The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1904-10-01

the lsyr:ia2s last summer to supply
20.0Ot.G0U extra tonsiof water daily at
the cktical timo fog agriculturists.
orc Of the results of the recent An.
glc-E' nch agreement is a renewal
OF tie scheme fer tunnelling the
cha, nj between France and England.
The London and Paris chambers OF
conn., rec are leading in the matter.
1t is nearly fifty years since the tun-
mel project was first put upon prac-
tical basis of experiment, but since
then the original estimate Of cost has
p been reduced from $5O,O0O0OO to $780,
O00,Cl).
1t IS q question whether industrial
development has not encountered a
production have been hitherto consid-
cred OF the highest advantage in the
process of industrial evolution. But
now every great Trust seeks to mon
OpOliZe the production Of its raw and
half Manufactured materials. And now
the farmers of Ohio, in initiating this
example, have united to produce them
selves all the agricultural implements
they need Turn around Is fair play.
Despite the exertions of the large
manufacturers to increase their stocks,
orders for automobiles have poured
in at such a phenomenal rate that al
ready there is dearth of machines to
supply the demand. This scarcity is
largely due to the fact that the max
ers genesally do not begin to turn out
vehicles in numbers until after the
New York and Chicago shows. The
movement to hold future shows ear
lier-say in November-is based on
this very difficulty, and it is quite like
ly that the experience Of the manufac-
turers will bring about a much-needed
change in show dates.
Dr. Smith Of Toronto, struck a re-
sounding blow at the gates Of all wo-
mems colleges with the sharp end Of
his lance the other day. He told the
American Academy Of Medicine that
college education rendered wifehood
and motherhood distasteful and dis
gushing to women; that ill-health
among the women in this country
had increased enormously during the
last fifty years, SO had the percentage
Of unmarried women, and large pro-
portion of those who did marry re-
NAMED childless. All these evils were
due. he insisted, to the forcing pro-
cess in vogue in women's colleges. The
girl who passes through it comes out
with diseased nerves and enfeebled
brain.
II one is to formulate an intelligent
idea Of the future Of our agricultural
industries he must give pretty deep
consideration to commercial condi-
tons. An overproduction OF the pro-
ducts Of our soil would be as bad as
an cver-production of coal or manu-
facturered goods. Once upon a time,
the legend runs, there was an over
production Of land; Manhattan Island
was offered to man for q
shirt-and he didn't have the shirt!
The situation today in regard to the
products Of the United States is this:
prospects Of big cotton crop, with
supplies everywhere so depleted that
reasonable prices will invite buying
from both home and foreign spinners:
prospects Of fair average crop OF
cereals, with supplies everywhere low
enough to tempt buyers If prices are
not exorbitant- 1t is hard to grow
pessimistic over the domestic agricul-
tural situation, and II you indulge in q
little optimism there is must overflow
somewhat into railroads.
The life Of the explorer hangs on
tribes, says the New york World. A.
Dillon Wallace, who has returned from
Labrador with the body Of Leonidas
Hubbard. says the young explorers
life might have been saved if the party |
had had fishing net and a shotgun.
They had fishing tackle, but the fish
would not bite. They had rifles, but
they needed q shotgun when the rifles
proved useless. So Hubbard persisted
by starvation. Some day another ex.
plorer will go into the Labrador wilder.
ness with fishing nets and shotguns
and succeed where Hubbard lost his |
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