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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-01-18
Mr.. Bryan Sees Three Issues.

Kansas City, Jan. 13.-So many
have been the errors that VIM. j.
Bryan has discovered in interviews
with him that when the Post Dispatch
correspondent asked him at the Bios
som House this morning What are
the issues of 1902" he wrote the fol-
lowing interview:
AT present it looks like the three
most prominent issues would be the
money question, the trust question,
and Imperialism. Men differ as to
their relative Importance, but they
will all be in the campaign
Nv. J. BRYAN
Mr., Bryan when asked about his
Minneapolis interview in which he was
reported as expressing views favora-
BILE to expansion, said:
Il have not seen the interview as
sent out by the Associated Press. |
saw it as it appeared in one of the
Minneapolis papers and it contains
some things did not say. | have
for one year been discussing imperial
ism and l have tried to distinguish
between such an expansion of the ma
tons limits as would not change the
character of the government, and an
expansion which converts a homoge-
NOUS republic into a heterogeneous
empire. When the annexation of
any given territory is under consid-
Grafton the question is, first, whether
the people want to come in, second,
whether the people are capable of
sharing in the government and des-
tiny OF this nation
Il believe that all people are capa-
BILE OF governing themselves and that
the Filipinos should be allowed to
govern themselves, but / do not
think that they are sufficiently ad-
vanced to share with US in the gov
eminent of the nation. If the Philip
pine Islands are annexed the people
there must either be citizens or sub
jects. | am not willing to admit
them as citizens, and do not believe
that republic can have subjects.
therefore l want this nation to give
them independence and then protect
them from outside interference. Each
proposed annexation must be con-
sidered upon its own merits, but in
considering these merits. the condi-
The Conservative, 1900-12-27
Che Conservative.

hard and green, makes the fruit in
vulnerable at the sides to the attack of
the worm, but the soft blossom end is
the apples weak point, and it is to this
that the little worm Immediately goes.
The first few days of the apple worms
life are spent in eating around in the
blossom end.
This period of eating in the blossom
end is the vulnerable point in the life of
the insect, for it is at this stage that it
can be killed by the poison spray in a
manner which will be described. Leav-
ing here after few days, the worm
begins to tunnel in the apple, with the
core as his objective point. The center
once reached, the apple worm remains
there until he is fullgrown, feeding upon
the core and the seeds, of which he
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seems particularly fond. When he has
reached maturity the worm starts for
the outside world again, digging his
burrow straight out for the side of the
apple in the darkness of the night he
leaves the apple and hies himself to a
place of concealment in a hollow or
crotch of the apple tree, in the bark, or
in some pile of rubbish nearby, where
he spins cocoon about himself.
The first worms to spin themselves up
in June and July soon transform to
pupa, from which, in about two weeks,
the adult moth emerges and goes about
laying the eggs for a second brood of
the worms. In the northern parts of
the country only few of the worms
develop into moths in the same season,
but in the West second and sometimes
third brood are developed. The little
worms of the second brood, when
Matched out, Immediately attack the
apples-this time from the side-eat
their way through and out, weave a
cocoon about themselves as did their
parent, and go into retirement for the
winter. They emerge in the spring, just
as the petals are falling from the apple
blossom, full grown moths now, and
begin the work of egg laying.
The effects of the moths occupation
of the interior of the apple on the fruit
is most disastrous. The early varieties
The Conservative, 1900-12-27
KILLING THE APPLE WORM.

KILLING THE APPLE WORM.
The apple worm has come to be looked
upon by horticulturists as On almost un.
avoidable evil. Fruit growers meeting
yearly with the crop of "windfalls" and
the even scattering of deformed and
bitter apples have come to regard as
inevitable the ravages of this little pest
which destroys yearly millions of dollars
worth of apples. Nevertheless, the ap.
pie worm can be fought and fought
successfully. This has been demon
strated by experiments of Kansas farm.
ers and fruit growers last summer, under
the direction of Prof. S. j Hunter, who
is at the head of the chronological
department of the University of Kan.
sas.
Professor Hunter is best known to
Kansans as the originator Of disking as
a method of fighting the grasshopper in
alfalfa.
1--WE have found it to be the best
policy" said he, "only to direct and
suggest what is to be done, leaving the
farmer to do the work, report the results
and express his opinion on the treat
ment. Our fight against the apple
worm last summer was conducted in
this fashion, entirely through correspon.
dence. Now the yield has been meas.
ured, and that of the treated apples
found in most cases to be greater than
those which were not. The apples
which were experimental upon have
been found to be of better quality than
the others, and the long winter evenings
will be spent by the farmers in discuss
ing the merits of the treatment.
The Work of the Apple Worm.
The apple worm is the progeny of a
silky brown moth called the codling
moth, which lays eggs on the leaves of
the apple tree, and occasionally on the
sides of the apple, from one to two
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ripen prematurely and drop from the
tree, becoming what is called "wind.
falls" fruit which is used only to feed
cattle and-must it be said-to make
apple cider. The later varieties remain
on the tree, but become bitter in flavor.
The destruction wrought by the second
brood is even greater. No longer does
the side Of the apple-soft and ripe now
offer any resistance to it's progress,
and straight in through the side the
worm goes, disfguring and running the
fruit.
Spraying is Death to Them.
It is with the little worm just out of
his shell that the horticulturist concerns
himself. Many ways of fighting the
pest in other stages of it's development
have been tried; killing the moth by
smudges-fires of green fuel built under
the trees-and collecting and destroying
the pupa in it's cocoon, but the moth is
wary of smudges and the time taken to
collect enough of the cocoons to have an
effect on the breeding of the worms is
worth more than the apples saved.
Spraying is the only practical way of
attacking the worm. AS has been
shown by the experiments last summer
it is successful way.
Professor Hunters spray, which was
used in the experiments, was made from
the following formula: Paris green,
one pound; freshly Stacked lime, two
pounds; water, 100 gallons. To have
an effective mixture the Paris green
must be pure, since some of the Paris
green placed on the market is made up
of colored lime, flour and other adulter-
ants. A sure test for the quality of the
article is to dissolve small portion of it
in ammonia. If the Paris green dissolves
leaving no sediment, it is undoubtedly
pure. Having been tested, the Paris
green should be mixed with the lime in
enough water to make thin paste, the
paste stirred into the rest of the water
and allowed to stand twenty-four hours
before using. A good spraying pump
with nozzle throwing both coarse
and fine spray and having an agitator
of some sort at the bottom of the tank
should be used to apply the mixture to
the trees.
The time for sprayingis within week
after the blossoms fall. The object of
the spraying is not to cover the leaves,
the branches, not the apple itself, but to
fill the rose or blossom end of the apple
with the poisonous mixture so that the
worms first meals, taken while tunnel
ing around in the blossom end, shall be
largely composed of Paris green, sub.
stance which will send him to the worm
Valhalla before he has had time to COM
mence his burrow towards the core.
| q
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weeks after it has developed from the
blossom. About one week is required
for the worm to hatch out from the egg.
After emerging from the egg the worms
first move is in the direction of one of
the apples, where it's work commences.
Now the skin of the apple, which is still
The age-herald., 1900-03-24
WARS EFFECT ON ADJUSTMENTS

From the London Leader.
 The turn of the tide in the war has made all the difference to the caterers for public amusement at home. After Ma gersfontein and Colenso there were depressions, and empty houses; since Paardeberg and Lady smith, struggling crowds and bumper re- ceipts.
 According to the manager of the Empire last Thursday Gthe night of the Ladysmith relieD was record night for his theater.
 MT Vernon Dowsett sums up his doinss al the Tivol as 'wonderful business.
 The same tale can be heard at most of the theaters At the Gaiety, for instance, all seats are taken till May, and booking has already commenced for the month of June.
 Even concert givers are beginning to have a happier time. Within the last few months lack of engagements for singers and mu- scians had usually gone hand in hand, with innumerabie invitations to sing gratis at patriotic performances.
 Unfortunately the season is too far ad- vanced to make it possible to reeo,-p losses already suffe~cd2s.
The age-herald., 1900-03-24

pay the railroads $179.2O ton for carrying the stun. The printing house in question fills several cars with their second-olass goods each month. The dry goods dealers send out laces and other goods to be re- turned at second-class rates if unused. and so do thousands of other dealers. The Loud bill was an effort to confne seeond-class rates to newspapers and other real period ieals
 It is estimated that over one-half of the 176eo0,e0O pounds of last years second-class matter was not really within the class, and should have paid third-class rates, or 14.7 cents pound. Tn that case the postofice department would have shown a large sur plus instead of deficiency. Said Postmas- ter-General Smith in his last annual report:
 'Bnt for this wrongful application of the seeond-class rate, instead of a deficit there would be a clear surplus of many millions. This misapplication of a legitimate public oioject to strictly personal ends not only entails large loss and taxes all the people for the benefit of few, nut 1t cripples the department and obstructs needed improve ments. The wrongs which have proved so injurious were never contemplate s con- gress. They are wholly outside the intent of the law. In the reform which Is sug gested 1t is not proposed to restrict the privileges of legitimate publications or to modify the design of the law, but only to bring back it's application to It's original and just scope"
 But all these arguments have proved un- availing. The senders of bogus stuff fought the Loud bill; the rural districts fought it, and it has gone down to stay down during the present congress. subsequent con- gress may be equal to the enactment of a just and equitable postage law, but it is plain this congress is not.
The age-herald., 1900-03-24
THE NEGRO IN BUSINESS

From the Chicago Tribune.
 "The Negro in business,' a social study made and published under the direction of the Atlanta (Ga) university, shows that during the last thirty years the negro bus iness men of the United States have made gratifying progress. There are now al least 1000 of them, the term "business man" be- ing interpreted to include all with stocks of goods to sell and all others who have at least $500 of capital invested. Thirty-six capitalists are reported with about $75O,O0 invested. There are four negro banks and seven large insurance companies. Thir- teen colored building and loan associations are reported. The estimated total capital invested by the American negro in business is SS, S,7S4,637, which, considering the poverty and training of the freedmen, is a credit able accomplishment. The negroes also have three magazines, three daily papers, eleven school papers and 136 weekly papers. In thirty years the negro has his repre- sentatives in over eighty kinds of business enterprises. Considering the vast business interests of this country, this seems small, but it is pioneer work of an encouraging character, and is in every way creditable to the race
The age-herald., 1900-03-24
Second Class Mail Matter.

For the third time the Loud bill has been voted down-this time by a majority so large as to render it's rehabilitation hope less. By a vote of 14S to 96 the bill has been sent back to the committee on post offices, where 1t will doubtless remain
 The object of the bill was to prevent the use of second-class rates by publish CTS of advertising sheets, price lists. cheap fiction, and other matter which was regis tered as periodicals, and was thus permit ted to go through the mails at one cent a pound. This abuse of second-class matter loads down the mails with tons upon tons of natter entailing an annual loss of s24,- 0oO, GOO, it is said, and postponing indefinitely the establishment of penny" postage.
 The provision was inserted in the postof- flee laws for the benefit of newspapers and magazines, but 1t was so drawn that any, thing issued at stated intervals could se- cure second-class rates. As it costs the government eight cents pound to carry such matter, the net loss Is seven cents a pound. A New York printing house, for example, sends out carloads of cheap nov els each month, paying postage on them at s22.4o ton, while the government has to
The age-herald., 1900-03-24
THE POLITICAL TRUST
From the Huntsville Mercury.

From the Huntsville Mercury.
 Governor Johnston and Representative stallings appear to forget that they are uubJic servants Governor Johnston finds time to travel over the state in the interest of his candidacy, and Representative Stall ings has almost forgotten that he flas off oial duties at Washington. These gentle men are interested more in their own po- ltical welfare than in the material welfare of the people they are paid to serve.
 Governor Johnston can make a pretense of discharsing the duties of his station. GIe spends more or iess time at his desk each week, but MT. Stallings has remained away from congress this entire session. He draws handsome salary from the gov erLment, and instead of rendering the serv- ice for which he was elected, he remains here in Alabama trying to get another office that carries with it a chance for the federal senate.
 While Governor Johnston and Representa- tive Stalhngs are using their offices and time to improve their chances for political advancement, the people of Alabama look to Washington for another picture There they see Senator Morgan at work. day by election. They also recall that the senior senator said he would remain at his post of duty even if it cost [him defeat
 The people will give the Morgan plan the preference
The age-herald., 1900-03-24
HE onLr pAIlY nEMspApER IN ALABAMA
circuIatlon Statements in Court.

The making and printing of misleading circulation statements is to be tested in the courts of Illinois. The Advertisers Guarantee company has sued the Chicago Inter- Ocean for putting out circulation afldavfts that were not, it is claimed based on fact. The Guarantee company claims that fictitious names were placed on the Inter-ocean's circulation lists, and that the numbers of copies sent to ne'wsdealers were enlarged beyond all truth. It asks for damages from the Ocean on account of set of books kept and exhibited for the purpose of deceiving the plaintiff com- pany into guaranteeing the Interocean's subscription list"
 The plaintiff company states that in the bill it has filed in court that never before had 1t furnished or guaranteed or been suspected of furnishing or guaranteeing inaccurate, unreliable and false informa- tion'' It therefore wants damages to the amount of $5O,OOO.
 The other Chicago papers publish the pleadings in full, and this notable case will be apt to clear up the situation as to responsibility for misleading circulation statements. Such questions have never been passed upon in court, and clarihction is needed. The indications are that the case in Chicago cannot be settled and that it must go on to a final verdict and to opinions on law points that will serve alike for the protection of honest publishers and honest advertisers
 The Inter-Ocean's side of the damage case is not at hand, but that paper is abundanty able to take care of itself, and the outcome will be a celebrated case that will broadly determine the rights of pub fishers and advertisers. It may knock the circulation editor out, but his loss will be the advertisers gain.
The age-herald., 1900-03-24
The ,!sthanlan Canal.

7 Two of the isthmian canal commission CTS have returned to this country, leaving seven of their colleagues on the proposed routes for canal. The commission flas 300 surveyors in the field, each squad in change of a competent engineer, and they are going over every suggested route. with the intention of making an exhaustive re- port. They will find not only practicable route for an isthInian canal, but will con olusively demonstrate that the route they select is the most feasible one that can be found. The commission has sent dele eation to the president of Costa Rica, and Its relations with the Nicaraguan govern ment have been cordial. A location free from quicAsand for the great Oohod dam has been found, and altogether one of the returning commissioners IS confident that ''the whole question of an isthmian canal'' will be settled once and for all in the forthcoming report of the commission.
 The Panama canal will have due consid- eratlon. A surveying party is preparing data concerning it, and full explana tlon will be made of what has been accomplished there and what is in course of construc- ton; for the Panama canal has by no means been abandoned,
 But it is plain from what the returning commissioners say that their report will favor the Nicaragua route. It seems to be unnecessary to await a final report of the commission, when the general purport can be ascerta!ned from the returning com missioners, and thus valuable time can l5e utilized. An appropriation at the present session would advance the building of the canal two Years. It would permit Senator Morgan, who has caamqtoned it in season and out of season, to witness the compge- tion Of the great work, barring accidents, to his valuable and fruitful life Let us hope that congress will act without further delay. Both parties demand the speedy building of the canal; tine people of all par ties want it, and no one stands in the way except some special interests that are as selfish as they are unpatriotic.
The age-herald., 1900-03-24
TIT FOX TAT

From the Philadelphia Record.
 Sometimes the girls here and there have organized societies for the purpose of mu- tually declining to receive the attentions of young men who should refuse to sign total abstinence pledges. It is now for the boys to neatly turn the tables by declining to pay attention to any girl wearing the wings or feathers of one of our song birds in her hat The vice of intemperance is not so very much worse than the hideous vanity which in it's thoughtlessness of cruelty sac- rifices the choristers of the forest for it's gratification.s
The age-herald., 1900-03-24
Entertained the same Opin ion

The Sphere vouehes for this story as true: On the steamer which conveyed him to Gib- raltar, where he was to meet Lord Rob- erts, Lord Kitchener was accosted by an of f1cer who introduced himself with the re- hinder that he had once been intrusted by Colonel Kitchener with message to the then commander-in-chief in India. Lord Kitchener recognized his old acquaintance immediately, but could not recall the mes sage referred to-
 Tt was fifteen years or more," said his friend, but I remember it. You asked me if I had the chance to speak to Lord Rob- erts on your behalf, and beg him to find you job in the east, near him, IF possible. You told me to say you would black his boots or do any earthly thing for him then"
 ''Pve no doubt I said that" replied Lord Kitchener, "for I would black his boots or do any mortal thing for him now"
The age-herald., 1900-03-24
BARBED WIRE AND WAR

From the Chicago Tribune
 One of the strange results of the war in South Africa is an increase in the price of barbed wire in America. So say the deal CTS, who give the war as an excuse for the advance in prices, and it would seem with more reason than excuses are often given for advances, although now, as in other cases, the ability to get more for the barbed wire may have suggested the ex- cuse. It is certain that there is an enor- nous demand for barbed wire in South Af- rica, and the market there has been almost entirely stripped of the stuff. The wire is used by both Boers and British in strength ening kopjes and field positions It was found useful for the purpose during the Cuban insurrection, and again in the Phil ippines. In South Africa the Boers have made excellent use of the fencing, and it has probably found a regular place in the list of munitions of war. It Is doubtless true that any international court of awards would hold that barbed wire Is contraband of war It is hard, however, that the farm CTS of the United States should be forced to pay more for their fencing because there is a war in South Africa.
The age-herald., 1900-03-24
French by the Dictionary

Nobody who may be thinking of stopping in peace at the Grand hotel, in Paris. should ask about the American woman who spoke French with the aid of dic- tionary, says the Chicago News. Although there was no need for 1t, as they all spoke English, she persisted to firing off Ollen- dorian French at the walters every mo- ment. One sad-eyed knight of the apron came down one morning and asked for leave of absence and the maitre d'hotel himself went up to solve the mystery. Af- ter a violent tirade against the incivility of the garcon she declared that his French was so frayed out at the edges that he did not understand what "a bottle of embon- point" was. And it took the manager 20 minutes to discover that she had intended to ask for stout.
The age-herald., 1900-03-24
CarnegIe-Frick Prices for Armor.

The Carnegie Prick people have come to- gether, shaken hands, declaring eternal friendship to each other, and making ready to take profits on an enormous oyer-capi- talization out of consumers in all parts of the country. The new Pittsburg combna- ton is in reality a war against all other parts of the country, based on a needessly wicked tariff schedule. It is a declaration that the combine proposes to earn dividends on water galore. And it proposes to earn a portion of such dividends by demanding s5i5 a ton for armor plate. This" says the New York Herald, "is an excessive price, and, despite all explanations as to the cost of production, 1t would not be ac- cepted did circumstances permit further de- lay"
 No doubt the government will be com pelledt pay an excessive price for armor needed in the construction of the Maine the Missiuri and the Ohio; but there is no reason why it should subm5t to the extor- tions of the Pennsylvania combine to any further extent. An excellent plant can be built and put in operation by the govern ment before other ships will need armor and if this congress could shake off the combine and the Pennsylvania influence it would authorize the construction of such a plant It has authorized the manufac- ture of guns rifles and smokeless powder, and of various lesser articles, and above all else it should make its own armor The Carnegie concern has once been found guilty of delivering imperfect armor, and d fine was imposed, but it goes right along demanding hold-up prices although the government does not know that the armor it would deliver would be free from flaws What the government needs is a plant that would have no inducement to turn out i'm perfect plates-and, too, that will make plates and deliver them when the govern ment calls for them. It is really Pennsyl- vania against the rest of the country, and it now looks as If the associated extorton-
 sts would win out. They want more than $40, 600 in profits year.