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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-02-10
The Antitrust ProRrs,n.

Antitrust legislation is sod in
chaotic state. The judiciary Commit
tee of the House of Representatives
has reported bill which viii prob
ably pass the lower ho'Ise 1t was
elaborated by the Littlefield sub
committee and Attorney General
Knox, and the latter is said to be fair
ly satisfied with it. which is an indi-
cation that the trusts do not fear it.
1t Is mainly intended for spectacular
purposes, for it is well known that
the Judiciary Committee of the Senate
wiz not report it, as Chairman Hoar
favors his own bill, and the other Re
publicans members are nearly all
favorable TO the corporations. The
Senate leaders have their own trust
program to overcome the obstacle of
the statehood bill, which has the
right of way and cannot be displaced
having majority in its faver. The
oligarchy that rules the Senate found
themselves helpless to prevent Sena-
tor Quay from passing the statehood
bill, unless they resorted to long
filibuster, which is Tow in progress
But the adroit politicians who always
control legislation in the Senate have
evolved plan of strategy that they
hope will show that they are still ON
nipotent. President Roosevelt has in
formed Senators Aldrich and Spooner
that scme sort of antitrust legislation
is undoubtedly necessary to save the
Republican party from ruin and they
have agreed to put some kind Of bill
through the Senate, if Speaker Hender-
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-02-10
Care OF Crane Vines.

The illustrations are from bulletin
156. entitled The Home Vineyard"
by w. III. Ragon. If you will apply to
the United States Department Of Agri-
culture you will get this interesting
and valuable treatise on the grape
without cost. Cut l of the illustra-
lions represents a one year old grape
vine at planting, showing how deep II
should be planted and where the canes
should be cut off leaving only two
buds on the newly planted vine. Cut
2 represents the grapevine as it should
look after one years growth. and the
line crossing the vine shows where 1t
should be cut off, leaving two buds to
grow to make the two arms that will
be needed for the next year. Cut 3
represents the same grapevine the sec
G2d year with two branches produced.
all others having been removed. Cut 4
represents the manner of making a
trellis, and of bracing the end posts
so they will not pun over by the strain
of the frightened wires that support the
vine. Cut shows how a grapevine
may be propagated by lagering the
new green growth in July. Cut 6 rep
resents tie grapevine as it should ap-
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-02-10

Farmers are continually advised to
use such materials as gypsum, dried
swamp muck and KANT in the barns
and stables, yet very few have any
thing of the kind on hand. Many who
would like to use preservatives and
absorbents are checked by the cost.
These will find hint in the foreign
experiments in the use Of dry earth,
from which it appears a substance SO
abundant and easily handled will an
swer the purpose. A covering of dry
garden soil, only two or three inches
thick. proved enough to hold the am
monia in a large heap of manure. 1t
is equally effective in the stable in
taking up the liquid manure, prevent
ing waste and odors. The earth when
stored must be very dry, or there will
be some trouble from freeing. -Massa-
chusetts Ploughman.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-02-10

Among the multitude OF interesting
features of New York City. prominent
place must be given the towering office
buildings, which are more numerous in
the lower end of that city than any
where else in the world. Coming in
on a ferry at the Battery or az the
south end of West street. there rise
up before you monsters of brick, stone
and mortar within the walls of any
one of which is carried on inside OF
business, measured in dollars and
cents. than most small cities can show
In a month In the winding, narrow
streets which run from Broadway to-
ward the rivers they stand SO closely
side by side that Z. gloomy, canyon
like appearance is given the streets
and the man who gazes upward to-
ward the fourteenth. eighteenth. TWEEN
tieth or twenty-second story is made
to feel his insignificance.
But tit is within that the greatest
interest lies. The population Of from
1000 to 1900 persons is as varied as
that of town. Banking houses han
die, behind handsome marble desks,
their hundreds of thousands, which go
OUT to mingle with the country's pros
perity and develop new projects of in
dustry and ingenuity. Insurance COM
panies pledge their enormous capital
to the lives of men in California and
Florida. and to the safety Of ships
rounding the Cape. The tickers in
many brokers' offices. over which noisy
stock spectators and sober investors
touch elbows, click out the news con-
corning the great mass of world
wealth for bits of which thousands
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-02-10
Saving Feed.

Whenever we hear q man talking
about what fine stock he has and how
little said stock eats we, begin to get
suspicious. There may be men who
have developed and maintain fine
herds or focks with very light feed
ing, but we have thus far failed to dis
cover them. One Of our friends used
to be anxious to tell how little feed it
took for him to winter a brood SOW.
He was a beginner then, and he was
going to have whole herd that would
winter on roots and fresh air. He isn't
talking about cheap wintering any
more, but feeding mill feed and corn.
He had some experience that knocked
the cheap wintering, non-feeding fool
ishness completely out of him. He re-
aliEes now that those WHO have such
good looking stock Oh extremely light
ratiOns are likely to underestimate
some things The man who Is looking
for good stock in order to save hauling
out feed is going to be disappointed.
The way good stock saves feed is not
in eating less, but in making good use
of what it eats. which is generally
more than is allowed to common crit
ters.-National Stockman.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-02-10
For breaking Corn Stalks.

When the ground is frozen hard, If
the land is not too billy or rough, the
breaking of the corn stubble is not diff
ficult if the farmer has the proper i'm
plements. For those living handy to
a railway. 1t is a good plan to buy an
old rail or part of a rail discarded from
the track. About four feet from each
end of it a hole Is drilled through the
narrow part. A chain is attached at
each hole by a bolt or hook, and the
chains being brought together at the
other end, a ring Is attached, to which
three horses are hitched. The chains
may be attached without drilling holes,
if iron rods Of suitable size be heated
and bent round the rail at the proper
places. so as to form eyes or hooks.
Another good stalk breaker may be
made by selecting a wooden pole of as
uniform diameter as possible and long
enough to break i've or seven rows of
stalks. After ascertaining the center
Of gravity by balancing over log or
some like object, cut notches at 315 or
4 feet on each side of this center.
Fasten chains around the pole at the
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-02-10

son will force 1t through the House.
The fact that the President sent for
Henderson and converted him TO the
mild form of antitrust legislation that
was considered necessary is now a
matter of history. Henderson's reward
is to come later. The plan of the Sen
ators Is to do by indirection what is
impossible in direct way. The way
being blocked for the passage of an
antitrust bill through the Senate, 1t Is
intended to have the conference on the
Department of Commerce bill, which
has passed both houses, insert in the
measure. through an application of
its provisions regarding the Bureau of
Corporations, all that part of the anti
trust program relating to publicity.
The rest of the program relates to re-
bates and determinations and is COW
cred by a bill introduced by Senator
Elkins. and by him reported favorably
from the Committee on Interstate
Commerce. As Senator Elkins is an
out and out friend Of the railroads, and
is known TO be interested in corpora
lions, the measure is hardly likely to be
inimical to trust interests.
The Importance of this program, says
the Boston Transcript, lies in its re-
lation to Senate strategy. 1T elm
mates the Judiciary Committees In
both House and Senate. making the
Committees on Commerce and on Inter
state Commerce the real vehicles of
decreed Republican policy. This had
long been desired by the leaders. Its
next advantage comes in getting the
essentson of the antitrust program be-
fore both houses as a privileged mat
ter. through the medium of a confer
ence report This gives it precedence
over even Statehood"
All that is not of much consequence
to the people. 1t is intended to again
fool them by making them believe that
their servants in Congress, and espe-
cially their President, are trust-busters.
The result of the legislation will show
that the bills are entirely inOffensive
to the trusts. and this is foreshadowed
by the Senators and Representatives
who are trusts agents, being faTora6se
TO the bills.
The Democrats will probably vote for
the measures. for not TO do so would
lay them open TO the charge that they
are opposed TO antitrust legislation.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-02-10

For destroying chicken lice, f. E.
Emery of the Wyoming station recon-
mends that the fowls be dipped in a
solution of sheep dip He estimates
that ten to twelve and half gallons
will be sufficient for thirty TO forty
fowls. The plumage should be thor
oughly soaked, and care exercised to.
prevent the solution getting into the
lungs of the fowls. Yards and build
ings should be sprayed with the same
preparation Mr. Emery's directions
seem little unsafe, since sheep dip
differ greatly In composition. Those
which contain the different oils of
petroleum origin are liable TO do seri-
GUS injury to the plumage and skin.
Most of the dipping preparations should
first be tried very cautiously. Aside
from the proper arrangements for re-
moving and cleaning roosts and nest
boxes. providing a good dust-bath be-
fore the window where 1t is warm and
sunny, Is the only remedy usually
needed during the winter. Road dust
is best. but IL 1t has not been secured
in the proper season. use sized coal
ashes.-American Cultivator.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-02-10
Whitewash Formula.

Take half bushel of unslacked lime.
Stake it with boiling water, cover DUR
ing the process to keep in steam,
strain the liquid through a fine sieve
or strainer. and add TO it a peck of
salt, previously dissolved in warm
water. three pounds of ground rice
boiled to thin paste and stirred in
while hot, half a pound Of Spanish
whiting, and one pound of clean glue,
previously dissolved by soaking in
cold water and then hanging over a
slow fire in a small pot hung in a
larger one filed with water. Add five
gallons of hot water to the mixture.
stir well, and let 1t stand for few
days covered from dirt. 1t should be
applied hot, for which purpose it can
be kept in a kettle or portable furnace.
The east end of the Presidents house
at Washington is embellished by this
brilliant whitewash. 1t is used by the
government to whitewash lighthouses.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-02-10
Farm Notes.

Nail n piece of raw fat salt pork up
in the chicken house where feather
eating hens can get at it.
Whitewash the hen house inside
twice year and always use crude
carbolic acid in the preparation.
Exposure of dairy cows TO winter
rains results In serious loss to the
dairyman. and the dry cold of winter
DAYS calls for additional feed.
The idea that the Ben Davis is no
longer a desirable or profitable variety
will have to be told to she amateur TO
be believed and not to the commercial
orchardist. said an Illinois speaker be-
fore the apple growers convention.
Where there is large herd the easi-
est plan Is to spray with Kerosene
emulsion. This win net only destroy
parasites, bur viii also clean the hogs
as we'll II only few are kept. q
thorough washing with warm water
and soap and the free use of the scrub
hing brush is exceedingly effective.
The egg industry of TIE United
States is still growing. Ten years ago
we imported many eggs and exported
few. Now the exports exceed the inn
ports. but there is room for still great
or development. There need be no
fear of reproduction Of poultry and
eggs in the near future
Ground intended for onions should
be plowed as early as the weather
win permit. as the onion crop is the
first 10 go in. One method Of produc-
inr onions is to 500 the seeds in hot
beds and transplant tie small bulbs
later. The seeds may be sown in the
hotbeds in January or February. BY
thus growing them there is a saving of
time and less difficulty with weeds. II
preferred. the onioa sess may be pro
c.,red of Seetssmen.
Fielding lies la The hurying ground
OF the English factory At Lisbon.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-02-10
Profit and Loss Accounts.

In majority of cases the farmer
who wishes he were in the class OF the
eminently successful win find that he
has neglected ep::..-=vvly the important
matter OF keeping books. Now, keep
ing books consists not merely in max
ing a rigid account of household ex-
penses Important as this is. it may
much better be omitted than may those
accounts which show how much a
product costs TO produce it and mar
ket it and how much was received for
y Such record viii necessarily
sr.-lv the dates of all that is done on
the farm. This record of dates is in
itself most valuable.-Kansas Farme5.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-02-10
THE BADGER STATE.
NEWS OF THE WEEK IONCiSELY
CONDENSED.
Tilted Youth K i1ls Himself-New Basis
for Taxation Is Urged = Business
Houses Burn at Rio-Farlncr Shoots
His Son-Fire at Monticello.

Tilted by the girl for whom he had left
his home three years ago, Henry Dan
kert shot himself in the head in Milwau-
kee- He was found dead on the steps
of his grandfather's cottage. The GIRL
Paula Klemm, says Dankert left dance
hall after vainiy trying to get her to go
away with aim. On her refusal he shook
her hand, saying she would never see
him alive again. Dankert went to his
room and secured revolver, then went to
his fathers barn, where he shot himself
After.Sard he made his way to where
he was found. The pistol, with two
chambers empty, was found in the hay
loft of his fathers barn.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-02-10

and are fitted with common fiat wick
burners Four of them can be placed
under each boiler. Thus in the sever
est weather there are eight lamps
burning. and they may burn % cents
worth of oil in a day. The Farmhouse
walls We're built with care TO make
them warm. and | have system OF
screens, made by stretching cotton
cloth on wooden frames, which / put
up every cold night under the glass
aud take down in the morning, this
operation taking not over five or six
minutes each day. Under these cir
cumstances my heating system has
worked admirably and has never fail
ed. At = o'clock in the afternoon
can light as many lamps as | think
necessary and leave them with the
most perfect assurance that shah
fud everything right the next morn
fng or the middle of the forenoon, II
am as late as neutrality-suspicious.
Rural New Yorker.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-02-10
shirt.Waist FACTORY Burns.

Fire in GAINESVILLE totally destroyed the
skirt and shirtwaist factory of the Isa-
belle Manufacturing Company. The loss
is $4,000, partially covered by insur-
ance. James Page, Chicago Board of
Trade man, is the principal stakeholder.
The factory probably will be rebuilt.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-02-10
Heating a Farmhouse Chcaply.

Here's a method for heating n plant
house measuring about s by IL feet.
use a hot water circulation in iron
pipes, and the heating Is done by kero-
sene lamps under two tin boilers. The
boilers are bell shaped and set up with
mouth down. The hot air. after hav
ing done its work of heating the water.
is controlled by tin drum. at the top
of which is a smoke pipe, by which
all fumes are carried off. The lamps
were made TO order by the tinsmith
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-02-10
Rio Business Houses Burned.

Fire threatened to destroy the bust
ness section of Rio. The Portage fire
department was called upon for assist
ance The fire started in the Jackson
furniture store. The hardware store
and stock of Hanson & Wilson, the fur
niture store and stock of G. B. E. Jack
son and the residence of Mr.. Jackson,
adjoining, were destroyed, and the State
Bank building was Quilted. The loss will
probably be between $4,000 and $4,000.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-02-10
Farmer Shoots Hia Son.

John ROdeneizer, a small farmer, liv-
ing in Maxville, shot his son, Caspa-,
infiictiEg serious but probably not fatal
wounds. The bullet entered about five
inches under the shoulder blade, and has
not been found. He was also severely
cut in the head. Caspar had an arm
broken o week before while operating a
tkreshing machine. and was unable to
defend himself. Rodeneizer has frequent
" had trouble with his children and opin-
ion is divided as to whether he is nen-
tally unbalanced or merely ugly. He
has been arrested and will be held to
await the result of his sons injuries.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-02-10
MonticeIlo Threatened,

Fire at Monticello threatened destruc-
ton of the entire business portion of the
village. 1t started in the furniture store
of NJ Ladon on the main street The
building and contents are a total loss.
The Richards building, next to Ladon S,
was also consumed, and cigar store on
the opposite side was damaged. Citi-
zens and farmers fought the fire for two
hours. The loss is about $4,000.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-02-10

A Danish eNperimenter. writing on
the science OF packing eggs. concludes
after examining many thousand boxes.
large eggs break much more easily
than the small ones. To prevent break
ags, he recommends that poultry be
supplied freely with lime throughout
the year. The eggs. he says. should
be graded carefully. and packing ma
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-02-10
Again Urge New Tax Basis.

In its second biennial report, the Wis
consin State tax commission renews its
recommendation. made two years ago,
for taxing the railroads of the State on
their valuation, instead of on the license
fee basis. A strong argument is made
by the commission against the taxation
Of credits, with a dissenting opinion to
this recommendation by Second Assist
an Commissioner Haugen. Taxation of
inheritance is strongly recommended, and
it is probable that the Legislature will
re-enact, with proper changes, the law
fecently declared unconstitutional.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-02-10
Justified but Fined.

There was hot encounter at Brule the
other day, which ended in the police court
at West Superior When Aleck Beck
was arraigned for assaulting Abraham
Hendrickson, he admitted that he pound
ed the man, but claimed that he was JUS
tilted. He said that Hendrickson called
Backs mother and wife vile names. The
court let Beck off with nominal fine
and sent the sheriff to look for Hendiick
son. In fining Beck the judge stated he
was sorry he could not let him off alto
gether, Tut that the law could not justi-
fly a citizln taking the law into his own
hands
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-02-10

Records are Kept with knOtted cords
in Polynesia. During the early part
CT the nineteenth century and pre-
viously the official taxgatherers on the
island Of Hawaii. in the Sandwich
group. did ali their accounts On a rope
2. 400 feet long. which was divided into
lengths. each corresponding 70 a dis
trIc;. Loops. knots and featners tied
along the rope served as memoranda
for the hogs. pigs and pieces OF san
daIwood collected from taxpayers.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-02-10

Mr. and Mrs. William T. Hollenshale
of Baltimore. Nd. have n baby daug:s-
ter named after Miss Alice Roosevelt.
The parents are deaf and dumb. as is
Rev. u. r. Merlin. who OBLIGATED at
the baptism Tie ceremony was coz.
drerad In the sign language Miss Roose-
veil sent a letter thanking the parents
for the honor Of naming the baby for
h,-
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-02-10

A $4,000. 600 combine Of emery wheel
manufacturers along the lines Of the
American Steel and Wire Company, 10
beng formed Twenty large concerns
In different parts Of the country Lave
been asked to join the combinapyn.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-02-10

terial should be used. since the loss
by breakage exceeds the additional cost
of the packing material.-New En-
gland Farmer.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-02-10

There has been 4 decrease Of 1.5 per
cent in the population of the Isle Of
Man sine 1901. At the last census it
was Oh
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-02-10

on the Senate calender that the same
Republican majority do not want to
see enacted. The Republican Senators
are killing time with the hope that the
pressure of the appropriation bills will
force the bill to admit the territories
off the track and also defeat. for the
lack of time, the other legislation to
which they are opposed, but which
some of them do not dare openly to
oppose.
The Democrats have declared their
readiness to- vote at any time, so that
the whole blame for delay rests with
the Republicans.
Steel Trusts Foreign Policy.
On Nov. "a the New York CONNER
cial said: THE United States Steel
Corporation and it's competitors have
instructed their foreign agents Ito look
for a market for light finished eteei
products. The production of Sheets,
tin plates, steel wire products. etc, Is
greater than domestic consumption.
Rather than close the mills and thus
be compelled to reduce the price to
home consumers, the surplus will be
sent abroad at a price below that
quoted in the home market" The
Commercial said that this policy has
frequently been resorted to. among
concerns that benefited largely by this
method in the past were all tie cor
porations that are now under the DOM
nation of the United States Steel Cor
poration."
On Nov. % it was announced that
the steel trust had cut both its dones-
tic and foreign prices on wire, wire
nails, tin plate, wrought iron pipe, etc.
S. per ton. During the recent cam
paign the Republicans were denying
strenuously that our exports were sold
cheaper to foreigners than at home and
were positive that the tin plate trust
was not selling abroad. As matter
of fact it began this nefarious business
more than three years ago. Foreigners
have al along been getting our steel
goods at from 20 to 80 per cent less
than we are compelled to pay for them.
If the foreigners pay our taxes 1t is
only fair that they should get our
goods cheaper. If we pay the tariff
taxes we should be the preferred Gus
toners of the protected trusts. Con-
gress should investigate to learn who
paws these taxes. If. perchance, 1t
should find that we pay them 1t might
discuss the propriety Of taking them
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-02-10

James ID. Richardson Of Tennessee,
Democratic minority leader of the House,
will retire from Congress to devote his
time entirely to tile Masonic order. Major
Richardson is the highest Masonic official
in shs country. and among worlds Ma
sons ranks with King Edward. He holds
the Office for so many years held by the
late Gen. Albert Pike. He now receives
a salary from the order of $1,000 year.
If he devotes himself entirely to Mason
ry he will be paid $4,000 year and all
travelling expenses, and in addition will
be given q handsome residence in Wash
ington.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-02-10
TOWERS OF BUSINESS
MAKE vERlTABLE CANYONS OF
NEW YORK STREETS.

Each One Of the Many Huge, Office
Buildings Is Community i'm Itself,
I'm Touch with Distant Parts, of the
Earth.