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The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1904-04-02
ON THE SIDE.

VV I'LL OIU6S
The Japanese Diet concluded Tues
day, but the Russian appetite con-
tinues unabated.
The Irish Standard heartily congrat-
ulates DR.. G. NJ. Jordan on his re-elec-
ton as superintendent of the city
schools.
Rather strange fatality is that in
the widely known Daily family of act
ors of Boston. During the past nine
weeks five of them have passed away.
The past winter-not entirely of the
past yet-has been the most severe
you will remember, since the time Of
THE big wind in Ireland"
For the first time i'm fifteen years
Sioux City, Iowa, elected Democratic
mayor last Tuesday, including a ma
jority of the members of the city coun-
Gil
The JapS are insisting now that they
did not fire the first shot. Well it is
hardly worth further consideration
anyhow. Who will fire the last shot?
seems more to the point.
The Dickinson On. d. Recorder looks
as bright as IL silver dollar just from
the mint in it's new dress. Those I'M
paid subscriptions our friend Carter
refers to ought to be forthcoming now.
1t is quiet again in town. King Sol
oman is now in Chicago, Samuel g.
Hazard, bigamist, has gone to the
state penitentiary and Baron Hum
bug" is off the boards.
Rev. Father Dolphin. who has been
acting in the capacity of assistant ut
the cathedral in ST Paul for some time
past. has been appointed to the Anoka
parish. He takes the place of Father
dunno, whose i'll health. it is believed
will not permit him to return.
Ii such Il thing existed as decent
Democratic organization in Wisconsin
that state could be easily redeemed
from Republiclnism. Stalwarts and
lalf-breeds could all retired in ii
bunch. The Democratic party in the
Badger State lacks leadership.
Is the water in the Mississippi river
tit to drink? Some of the doctors say
it is and others claim that it is not.
In the general running debate preced-
ing the arrival at Il conclusion the av-
eMge citizen is forced to find some
thing else to drink. The cause of pro-
hibition is not going To lie advanced
in this way.
George w. Benedict, who set type
on the daily papers of ST. Paul almost
a half century ago, and for many. years
edited the Sank Rapids Sentinel, re-
firing last November, celebrated his
SOth birthday Sunday, March 20. May
800 fall to him beyond the hundred
mark.
Correspondence from the outside to
insure publication in The Irish Stand
ard columns, should be in this office
Wednesday evening, and under no cir
cumstances not later than Thursday
morning. Earlier than Wednesday
will be still more satisfactory. We
hope our correspondents everywhere
will kindly bear this in mind.
The Irishmen of Crookston have 4
movement under way to give the Nor
wegians up there a royal entertain
ment on the 18th of May, the national
day of the Norsemen. This is done
in return for kindly assistance received
by the Irish people from their Nor
wegian friends on st. Patrick's day.
Now that's the real brotherly spirit.
Because he insulted King Edward,
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1904-04-02

lie is evident that Mr.. Balfour be-
heves in keeping the people busily ell
gagged in fighting for the country's hon
or abroad IN order to prevent unrest
at home. Since lie came into power
nine years ago, England has engaged
In fourteen wars, costing over S3,OUO,,
OOO,OOO besides the loss in lives says
the Duluth Herald
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1904-04-02

he was for the post of ruler, without
Constitution, of Catholic people, and
how fit he is to hold a cabinet office in
a country in which it is generally sup
posed there is no connection between
Church and State
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1904-04-02

Without New York Democratic. suc-
cess is impossible. We are willing to
concede that the New York Democrats
have Il much better idea as to the
proper man to nominate than have the
Minnesota Democrats.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1904-04-02

Reports from France do not assure
~ Of cessation Of the warfare against
the Church although there is some
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1904-04-02

All our exchanges. daily and weekly,
throughout the Northwest have CON-
plimentary mention of Chas. S. Fee,
general passenger agent of the North
ern Pacific, who recently resigned his
position to accept 1attering offer
from California. Mr.. Fee goes to the
Southern Pacific and will hereafter re-
side in San Francisco. His associates
in the office at st. Paul, in conjunc-
ton with passenger agents all along
the line presented him before his de-
parture with solid silver table service
of 122 pieces. 1t was spontaneous
and heartfelt testimonial of their good
will for their friend of many years.
Success to you, Mr.. Fee, and may You
, live long and prosper is the wish Of
the newspaper fraternity.
7 The st. Patrick's entertainment Civ
en- at the city hall, Anoka, on the even
ing of the 18th ult., was magnificent
success from every standpoint. Mayor
Scanlon presided and in a neat speech
introduced Rev. Father Heffron of St.
Paul, who delivered the address of the
evening. 1t was a gem. Miss Vincent
of Minneapolis sang the "Last Rose of
Summer" and "My Wild Irish Rose
to the delight Of all. A. Johnstone's
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1904-04-02

Rather a strange fatality is that in
the widely known DAILY family of act
ors of Boston. During the past nine
weeks five of them have passed away
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1904-04-02

The above rates include cost Of postage
- any part Of the United States, Canada
@ Mexico. To foreign countries the pest
aSs will be SOC per year additional
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1904-04-02

The Japanese Diet concluded Tues
day, but the Russian appetite con-
tinues unabated.
The Irish Standard heartily congrat-
ulates DR.. G. NJ. Jordan on his re-elec-
ton as superintendent of the city
schools.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1904-04-02

George w. Benedict, who set type
on the daily papers of st. Paul almost
half century ago. and for many years
edited the Sank Rapids Sentinel, re-
firing last November, celebrated his
SOth birthday Sunday, March 20. May
80" fall to him beyond the hundred
mark.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-11

conditions under which this test was pade, which were as follows:
 SL)-Cotton Plants: Entirely dead, nearly all leaves dropping picked once before, and now avragine only about three and half open bolls per plant. The plants were small. about twenty sor twenty-two inches high, in four-foot rows. nick in the dill, poorly chopped, so that frequently there was two plants together.
 "The variety Is Peterkin, which has very small boIls, which in this case contained a large percentage of imma- ture frosted bolls only partially opened.
 "Soil-A sandy or sandy loam soil, quite dry. constituted this field and in this the machine traveled easily. In places crab or crowfoot grass was thickly entangled with the open cotton, but this condition did not prevent sat- isfactory work. though increasing the amount of trash.
 "To test thoroughness of work sam pies were taken of all the seed cotton left unpicked or on ground on a defin- ite numbr of plants. This was done both where the machine had operated, and for comparison. where the usual hand picking had been done. Until the samples are weighed no accurate data on this point can be given. The
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chine moved almost exactly s3s yards per hour including time lost intervene Ing. As it picked one entire LOW un- der the machine and two half rows, equal to two entire rows. which in this case were each four feet wide. Hence tie area covered Tn one hour. was 1900 times eight feet or 5000 square feet, or nearly one-fifth' of lnn acre. This would nearly equal two acres in day of ten noars. It is only fair to add that in this lest the Ynal- chine worked without the set of cogs that enables the operator to vary the speed of the machine where cotton is thin. In turning, etc. Making some allowance for this 1t would seem pss- sible for the machine to cover three acres in a day and possibly more.
 The cogs alluded to had been lost in shipment and could not be replaced at once. It Is also claimed that the boys guiding the picking arms arc Inexperienced and that as they fn- crease in skill it will be possible to drive the machine faster and to cover more ground.
 Tn this cotton several counts showed that each, boy was gathering more than 100 bolls per minute for the ma- chine.
 "rhose who care to do so eau make
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will sooner or later be in general use In the South. and will save millions of dollars annually to the growers of cot ton, and 1t goes a jong way toward solving the labor question in its pro- I'duction.
 Tn my modest judgment. it is one of the greatest boons to civilization that the brain and hand of man has ever brought forth.
 w. A. Gayle"
 Tt is my opinion that the Lowry Picker is already a success I have watched 1t ever since it has been at work in my field.
 Tn its present condition. it picks 90 per cent of the hardest known cot ton (the Peterkin) in my knowledge
 If you will put the machine in any o fthe big boil, easy picking varieties of cotton it will do the work to per- lection. The gleanings would be im- material.
 The cotton picked comDaras favor
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detail of construction. The require- ments which the farmer will demand In cotton picker will be the following:
 iFirst-Thoroughne of work. that Is the picking of a large percentage of the total seed cotton in the field, leav- Ing little adhering to the plant or on the ground.
 'Second--A product in picked seed cotton not excessively trashy, or con taining much trash beyond the possi- bilities of removal by clearing ma- chinery at the gin.
 "Third--Durability of reconstruction, with such simplicity and lightness as to bring It's cost within reach without much expense for interest on the in vestment.
 -Fourth-Economica operation, not requiring excessive amounts of labor or fuel, and no great degree of technical skill on the part of the chief operator.
 "Fifth-1ast essential beyond all else. the capacity to pick much more cot ton per day than could be done by field hands equal in number to the crew ireduired by the machine.
 Let us see how in this particular test this machine answered the aiJbve re- quircments. To decide on these ques- tions.. one must have clear idea of the
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ably with the hand picked. as the two bales. picked by the machine in my warehouse, will prove.
 As to the capacity of the machine. and as it is today. man or boy can pick three times as much cotton as l'by hand with bags and baskets. Tt is my honest belief that the cot ton planters of the South can now cherish the fact that cotton. picker has been invented; one that will pick cotton successfully, and one that has come to stay.
 Very truly yours. Moses McLemore. g CLarge planter.l
 50 far as have had opportunity to observe the operation of the Lowry Cotton Picker it is undoubtedly a success.
 T took the place of one of the negro boys on the machine and worked the arms myself, to pick cotton. The fexibility of he two arms was wonderful. And I said at the time to MT. Lowry, the inventor. that those arms only needed an elbow to have the action of a human armand the the negro picker supplies the elbow motion. T am convinced that an average ne- gro boy on this, as yet, rather crude
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Are. Are the pickers or arms heavy or piano keys"
 Tn what space will it turn?'
 Seven feet"
 Tt leaves no cotton in the boll.'
 Cost of fuel for engine?"
 About the same as feed for two mules"
 over?"
 Any kind that a wagon will. wheth- CT dry or wet, hard or soft, up pr down hill and along hillsides.
 The Lowry cotton Picker may be op- erated profitably by negro labor as one of the farmers who had inspected it and had voted for the foregoing reso- lution said.
 Among a large number of voluntary endorsem of the Lowry Picker are the following:
 W. A. Gayle. (of Marks & Gayle, rcotton merchants):
 T saw the cotton picker pick and nothing else. It picked 1t clean. leaving no cotton behind, and in it's operation will not injure tho growing cotton or immature fruit
 T wondered why so simple a thing had not been thought of before. Ii
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of about the same depth. Tn the bot tom of this trough runs and enuless belt of cloth and rubber, inches wide, and thickly studded with metal tacks bent upward somewhat like the cards used in making bats of wool or cot ton. These tacks do the work of pick ing, the contact of even a few fibers being sufficient to draw the entire con tents of an open boil against the belt, which whisks the seed cotton up four feet into receptacle. This belt travels at the rate of about 360 feet per minute. The lower end of this two inch belt, has no sides or bottom, thus exposing about three inches of the under side of the studded belt, as well as Its lower tip and its upper side. This permits the picking of boil either from above or from below The inventor describes an improvement de- cided on by which these arms can be given a rotary movement, as well as the up-and down and sideways movement which the arms now possess. Seated on the machine. I tested the handling of these arms. found them so light. movable. and nearly balanced. that the work of guiding them was an easy task.
 with cotton stems as brittle as that
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machine, could pick as much and more than full grown expert picker could with his hands. who carried the last filling sack on his shoulders. Negro la borers will take to the Lowry Cotton Picker like ducks do to water
 'Messrs. Emery of Montgomery, and Rheem of Boston, two of the four shareholders in the Lowry Company, told me that MT. Lowry. MT. Emery and MT. Rheem Gall skilled machln- ists. l hear from others). were con stantly making improvements in their Picker, as were indicated by its prac- tical tests on the farm of MT McLe- more; also that it would be fully per- fected in time for gathering our next cotton crop.
 T agree with them fully
 Charles l.. Matthews" 0arge plant er capitalist and member Board of Revenue Of Montgomery County.)
 John w, Tullis (President of Snow. Tullis Hardware Company;
 ''l have seen the Lowry CottoC Pick ing Machine work and find tha. 1t is success as a cotton picker. With a few Improvements it will undoubtedly become a necessity to the cotton plant CT and a boon to the South.
 "J. W. Tullis. Jr.. President snow-Tullis Hardware Co.,"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-11
THE LOWRY COTTON PICKER==
 THE BEGINNING OF. AN ERA
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In this Christmas Edition of The Ad- vertiser 1t is proper to remind old and young Montgomerians that this citI Is the birthplace of some great enter prises. which have proved benefactions to all mankind. s.f.
 Here. in Montgomery that born mas ter mechanic, John D. Frazier. antici- pated even Daniel Pratt and establish ed the first Whitney gin factory in the world. Furnishing the world with the material for cheap and for comforta . ble clothing, and Tor use in many of the arts and industries. namely: lint cotton was first inaugurated in Mont gomery.
 The first electric street car line in all the world was built and operated in Montgomery Crude, experimental street car lines were attempted else ing the South's greatest industrial problem It will prove benefaction to the world by increasing the product of one of its greatest fabrics.
 Some idea of the importance and ap- proved and demonstrated success of s'The Lowry Auto Cotton Picker" may be gained from reading the following resolution, which was adopted by a body of practical cotton producers. headed by the Governor of Alabama. who had closely watched the work of
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of moving machine anu that of q corn harvester. The cost of four horse power gasoline engine can b0 ascertalned from dealers, but speaking from memory. I would place the en- zine at $100 to s125.
 "As to the cost of operation thls fB summed up in the statement that four boys or women seated. can do the picking, and one man can guide the machine. For such slow travel. not over about two miles per lay, the consumption of gasoline for a four. horse power engine need be but slight. Any intelligent farmer. who can cper- ate a self-binder, and who Is instrur- ted as to the workings of gasoline engine. can I think operate the picker
 "As to quantity of seed cotton pickeds my data up to this date of writing ia only fragmentary, no weighing of the seed cotton being made on account ox the unfavorable conditions presented by small poor cotton and by Ile amount knocked out in advance of tho picker by the crowd witnessing It's op eration. weighing is promised at an early date. Meantime the follow ing data can be used by any farmsrs who wish to figure on the actual CT possible work of this machine.
 Measurements showed that the n1a-s
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of the machine will be attempted here. since this would be, impossible without drawing and since the press reporters have noted the main features of the machine. Y
 Briefly the outfit consists of CD a frame, on four wheels, two of the wheels being Hanged traction or drive wheels.A CD A four orse-power gaso- line engine, which by means of sprock- ct chain connections drives the sup porting wheels, thus carrying the en- tire machine forward at a rate which is under the control of the operator. This engine also drives the mechanism which carries the picking belts. tS)
 The essential part of the machine Is the picking arm of which there are eight, one for each hand of the four laborers who ride on the machine for the pur- pose of directing these picking arms (4) Last but not least an engineer to guide and turn the machine and a crew of four boys or men. whose business 1t Is to point the tips of these picking arms at the open bolls as the entire machine slowly moves past the plants. Each picking arm may be likened to small tin trough, closed on bot
 tom and sides and open on top. This trough is about 1-4 inches wide, and
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John E. TrImbIe. (planter and cot ton warehouscmanl
 T have observed the operation Of The Lowry Cotton Picker closely. It is, even now in it's impeTtected shape, shape by machinery. operated by ordinary ne gro labor. at much less expense than By present methods. When perfected the Lowry Picker will largely reduce U. F. Trimble."
 w. NJ seIden. Assistant State Ag- ricultural Commissionerl:
 '.To All Whom it May Concern:
 Anto-Cotton Picker at the McLemore plantation, and pronounce 1t, as far as 1 could determine, great success, sur passing my most sanguine antictpa- tons, as to its workings and labor saw ing advantages. ,..,,. .s
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picked by hand A number of people. business men, farmers, at Albany, Ga congratulated MT. Lowry in q letter to him in having invented the first and only practical cotton picker ever known"
 But this necessarily concise endorse ment of this invention gives an made uuate idea of the merits of detail of Ehis great machine.
 Farmers Catechism.
 For the benefit of cotton growers who will use '"rhe Lowry Cotton Pick er," The Advertiser prints herewith q number of questions which were asked by farmers, and which were answered by ''The Lowry Picker in its numer- pus trials when it picked cotton on Mir. McLemores farm: Does 1t pick anything but cotton?' "No.' "Does it pick leaves. burrs or Dtems2 q
 Ne"
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Front view of the Lowry Cotton Picker in operation.

where; but the first successful electric street cars, in all the world. were op- erated in Montgomery. And the pres ent system of trolley" cars was first started in Montgomery by inventor Vanderpoel His patent was bought by the Huston Company" of Boston, which afterwards became The General Electric Company" the largest corporation of its kind in the world
 During the last two weeks of No vember, 1904, on the plantation of Moses McLemore, few miles from Montgomery. The Lowry Cotton Pick err was shown to be perfected. This great and successful invention is sec ond only to the Whitney Gin. in solv- 'The Lowry. Auto Cotton Picker" It was passed by bankers, cotton factors. railroad officials and over 100 farmers in the field of MT. McLemore Mont gomery. on November 26:
 Resolved. that the thanks of the Southern people are due to George A Lowry, whose invention has solved the problem of picking cotton by machin- cry. It is an invention that will do as much for the farmers and cotton trade as the gin of Eli Whitney and the spinning jenny of Sir Richard Ark wright. This exhibition shows that it can gather cotton in a manner as clearly and free from trash as when
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used in this test. a small proportion of bolls breaks off and both burrs and seed cotton start up the endless belt. Most of these are knocked off and thrown out by small loose roller and by a series of wire pegs in the sides of the trough and about half an inch above the outer surface of the tracks or teeth of the picking belt.
 An ingenious and effective brush re- moves the seed cotton from the carding teeth and does 1t thoroughly.
 Tn short 1t was a general verdict that the principles on which this ma chine operates is a correct and prac- ticaI one. In a few features the ma chine is in an experimental stage. or rather this particular machine. the first one made, does not include all the im- provements now being embodied in a second machine now being built.
 ''The farmers interest naturally cen teEs h results ot work ratheS than in
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Does it pick cotton dropped on tho ground?"
 Yes" Does 1t leave any cotton behind?" No" Does 1t pick cotton clean?"
 Yes" ,...- Does 1t pick cotton?"
 Yes" Does it pick cotton in wide or nar- row rows?"
 Both" cotton? Yes" Does it pick cotton in thick and tall cotton?"
 Yes
 Does it pick cotton when there is part open and part green?'
 Yes Does it pick cotton and not injure the green leaves?" Yes" Does it pick cotton and inture the boll?'
 No" Does it pick cotton and injure the stem?"
 No" ... Does it require skilled operators?' No" '..e
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estimates of the several farmers whose opiifApn I asked placed the unpieked or dropped locks at 10 per cent or less.
 T estimated the amount of Wash as picker, but one farmer stated that he had had hands to include as much trash. Enough burrs are contained in the seed cotton to doubtless require than cotton thus power picked be run through huller attachment at the gin, with which some gins are provided.
 "As to wearing qualities it Is too ear Iy to judge, but 1t would not be unrea- sonable to expect machinerY as sim pie as this and travelling as slowly to wear as well as a self feeder, except possibly certain inexpensive renewa- ble parts. The weight of the machine except for the engine aad wheels. Is slight I have no data US 10 probable price but think that the machine ex- elusive of the engine can be built for A priee somewhere between the cost
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their estimates from this rsemberinx that the usual number of bolls per pound of seed cotton Is between 70 and 100, as found in a large number of varieties In test at the experiment. station at Auburn.
 From such fragmentary tests no positive conclusion as to capacity can be drawn. but most farmers were in- clined to think that the operation waa much faster than the work oI an equal number of laborers picking without the help of machinery.
 Remember that this is the first machine, that 1t has been only q few weeks since its first test in cotton field and that numerous iInproveTnenta are being made already. and that doubtless others will follow. l think that a solution of cotton piclkine by machinery is practically solved, where all conditions are favorable to the use of machinery.