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The Conservative, 1901-02-07
Che Conservative.

vessels of moderate speed, none of them
exceeding II knots"
In the second place, the bill is so
drafted as to discourage the building of
really fast steamers by American ship
yards. It is on every hand conceded
that the cost of building, fitting, and
running steamer increases very rapidly
and out of all proportion to the speed
attained. And when we remember that,
though scheduled by Lloyd's as 20.knot
steamers so rated only last year by
Mr.. Chamberlain-the International's
flyers are now considered by Mr..
Chamberlain as competent to draw SUBJ
sidy as 21knot vessels (see p. 1881 we
evidently have the data in view of
which the subsidy bill was drafted.
The International four steamers
could not hope, even on a temporary
test, to be rated as over 21.knot speed;
hence, though the bill provides special
speed subsidy at 2.36 per gross ton per
100 miles on 21-knot steamers, while
giving only IA cents for the next fastest
(17-knot) American steamers in exist
ence, it provides for no higher rate for
swifter vessels and, therefore, it offers
least inducement of all to the building
of faster steamers than 81 knots. The
provisions of the bill as to "speed'' sub
sidy, therefore, are not intended to
induce the building of single fast
American mail ship, but rather to
pauperize the four superannuated "grey-
hounds" of the American Line to the
tune (when the Paris shall be back in
service) of some 81 500 900 year.
Instead, therefore, of any prospect
that our government will save 81 100000
by free carriage of mails in subsidized
ships, the fact is that the International
mail contracts are mainly in respect of
vessels that already are or will soon
become unfit for mail carriage at all {; so
that our government must in any case
contract with faster steamers.
This particularly applies to shipping
in the Atlantic trade. That is to say ::
The International four great subsidy
grabbers- New York, the Philadel-
phia formerly Paris), the St. Paul and
the St. Louis-last year received
$647 1878 from the United States for mail
carriage under contracts which, though
proper when made, can never be re.
newed. It is now proposed by the
pending bills to double even this enor.
nous subsidy for ten years to come after
they shall have practically ceased to be
eligible for carrying the mails at all.
Indeed, scandal has already arisen
in this connection. At page 13 of the
Report of the Superintendent of Foreign
Mails. dated October %, 1900, appears
the following:
"The rules under which the mails for
The Conservative, 1901-02-07
THE SHIP SUBSIDY BILL.

If there is one pretense more bold than
the rest under which the pending subsidy
bill is pushed, it is that it will help our
foreign mail service.
At page 81 Mr.. Chamberlain suggests
that:
"a reduction in the special rates pro-
posed for steamships of IA knots or
upward will preclude the possibility of
establishing--n new lines of American mail
steamships to different quarters Of the
globe, and would thus defeat one of the
most important public objects of the
measure. \ The rates proposed
for American mail steamships by both
(Senate and House) bills, on the other
hand, must share in the uniform reduc-
ton when the maximum expenditure
has reached the limit, $4,000, ,O00."
This reminds us of Senator Frye's
claim that of the $9, 900, 900 per annum,
contemplated asssubsidy, only $1,000, 900
should be really so considered; since on
his theory, we are now paying 81 800 600
for mail service, for which the United
States, under the subsidy bills, would
pay nothing.
The fact, however, is-as no one
would more promptly admit than will
Mr. Frye and Mr.. Chamberlain-that,
while there might sometimes be little
benefit to the United States from free
mail carriage to offset against subsidies
paid, it's amount would be petty and un.
certain.
For, in the very nature Of things, we
must employ to carry our mails the best
and fastest ships to be secured. When
the pending contract with the Inter
national was made, it's ships-the Paris
and the New York-and the newly built
St. Paul and St. Louis, were among the
fastest in existence. Since that time,
however. and notably within the last
two years, marine engineering has so
developed that, whereas ten years since
there was none faster, and only four
others as fast as the internationally
(then) two steamers ; in 1900 there were
floated nine which surpass them in speed
three by one knot per hour, two by
two knots per hour, and four by three
knots per hour. Moreover, line after
line has contracted for ships of from %
o24 knots speed, until within five years,
a 20 to 21.knot ship (even now not con.
sidered an eligible carrier for fast mail
between here and Europe) will be q
leisurely going tub, as compared with
the faster steamers that will then carry
our mails.
But under the subsidy bill we are not
likely to have American mail steamers.
In the first place it's promoters admit
that such is not the case.
blouse Hearings, p. 34):
The Conservative, 1901-02-07

ing to the record of it's three voyages
just preceding the assignment, delivered
the mails in the shortest time in Lon
don-has not been rigidly adhered to
during the year just closed, preferences
having been given to vessels flying the
flag of the United States"
It is not here specifically stated what
American vessels were thus favored,
but on the next page is given a schedule
of all ships whose records were kept in
this connection. This includes no other
American ships than the International's
st. Paul, st. Louis and New York (the
Paris now being rebuilt) and shows that
for the mail service between New York
and London, their average records for
the last three months noted (April. June,
1900,) were:
st. Paul. l78.2 Hours
St. LOUIS. ......... ...loo.o
New YORK ...lo5.o
AS compared with the time for similar
carriage by other steamers as follows:
Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse, North
Ger Lloyd) ........... ............ 1923 Hours
Lucania (Cunard) .............. 1895
Campania (Cunard) ............. :. 172.8
Oceanic white Star)... .........171.1
Kaiser Frederick (Hamburg- Amer
ican) ............,.............. ......l74l
Fuerst Bismark (Hamburg- -Ameri-
can go. ,....... ........l76O
In other words, Mr.. McKinley's post
Office department. is deliberately pre-.
ferring slow ships to faster ones for
trans. Atlantic mails.
How grave is the favoritism thus
shown the International can be best
appreciated by an instance:
According to Bullinger's Guide the
steamers advertised to convey the United
States mails from New York to the
United Kingdom and the continent, on
November the 7th, 1900, were the st.
Paul, scheduled to leave at 10 a. M, and
the Teutonic, scheduled to sail at noon.
On the voyage from Southampton to
New York, the st. Paul, of the later.
national Navigation Company (Ameri-
can Line) met with an accident to one
of her propellers, on account of which
she only reached New York on Novem.
ber the 4th, and, after the extent of the
damage had been ascertained, she was
withdrawn from the service to be laid
up for several months on account of
repairs.
Upon the withdrawal of the st. Paul,
of the American Line, it was naturally
understood that the mails to be des.
patched on November the 7th, would
be sent by the Teutonic, of the White
Star line. On Thursday, November the
9Th, it was, however, ascertained to be
the fact that the mails on Wednesday,
November 7th, were not despatched by
the Teutonic, of the White Star Line,
but were sent instead by the Inter-
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-11-15

If one wants some choice pork for
the family to eat, the pig should not
know very much about corn ut any pc
riod of his career and most certainly
should not be allowed TO follow bunch
of fatting steers. The family pig, while
a scavenger by nature, still responds
TO decent rations of food and should
be the product of skimmilk, barley
meal and roots, with a chance to run
in wood lot and pick up some acorns
and nuts, to be finished off with a little
corn at the last end. Such pork will
be the typical streak of fat and streak
of lean, tender, firm in texture and of
the finest flavor,
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-11-15
PAIESTINE GRAprs-

rs hoy we remember seeing pic
ture depicting the spies returning from
the land of Canaan bearing on pole,
which two men carried on their shout
derS. lunches of grapes from the prom
ised land. The artist had made these
lunches Of grapes almost touch the
ground, and we got the idea that they
must have come from a great grape
country We see that large numbers
of German vine growers are locating
in Palestine TO take up the culture of
the grape, the quality of which as there
grown is equal to the best product Of
either France or Germany.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-11-15

We watched an Angora goat feeding
the other day. 1t had been turned into
a garden from which all the garden
stuff had been removed. There were a
bed of second growth lettuce, tender
and sweet, a lot Of fresh cabbage
stumps and leaves, plenty Of fine blue
grass and other nice pickings all
around. What did that goat do but
made straight for a clump of wild
roScbuShes in Il corner Of the garden
and strip them almost down to the
ground. and when we left it it was
busy stripping all the foliage which it
could reach from Il low headed box ell
der. The Angora goat is a business
animal and no mistake
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-11-15
WIRE GRAss ANp WEALTH..

The largest manufacturing industry
in the state of Minnesota is engaged
in the conversion of the common wire
grass Of the Minnesota sloughs into
the various manufactured products for
which it seems SO well fitted binding
Irvine, cordage, mating, basket work.
baggng, etc. More than 10000 per-
sons are being supported and doing
well as a result of the development of
this industry. And we well recall tie
time when the wire grass slough was
considered the most worthless of any
Of Minnesota's broad acres and the
owner Of it au object of pity.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-11-15

If a two horse load of stable manure
is worth 81 in the state of New York,
what is it worth in Wisconsin, Mime
sofa or Iowa? Now, please do not
think we are crazy when we say that,
with corn ut 30 cents bushel, it is
worth just as much. for every load of
fertilizer put on the average corn
fields of those states will increase
the yield not less than three bushels,
and, more, will do it for two or three
years. Therefore do not move the barn
to get it away from the manure pike.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-11-15
THE TOWN cows STALL.

A friend from Michigan writes us for
directions how to fix a cows stall in
the barn so that She may be kept clean.
The following is the way in which we
have fixed our own COW STALL Stall is
4 feet wide, box manger width of
stall and feet high, common
stanchion to hold COW, floor elevated
3 inches above the level of stable
floor, and of such a length as will
just permit the COW to stand upon it
when she is fastened in stanchion
The width of the stall and the length
of the floor will have to be varied to
suit the size of the COW kept In such
a stall the COW can be kept perfectly
clean without any trouble.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-11-15
SOME NAMES FOR FARM HOME
STE%DS

We are asked to suggest a few names
for farm homestcadS outside those in
common use Well here are a few
that occur to us Doodle Hill. Glover
corn, Vine Mound, Norman Heights,
Dorkng Hail. Cherry slope, Glen Jcr-
sey. Elmhurst, Wheat Mound, Bluff
Burn, Brook Run, Bowldcr Brow, Hi
House, Saints Rest, Bluff Haven, Crag-
side names suggestive Of the special
location or business pertaining to each
place
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-11-15
WHAT slIoULD ne nome,

We are asked what should be done
in case like this: y dog OF fairly good
reputation belonging to a farmer was
very strongly suspected on circumstan-
tial evidence of killing a lot of sheep
belonging TO a neighbor The owner
of the dog refused to recognize the
weight of this sort of evidence. and
would neither pay for the sheep nor
kill the dog. What should the sheep
owner do? our reply is that he should
get that dogs hide on the first favor
able opportunity
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-11-15

fication thereof by the Court
deposit of 10 per cent. of the NJ, gSh
money Of any of this property viii 'j tie
CURED on day OF sale. Purchaser 10 n T. :,
all expense of conveyancing. '7 at
WILLIAM T. RAINEY
Stephen Girard Building
Philadelphia. p.am
Jacob RohIhack, '7'See.
Frederick, Md.
c. Audrade, Jr.,
Girald Trust Building.
Philadelphia, Peuna..
Solicitors.
n0v.S6i
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-11-15

Experiments made by the govern
ment prove that the mule will do the
same work required of a horse at %
per cent less cost for food. While this
fact is to the credit of the mule, there
are some offsets bearing upon the spir-
itual welfare of the man who has to
drive and care for him.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-11-15

A law recently put into effect in Nor
way compels the young lady before
she marrles to present a certificate to
the authorities showing that she can
cook, sew, knit and embroider This
ought to insure the getting Of good
housekeeper when a fellow marries in
that country, but it is an unfair ar
rangement in that nothing is required
In the man.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-11-15

If You put ont that celery bed as sug-
gested last spring, YOU can now tone up
your nerves ut small cost.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-11-15
TUESDAY. NOVEMBER 10. 100

Sealed bids will be received az this Office
until
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1901,
at | O'Clock, p. NJ, for furnishing the materials
Tor and building an iron and steel bridge
across the Monocracy River at CRISIS Ford
SAID bridge to be $40 feet long cXtr.me length,
IL feet roadway and to consist of two spa o.
equal lengta resting on Il middle pier jose .
be steel; flooring TO be of best white OAK
lumber; abutments and pier to be Of stoned
good quality, and to be a height Of y ite
above low water; four wing wa Is, the two eas
wings to b. each 10 feet long. , q Two We|
wings to be % #. and 30 #. reSpcc ivey soy
hydraulic cement to be used in building Lux
walls
Buckeystown, on the b 4 o. r. r., is ~
the nearest railroad station to the bridge sils
Specification of masonry on file IN lha
office.
The rights reserved to reject ai yorall 9ds
For further particulars, inquire at this ONCE
BY order
WILLIAM II. NORMAN,
&C. Ausherman, President
Clerk. lnJy.S-2t
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-11-15

The value of discovery is nowhere
better illustrated than in the case Of
the Concord grape, which is today the
standard grape of all the north half Of
America. AS market fruit it suffers
less from the competition of other va
rieties than any fruit of which we have
knowledge.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-11-15

The average cost Of the hogs bought
By packers in the stock markets these
days is not far from SIS each.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-11-15
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

Notice is hereby given that he subscriber W
has OBJ aimed from the Orphans Nouit ".
Frederick County, Maryland, letters tes'''
mentary on the personal estate OF
ANN r. STAUFFER,
late of Freder elk County, Maryland, dgceas,iG a
All persons having claims against l1s s tho
deceased are hereby warned 70 eXhloIt e NV
same, with the vouchers thereof, on OF Oe'o'o
the date
May 10Th, in The Year 1907,
they may otherwise by law be exc u9ed "" 10
the benefit of said estate Those lnueo.oJ In.
the said deceased are requested TO ll'tAe ''''
mediate payment.
DAVID V. STAUFFEk,
Jacob Rohrback, Admllistl"iuS5ii'
Attorney. INV
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-11-15

Some people are worried because the
United States has no official national
flower. While England has the rose.
Scotland the thistle, Ireland the sham
rock, France the lily and Holland the
tulip, there seems to be no unity of
opinion as to what flower should con
stitute Americas floral insignia One
of our western congressman once
undertook to get the pansy so named,
but he only succeeded in getting
"pansy" hitched on to his name in
stead of the country. The flour which
has made America more famous than
any other is made at Minneapolis
mostly.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-11-15

Ducks may be raised without a pool
or creek for them to swim in, but we
would not want to try the job.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-11-15

Taking the prevailing price of farm
produce in the central west today,
the quality of the soil and the average
yield of crops, every acre of good farm
land is worth 500.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-11-15

A hen will lay, all told, about 400
eggs. If well cared for, she will lay
go Of these by the time she is eighteen
months old. This explains why it does
not pay to keep old hens.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-11-15

The highest priced rose ON the mar
kct this winter will be the Early Rose
potato.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-11-15

1t viii be recalled that Longfellow in
his delightful romance of THE Court
ship of Miles Standish" has Priscilla
ride a snow white bull in the bridal
procession when she is married to John
Alden, and it is worthy Of remark that
the poet very wisely puts a ring in that
white bulls nose, by which he is led,
proving that bulls, whether snow white
or coal black, have not changed in dis
position very much in 200 or 300 years.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-11-15
\ rrEAK NEST nII,.nr.;.

one i, lcd to wonder wby thp -otft ar
chmuey swallow. cyar. Lcrap.e nd.
djeted To the habit Of haflling lis nest
in house ca.mucy.. where the nrst
with it's og@. or YOUNG. Is very liable
TO fan down because of lack of proper
adhesion TO the brick, or whore rho
starting of a fire by the Householder
works complete destruction. Where
did these birds nuild tlair r...-. ~ ,i,
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-11-15

We find that the purple branching
aster is much better able to resist the
effect of frost than are the other varie-
ties of this flower, the purple asters,
Oct. -, carrying a lot of handsome
bloom and apparently uninjured by the
frost which killed all the others.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-11-15
ORDER NIsI on SALES.
No. 74S0 Equity.

In The Circuit Court for Frcdrrc,, r......
ting in Equity. " Sit
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-11-15

The year 1901 gave us the biggest
wheat and peach crop on record and
widespread and savage drought in be-
tween to growl about.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-11-15

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Apid -''ehtiI cared iof.
ANY dog over t.r age Of ten years is
hes umanulr cUuuformgd ANA bur
led I'll. there IS oh, bigger nuisance dr.
more distressing animal to have around
than an old and used up dog
a man cannot be very successful in
bringing mp a boy unless the boy at
least RESPECT. him, ana if boy loves
of trick to turn ont a good boy.
The native Wire grass of the Florida
low lands viii fatcn cattle for two
months in the year enable them to
hold their own for four months and
half starYe them the remaining six
months.
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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-11-15

1t is claimed that cut flowers, if
placed in salt water, will keep fresh
much longer time than if the water is
fresh and that faded bouquets can be
restored by placing them in brine.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-11-15

John \ Gtsay.. Assignee Of lI.a.-..r
Mortgage of Martin y. IroyuW.. Lease
TraNcll. his wife. on Petition " lite
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-11-15
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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-11-15

We note that a farmer in Missouri
lately sold two carloads of hogs fatted
by him on his farm for as much as his
farm was worth.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-11-15
NOTICE TO BRIDGE BUILDERS.


Off of County Commissioned
Frederick, Md, Nov o, 1891.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-11-15

The question Of potatoes for seed will
be a serious one next spring.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-11-15

Apples raised in the South Australian
orchards sell for >. 10 and Is cents each
In the markets of Germany.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-11-15

Stock feeders in the beet sugar dis
tricts of Germany are finding a valua-
bic stock food in the molasses by
product of the factories, mixed with
meal from the nitrogenous cereals. In
Louisiana the molasses las been used
for roadmaking and fuel.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-11-15

The Gamma roots may be removed at
any time before the ground freezes up
with good bah Of earth and placed
on the cellar floor and covered with
sand, which should be kept moist.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-11-15

1t has been clearly demonstrated at
The experiment stations that the spray.
ing Of fruit trees when in bloom great
ly binders the work of fertilization
and in many cases absolutely prevents
It. Then, spraying just at this time
kills the bees, when the bees and the
bloom should be permitted to carry on
their perfect work.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-11-15

\ great change is taking place IN the
method of constructing grain elevators.
the bins intended to hold the grain be-
ing built in circular form outside the
power house ana constructed wholly
of cement. So absolutely fireproof are
these structures that the companies
building and owning them do not pre-
tend 70 carry any Insurance on them or
their contents.