The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1895-07-11

ITO saiu ho cOulu Dulld such wheel
without assistance in one week.
The case was submitted to the Jury
without argument, and a verdict Of
mot guilty" was rendered without
the jury leaving the box.
An immense amount OF poor seed
is sold to American farmers and gar
deners, according to a report issued
by the agricultural department.
While other countries for many
years have been looking into the
subject with a view OF protecting
their agriculturists from abuses in
the seed trade, no Investigations
have been made in the United states
except at. few experiment stations.
Great apathy ,Rrevst1as rl(nrs;s - \
among purchasers OF seed WIZ 13&
rule, buy the cheapest in the market
and trust to luck for 1t to produce
the crop. Such seed, says the re-
port, is dear at any price and the
principal source OF the hosts OF bad
seeds, whose eradication costs vastly
more than the few cents a pound
extra which good seed would have
cost. The report makes the charge
that American seed has acquired n
poor reputation in foreign countries,
some of which it is difficult for it to
gain foothold through prejudice.
In discussion of the relation of
soils to crop productions the forth
coming year book Of the department
will suggest that the preparation of
the soil be sufficiently thorough and
deep to insure absorption of the
whole rainfall. The water must be
absorbed as deeply as possible end
kept near the surface to be available
to plants as needed. Cultivation
should be frequent and continued
we'll into the fruiting period of the
crop.
Senator Vest sailed on July 10Th,
for Germany where he will spe I'd
some weeks health seeking.
When asked II he had seen the
statement in the Globe Democrat
about an interview between Mr..
Cleveland and himself on the silver
question FIVE days before the inaug-
uration of the former in 1898, he
said that he had, and remarked that
the Globe Democrat version OF the
matter was slightly inaccurate.
81 visited Lakewood at Mr.. Cieve-
land's request about ten days before
he was inaugurated," said Mr.. Vcs4,
"and we had an earnest conversa.
ton about silver. He agreed with
me that !; was the dangerous poi.s
before our party, and that it should
be adjusted satisfactorily, if possible,
so as not to divide lis. He finally
told me to see Bland and ascertain If
he and his friends would be satisfied
with the re enactment of the Bland
Allison law. l promised to do so,
and that I would inform him in
Washington of the result. did see
Bland, who insisted that 81 ZOO, 900
should be coin d each month, and
not 5000, 600, or that the maximum
amount in the Bland. Allison law
should be coined, land that the mini
mum amount should be stricken ont.
He consented at last to the re enact
ment of the law as it stood on the
statute book but not cheerfully-
indeed, quite reluctantly.
"When called upon the president
some days afterwards and told him
what Bland had said, ho gave mo to
understand that no compromise of
the silver question was possible, and
said that the only honest proposition
he favored was that to remove the
tax on the notes of state banks.
That ended our conversation.
81 understood afterwards from
several members Of the house that
Mr.. Cleveland had sent for Speaker
Crisp about the same time and
asked him if the Bland Allison act
could be passed in the honse, but Of
this have no personal knowledge.
Speaker Crisp, of course, knows all
about it.
'It is hardly necessary for me to
say that I have used no epithets in
speaking of the president and have
not accused him Of treachery. Ho
made the impression on me that he
would favor the enactment of the
Bland Allison law as compromise,
and l would certainly not have ap-
preached Bland but for this belief"
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SUMMER REST IN NAME ONLY.
From "The Act of Living-The Summer
Problem" by Robert Grant, in scribner.