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be an average of practically $500 per
year for each, including men, wom-
en- and children, of both skilled and
unskilled labor. Nor does either this
total or the average include high
bers, nor is allowance made in the
average for those employed but a
portion of the year.
OF this total of wages paid, the
21o,6S7 men employed receive S116,-
525,569, an average Of more than
1852 annually; the 44,961 women en-
ployed receive S13, 21s,1 94, an average
of nearly 1924 annually; the 6,973
children employed receive Sl,32f,574,
an average of a little more than $192
annually.
The largest total OF wages paid In
shy one industry is that received by
the employees OF the Strengthening
and meat-packing establishments,
which amounts to S12,745, 756: the
next is tho foundry and machine
shops, ST., 264,5i4; in mems ready
made clothing establishments. S.
551,561; agricultural implements fac
tories, S5,1s0,95S; iron and steel
plants, S4,329, 342; book and job print
ing, S4,674,796; car building, outside
of railroad car shops, S4,473,952; cars
and general construction in railroad
shops, $3.70T, 552; merchant tailoring
establishments, S3,4l6, 1O2; furniture
factories, $3,651, 40; masonry, brick
and stone work, $3,63l.3I6, and on
down until in some of Chicago's fac
tories less than $4,000 is paid in
wages annually
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In Chicago these
days one hears
much about [ b e
S m oke nuisance.
The unpatrio t i c
citizen win point
out to his neigh
Dor the black pail
o S m o Ike that
hangs low over the
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-05-17

That Chicago's
factory employees
are well paid is
evidenced fro m
the fact that they
receive each year
a total of S131,-
065, 337. A simple
problem of divi-
sion shows this IN
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-05-17

ITH the spring season fully
upon US; with Easter a day
of the past for another
year; after we have had our
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A Polite AnoIorr-

ELLEN OSMONDE.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-03-09

Of. action with It's natural sequence ot sat.
istactorN results
From the growing Of fruit attention turn
ed TO the cultivation Of berries, cabbage
Irish potatoes. sweet potatoes ard yegeta
hles OF all kinds These grew I'm abundance
nnG brought good prices. coming In AT a
tine Of year when they had no competition
Ia the principal Western markets. Tho
skipping Of tomatoes by the carload from
INier was inauguratcd by MIR l.. A. Heprv
Of this city. While employed ms agent Of
the Cotton Belt he bad noticed the growth
OF the truck business at this point ana no
Vdne convinced that II could he deveinnnd
Mlu pt"hi; Resigniug his position vim
the railroad he put q small niece nr i,,,f
forth Of town I'm tomatoes and becon 'on"
ping by, the carload In 1896 Suhseuuenttv
nc tried cabbage and succeeded MS vim
tomatoes, In the end he sold his ni.s,
iof 500 per acre aud engaged in tho -
mission business, devoting his time and ~
lentl9n 70 the disposal Of the ycgclHhjss
production Of ''''u tue
rive or SIX years ago the names and -
p l,, OF the successful fruit ana truck
sIoWcls OF Smith county would have M
CHpleu nut little newspaper spAcc A. MI
l'he, however, justice tu the subject cnIii
hardly De done Ia less than twelve or ~
zen colnmns' Tributary to LindaIe. FOR in
Around Tyler there are nearly az n,',,,,
ahd Flint Billiard. Troupe. Wilderness
ARP and Winona are all fruit and yeeetsbIn
cehterS All OF these points together lac
year shipped In the aggregate sbout cS6
cars OF fruit and truck, which are estimated
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not in such great quantities as elsewAtrl
Truck growing began to attract gep,Tl
attention in this section about three yan|
ago. Since then tho acreage devoted thrr
TO and the number of people ensa:a
therein have increased 100 per cent ed
season Next season twice as many aqs
viii be in cultivation in vegetables 81
there was last and the acreage IN irEl|
trees viii have doubled. As result hl
number of agriculturists out Of debt al
With money laid away will have matei,lt
grown by January next. II is a nctorsg|
tact that there are no mortgaged trval
patches or orchards In this vicinity sa|
that it IL no uncommon thing TO run sef'el
proplc with incomes Of 5000 a wear 4
moro yielded by places averaging less tbs.
twenty acres in area.
frnit growing and truck farming az, q
matter of limited acreage, intense fstmg'
ana cheerful application. They conSls'l
tclllGence~in other words essentially u
eleNatinE and white mans pUrsllt-iiil
It's spread is forcing cotton to the rsi,l
causing the cutting up Of big plantaiha
ara pushing aside tho negro and his nRt
The gathering Of the berry and easl
rrcps Is all done by white labor and criisi
employment for numherlcSs white m's'
women aud children. who come from
directions 10 engage therein and earn go
wages at II. Truck farming IL raFdi
converting Smith county into a white MATT
country and drawing desirable immlgrpF
from other States people who have WI
experience with fruit and vegetables s'
WI" know how To make the hest Of ~
opportunities afforded them here,
furthermore. this Is verify poor msts
country, where industry and willinenS
70 work Is collateral sufficient TO N.Y.
tIate n start with. and there are mss
cases In which men have bought ~
on credit and paid 1t out In three y'an
ana built themselves homes and had mca9
lclt besides, No man who Is Willing Y
Work need lack for land or backing z
start In the truck business with In ls'
county as he will he welcomed and STAT
en on II he will but signify 4 desire 7
engage therein and can show that he +
reliable.
While a great deal Of land close to TIKI
mas pcen converted into orchards and f'se
table farms, as well as in the nelghbois.
OF inc other principal shipping points iha
arc still thousands Of acres within eag
reach OF the railroads to he had at ~
Sohahle price. Furthermore II does net ~
much land to do fruit grower or tIu1
rhlser as those who have succeeded Wy
nave done 1t on very small tracts
Next season fruit canning Will ne on
1Nler'S chief industries, as the largest "
canning establishment in the Stale Is m.
erected here now. and work on q ulg
pickle factory to be established by . W.
lnown Cincinnati pickle concern Is soen Y
begin. These establishments viii coosl
such surplus as may he grown ana VIZ
To swell the revenues from frult qnn w
general. L. A. Peill
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PICKING TOMATOES FOR SHIPMENT

boarding houses and stores for that pur-
pose requiring their customers 10 return
chem 10 each Instance Hut they prosnered
nevertheless and lived well and kept out
OF debt, which was more than their neigh
D0rs who raised cotton could say
In 1850 Mr.. Matthews retired from tho
strawberry business and was succeeded
therein by Mr. r. ]. Shamhurger, a uur-
scrEmhn, who had become Interested In his
experiments and success with that fruit
MI. Shamburgcr undertook Its cultivation
OH a large scale and devoted forty acres
10 Its growth, lie made money moro
money than anybody aud paved the ,yay
strawberry iudustTy llc did NOT cnndno
himself o supplying local aud State mar
kets, but reached out for orders from far
on Northern points Tho orders came and
were hlled lcceptablv aud with profit The
business became attractive and others went
snto 1t until now there are several thousand
acres In Strawberries Ia Smith county.
~
Hand ana hand with Strawberries came
peaches, apples. plunls, tomatoes aud other
truck, gradually invading tho vacant land
surrounding Tyler and crowdlng out free
niggers aud cotton" so that at this time
the hope which directed the steps OF Mr..
Matthews towards Texas Ia 1860 is prac.
dcally realized, Mr. Matthews is 50 years
OF age now, but he has the satisfaction OF
knowing thar Within n radius of six miles
from the court house square there is no
longer any cotton grown. Lite has almost
run lis course Tor him. but lie Is rendered
cheerful aud huppy In his declining years
Dy the snowedge That the lands he once
considered the poorest he had ever seen
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shipping point. Peaches and Strawberries
nave been grown there for a humber Of
Years and the truck growing Industry mas
developed to the point OF overshadowins
everything else, Last wear lindale made
the following shipments to the Northern
markets;
boxes. LAWS 'o'i'o
Tomatoes $40 crates: 10 boxes
l0l half crates ~'a''S'
irish potatoes: Two carloads
Plums: 1913 cases A. boxes
Apples. 20 crates: S23 boxes: 10 harrot.
INC average yield Of peaches around lin.
DALE was seventy i've bushels per acre brt
, ,l'elf were cases IN which much better
instance, got 30 bushels per acre from 81
acres which he disposed of AZ a nroat -
90 cents per bushe '' ~
oh The average yield OF strawberries wa,
70 crates per acre; Of tomatoes, 100 crates
per acre; OF Irish potatoes Is bnsbels NJ,
acre; OF apples, 100 bushels per acre RIact
psrr,ss brought COCO results. Mr.. c. W.
acre on four acres which netted Mir, =,
cents per crate. With regard 10 tomntoos
MFG, W Blrdwcll raised 36O crates an
sss9vxooh 'elshths OF an acre which Detted him
ARR, eighteen miles southeast OF Tyler an
tue International and Great Northern ~.
came au important fruit and vegeta hi.
ShlPplhg point about three years ago.
LeacheS' tomatoes and Irish POTATOES are
the principal products of the nighhnrboan
nul melons, beans, plums. berries, calhage
PeF?ers' cucnmbers and onions were also
st pped from there with profit last season
aonscno does well at Arp and has been sue
80 80 my grown there. The averages for Arm
iNNl scaSoa were as follows: Peaches 1sn
bushels per acre; Tomatoes 200 crates neT
Atic, Strawberries ~ crates per acre. IFTsh
Fo,rnloes 80 bushels per acre.
corntv soovs asts relates solely 10 Smith
,ug nun BY no means compassss ali A.
INC sertion adapted 10 this industrv hs,r-
carried on IN all directions within 4 rsd,ns
much 10y .s mlles from Tyler. covering
osss r2nnties tegsthsr shipped shsS, ionr
sASae124 q xkD4 aae ssEstablss lat sssses
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east of Eyer raised so bushels OF plums per
aero On i've acres, which ne shipped ana
sot az Si.11 per bushe and which nctted
LIN 81 per bushe
j. r. Ray. ON his place tive miles north
of Tyler. raised $500 cantaloupes on one
acre, which he sold at a net proht or
500.
b. T. Mcbride. OH his place. fve miles
north of Tyler, raised 500 melons per acre
on one aud one half acres. which he sold
az profit Of So
II r. Matthews on his place. four miles
north ~ Tyler raised 40 crates OF to.
uAtoeS per acre on hye acres. which he
sold at a net profit OF 50 cents per crate
VI L. T. Shamburger, on his place, five
n-.es northeast 81 Tyler. raised l50 bushels
Of peaches per acre on 100 acres, which
Melted him 81 40 per hushel
Mr. III. Nj. Owens, on his place three
miles northeast Of Tyler, raised 300 crates
of strawberries per acre on Ave acres,
which he sold at net profit of 65 cents Der
crate
Nine miles south Of Tyler. on the Cotton
Belt. Flint station is an important fruit
ana vegetable shipping point. and from
Bullard seven miles further south on The
same line much produce finds it's way TO
market, There are about forty growers In
The territory tributary to Flint and about
twenty-five In the territory tributary TO
Three years ago the Flint uelyhhorbood
was an unhroken forest and the peach trees
planted there began 10 bear for the first
lilne last year, yielding In Some instances
thirty bushels Ia the acre. the sale of which
Melted about SIS per acre The tomato
crop was much more profitable. MS VIII he
seen tron the Following results ohtaiued
10y different growers:
Mr. G.. &. Fleemster raised 52oi5 crates
nctted him S49a 80
MIR \. p Rlount raised 49, crates Dor
acre on IA acres. on which he cleared
j. Redin raised 1877 crates per acre on
wo acres. which he disposed OF az profit
4 A Gone raised $40 crates On ons aryo
which netted him Si6I ''
Wallace raised 100 crates on m.
sore, which melted him 500
n 1naAher af a6hsa KraRera nalasA soo
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pertinent station has been located a Troupe
and viii soon be in operation,
Swami station on the International
and Great Northern. seven miles northwest
o. EYER ships peaches. blackbcrres straw
berries irish potatoes, sweet potatoes.
NatermelonS csntaloupes. apples and
pears This is one Of the oldest vegetable
and truck growing points in Smith county
and greater variety Of products may bc
found here than anywhere else. The fol
lowing will serve TO show results in file
swami neishhorhood last season:
Mr. {. w. Wood raised 100 crates Of
bnckberrics por acre on three acres, and
sold 200 crates nj a net profit If 80 cents
Mr. r. Powell sold twenty.onc bushels
~ pears from two trees at a net profit NJ
20 cents pcr bushel
Mr. c, W Wood raised 15o bushels .
pcars per acre on two acres. which notted
MN 20 cents per bushoL
Mr. G. +. Powell raised 33n crates ~
tomatoes on ono acre, which he disposed
of At a profit of IN cents per crate
W l.. Roberts raised $50 bushels Of
peaches per acre on four acres, which nct.
iod him 81 per hushcl r. W Roberts lid
as Wei in point Of Weld. hut secured II
profit Of only So cents nor huShel. G. W
Wood raised no bushels per acre. which,
he disposed Of at nroft Of ~ cents per
blfIe'' number of other growers got as
much nj 100 bushels ner acre
McsSrs, u, V. SHARP and R. W. Rob
HrS raised lIo crates NJ strawberries per
Hcr". which ncttrd ihcm 81 10 tho drS.
instance and - cents in tho second per
crate. Other growers got from leo to LIZ
@atcS p acre, which they disposed Of az
Ike profit
At Nlnona. twelve miles northeast of Ty
i'r, peaches, Irish potatoes and melons are
successfully raised bu, as yet the shipping
business has not developed much.
AZ Mount sylvan; thirteen miles north.
west Of Tyler, Dr McGec Is making y sue
cess II peach growing. as are several 9th.
crS Dr. Niece also operates q ncach can
ting establishment which putt MP NruIt tuat
Is rapidly acquiring reputation for quality
and which Is preferred to the California
ri the Eastern article wherever tried
lindale fifteen miles northwest of Tyler
on the international and Great Northern.
ranks with Tyler as q fruit and vegetable
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A County of
Six Hundred and Fifty Cars Brought $3.50 ooo-Three
Acres of Tomatoes Yielded $IToo-No Mort
cages Truck Patches

Tyler. Texas, March .-rhlrty-three
years ago c. W. Matthews shook the dust
of East Mississippi from his feet, turned
bis face westward and started for Texas
''to get away from free nlggers and cot
ton and try something else" When he
reached this place he stopped. though his
Srst impression NJ tho country hereahout.
was not favorable. The soil seemed poor
TO him-too poor TO work living ont off,
but be bought some land nevertheless aud
proceeded TO prepare IL fo= cultivation.
Selecting about an aefe % gray chocoi7te
loan he turned It into strawberry patch.
the plants for which b. had brought from
Mississippi with aim rhis patch did we'll
and In 1870 the drsf rsop from 81 was an
posed Of at p cents psr Qna-t with ~
two sons. Mt. N1ifheNs contincea its cut
tivation, 'ndirl ready sa5e for his
berries in the iocai marzet and eventuauv
receiving many ord thereto! from other
points In the State
In those DAYS they had no boxes 10 de
liver the fruit IN. SO that they wer, con-
PEELED to- use tin cans obtained from hotels
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glass bottle let it
in
10
FOR r.
n
q
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SO Cents and S1.OO a Bottle.

which ncttc1 the producers about S4OoOo0.
The principal shipping points in Cherokee
county arc Jacksonville. craft, Dialvilc,
switch. craft is the star tomato point Of
this section, its shipments Amounting to
nincty-elgli carloads last season. Arp. IN
smith county. showed the largest yield per
acre or tomatoes for the season. however.
said average being 800 crates per acre. In
other respects results in Cherokee county
We're about the same as In Smith Ar
Mount S"lman some attention is being paid
10 the growth OF flowers English walnutS
ch'stnuts and pecans. g, A. Mckee, nur-
S"rNman AT that point has a number Of
specimens Of these nut trees in bearing
which are a revelation TO the average lay
nan and his display Of flowers is prize
taker O.
At Singletary switch. four miles hrlow
Alto. the Morrill, Orchard company has re
Gently acquired 5000 acres Of land which
nro being planted In orchards and truck
MI Morrill, the head of this COMPANY has
been engaged in peach growing in Michigan
for q number of years and is considered the
most successful peach grower in the nitcd
states. lie took the first prize at the Pan
American Exposition both for quality aud
money results and distanccd his compel
iturS in every respect The outcome Of his
venture in Cherokee county will he watched
with considerable interest as he Is conf
dent Of success, and viii contribute great
deal to rho education Of local truck growers
and stimulate Intelligent effort along lines
which If consistently followed must result
In the complete transformation OF East
Texas.
\ y y
Fruit and vegetables grown in the Tyler
district reach the Northern markets after
the product nj the lower coast country has
been exhausted and ten days before the
product OF other sections begins to move.
NJ stra tnoti come in during the latter par
peaches Mt the beginning Of july, thus get
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States
Between Mr.. Bostiek and town Mr. II.
NJ owens Is cultivatng a truck farm that
IS yielding him a good revenue. He began
raising vegetables four years ago. Before
mat he raised cotton and was always In
debt. Now he Is living well and has
money to lay aside
All of the places referred to above lie
north Of Tyler in section IN which thc.e
are about hfty growers, most Of whom
started within the past four years with
out means and who have paid their places
out built good houses aud saved money
besides They have free rural mail deliy
cry and are connected with each other and
town by telephone. Thcy have neat and
commodiouS new school house and several
modern church buildings aud their plac, s
are all In good order There arc several
town people who own land In this neigh
rWfhood that nrc also hiding in It's develop
ment. Nj. r, n. Jones. for instance. who
som" years ago purchased several thousand
acres right where the fruit farms arc
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crates per acre. which were disposed OF
With equally good results
There are some few peach trees la the
neighborhood Of Billiard that are years
old. but the majority OF them are younger
than that. Fifty bushels Of peaches per
acre was about the hest yield last seasaIi.
the net profit from the sale Of which was
$50 per acre In the matter OF tomatoes
over 800 crates were made to tho acre.
Welding a proht Of over 500 per acre in
some cases.
At Douglas Switch, six miles south Of
Tyler, DR.. j. G. Douglas has a good or
ehard and few Strawberries are also
shipped from there. From white House.
ten miles south of Tyler. peaches. plums,
tomatoes and Irish potatoes are shipped.
From Troupe last season few peaches.
melons. tomatoes and Irish potatoes were
shipped. This season however. the acre
age OF tomatoes tributary to Troupc will
be the largest In the county, Over 100 acres
or new orchard have also been planted and
large quantity Of radishes. Irish potatoes.
sweet potatoes. cabbage and cucumhers will
hc grown The new State agricultural ex-
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-08-15

THREE BEAUTIFUL WOMEN
Worn Out And Nervous Regained
Their Health And Beauty
BY Taking Peruna.

Miss Florence Allan, beautiful Chi
cago girl, writes the following to DR.. s. !
b. Hartman concerning his catarrhal
tonic, Peruna:
rs Walton Place, Chicago, III.
GAS a tonic for a worn-Ouf system,
Peruna stands at the head I'm my esff-
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I keep IL on hand all -he time, and
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Thousands Of women suffer from sys-
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They take medicine for nervous prostra-
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any good because they do not reach the
cause of the complaint
Peruna at once mitigates all these
symptoms by removing the cause.
Systemic catarrh is the trouble. Sys-'
temic catarrh pervades the whole sys-,
every function. No permanent cure can
be expected until the systemic catarrh
| is removed.
| This is exactly what Peruna will do.
Miss Cullen Was Exhausted From Over
Study.
Miss Rose Cullen, President of the
Young Woman's Club, Butte, Montana,
writes:
| 921 Galena street, Butte, Mont.
Peruna Medicine Co., Columbus, o.:
| Gentlemen-"Peruna has many friends
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Peruna is especially adapted to pro-
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| eases OI Iuu-uOWA WOnhSH3 aS bHS USsIA-
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Miss Blanche Myers, 9l20 Penn street,
Kansas City, Mo-, has the following to
say of Peruna:
"During each Of the past four seasons
1 have caught severe cold, when sud-
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and catarrh for several weeks would be
the result. One bottle of Peruna cured
me, and shall not dread colds any more
as did."-Blanche Myers.
An excellent little treatise on "Health
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to any address by The Peruna Medicine
Co., of Columbus, Ohio.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-08-15

intellectual and moral stature and In all
that goes to make true Tcrnonters are
in the front rank among the ost
trusted leaders of our state.
Lead on men of Vermont to your
accustomed sweeping victory which
shall cheer the hearts Of yonr Official
friends from Maine to California. shall
presage and assist like a sweeping Ma
tional triumph in November and pave
the way for Republicans and Roosevelt
in 1904.
Thad NJ. Chapman. Mddlcbury: Ed
ward d. yelling. North Bennington;
Harry Blodgett. st. JohnSbury; Homer
E. Wright, Essex functions; Gibbs f.
Clark. Island Pond; Thos. NJ. Deal, St.
Adams; Jed +. Laid. East Alburgh; ;
Roger w. Hulburd. Hyde Park: Horace
W. Bailey, Newbury; George T. How
ard, Craftsbury; Ira r. Allen, Fair
Haven; Frank Plumley, Mortified;
Zina Fl. Allbee. Bellows Falls; Alfred
e. Watson, Hartford--State Com
mittee