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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-06-26
Must Establish Manufactures.
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Editor Florida Agriculturist:
AS the experiences of the past six
months have solved the orange market
question, for few years at least as the
efforts of our people to secure the means
of livelihood by the growing and ship
ment of vegetables have proven such
source of income to be unreliable and
discourHging, it is very evident that
Floridians have arrived at the parting
of the ways and that if individuals and
the State at large are to prosper, some
other course must be adopted than the
growing of fruits and vegetable for ship
ment as the chief occupation of our peo-
pile.
The experience of people throughout
the world in this and other ages has IN
variably and unmistakably proven that
in sections and countries where the chief
occupation is the production and ship
ment of raw material, the masses of the
people are inevitab reduced to con-
for general prosperity, we must abandon
the attempt to be mere producers of
crude materials, our earnest endeavors
must be devoted to the extensive pro-
duction of finished products.
Too this end every possible kind of
manufactory must be established even
though on a small scale at first. By
labor and skill the crude must be re-
duced in bulk and given the utmost pos
sible value. We must no longer be con-
tent to be "heWers Of wood and drawers
Of water" for others. The genius OF our
people must be devoted to the gloririca
tiOn of themselves by the evolution
the tittest, the choicest in every possible
department.. Bulk must be reduced
and greater value given to all raw ma
terial by Skiliful manipulation.
The first thing demanding attention,
it seems to me, is to devise means to
live from our own products even though
itrequire a radical change in he"Menu,"
Or Dill Ol are, anu WlGnnOIUlng OIL dC-
customed expenditures in many other
directions. AS we are now down to
bedrock, or hardpan, let us build sub
stantial foundations for future prosper
ty, make ourselves to the greatest possi-
BILE extent independent of all outside
our own little boundaries whether we
cultivate one acre or forty or more. In
our realm let us strive to secure the very
best of every product and give it the
very highest possible care and cultiva-
tion.
The first requisite, it seems to me, is
a home. To many appear to have
houses but not real home. For real
enjoyment and true prosperity the home
feeling must be dominant One must
be ready to sacrifice everything that cir
cumstances may require for the proper
development of the home center. 1t
may not produce great show of riches
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-06-26
DeLand, Fla, Wednesday, June 26, 1895.

BILE Indifference to the prosperity of the
South. A partial failure of the harvest
as not infrequentl y taught the danger
of too great reliance upon single sta
pie. The planters have learned, under
versify their industries. If there is only
one production, Its blight involves the
farmer in irremediable loss; but if there
is variety of products, when one crop
fails there are still other resources to re-
trieve the disaster Hence, if there
were no lands IN the South suited to the
culture of jute but those which are now
allotted to cotton and sugar, it would be
the dictate of economic prudence to
withdraw proportienate share from it's
present use and devote 1T to the tillage
of the new staple.
The movement in favor of the pro-
posed industry is now SO earnest and
widespread that il cannot stop until the
question whether iute can be luc ratively
grown in the United States has been
definitely answered. Nov, for the first
time, there is a means of testing the
possibility of profit by business stand
ards, and probably thousands of plant
ers will hasten to try the experiment.
But, in order to avoid disappointment,
there should be an intelligent concert Of
action. The cultivation of small guam
titles of jute on farms remote from rail-
roads and navigable streams would
hardly prove remunerative. Doubtless
large estates would raise enough jute to
justify the purchase of the mechanical
conveniences which it's preparation
would require. The smaller farmers,
whose limited crops would scarcely war
rant the individual outlay, could COM
bine and buy machine. Seemingly it
would be the best plan to build watts and
factories in central and easily accessible
places. If it were necessary for each
planter to possess the costly appliances
AOHOA0AO OO AOA oil VI OuC OpCEdO1OASS OnCIc
could be no possible profit in the busi
ness. But, if the great bulk of the jute
were removed by decortication, the COM
pact masses of fibre could easily be sent
to the factory, and there, where all the
apparatus for retting and manufacture
ing existed, the material could be
cheaply handled. By sagacious and
economical cooperation the planters of
the South may derive profitable returns
from the culture of the Indian staple.
No vigor of language can too earnestly
express my convection that a great in
dustry, productive of vasU opulence, now
awaits the hand of Southern enterprise.
The lapse of time has only strengthened
my belief that the Southern States can,
by organized effort, produce a new veg
etable fibre, which, ranking next to cot.
ton in value, will not only enrich them
selves, but also increase the textile re-
sources of the world.
The Portland daily press., 1895-06-04
Potato scab.

The Rhode Island experiment station
has found that whenever ashes or all
slaked lime was used on potatoes the
amount Of scab has been greatly in
creased. This has held true even when
the seed was treated with corrosive SUBJ
Innate. The conclusion reached at the
station is that the scab disease is check
ed by the natural sourness Of the soil,
and that lime, by correcting this sour
ness, makes it easier for the disease to
spread. Stable manure is alkaline, and
this, too, makes better breeding place
for the disease. This is the best explana-
tion we have yet had. However useful
lime or wood ashes may be on other
crops, we would not use either directly
ON potatoes.
The Portland daily press., 1895-06-04

Senator elect Carter of Montana is out
for Don Cameron of Pennsylvania as the
Republican candidate for President He
thinks the Rocky Mountain and Pacific
coast region will work together to
make Mr.. Cameron the candidate because,
to quote Mr.. Carter's language ''he is a
fearless advocate of the cause of true
bimetalism which consists in the free and
unlimited coinage of both gold and silver
at a fixed ratio, and ratio of 16 to is
the most liberal adopted by any nation
in the past But a candidate to have
any chance of success must have his own
state behind him, and it is very doubtful
if Pennsylvania would give any sincere
support to Mr.. Cameron on free coinage
platform. Indeed it is doubtful if he
could get the support of any of the states,
except the silver mining states, on thai
sort of platform. But we imagine thai
the Cameron boom is not to be taken very
seriously any more than the Morton
boom is.
The Portland daily press., 1895-06-04

The New York World has been taking a
poll of Congress on silver, the tariff and
the income tax 1t got replies from 116
congressman, aboutsa third of the whole
number OF these So are for free silver.
A for bimetalism and II for the single
gold standard. A good many representa-
tives appear to be in favor of some change
in the tariff, but Mr. Dingley inclines to
the opinion that nothing should be done
in that direction until the Republicans
get full possession of the government
About AZ representatives are in favor of the
income tax, though that seems to be a
dead question inasmuch as there is little
possibility of framing law that will not
be obnoxious to the opinion of the Su-
preme Court. The poll is not so signifi-
cant as it might be as the majority of the
replies come from Southern congressman
who will have little really to do with
shaIing legislation. Mr.. Dingley's opin-
to prevail, and will prevail we think
An agitation of the tariff question may
do much harm and it can do no good, in
asmuch as it will not be in the power of
Republicans to revise the tariff along
protective lines as long as Mr.. Cleveland
remains in office. Some method of rails
ing additional revenue will probably
have to be adopted, inasmuch as the gov
ernment receipts are running far behind
its expenditures but internal taxation
offers probably at the present time more
feasible way of accomplishing that than
duties on imports.
The Portland daily press., 1895-06-04

Cycling for Health and Pleasure. An
Indispensable Guide to the Successful Use
of the Wheel. By Luther H Porter, au-
thor of ''The Advantages of Cycling. /"
"Wheels and Wheeling &c New York
Dodd, Mead & Co. Portland: Loring,
Short & Harmon Everything that one
need to know about the bicycle is told in
this little book, and in manner too that
is clear and really interesting. The in
structions for learning to ride the bicycle
are easily comprehended by aid of the
cuts, and cannot fail to be of value to the
beginner. There is chapter on accidents
and their prevention, in which the more
common forms of accidents are given and
some preventive and palliative rules laid
down which will save some bad bruises
if learned and adhered to. The other
chapters in the book are correct pedal
ing," speed and gearing" +" training :"
"cycling costume" practical points
and appendix containing an essay on
the influence of the bicycle in health
and disease" by Greame H. Hammond,
M D. of New York. The volume is an
excellent bicycling manual andEit ought
to be in the possession of every bicyclist,
for.its suggestions are eminently pratical
and useful.
The Portland daily press., 1895-06-04
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The Portland daily press., 1895-06-04

The Illinois Democrats are going to
hold their state convention at Springfield
this week, and there is scarcely doubt
that the free coinage of silver at the ratio
of IS to 1 will be advocated
The Illinois Democrats who are
opposed to this policy, and
who a while ago were threatening a bolt
if the convention adopted it are apparent
ly roosting much lower than they were.
The fact seems to be that the Democratic
party of Illinois is overwhelmingly in
favor of free coinage, and that the sound
money contingent is very small and
select body, hardly big enough to make a
bolt which would attract attention.
The Portland daily press., 1895-06-04


The report that Mr.. Cleveland contem-
plates change in the foreign policy of
the government and to this end will select
somebody like Don Dickinson or William
G. Whitney for Secretary of State may be
dismissed as mere idle gossip. Nobody
who knows Mr.. Cleveland doubts for a
moment that since he came into office the
foreign policy of the government has been
inspired and dictated by himself, and is
as much his as if he had been Secretary
of State as we'll as President To change
it now would be confession that it had
been wrong or unacceptable to the.people,
and such confession Mr.. Cleveland will
never make. Furthermore the President
it SO thorough an egotist that it probably
never occurs to him that policy of his
adoption could be anything than the very
best possible one, and as for the opinion
of the people Mr.. Cleveland has not been
accustomed to let that, any more than
the opinion of his party leaders, have
any share in determining his policy. The
foreign policy of this government will
continue to be what it has been during
the remainder of Mr.. Cleveland's term;
and the new Secretary of State will be
a man who will do his bidding He will
be cuckoo. None other need apply.
The Portland daily press., 1895-06-04
Fertilizer For Corn and potatoes.

The Massachusetts experiment. station
recommends 500 pounds dissolved bone
black, 200 pounds nitrate of soda and
a50 pounds kmuriate Of potash per acre
for corn. For potatoes, 800 pounds dis
solved bone black, 200 pounds nitrate Of
soda and $50 pounds high grade sulphate
of potash.
The Portland daily press., 1895-06-04

Mr.. Eugene V. Debs, President of the
American Railway Union, has issued an
address to the members of that organiza-
ton in which he characterizes Justice
Woods who sentenced him to Jail as des-
pot. Did Mr.. Debs ever calmly consider
what he himself was or was trying to be
when the United States authorities in
tervened? Did ever limited States judge
arrogate to himself a 1.-THE Of the power
that Mr.. Debs was attempting to exer-
else? To compel certain employers in the
town OF Pullman to comply with the de-
mand Of their employees, Mr.. Debs pro-
posed TO stop all railroad traffic in this
The Portland daily press., 1895-06-04

Ohio has grown tired of annual session
and the recent Republican State eonven-
ton recommended the adoption of the
constitutional amendment submitted by
the last legislature providing. for biennial
sessions
The Portland daily press., 1895-06-04
FROM
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The Portland daily press., 1895-06-04
THE PRESS.
TUESDAY, JUNE 4.

The loss of the Colima was due largely
to bad loading or overlooking. A iheavy
sea struck her, her cargo shifted and over
she went Carelessness or recklessness
was at the bottom of it.
The Portland daily press., 1895-06-04

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three letters are reproduced in these vol
umes. The volumes contain nine illus
trations.
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The Portland daily press., 1895-06-04

country. AS President of the American
Railway Union he undertook to say that
no trains should be run out of Chicago
until a certain controversy was settled in
the way that he thought it ought to be
settled. Mr. Debs contemplated the in
Fiction of grievous injuries to tens of
thousands of people that he and his order
of the American Railway Union might
bring the Pullman Car Company to their
terms Can anybody imagine anything
more tyrannical, more despotic than this
attempt of Mr. Debs to coerce the Pull
man Company by threatening thousands
of innocent people, who were in no way
responsible for any injustice that that
corporation may havesbeen guilty of, with
great loss, and perhaps even with suffer
ing? The shutting up of Debs in Jail even
if we take Debs' view of it was a piece of
very insignificant despotism alongside
of what he himself undertook to do.
The Portland daily press., 1895-06-04

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The Portland daily press., 1895-06-04

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The Portland daily press., 1895-06-04

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The Portland daily press., 1895-06-04

p. P. P. puriies the blood, builds mp
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happiness where sickness, gloomy
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The Penn's Grove record., 1895-10-11
no Reduoe EIesh

In the large cities, middle aged WON.
en- throng the gymnasium and physical
culture schools, to learn how to re.
duce the too abundant flesh and keen
on the rheumatism which ia often an
accompaniment The woman who dons
her own housework has most of her
muscie called into exercise every day
and the danger with her is hat thew
are over-exercised, still much relief
can be received by sponging every NIGH
after hard labor with the foilowIro
inexpensive lotion: Two ounces sn,rIts
ammonia two ounces spirits cam.
pnor, n and one-half cups sea salt
cup alcohol, one quart rain water
The woman whose face and throa,
are too thin, can remedy the th,nness
by frequent bathing In cool water ana
before retiring rubbing in some GOOD
cream. In rubbing, the wrinkles should
be rubbed against so as to rub them
out, and 1t Is as much In the rubb,no
as In b cream. A nice bit Of soft
white nannel' rubbed several time dailv
yer the rae will be beneficial. and sbs
whose double chin detracts from he,
good looks can by J~udiciously rubbing
downward, get rid Of the snnarerity
Above all things, let the woman Nh
desires 10 Keep her youth and her
beauty cultivate a sweet dispos,tior
and her intellect at the same +,ua
Womankndb
The Penn's Grove record., 1895-10-11


The recent war between Japan ana
China has taught the officers OF the
American navy at least one new thing
In the construction Of vessels. Inere
will be scarcely any woodwork In the
Oregon, that Is rapidly nearing compile
ton at the Union iron works. This Is
due to the fact that there were more
people killed and injured in the naval
battles In the orient by flying WOODEN
splinters than by the bullets or explod-
Ing shells. Most of the cruisers n
~battleships that took part in the war
were constructed with steel hulls, n
all Of them were more or less pro-
tected with heavy armor plates. The
Interior fittings and furnishings Of the
quarters and the deck coverings, how
ever, were Of wood. When a shot pierre
ed the hull of a vessel and tore through
the wood In the interior Of the ship
splinters were sent flying In all direc-
tons. In most cases the shot passed
through the vessel without injurlng any
Of the crew, but the shower Of wooden
splinters filed the sick bay and kept
the sallmaker sewing up the dead In
canvas sacks for burial. On the battle
ship Oregon practically no wood will
be used. All the bulkheads and par
titions dividing the rooms In the off,
GERS quarters are to be Of iron. No
wood will be used on the decks, but
instead linoleum will be cemented to
the iron deck to prevent slipping. All
the doors will be of iron, and all those
leading to the decks will be made wat
n tght-San francisco Examiner.
The Penn's Grove record., 1895-10-11


The following anecdote appears in a
ecent number Of Leslie's Weeklyi
After he was graduated from Bowdoin
College, ex-Speaker Reed thought seri-
,usly Of becoming a minister; but he
Itudied law instead of divinity, and
vent to California to hang out his shin
lie. The story of his admission to the
,ar there is interesting. Tom said
he Judge, is the legal-tender act con-
rtitutionalr 1T is, SIR answered the
'oung lawyer, who knew his examin-
RS bent. You shall be admitted
aid the Judge, and the ceremony was
yer. This version spoils an excellent
lnecdote. The story as 1t occurred is
Is follows: When Tom Reed was to be
Examined for admission to the bar,
Judge w. T. Wallace was then on the
supreme Bench, and the candidate ap-
peared before him for examination.
It was In the early sixties, and the
country was convulsed with varying
opinions on the legal-tender act 1t Is
rue that Judge Wallace said to the
.andidate: is the ~legal-tender act con-
i~tftutionalT 1t is, SIR was the reply.
You r passed, SIR replied Judge
Wallace at once; any young man who
AN decide grave constitutional ques-
tons like that off-hand requires N
turther examination