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The progressive farmer., 1901-11-26
THE DEPRESSION IN AGRICULTURE.

Causes Sought by Industrial Commission
Many Reasons Given-In the South Scar
city of Money Figures as a FaotOr-The
Labor Problem.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 18.-The Indus
trial Commission has made public it's
review of evidence taken before the
commission on the subject of agri-
culture and Agricultural labor Among
other subjects discussed is that of
agricultural depression, of which
the commission speaks as follows.
The cause most often assigned
for the depression of agriculture in
the Eastern States is the increased
production due to the opening of
Western lands in advance of the
national demand, especially through
the agency of liberal land laws and
grants of land in aid o railroad con
struction. The competition of the
West has been rendered especially
severe by the policy of ths railroads
in making freight rates relatively
low for long distances The old sta
pie products having thus become un
profitable in the East, it has been
necessary for farmers TO change their
methods and vary the character of
their crops, taking up especially the
culture of products which are
not easily transported long dis
tances. Thus truck farming has
largely superseded cereal growing
along the Atlantic coast, but farmers
in the North Atlantic States now
complain of the severe competition
of States further South in this in
dustry, and much the same may be
said of fruit growing. Even 50 per
ishable a commodity as milk is trans
ported much longer distar ces than
formerly since the Introduction of
Refrigerator cars.
Another cause which several wit
nesses assigned for the unsatisfactory
condition of agriculture in some
parts of the country is the oOnserva-
tism of the farmers, their lack OF
quick adjustment to changed COndi-
tions, and lack of effective business
planning and management. The
farmers as d class have not kept up
with the times, but have raised the
same crops year after year without
regard to changes in supply and
demand. This undue conservatism
and lack of managing ability among
farmers is especially emphasiz d
with reference to the Southern States
and is given as an explanation OF the
too exclusive attention TO cotton pro-
duction prevailing there.
Another cause assigned for agri-
cultural depression in the South is
the scarcity of money, the difficulty
of borrowing on real estate security,
and the consequent high rates of in
terest. 1t seems to be possible, how
ever. to borrow money in the South
at somewhat lower rates of interest
than formerly. The decline in the
price of cotton is of course an i'm
Dortant element in the depression OF
agriculture in the South. The ineti
ciency of negro labor is assigned as
another cause. On the other hand,
II ia affirmed that there is too much
good and cheap labor in the
South. An abundance of cheap la
bor is said to be unfavoroble to the
sucoess of agriculture, because it re
suits in planting too large an acre
ace and in neglect of personal atten
ton by the planter.
"Agaln, the charges that farmers
ara nnduly conservative is met by
tbo oonnter charge that they turr
f-om one to another without sufti
oiont regard to the suitability of the
The progressive farmer., 1901-11-26
SOME STATE OFFICES SOON TO BECOME
VACANT AND SOME MEN WHO
WOULD LIKE TO FILL
THEM

THEM,
Though the next general election
is one year distant, the contest for
nominations has begun in earnest,
and is receiving much attention from
the State press.
OF course interest will center in
the election of a successor to Senator
j. 9. Prltohard, whose term of office
expires March 4th, 1902, but just now
there is more discussion of the three
Supreme Court Judgeships, which
must be filed.
A gentleman here from Eliza beth
City yesterday stated that Gen
Julian S Carr, Of Durham, would be
a candidate for the United States
SenatOrship. He announced that he
had received the information from a
reliable source. There will be other
candidates and among thOse who
will make the race for the Senator
ship are Hon Lee S Overman, of
Rowan, Hon. Locke Craig, of Bun
cOmDe, and Hon r. B Glenn, of
Forsyth. Others spoken of in con
neotion with the Senatorship are
Mr.. G. B. Watson, of Forsyth, and
Judge w. A. HOke, of LinooInton.
The Senatorial campaign is Ia long
way off and there may be many
changes in the situation between
now and the time the vote is cast for
Pritchard's s successor.
1t is not generally known who will
be voted for at the general election
next year, and a list of the offices
to be filed by the people will be of
interest just now. They are as fol
lows:
Chief Justice of the Supreme
Court, to succeed Judge d. M.
Furches, for a term of eight years
Associate Justice of the Supreme
Court to succeed Judge Walter
Clark for a term of eight years.
Associate Justice of the Supreme
Court 20 succeed Judge Charles A.
Cook for term of eight years.
Member of the Corporation Com
mission to succeed DR.. D H Abbott
for term of six years.
Successors of the Superior Court
Judges for terms of eight years are
to be voted for also. Those whose
terms expire are
Second district, Judge F. D. Win
stCn.
Fourth District, Judge E. W.
Tim berlake.
Sixth District Judge, w. S OBJ.
Robinson.
Eighth District, Judge W. H. Neal.
Tenth District, Judge A L. Coble.
Eleventh District, Judge I'll. R.
Searbu3k
Thirteenth District, Judge W. B.
Council.
Fourteenth District, Judge NJ FL.
Justice.
Fifteenth DISTRICT, Judge Freder-
lex Moore.
Sixteenth District, Judge Thos
Jones.
The Solicitors in all sixteen Of the
districts will be voted for at the
coming election.
There are two of the Supreme
Court Justices, whose terms do not
expire until 1905. These are Judges
w. A. Montgomery and R. M. DOu,
lass. Of the sixteen Superior Court
Judges, six are not disturbed at this
election. The terms of ten expire
The four newly created Judeships
are to be filed by election before the
people.
There are a number of candidates
to fill the three Supreme Court
vacancies. Judge Clark will be a can
didate for Chief Justice. He has the
field to himself. It was stated yes
terday that Col. II. G. Jones would
be a candidate for Chief Justice, bu
that gentleman, who was in the CITY
yesterday, failed to confirm the re
port. Col. Jones and Mr.. Platt D
Walker, of Charlotte, are both GEget
The progressive farmer., 1901-11-26

There is scarcely any condition OF ill-health
that is not benefited by the occasional use
of RIsP.A.N'S Tabules, and the price, 10 fOl
S cents, does not bar them nom any nome OF
Justify any one in enduring Ills that are easily
cured. For sale by druggists.
The progressive farmer., 1901-11-26
Do You Have Rheumatism? Have You Blad=
der or Uric Acid Trouble?

To Prove What SwampRoOt the Great Kidney Bladder
edy will do for YOU all Read>rs May Have a Sample
Bottle Sent Free by Mail
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-03-05
LONG LIFE.
club Is Struggling with the Problem os
 Living for a Century.

Living for a Century.
 About 100 professional and scientific men and women of this city have set about ill a methodieal way to discover the secret of long life. says the New York Mail and Express. They call themselves the Hundred Year club They are not cranks in any sense of he word, and are conducting their Investigations soberly and sensibly. These persons believe that under pres ..rt conditions it ought to be easy to prolong ones life to 100 years. If the science of living can be developed that centenarians become numerous, it would be only tep to raise the limit of 10 or 20 y, !. or even more, so that extremely old men and women might be found elsewhere They do not seek merely to keep men alive as m exhibit, but they want him to be q useful member of the community to the day of his death. They are not vegetarians, CT stian Scientists, or Ralstonites. Neither have they pledged themselves to live according to any particular set of rules, or to apply the secret of longevity to themselves if fhey discover it. They are open-mind- cd and unprejudiced. They meet and discuss the cries of correct living. and as T atler of course try to live cor rectly themselves. They do not pre- tend to say they will live to be cen yenarians, but in common with most persons they hope they may. Promin- ent among the members of the Hund- red Year club are Mrs. Ella Wheeler Wilcox, Theodore Sutro, Dr. Carleton Simmons, Dr. H. w. Wiley, director of the United States pure food display at 5he Paris exposition; c. w. Smith. Albert Turner. Mrs. Mary Banks Stacey, John De Witt Warner, Dr. John R. H. $, of the United States pension bureau. Washington, and Col. E. P. Volum, United States army re- tired Incidentally the club has learn ed that 1T. Ireland there are 375 cen tenarians; in Germany, with it's vastly greater population, 75; while Servia has fully GOO over 100, 120 over 125, and three over 135. Dr. Simmons is trying to discover whether these fig nfes can be attributed to the difference in the diets of these people. China is the only nation, so far as known to the club, that sets premium on old age, granting special honors to persons who are 95 or over. The club is seriously considering this life problem on the basis of all measures of natural physi- cal strength and mental condition sub- sequent to force of circumstances.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-03-05
THIN WOMAN'S REVENGE.
Coming Style of Skirts Is Her Protest
 Against Present Fashion.

The fiat skirt has almost complete ly disappeared to give place to the tunic with small folds, which scarcely improves the figure. "It is the re- Venge of thin Women,' was said +o me in a melanc- oly tone by fashionable Parisienne who never misses a society gathering You see very many bright colored cloth and light velvets trimmed with fur. The sack-shaped jac,iet worn very long, still has it's follow IS for evening and country, but flap capes, superposed one over the other, have displaced the high-mounting capes. Felt hats, with turned-up brimS, small three-cornered hats and toqueS are trimmed with furs or fruits and autumn leaves, in pretty shades. Smal! muffs are made with roses, cErysan- themums orchids and poppiee, to har- monize with the shades of the h, $. Finally, colored stockings to match the dress or underskirts seem more popu- lar than black stockings, the suprem- acy of which, after having been for so long undisputed, seems to be menaced at not very distant date by the of fensive return of the white stocking, against which, however, the majority of fashionable ladies who have pretty feet, attached to dainty ankles, protest. New York Sun.
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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-03-05
ThE URLIN6I0N ROUTE.
 8 Great Trains.

No. Al, at g a. n1., from St. Louis for Kansas City and entire North west to Pugent Sound and Portland "The Burlington-N Northern Pacific Express" solid through train, St. Louis to Portland, of chair cars (stats free), standard sleepers; through tourist sleepers from Kansas City to St. Joseph.
 No. 5, at 2:05 p. m., from St Louis; "The Nebraska Colorado Express for Denver and the Pacific Coast. "One night train to Denver;" also for St. Paul and Minneapolis.
 No. 15, at 9 p. nn., from St. Louis for Kansas City, St Joseph, Omaha, Council Bluffs, Nebraska, Kansas, Col orado, Utah, Pacific Coast.
 California excursions in tourist sleepers, personally conducted, from St. Louis Wednesdays at D. m.; the most successful overland excursions. The route is via Denver, scenic Colo rado, Salt Lake City.
 Through trains are wide vestibuled, Pintsch-lighted, and comprise the high standard Burlington coaches, chair cars (seats free), Pullman mod ern sleepers, dining care service
 Write for matter descriptive of any contemplated journey West.
 EUGG, L " WakELY A, GOA Pine St, Gen. Passenger Ag't
 St Louis, Q. St Louis. No.
 HOWARD ELLIOTT, Genl Manager
 St. Louis. Mo.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-03-05
In Wall Stree. Fifty Years.

Frederick D. Tappan. president of .he Gallatin National bank of New York, has been in Wall street for fifty years and says he feels as young as when he was a clerk. The other day when MT Tappan was celebrating the rounding out of his half century "on Me street." Russell Sage. who Is about the same age, was guilty of an attempt Il run, which is rare with him. He sent his condolence to MT. Tappan, Sympathizing with him in his age and sfowing inhrmities.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-03-05
Cotton Belt Rates.

Presidential inauguration ceremo- nies, Washington, D. C., March 4, 1901. Rate: One fare plus two dol lars ($2) for the round trip. Dates of sale: Feb. 2Sth to March ?, inclusive, 1901. Return limit: Tickets will be good leaving Washington up to and including March and for continuous passage in each direction.
 Annual meeting German Baptists Dunkards), Lincoln, Nebraska, May 24-31, 1901. Rates: One fare for the round trip. Dates of sale: May 22-25, inclusive. Return limit: June 4.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-03-05
Iron Mountain Rates.

Presidential inauguration ceremo- nies, Washington, D. C., March f, 1901. For the above occasion the St. L., 1. M. & s Ky will sell tickets to Washington, D. c. and return for one fare plus two dollars. Tickets on sale February 2S to March ?, good return ing up to and including March 8.
 Reunion of the United Confederate Veterans, Memphis, Tenn, May 2S-30. For the above occasion the St. L., I. M. X s. Ky. will sell tickets to Mem phis, Tenn, and return at the reduced rate of $360 for the round trip. Tick cts on sale May 27 to 50, inclusive
 Annual meeting German Baptist, Dunkards) Lincoln, Neb., May 24 to 31. For the above occasion the St. L., l. M. & s. Ky. will sell tickets on May 22 to 26, inclusive, for the reduced rate of $19 for the round trip. Final return limit, June 4, 1901
 H. N. ATWOOD, Agt.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-11-21
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
William Allen Whites Analysis of the
President,

When Roosevelt said that he would
follow McKinley's policy, it is foolish
to presume that Roosevelt meant to
give a servile imitation OF Mckinley.
The new President will accept the
Mckinley legacy of unfinished work.
but every unsolved problem will have
to pass muster at the court of Roose.
velt's personal conviction, and in
forming this conviction the new
President will show an almost I'M
known side of his character to the
country Some people have express
ed the fear that Roosevelt is danger
GUS in the presidency because he will
have to undertake tasks new to him,
and for which he is not prepared.
These, doubtless, miss one of the es-
sential points of this unclassified man.
He has always attacked problems
about which he knew nothing before
hand, and has solved them. 1t was so
in the police commission. It was so
in the navy department. 1t was emil
nently SO in the governorship of New
York. But in every crisis he has ask
ed for help, has sought from first
class intellects their best wisdom,
from experts in each line of knowl.
edge their soberest advice, from prac-
teal men their soundest judgment. 1t
| is only when his mind is made up af-
ter painstaking, exhaustive study Of
the question that he has reached a
conviction and followed with unswerv-
| ing fidelity. This he is sure to do
as President of the United States.
Roosevelt brings to this high Office an
erudition ripened by practical grap-
pie with life; a political sagacity
which has been at daily gymnastic ex.
ercise for twenty years in every man
ner of public contest. He is fit.-Wil-
liam Allen White, in McClure's Maya
zine for November.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-11-21
RECEIPTS ARE HEAVY Y.
1900 Hogs Packed In Ottumwa
Last Week.
PRICES HAVE MATERIALLY LOWERED
Choice Hogs Now Selling About $40
Against $3.50 the Week Previous
General News of the East End Dur.
ing Past Week.
'gWIs{
lrrom SATURDAYS pailzl

tFrom Saturdays Daily.l
Hog receipts took a big jump in
this city during the week just past.
John Morrell & Company packed
1890 against 12,40O the week previ-
Gus. With the heavy increase in re.
ceipts the price has sagged off. The
top market is now around $5.40
against $500 week ago.
Total western packing $4,000, COM
pared with 100000 the preceding
week and 475,000 two weeks ago. For
corresponding time last year the num-
Der was 415,000, and two years ago
100000. From November / the total
is $4,000, against 765,0OO year ago,
an increase of 100000. The quality
is generally fair, but considerable
portion of the offerings are of light
weight and deficient in lard producing
quality. Prices are lower, averaging
$5.45 per 100 pounds for prominent
markets, compared with $50 week
ago, $3.50 two weeks ago, $4.75 a year
ago and 1896 two years ago.
Special reports to the Cincinnati
Price Current show the number of
hogs packed since Nov. 1 at under
mentioned places compared with last
year. as follows.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-11-21
GREAT VOLCANO OF OIL.
Beaumont Man Predicts Terrific
Eruption on Spindle Top.

Houston. Tex, Nov. 1S.-"Spindle
Top is nothing more nor less than a
volcano of oil" said T. G. Stribbling,
one of the most prominent of the
Beaumont oil well owners. "This Gel
ebrated hill is nothing more than the
neck of the great fuel volcanoes of
Mexico, which have been burning for
hundreds of years.
Some of these days there will be
the greatest volcanic eruption at Spin
die Top that this old world ever saw
The gas that supplies the pressure
which forces the old 200 feet above
the derricks circulates fully 1000
miles under the surface of the earth,
coming under the gulf from it's volcan-
ic origin in the asphaltum beds of the
Trinidad country The more wells
that are put down the greater the
pressure of this gas becomes. Unless
safeguard measures are adopted to
prevent all of the wells now on the
hill being allowed to flow at the same
time, the entire hill will be blown
away bodily some of these fine days."
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-11-21

the federal court in 1895 and won his
case, Judge Shiras entering judgment
for McMaster. The New York Life
Insurance company appealed the case
to the circuit court of appeals, and in
1897 Judge Shiras was reversed,
Judge Sanborn delivering the opinion
the court sitting at st. Paul. Judg-
ment was ordered for the life insur-
ance company, and the law and equity
cases "a law action also having been
brought were ordered dismissed. Mr..
Gill tried to get the matter before
the supreme court, but it refused to
order the case taken up.
To Supreme Court.
Refusing to accept the dismissal of
the law action, Mr.. Gill, to renew the
fight, brought the law action before
Judge Shlras. A jury was waived
Judge Shiras found the facts for the
plaintiff, but on account of the holding
of the circuit court of appeals he held
against McMaster, although an elabor,
ate opinion which he delivered in
connection with his ruling showed his
favor for the McMaster side. This
time the plaintiff took the case before
the circuit court of appeals sitting at
st. Louis. The three judges delivered
three separate opinions in the case
No two agreed as to the law in the
case, but Judge Sanborn and ThayeI
concurred in the decision in favor OF
the insurance company. Judge Cald
well favored McMaster, and his opin
ion to that effect was strong and EN-
phatic one. Messrs. Gill and Taylor
& Burgess succeeded in prevailing
upon the supreme court of the United
States to give the case it's considers
ton, and the result of the supreme
courts investigation of the matter is
a reversal of the court of appeals and
a sweeping judgment against the in
surance company.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-11-21
ROBBERS CAPTURED.
Gang Who Robbed Iowa Banks Taken
After Battle.

Sioux City, Nov. 18.-The robbers
who blew the safe in the Bank of
Greenville Friday night were found in
depot at Albert Lea Saturday after
noon by the officers and a posse of
citizens. When ordered to surrender
the robbers opened fire, wounding G.
]. Iodine, city marshal, and John
Sundblad, business man. One of the
robbers was fatally shot by the posse.
The other two robbers escaped to the
country, meeting farmer with team
they compelled him to drive them east
until the team played out, met another
farmer, woman, they compelled her
to take them farther. They were over
taken by posse from Albert City and
headed off by posse from Laurens
and surrendered. The robbers were
taken to Storm Lake for safe keeping.
Two are white and one a mulatto. The
bank was insured against burglars for
$4,000, which it is said will cover the
loss. The amount of money found on
the robbers is unknown.
Robber and Pursuer Dies.
Sioux City, Nov. 1S.-John Sundblad.
who was shot in the battle with Green
vile robbers at Albert City, died yes
terday afternoon. His death resulted
from the bullet wound in the groin.
Sundblad was a prominent resident of
Albert City and was engaged in the
flour and feed business. He leaves a
widow and three small children.
Besides $435 in money recovered
from the burglars, they confess to hav-
ing secreted $500 in corn field six
miles from Albert City, on the farm
where they were captured. A search
ing party failed to recover the missing
money.
Game to the Last.
Albert City, Nov. 19.-The bank rob-
Der who was fatally shot and killed in
the battle here Saturday afternoon,
following which his two companions
were run down and captured, was
game to the last. Shortly before he
died the officers endeavored to get
him to make statement as. to his
identity and that of his accomplices.
He absolutely refused to give his
name or those of the two men who
were with him. He would only say
that he was guilty of the Greenyille
bank robbery and denied that the
men who were with him We're his &C.
completes.
When told that Lindblad, the mer-
chant who was shot in the affray, was
dead, and that Marshal Lodinow was
in critical condition, he did not ap-
pear to be greatly concerned. After
moment or two he beckoned to the
officials and said to them. 81 fred
the shots that killed Lindblad and
wounded Lodinow. I aimed at them
and cav thap fall
The officers are disposed to doubt
the truth of his statement. They are
of the opinion that he realized that he
would die in few moments and that
he made the statement in the hope
that it could be used in the trial of
his companions to shield them. They
feel confident that in the excitement
ATTENDING the fight and with the large
number of shots that were fired that
the dead man could not possibly know
whether he fired the fatal shots or
not In fact, it is claimed there is
positive evidence to prove that the
shots were fired after the dead man
had fallen to the ground and been put
out of the fight.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-11-21
IOWA AT WASHINGTON.
Doings Of Hawkeye People at the Ma
TONS Capital.

Washington, Nov. 19.-Frank Wray
has been commissioned postmaster at
Riggs.
Daniel A. Maloney, of North En-.
glish and Chas. A. Biernatzki, of Web
ster City, have been admitted to prac-
tice before the interior department.
Iowa Pensions.
Original-Hans Rochwedder, Hale.
Sc. Increase = Henry B. Jordan,
Brighton, $40; Elias l.. Johnson, Sol
diers' Home, Marshalltown, s12; VOL
sey Hawks, Marble Rock, $24; John
H. Hubbard, Waterloo, Sc; George r.
Himmon, Plainfield, $40; John Mer-
gen, Council Bluffs, SIP; Herman F.
Bosquet, Pella, Sc. Original widows
Sophia McCready. Lohrviile, IS. Re-
newal-Eliza ]. Barnes, Grinnell, SIT.