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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-06-28

ford Railroad Company on fruit from New York
to Boston, the commission holds to be unreason-
able and unjust, and should be reduced to $50.
The opinion concludes as follows:
upon all the facts and circumstances, includ-
ing on the one hand the difficulties and liability
to loss attending the production and shipment Of
peaches, and on the other hand the large percent
age of cars loaded above the prescribed minimum
weights for carloads for which excess no charge
is made by the carriers, the exceptional character
of the service which involves fast time and prompt
delivery and destination. the carriage of a large
amount of non-passing freight, return of cars
without loads and many other conditions relating
to the highly perishable nature of the traffic, the
commission holds that neither the minimum car
load weight nor the transportation charge estab-
lished by the defendants engaged in the carriage
of peaches in refrigerator cars from Georgia
points to New York, based upon a rate of 81 cents
from Atlanta to New York, is unreasonable Or un:
just"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-06-28
An Important Decision to Shippers.

The Interstate Commerce Commission last
Thursday announced a decision of much interest
to truckers and fruit growers in the case of Geor-
gia Peach-Growers' Association against the At
lantic Coast Line Railroad Company and others
involving the liability of the carrier for damage
to fruit through negligence as we'll as the question
of proper freight rates. The commission holds
that the transportation companies are responsible
for damage to fruit through negligence of the
railroad to the full amount of injury sustained,
without regard to the valuation placed upon it.
1t was further held that the regulation whereby
the freight rate on peaches and other fruit from
Georgia points is increased in proportion to the
carload valuation fixed by the shipper is unrea-
sonable and unjust. The charge of $50 per car
imposed by the New York, New Haven and Hart
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-06-28
Now is the Time to Begin to Select Seed Corn.

The ideal ear of corn needs an ideal corn plant.
If we are to select seed merely by getting the
ideal ear there is no need whatever for a selection
in the field, for the typical ears can be just as well
selected in the crib. What the corn breeder needs
to do is to breed a corn plant suited to his CHM
ate and soil. In the northern part of the corn
belt he needs to develop an early maturing plant
and a prolific one. In the South earliness can
be altogether ignored and the character of the
plant and it's prolifcacy should be the aim. In
either case field selection is important, for we
want to know the character of the plant that
bears the ear and the nature of its surroundings.
The Iowa bulletin states that one-seventh of the
corn there fails to bear an ear. Nof if one gets
seed corn from such a field where these barren
stalks have been allowed to mature pollen, he may
get the best shaped ears in the world but will
never advance so long as he allows his crop to be
influenced by the barren pollen. The most import
ant work in seed breeding of corn is to watch the
seed patch closely and TO remove as soon as seen
every tassel on stalks that show no silks, and thus
remove your seed bearing plants from evil infu-
ence. The Southern farmer, as we have said,
needs not to breed for earliness, but he does need
to breed for a better plant. He needs a shorter
jointed plant in place of the long-legged plants
so often seen in the South. and by proper selection
he can breed his plants down to a better shape.
Mere selection of the ideal ears alone will never
increase the proliicacy of a variety, but will tend
rather to the bearing of single ears on a stalk. In
short, corn breeding by selection is a matter for
the whole season from the time the corn starts.
When the seed ears are taken from stalks that
approach the ideal and which have been protected
from untoward conditions by the removal of poor
stalks it will be time to carry the selection fur
Their to the best ears, but no amount of laboratory
study of the ear alone will ever result in any
marked Improvement in the crop. Let us have
all the good typical ears possible, but let us have
the ideal plant frst.-Practical Farmer.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-06-28
A r EXCHANGES
Advertise Your Stock.

Several years ago I visited a farmer friend who
had two Shorthorn bull calves Cloth eligible to
registry which he thought good enough for use
on high-grade COWS for the production of steers.
He said he could get $50 each for them from two
of his neighbors. I persuaded him not to let them
go at that price and suggested that he advertise
them in an agricultural paper. He acted on the
suggestion and thus announced the result: "The
bulls sold for $75 each, and the ad. cost $3.50"
There are hundreds of small breeders who could
duplicate this result by adopting the necessary
means-Agricultural Advertising.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-07-21
4 coNpI1IoN rEnsUs 4 rnEoRE

The great theory of government ownership and management of public utilities doesn't get much support in the telephone business in Paris, which is done by the government. The tele- phone system in the French capital has long been a cause of dissatisfaction to subscribers, and it is claimed that in no large city of Europe is the telephone so badly managed as there. Old types of apparatus are used, and it is said that half the trouble which exists could be avoided by the use of modern ap- paratus like that Tn this country. Then there is the inefficient administration which often, or usually, is found in public business. The operators are .oyerworked, and there Is great lack .of discipline in the central stations: The subscribers are at a disadvantage, owing to the monoply which exists, and up to the present their protests have had but little effect. The matter has been brought to a head lately owing to some difficulties which occurred be- tween certain subscribers and the ad- ministration. resulting in several law suits. The subscribers have now form ed an association in order to defend their interests. and it is hoped that this action will lead to some reforms.
 It is pity that the French can't manage better for themselves. Accord ing to theory the telephone business
 of Paris ought to De well and cheaply
 done. Perhaps it would be if the
 charge of it could be given to some of the United States theorists.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-07-21
A RAPID-rRAss1r IDEA.

Perhaps ali the wonders of the world have not yet been seen. If Edward Whitehead curtiss can do. or get done, what he thinks he can they haven't. He tells the Brooklyn Eagle that the pressure or the Brooklyn bridge can be relieved by having continuous train of cars running at the rate of sixty miles an hour, which is to be boarded from a revolving circular platform go- ing at the same rate of speed, which is boarded by stairs which move at the rate of about three miles an hour. It appears that an elevated train of four 'cars leaves the Manhattan terminal station every minute-that is, 240 cars an hour, containing 15O passengers each, or Se.OOO persons. Three hundred trol- ley cars leave every hour, containing one hundred passengers, or S0.O00 per sons. making total number of 66,000 persons an hour, as the limit of present transportation facilities. The rate of speed is ten miles per hour and the floor space allowed each passenger two and half square feet. MT. Curtiss' plan is to have the railroad tracks make . loop in the terminal stations at each end of the bridge. On this track an endless train will move without stop ping. The train of cars will extend around the Manhattan loop, over the bridge, around the Brooklyn loop, over the bridge again, so as to make an end less train. If these cars are ten feet
 wide mile of such train will contain 5.2SO feet times ten feet, or 52,sOo square
 feet, and if moved with a velocity oi sixty miles per hour sixty times 52,S0C square feet of floor space will pass over the bridge In each direction on one track each hour. Divide this floor space
 by two and a half square feet. the car
 floor space now allowed to each passen-
 ger, and we find that 1,267OOo passen'
 gers may be transported over the bridge
 in each direction in one hour. If VI
 use the two sets of railroad tracks now lused by the elevated and trolley cars
 we can transport 25s4,ooo passengers
 per hour instead of the 6s,ooo now
 transported.
 A large and rapid idea But when w
 consider what has been done t ism
 wise to say that this idea Is either tot large or too rapid.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-07-21
NO DANG ER YET.

It will be remembered by some that about fifteen years ago Kansas man named Davis made quite a stir by an nouncing and figuring that the limit of wheat-raising in the United States had been reached, and that trouble was soon due. Since then there has been more and more wheat grown in this country and at times the price has been almost ridiculously low. Now there is new talk about scarcity of wheat. They say that except in the arid plains nearly the whole os the United States fit for agriculture has been divided into farms or ranches, etc. etc, But this doesn't tell the whole story. Probably the arid plains will soon be useful. And one of the reasons why the production of wheat has not increased more rapidly is that during succession of years in the decade from 1890 to 1900 there was an enormous surplus left each year for export. This brought prices down to SO low a figure that the production of wheat became unprofitable except where 1t was raised wholesale, as on the great Dakota farms. People could not afford to grow wheat for from 50 to 80 cents a. bushel on land worth $75 an acre, and as result the eastern farm CTS turned their attention as much as
 possible to other crops.
 When more wheat is needed ill this country it will be forthcoming. Much more can be grown than there ever has lbeen, and when wheat will pay well it will be grown. x
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-07-21
NOT MADE IN GERM4NY.

It appears that with our usual enter prise and srnartness we are troubling German manufacturers by making things which their countrymen will per- sist in buying. For instance, tools and machines. The Association of German Tool Manufacturers has urged the inn periai government to prevent the fur ther inroads of American n1anufactur- CTS upon their special branches. It is claimed that in the first quarter of the year the import of tools had more than doubled, having increased from 245 tons to 526 tons, and that in the second quar- ter the increase threatens to become even larger. Special emphasis is laid on the fact that the United States gov ernrnent levies a tax of 45 per cent. on German machines, against the German tariff of per cent, and they insist that German machines are in no wise infer |ior to the American, and that there is no
 4 i
 need whatever for the introduction of American machines and tools into Ger many.
 Of course the German makers of tools and machines have no need of United States tools and machines except to learn from, but their countrynen who are not manufacturers have. They ought to be allowed to have them, but lit is probable that the German infant industries in the machine and tool lines will get the protection they want. Then some of the Germans and perhaps a few good United States folks may realize that the tariff can be tax.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-07-21
A MODERN D,ARTAGNAN,

j Y gEr Gen. sherman Bell, the Colorado Adju- tant-General, Who Was Born Out of
 His Time.
 A striking figure in contemporary af- fairs is Gen. Sherman Bell of Denver, former Wells. Fargo express rider, former deputy sheriff at Cripple Creek, former rough rider, and now adjutant- general of the Colorado militia and highcockalorum of the Telluride and Cripple Creek mining districts, Bell has had picturesque career. and, ac- cording to the Cripple Creek correspon- dent of the Boston Transcript, who gives a delightfully."- breezy account of the adjutant general, he was born out of his due time. This age is too prosaic for man like sherman Bell He Irightfully belongs to the good old swashbuckling days, the days when every man carved name for himself with his sword. Under Richelieu, for instance. the Sieur de Belle would have been a romantic figure, another D'Art- tagnan, whose deeds,would have whet- ted the imagination of a Dumas Colo i rado is not governed by a Richlieu, however, only a plain, honest, straght- forward governor named Peabody: but even under these unromantic eircum- stances the romantic spirit of Sherman Bell refuses to be depressed by the acs lcidents of time and place. and So he is l doing everything in his power to prove that he can make even a labor war picturesque. He has the spirit of a D Artagnan, but the environments are against him. The conservative citizens of Colorado only laugh at his antics, although at the same time they honest- Fly admire the sterling qualities of the man and respect his courage. his en- thusiasm and his dogged perseverance. With all his gasconade he Is sincere, but unfortunately he has no sense oi I hun1or Is sadly crippled. He lacks 2 mental arm or leg.
 l In 194 Bell was deputy sheriff, at Cripple Creek, The job was no sine. cure. clear eye and a steady hand tc maintain even semblanca or order ir that unruly mining town. He made good" however. and his prowess as 3 pacificator of drunken miners, of law I less gamblers and of desperadoes is 2 I part of the sang uinary annals of thal iwicked burg. After the battleshiI Maine was blown up in Havana har. Dor. Bell reiinquished his right to veal a deputy's badge. and enlisted in trooI
 k of the Rough Riders. Tn that mot. | ley assenblage the sometime deputy sheriff of Cripple Creek was thoroughly at home. He setNed In the Santiago campaign with discussion, and wher
 the Roukh Riders were mustered out oi service Col. Roosevelt wrote on ths
 back of Bells discharge the following Fl depreciation: :
 \ On the whole, think Trooper Sfer. man M. Bell was the very gamest mar
 in 8 regiment Of game men. He show, led himself absolutely fearless, abso,
 lutely trustworthy, and with singular. ly good and cool judgment. cannoi
 speak too highly of him.
 We may take one thing for granted
 and that is. if Sherman Bell had no
 deserved every word of that letter The,
 odore Roosevelt would never have pen,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-07-21

she-who said anything about gos- sip? she Is learning to ride her new motor car-Town Topics.
 Unreliable-Edyth-So your engage ment with Tom has been declared of, |eh?
 Mayme-Yes, he promised to return the lock of my hair that adorns his locket, but he failed to do so.
 Edyth-Well, I never did have much faith in those alleged hair restorers.- Chicago News.
 One afternoon little Johnny happen ed to look up and see. the moon, and as he had never seen it before in the daytime he ran into the house and ex- claimed: ''oh. mamma, I've got good joke on God" tWhy, what do you mean, dear?" asked the astonished mother. He forgot to take the moon in this morning." explained Johnny Little Chronicle.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-07-21
The RrnYe Volunteers.

Upon a branch some little birds were
 sitting In q row, All chittering and twittering as hard as
 they could go; When suddenly bird . Said, We'll upon my word. I'm sure there is 2 fire in the valley
 down below. [ And all the birds. said, "oh! We see the.
 lurid glow,
 below. The squirrels told the rabbits, who told
 the coons in turn; The features of the creatures expressed
 extreme concern. They said, There is no doubt <. That fire must be put out. There's a village In the valley. and we
 must not let 1t burn No, indeedi cried each in turn, with
 their faces set and stern; "The village in the valley must not be
 allowed to burnt Then they flew around like madmen, so
 excitahle were theys They hurried and they Hurried and they
 scurried every way; When they heard great stampede, And at fearful rate of speed Came the Volunteer Department of the
 Bears of Precinct "A Then they all cried out, Hooray! they
 will surely save the day; Give three cheers and hip, hufrah, boys,
 for the Bears of Precinct A! !'' The Volunteers sped OCT the road as
 fast as fast could be; Though lumbersone and cumbersome.
 they hustled eagerly. They rent the air with yells, And they sounded horns and bells, And said i've will put out that fire, as
 you shall quickly see.s' And they laughed aloud in glee to think
 how cleverly They'd reach the fire and put it out and
 get back home for tea. But what d you think those Bears
 found out when they their goal
 had won, And babbling and scrabblfng they came
 on run?
 The lurid glow had faded, And the village folk said, they did, That there was no firsi It only was the
 setting of the sun! But the Bears said, We had fun, and a very pleasant run, And, as you see, the fire is out, and so our work is done. It's such a, lot of fun to put out set
 ting sun: And, as you see, the fire is out, so now
 our work is donei'' :@s l--Carolyn Wells in July St. Nicholas.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-07-21

action born Of cowardice. 4 Tat hand in the game Of poker is a hand which its holder considers satisfactory as 1t is. 50 that he does not take the chance or improving 1t by buying any fresh cards from the dealer. To stand fat, : presumably, is to play a defensive game with whatever is dealt to you, leaving the other players to take risks. But it is doubtful whether stand fat will pass into common acceptance as bluff has. Thousands speak of bluff ing with no thought that they are us- ing a metaphor from poker"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-07-21
K, 1Ft I5
 TINTSi.

Mrs. Asquith plays golf bareheaded on the St. Andrews links. Reverence for the game can surely go no further than this. Punch.
 ! Too Bad.-'tHow do you like my painting?" "Oh, the colors are exquis- ite! What a pity we can't have such tfnts in nature. Life.
 A Friend in Need.--sCarf you lend me Ia twenty, old chap? I'm going on my vacation and need it badly.'' Wait till you get back. old fel--you'll need it worse then!''-Puek. as-a ys.<-..H <.
 Gardener-This here is a tobacco plant in full flower. Lady-How very interesting! And how long will it be before the cigars are ripe e?--New Yorker.
 Where the Imagination is Needed--"I suppose in order to be poet one must have great deal of imagination" :" "He must if he thinks he is ever going to achieve distinction by writing poetry Chicago Record Herald. Good, Qualifications.-"Mr Teaser would make g great baseball catcher" What makes you think so?" why, the other evening she caught her hus- band stealing home and put him |out."--Cleveland Plain Dealer.
 Otherwise Useless.--"We need a drawer or some thing to put these cuts away in,'' said the foreman of the country weekly. Haven't got any drawer now that's not in use," replied the editor. But, hold on! Yes, we have. Take the cash drawer. ."-Phila- delphia Ledger.
 A Dangerous Woman.-She-Mrs Sparker has done nothing lately bsAs run down her neighbors.
 He-I had no idea she was such a gossip.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-07-21

"Yes,'' said Farmer Haycraft, that there hen is fourteen years old, but she lays an egg every day" Well. that's pretty good for her, ain't it, uncle ?' ventured his little niece from the city. tin1idly. When she was younger, of course she laid two or three eggs every day.''--C Chicago Tribune.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-07-21

The Berlin Cremation Society has sent a petition containing $500 sigma lures to the Pope. praying that the last rites of the Roman Catholic church shall no longer be denied to persons wishing their remains to be cremated.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-07-21
ADyERTIsING RATES.

Situations, Wants. Rents. and other small Advertisements, One Cent Word eacn insertion. Five Cents a Word Tor a full week.
 Display advertisements, per inchg one insertion, S1.20; each subsequent lnser- ton. 40 cents; one week. S5.SVi one month, s1O; one year. $40.
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In talking about the fooIishness of preaching mention may be made of the minister who the other day took for his text the question, Would Jesus be an acceptable companion for most people on their yacations?"
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 China is the great slave country of the world. Of population of 40O,OOOooO there are slaves to the number of 1o,- 100000. Every family of means keeps it's girl slaves, and a mans position is usu- ally Euaged by the number he keeps. At any age from three to fifteen girls are sold; eight being the age at which most change hands. The girls are sup posed to do homework, 1t being cheaper to buy than to hire. Slaves vary in price; s1o Is about the average. but much depends on the girls appearance. A good looking girl will fetch s2O or even $40.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-07-21

THE WEEKLY JOURNAL. Issued Thursdays. one DoIlara Year.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-07-21

The Isthmian Canal Commission will shortly advertise for bids for 100000 yards of wire netting, with which to screen the buildings along the line of the canal. It is proposed by this de- vice to protect the officials and em- ployes from mosquitoes, whose bite conveys the germ of yellow fever. It is said that this is probably the largest single order for netting ever placed. As in the Panama climate the ordinary wire netting does not last more than six months. this netting will probably be made of galvanized steel, brass or copper wire in order to withstand the climate.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-07-21

A memorial for Henry Francis Lyte, author of Abide With Me! Fast Falls the Ewentide.' and many other beauti- ful church hymns. is slowly taking shape in the building of a beautiful church in the Devon fishing village where he labored long and was below ed. He fell into 3 rapid consumption when flfty-four years old, and leaving his work to go to the Riviera, he wrote, on the night when he had preached his farewell sermon to the fishermen, his most famous hymn. The fishermen out Of their meagre earnings have contrib uted, from first to last, about ss5, 900, and s10,0oo more is required for the completion Of the church. Now the s.smart' society of London has under taken to raise this sum- and doubtless will do So.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-07-21

pr. Charles H. Armstrong, of St. Mary's Protestant Episcopal church, Philadelphia, has issued a new set of rules to govern weddings celebrated in that edifce. This is the result of cir- cumstances attending the recent mar riage there of Robert Goelet and Elsie Whelen. They did not ask permission to use the church, but swooped down on the place with decorators and florists before Dr. Armstrong, the rector, had any idea of their intention. They did not even invite him to assist in the cer- ernony. After the wedding party had gone the church was almost torn to pieces by crowd of sightseers who were let loose in it. Dr. Armstrong and the vestry have therefore taken meas ures to prevent such scenes in future.
 Go away from home to get the news. Iii denouncing the policy of the Re- publican party as one of standing fat.' says the London Chronicle, ''the chairman of the St. Louis Democratic convention was kind enough to give the uninitiated some hint of that mystic phrases signi1a It came from the gamblers table, he said, and stand fat was a precept of passivity and in