British
legation at Washington, deemed the sub
ject of jute culture in the United States
worthy of special report to the English
Government He says:
Experiments were made in those (Southern)
States, which proved that the cultivation and
practical and profitable.
Last year 500 packages of seed were distrib-
uted to the farmers in louisiana. and reports
have come in that the jute plant hourishes in
every parish, growing in the aluvial soil to a
height OF IS feet. and in the pine fats and on the
hills to 10 and 12 feet
Now thisis interesting to u.s. for all m anuiactur-
ing countries have been dependent upon IL dia for
| their supply OF iute.
There is no need of further expert
ments to cOrro borate what has been so
fully demonstrated. Itis now we'll es-
tablished fact that jute tiourishes as lux
uriantly in the United Sta tes as in India,
and experts have testified that the fiber,
when properly prepared, is quite equal
to that OF Bengal If, then, the effort to
introduce the culture of iute into this
country is unsuccessful, the failure will
not be due to the fact chat the plant will
not grow en- American SOIL
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The Diversifer Will Find it Easier.

In the discussion of farming in Flor
ida, as to whether it shall run mainly to
oranges or be diversified, ,one thing seems
10 be lost sight of. There are two OBJ
jects in life. The first is to live, the
second to get rich. The horse, 1t is
universally admitted, must precede the
cart. The man who farms only oranges
puts his second object first-his cart be-
fore his horse. The man who diversifies
his farming makes sure of a least COM
Portable living. His gains are small.
He raises enough to eat and surplus.
He has no prospect of grand crop re-
turn in one big lump to sustain him In
extravagances,b but he has a steady stream
of income. He makes small but numer-
GUS gains on berries, beans, potatoes,
eggs, chickens, honey, ETC., which in
the long run amount to more than the
same labor and capital can average out
of the orange crop. Those who are sit
uated to speculate in orange ventures on
large scale without affecting their
means of living will generally find it
profitable and advisable to do So But
the man who must live by his work as
he goes along will find it wise to diver
sify his crops and make orange growing
a secondary consideration. - Tampa
Times.
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DeLand, Fla, Wednesday, June 12, 1895.

Of the cotton crop of the United States
in 1882 consumed more than 100, 900, 900
pounds of jute. The product of the fac
tories of Saint Louis has risen from
5000, 900 yards of bagging in 1876 to 49,
900, 900 /ards in 1882. and, to meet the
greater demand, several jute mills have
recently been built in the Southern
States.
The coarse webs Just mentioned are
the cheapest goods into which jute is
ever m manufactured. The finer fiber is
wrought into an almost infinite variety
of elegant and costly limitations.
Allusion was made 10 the former arti-
Gle to the beauty of these luxurious fab
RIGS. Their novelty and number are
constantly increasing, but while from
the want ofaccurate data the total worth
of these rich textures is incalculable,
yet any estimate which fails to recognize
their enormous value would be eminently
unjust to the textile Importance of
jute.
| But 1t is not necessary to replace all
the statistical Illustrations of the former
article with statements Of present pro-
duction. The latest agricultural reports
of India are not yet accessible; and the
intelligent reader, familiar with the re-
cent statistics of American products,
will be able to make the proper ubstitu-
tions, and to observe with how much
greater force the larger facts of today
urge the establishment of the new in
dustry in this country
1t is obvious from the preceding fig
ures that jute is, next to cotton, the
most important Vegetable fiber in the
world.
The greater part Of this surprising de-
velopmeut has taken place in the last
quarter of century.
LUxURIANT GROWTH OF JUTE IN THE
UNITED STATES.
An interest in the economic welfare of
the United States naturally suggests the
inquiry whether an industry productive
of so great affluence cannot be established
in this country? The substantial iden
tity of climate and soil in some districts
of Bengal, and certain sections of the
South, created presum ption that jute
could be naturalized in the Gulf States.
This probability, practical tests have
strengthened into certainty Hundreds
of successful experiments have shown
the ease with which jute can be raised
in the Southern States The results of
many of these trials have been published
in the reports of the Department of Ag-
riculture. The accounts which, in re-
turn for distribution of seed, have been
personally received would fill many
pages. They are unanimous in their
testimony. They prove beyond the POS
sibility of intelligent doubt that, under
proper conditions of soil and moisture,
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that, with the single exception or Rus
sia, jute factories have been esta blished
in every country of Europe. But in 1879
the expectations of Jute to Great Britain,
France, and the United States amounted
to more than 730, 100000 pounds. If the
consumption of three countries reached
this aggregate, it would presumably be
safe to conclude that the total exports to
all lands are now not less than 800, 600, 900
pounds.
But India itself manufactures about
200, ,OOO,O pounds. Late estimates
place the present annual production of
Indian jute at from 1000, 900, 900 to
], 200, ,OOO.O 900 pounds In the absence of
recent statistics, it Is impossible to as
certain the exact amount; probably
these estimates are too high.
Ten years ago intelligent observers
foresaw the present greatness of the jute
industry. In 1872 Mr.. George Burnet,
of Scotland, visited India and examined
the sources of supply. He says:
Believing. as we do. that the jute trade is the
most expansive OF any trade in existence.
and that within the space of the coming ten or
fifteen years in India. Great Britain, America and
the continent. five or six millions OF bales may be
required annually, we see no reason to doubt
that Bengal and British Burmah can easily and
without displacing any other article of necessary
-
requires. 1t is very apparent. however, that
the present mode of growing and treatment and
preparation is very rude and faulty. 1t is very
difficult to introduce improvements amongst a
class so widely scattered, having such small hold.
ings as the ryOts have and will continue to have.
Again, in 1878 he writes:
The trade in iute is one of the most expansive
in the world During the last quarter of cen
tury it has progressed steadily and rapidly until
in the year 1866 the exports of ute together with
iute reflections and cuttings reached 638 9OS bales
while in 1877 it amounted to l644 .311 bales. Last
crop exceeds that in quantity, and it will all be
required.
At the present time iute goods cannot be pro
duced fast enough to meet the demand Mills
and factories are being increased in Great Britain
and India, and are also being erected in Aus
tralia, America. and the continent OF Europe
At the end OF the coming decade the wants of the
whole trade will likely reach four to five millions
of bales annually.
Though Mr.. Burnet's expectations
were somewhat too sanguine, his pre-
diction of vast expansion of the jute
trade evinced no lack of forecast.
The agricultural development of the
United States in the last half dozen
years has been marvellous. Our cotton
crop is now 6, 75O, 900 bales, and the total
yield of cereals is 2,7OO, 900, 900 bushels. X
The production OF vegetables which
are carried to market in sacks is almost
illimitable. The demand for bagging
has enormously Increased. The bailing
"The summaries Of the field product of 1882 are
not yet quite complete but the above figures,
which are sufficiently exact approximations, are
sanctioned by the statistician of the United
States Agricultural Department.
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FOL. XXI. No. "a. Whole No. S60.
Expansion of the Jute Industry.

Expansion of the Jute Industry.
PROF. 8. wATERHoUsE, ST. LOUIS.
Continued From Last Week)
To the Commissioner OfAgriculture:
Your proposal to republish my article
on jute, with such supplementary obser-
vatlons as later experience suggests, was
as unexpected as it is gratifying. The
tender of my cordial acknowledgements
for so distinguished favor is accom-.
panied with an earnest hope that this re-
print will not be wholly Ineffective in pro-
noting the development of an industry
whose productive value may yet rival
the economic importance of cotton.
1t is now six years since the foregoing
article on jute was originally published.
1t may be instructive to glance at the
surprising chan ges which have taken
place in this brief period.
EXPANSION OF THE JUTE TRADE.
In 1878 the writer visited Dundee.
The city presents an impressive spocta-
Gle Of manufacturing greatness The
massive walls which surround the jute
facUories resemble the ramp1ris of ex-
tensive Notifications. The streets are
shaded with forest of lofty chimneys.
Throughout the city there are on all
sides conspicuous proofs of the great
prosperity which single industry has
created.
OF late the iute mills of India have
oeen dangerous competitors. English
Intelligence employing the cheap labor
pt Bengal has obtained control of ada
;ent markets. Formerly most of the
ute goods which the far East consumed
we're manufactured in Dundee, but now
The demands of the Oriental trade are
upplied by the factories of India.
In the report of Consul Winter there
Is tabulated statement Of the number
IL gunny bags exported from Calcutta
rom January l to August 81. 1881. In
rider to show how extensively this ele-
nent of eastern commerce has been di-
erted from Scotland, some of these sta
istics are reproduced; but only the
argest aggregates, quoted with the in
xactness. of round numbers, are here
iven. This partial table of the jute
ags exported from Calcutta is as fol-
DWS:
estimation: Number.
outh Africa 100000
ustralia, New Zealand, etc ............ 100000
ong-Kong and San Francisco ........ 7.76O.OOO
urmah, Straits and coast ports ...... 25,34O,OOO
But Notwithstanding this vast loss OF
atronage, the manufacturers of Dundee
ave been steadily extending their busi-
ess; though the number of factories re-
lain about the same, their capacity OF
reduction has been materially enlarged;
ore than 10000 hands are now en-
Dyed in the jute mills of Dundee In
onsequence of the overwhelming range
uses to which the fiber is applied, the
)nsumption of jute is increasing all over
le world.
The consular report above cited states
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1895-01-17
HE APPOINTMENT OF COM
MITTEES

|scrved By III. s.rat.-- spoi"g't'r sft'.
,d. of .noera,- FOR heir acton Ia
s,.te1 Biu to Conforn
b the Eon-titutiup,'I k.quire'nentHt" Com
Arntng Public chTot-.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1895-01-17

Ih. ~-na;,. wa- rall-d io order nj 3
o'"l"rk. aud "I,-n'-'i with prayer 10y
Rev. pr j. ". Garter. "f the tir-t
Baptist church. Nj r.turn-d thanks
i"r civil government. aud invoked
.ruidaur.. i"r conducting % property.
and prayed that ih"-.. 10 whom the
nlaking oi laN- had been rnirusi I'd.
might clearly -.- th-ir duty aud bs
led io r,-riorm ~
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1895-01-17
SENATOR TO BE NOMINATED.

= >. : : = = u
The Republicans of the Senate and
House agreed to meet in caucus on Sat.
urday, January 18th, 1895 in the Senate
chamber of the capitol at 8 o'clock,
p. m. for the purpose of nominating
candidate for United States Senator.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1895-01-17

Mr.. Nj lannN. "i Wilmington. Mr..
Monroe oi '."li>l "rp. aud .,tb"r In. ia
'orr- "n 10" l''n,-rraiir i'd. of ib-
HOUSE cam" 4" ia" ir"i,, to-day in die
"n~>ing ih" p"ini- "i order made ~
the chair.
Mr.. French MAKE g""d presiding
officer.
Th-r" Viii hr a joint "aurus "i r"pu
lists and Republicans in ih- fiou-r nj
- Il. ni. iodaN.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1895-01-17

la oar r"I...ri al saturday, pr"c..-d-
ing> ~. credited Mr. Howard With the
o. ir".lfI, ii"n e ilou-.' hail g.. 1h-
p "a ., lai.-> io IA" ra.-..harirr "i the
town "i Elizabeth 'iih. aud -h"uld
l.as'. l''-rn .r, dii'-'i Z" Mr.. ". g. Pool.
Z il, r"I-,rirr e th, li"u-.' pr.-,--.iings
'iafiA'i- 80 ~" lAii gf1Esl- ~ Fssfs
n,"n.i,,r r'gardi'--- "i bi- p''iiiir-. aud
Viii alAaN- l~. GLAD fo man" any ror-
rect ...i.- oi .rIrT- iu Lis rrI,ort-
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1895-01-17

Ih" ;l"E>" met promptly al Ia =. iIi..
Mr. &. T.. French. "f Wilmington. iu
he Speaker chair. and wa> opened
With prayer 10y Rev. Dr. y. d. Cobb, "i
hi~ city.
Val-rr which j. a follows:
Il her 10y au' 'hnrilr the Hon. g. H.
rru"h I" act "a speaker al the House
81 Rrpr..., ulatiY"- for Monday. Ianu-
.ry IL. l -. IEI. '. WNL~EE.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1895-01-17

-- iHDNtu 10 refer the Oil 70
the committee on printing.
Mr.. Young opposed referring the
bill. The Democrats, he said, had en-
joyed the bonus of the public print
ing: they had used the office to reward
their friends. and they thought the
public printer an office of so much i'm
portance that two of their editors had
TWO fights over it, 1t was not fair
that they should now try to keep
| theirs from having it.
| MIR. Hileman said:
| The last legislature passed this law
the last OF the session, to tie the hand:
of this legislature. They had all The
l time been using the public printer:
place to reward some one of their ed
,tors. It was a bonus for party work
The public printer did none OF th'
public printing. but let II out to 9th
ers. What ri ght had they TO aboll>l
this office just when they went out o
power. They made no sacrifice, bti
wanted to put the sacrifice upon thei
successors.
| Mr.. Lineback now got the ttoor an
said:
| This bill was passed to give nc
Inop0ly of the pr nting to Raleigh: fo
printers in other parts of the Stat
would not have an equal chance q
bidders. If abOlishing thia office {
:. pablic printer was .uch good thin
IOr the public, why was it not done
the Democrats before, when they WEI
SO many years in power? Why di
they wait till the end of the sessio
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-08-08
Lucky Miners in the West.

The days OF striking 1t rich" In the
mines of the West are by no means
over, though with the big prospecting
and developing companies in every
promising field the chances are per-
haps simmer than In the old days.
Four men In the Slocnn district, Wash.
tunnel for over Il year, following a
streak of ore, and not making enough
90 pay their mcagcr board, last week
struck four-fOot body of solid silver
ore that runs 375 ounces TO the ton,
which has made their prospect hole
worth AT least 100000.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-08-08
Missouri. OId Soldiers.

Missouri is great country for sol.
dicrs. During the great civil war II
would appear that almost the entire
male population of sufficient age was
called on 10 bear arms Between the
Union and Confederate forces there
was, as Phil kearny phrased 1t, "love-
~ lighting along the whole line" There
was no community that did not ex-
poricuce the sights and sounds, the cx.
elements and alarms of war. After
hOstiltics had ceased the military ele.
ment WAS largely reinforced from be.
yond the Mississippi In those days
Missouri was considered new country
and was sought by immigrants. Ger.
tain portions Of the State were counted
as homestead country" The disband.
ell soldiers OF botn armies came to Mis-.
sourl. This gave US a great martial
populatlon.-Kansas City Star.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-08-08
OHIO POPULISTS.
Nominated Coxey for Governor and In.
dorsed Coxey's Plan.

Nominated Coxey for Governor and In.
dorsed Coxey's Plan.
The Populist State Convention met at
Columbus, o., Thursday. The party In 1895
cast l5,boO votes, and this year 49,5 Hugo
Preyer, a leading Ohio Greenbacker, whom
the Greenback party was In existence, is
chairman OF the state committee anu called
the convention to order. He reported an
empty treasury, after an expenditure OF $3.50
in distributing Leaflets on the silver ques.
tion, Senator Jones speech, national bank
and bond swindles, etc, )" and called upon
the 300 delegates present for financial help.
-Four women were present.
George A. Groat. Cleveland, was temper.
ary chairman and I. J. Creager, Springfield,
secretary. In his keynote, Groat steer.d be-
tween the factions represented. Silver was
not mentioned. His party was the one TO
right the wrongs Of the people.
The usual convention committees were ap-
pointed. Mr. Preyer at the end OF the first
round in parliamentary fight, succeeded In
winning first blood to have his committee
continue another year
No nomination was made the FIRST day. As
the committee on resolutions were unable 10
agree on platform until late at night the
time was occupied mostly with speech
making. Gen. j. $. Coxey made q speech
before the convention, and he also addressed
an open meeting at night He talked mostly
on his non-interest bond scheme.
Aside from the Endorsement Of the Omaha
platform, the Endorsement OF Coxeys non
interest bond scheme and good roads bills
and the denouncing OF the trial OF Debs were
the principal points in the platform.
Following Is the complete tick ct nomina ated
Governor, Jacob s. Coxey OF Stark county;
lieutenant-governor, John ii. Crofton OF
Hamilton; treasurer, George Harper OF
Greene; attorney-generai, William Baker OF
Licking; supreme judge. +. ID. Stark Of
Cuyahoga; public works, William A. Gloyd
OF Tuscarawas; clerk Of supreme court.
Thomas n. Hickman, OF Morrow
After the convention adjourned II was dis
covered that no one had been nominated for
the important position OF auditor OF state.
The state central committee will supply the
omission later.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-08-08
EXERCISE IN Tie OPEN AIR.


We best arm ourselves against all
cold diseases by avalling ourselves of
every measure which will tend to
tougher" us. Whoever does not do
this, will, the farther the winter ad-
vanccs, become always weaker from
lack of exercise and always less able
TO resist. Then soon become establish.
cd such unwelcomc guests as rheuma-
tism, influenza, diphtheria and lung
fever. Both the latter find n favorable
footing in the respiratory organs de.
bilitated by catarrh Should the cold
spell be but short and mild. and often
Interrupted by sunny days, only the
weakest persons suffer. But II the
winter Is very raw and long, even
strong constitutions fall direct prey
to diseases, or their bodies, usually
their entire organism, are SO unfavora.
bly, affected that they now have weak
cncd constitutions disposed To diseases.
This is why the various lung troubles.
especially Inflammation of the lungs,
reach their elimination toward the end
of winter. Daily exercise In the fresh
air, under changing conditions of the
weather. and at all times of year. is u
means OF resisting the evil influences
of the weather This method of pre-.
vcntion ana cure tprophylaxis and ther-
apcutics) Is made use of In the SO.
called climatic watering places. But
even at home we may accustom our
skin to quickly changing conditions of
weather by accustoming 1t TO quickly
changing temperatures. This is done
by warm baths with cold shower
afterwards, which Is followed by n
strong muscular movement that gives
n reaction 10 warmth again. Thereby
not only are the nerves stimulated To
quick action In thus regulating the
heat of the body hli also all the rest
of the nervous system is strengthened
and hardened, and with resistance
against other dep ssing aud siCkening
Influences, agaiu,J onnui and morbid.
ness. Whoever battles valiantly
against unhealthful weather, can be-.
come his own master and can even
secure for himself vital strength and
the enjoyment OF henlth.-Chautau-
quan.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-08-08
DESTRUCTIVE CLOUD.BURST
MOUNTAINS OF WATER.
Freight Trains Swept Away and Tracks
Buried by Landslides.

A Freight train on the Florence aud Grip
pie Creek Railroad was caught In landslide
and deraied near Adelaide, Col, Tuesday
night.
A succession cf cloudbursts occurred at the
head OF Eight Mile creek about IL or 10 miles
north OF Adelaide. Engineer Ben Cove and
Fireman Maurice Lyons saw the water coming
down the creek. Lyons managed to escape
by climbing up the side Of the mountain.
Cove Is supposed to have been drowned.
brakeman Dolan is known TO have lost his
life In the water. The food struck the town
OF Adelaide. doing great damage. The hotel
is said to have been swept away, and Mrs.
Carr, Lee Tracey and man named Watson
were drowned.
Six persons are known to have been
drowned at Adelaide, and two others are re-
ported missing. The railroad for ten miles
near Wilbur has been washed away.
The flood was caused by a cloud burst and
a wall OF water 20 feet high rushed down the
narrow canon. Three lives were lost. and
four employees OF the railroad are missing.
The dead are Mrs. Carr. aged 40; Mr.. Tracey
aged 30; cook, name unknown. The missing
are: H. NJ. Cove, engineer, aged 35, has q
wife and child at Florence; Dick Dolan,
brakeman, aged 80, has q mother at Flor
ence; Frank Caldwell, brakeman, aged "a;
G. q. Hitchcock, night operator at Flor
ence.
The hotel which was owned by Mrs. Carr
and Mr.. Tracey was completely demolished,
but the walters escaped There were two
landslides, one at Adelaide, the other at
South Four-mile. The latter landslide COW
cred the railroad track for about 100 feet.
About $50 men are at work and hayo nearly
cleared up the first landslide, and will in a
couple OF days have the line open.
A dispatch from Casper Wyo., says: A
disastrous cioudburst occurred Wednesday ut
the head OF Garden creek, small mining
stream, seven miles south.
The water came down the valley in q solid
wall ten feet high, carrying everything before
1t. Huge boulders aud logs were torn from
their fastenings and carried along with the
torrent, dealing death and destruction in Its
march.
A freighter and family. named Newly, were
camped on the creek lour miles from here.
They were In bed when the fioos came upon
them and without a moments warning were
hurled into the mass OF water and derbis.
The intense darkness made escape almost i'm
possible, Mr.. Newby only getting out. His
wife and child were carried on with the
Hood
Sam Parsons camp. near Newbys, was
caught by the waters in the same manner,
and his two children were carried away 10
the torrent The bodies OF the children were
recovered early next morning.
Huge freight wagons were dashed against
the rocks and broken to splinters, while large
trees were torn from the ground by the out
ward rushing waters. Five other freight
outfits were camped on the creek. which lost
wagons, harness, camp outfits, clothing and
are entirely destitute.
The citizens are donating clothing and pro-
visions. The bodies, horribly mutilated. were
recovered. Newby's parents live at Long
mont, Col.