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The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1904-12-13

State assemble In mass meeting at
their respective court-houses at II
o'clock, on Saturday the 18th, to
take action in regard to the present
crisis in cotton.
As is well-known to all Progressive
Farmer readers, there has been a
very sharp and rapid decline In cot
ton since Dec. 3rd when the Gov
ernment report of a probable crop
of 12,162,000 bales was given out.
At once the speculators began beat
ing the price down until it reached
about seven cents per pound, and
they threatened to drive it still low
er. In fact, they reduced the price.
one cent per pound, or SIS per bale,
before the farmers had time to turn
around and realize the situation. But
finally they did wake up to the true
condition of affairs, so we may now
look for battle royal between them
and the spectators as to who is to
control the situation, the man who
has the cotton or the man who has
not got it.
This call for mass meeting of the
farmers is for the purpose of getting
them together in purpose and action.
The situation is grave one and re-
auires good Judgment and frmness.
1t involves the prosperity of the
South, not only of the farmers, but
the people of every vocation from
farm laborer to bank president.
There have been only about $780,
900 bales of the present crop sold,
therefore the buyers have not the
situation in hand. The trade viii
demand at the very lowest estimate
100000 bales more. and will take
them at good prices provided the
buyers cannot scare our farmers IN
to selling at low price.
For the remainder of the cotton
crop to sell at the rrices the specula-
tor threatens. would mean a loss to
the South Of more than $4,000, 600.
Are the farmers prepared for any
such a loss? Are the merchants,
manufacturers, bankers and trades
men in every line willing to allow
that much capital to be driven from
our Southland? Then all should |
make common cause and all stand to-
gether ready to help when help is
needed and maintain profitable prices |
for our chief industry and money
crop.
The call sent out covers every cot
ton-growing State. Already we have
received the assurance that Texas
farmers would hold their cotton for
better prices. felt assured that
our North oilna cotton farmers
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1904-12-13
WeekIy-sl a Year.

would stand by the Texas farmers
in their stand for better prices, and
so wired Mr.. Peters.
In this fight we have everything
to gain and nothing to lose, SO we
should enter into it with a deter
mination to win; and win we will, If
we will but stand together.
We have strong friends In the
bankers, the merchants, the news
papers and in nearly every class.
They are all in sympathy with us,
and are standing by us as one man.
The newspapers are open to our
friends for letters, and the CORE
spondents and editors are. striking
sledge-hammer blows in our behalf.
Then let us not waver, but show our
determination and manhood as we
did In the days of the jute bagging
trust. The victory that we won then
should prove to be means of
strength to us now. It proved that
farmers can, and will, stand togeth-
er when the zoppressor arbitrarily
lays his hands upon them and de-
mands tribute or proposes to rob
them of their just earnings.
The farmers have the situation In
hand if they only will use good judg-
ment and not allow themselves to
be routed. Only some 6,200, 900 bales
of the present CROP of cotton has
been sold, and the farmers hold the
balance of the crop.
The world was bare of cotton when
the season opened, and every one at
all familiar with conditions said It
would require 100000 bale crop
to meet the demands of the trade
and that larger crop could be taken
at remunerati7e prices to the farmer.
If the trade demands II ,000, 900 bales
to meet its demands, It must get the
remaining four and a half millions
or more from the farmers. Let them
exercise the same good judgment in
selling the remainder of their cotton
crop that they would in selling their
farm, stock, etc., by asking a fair
price for it and not sell until it is
given.
In my opinion. there is no need
to sell cotton for less than ten cents
per pound. To be sure, the price will
not go up to that in week, nor in
a month, unless spectators have sold
more cotton than they can deliver
without going on the markets and
buying it. If they have, and must
buy, the price viii go up very rapid
". But we need not depend on that.
Simply wait until the manufacturers
have worked up the stock they have
CONTINUED on Page 4.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1904-12-13
aHoLD YOUR COTTON is THE WATcHWoRDl

Mass Meeting of Growers be Held Every County Court
house in the South Next Saturday, Dec. 1zth-North
Carolina and South Carolina Join Texas and Other
States Folow-Situation Discussed by Harvie Jordan
T. B. Parker, H. F. Freeman Ransom Hinton, A. p
Rhyme and Others.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1904-12-13

Messrs. Editors The foregoing
kilograms explain themselves. Act
ing as requested. most earnestly
urge that the cotton farmers in ev-
cry cotton-growing county in the
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1904-12-13
MASS MEETINGS CALLED FOR
NORTH CAROLINA.
Go to Your County Seat Saturday, r7th,
and Join Your Brother Farmers in q
Movement for Self Protection.

"Greenville, Tex, Dec. Z, 1904.
at. b. Parker, Raleigh, N. G.
"Mass meetings called on the 18th
in every county in Texas. Indian Ter
ritory and Oklahoma to hold cotton.
Suggest you call meeting in North
Carolina for same purpose. Texas
will hold.
"{Signed) E. S. PETERS,"
Monticello, Ca, Dec s, 1904. :
CIT. B. Parker, Raleigh, N. @.
"Call mass meeting in each coun-
ty of your State for December 17th
to take action to hold cotton till
prices advance. Texas viii hold
meetings.
'HARvEY JORDAN,
president"
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&c Old independence Bell and the Fourth Of July

most to have the sugar act repealed
and the passage of the stamp act pre-
vented. Ten days later Il rang even
more significantly when the assembly
decided To follow the example Of it's
more venWresome compaulots ON
Sept. Q. 1895, the bell summoned the
assembly to consider plan for "a
congress of the colonies a fortnight
afterward II rang out Indignantly TO
give the legislative body am opportu-
nifty to protest against the imposition
of the stamp act, ON oct. Of the
same year the bell was muined and
| tollcd AS the ship bearing the stamps
came up the Delaware and when the
act went into operation the funeIeal
| tollmg was repeated, ON Feb, A. 1i7l
the bell called the citizens together on
! the statchousc square To advocate un-
ion and TO protest against the right or
parliament TO tax the colonies. on
June |, INA, when the port of Boston
was closed, the bell was again muilled
and tolcd. Two weeks attcrWard II
| called together another town meeting
to pledge the city to the cause of lib
erty
When news Of the fight at Lexington
reached Philadelphia the bell once
more summoned the people TO the
statehouse square, ana am exciting
meeting was held This was the most
uaglcul moment Of the bells exist
ence. On May 10, l1i5, IL ushored n
the session Of tho Second congress.
Events were preparing for the culmi-
mating glory the actual baptism Of
the bell ON June a. llt6, Richard
Henry Lee offered his resolution for
the Independence of the colonies On
July A. lI1G. az noon the supreme mo-
ment arrived. The bell now Liberty
bell indeed, proclaimed In IT'S hraNcst
and most convincing tones the inde-
peudence Of the colonies.
Thereafter the bell continued TO peal
out It's messages TO lhe cllHehS OF lhe
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INDEPENDENCE HALL.

thnnest part, near the crown. The
length Of The chppor is two feet two
inches.
Untl the time OF the Declaration and
even liJtle later the bell hung I'm "a
heavy wooden frame which was order
cd by the assembly when the first
casting arrived from England. The
steeple was demolished 40 1881, and the
bell was hung la the tower below The
model of the bell was one east in the
reign of Henry H. in memory Of Ed
ward the Confessor which was hung
| i'm the clock tower Of Westminster and
was popularity known as Great Tom
Old Iiherty's part IN the drama Of
| the succeeding eighty years was as
varied as it was conspicuous For
| tweuty-thrce years II continued Co
summon the serious hammered legis-
| lators Of Pennsylvania to their public
duties, on many Of these occasions its
! loud, iusistcnt peals brought them to-
| gether for the discussion Of questions
| whose solution meant either the veal
| or woe Of the infant colonies. It called
them with a new emphasis on Sept ~,
| 1854, when the messenger Of the Mas
mchusetts Bay colony arrived with the
| news that the agent Of that colony I'm
! London mad been notified to do his ut
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o,bor single feature OF the
nj coming Independence nee, S day
M celebration at the great iair
V !, s.. Louis win be so en-
..5 m historical association as the
Sr",I ,,.rty bell, which has neeh
Old rron lts Philadelphia home to
p' ~ DAINTY to that patriotic OCCASION
az, s.,rs with It IN its JOURNEYS an at
j O'S ,'., of ms own, a refining pres
mo'p" subdues into temporary SEN
',., tine most collous der'der OF
m.ns' ',srant for its appearance at
lpo .sition was drawn In the FORM
ne ,onster petition signed by 9oooo
ta,,sn II was a royal invitation
't'l ', oppeal nom the uhspoleu en-
Me, of the young to this patriarch
m''"' ,r relics. As people Amer
amOnb .oys too few reminders of the
ie"lS ~, ~. make too little capital ana too
ls, a, re- ceremony Of the few they nave
,,sas though they make history 80
,,s that they do not care Tor 1t
llgg'p Is finished. So u is probably
sptay thing that they are ihaNhs
ss,,cb OF the old bell
r 49, recent Journey to ST, Louis was
holrs seventh essay to see little
,,bo world. It's first descent trom the
~ ut stceple was not for the pur-
Saw" ot hoqipuing round OF social
it Mos ike those which have mark
iater career. That was the only
'D,sop in lis history when 1t lett
S,ms 10 secure safety IL was atler IL
s.I remained in undisturbed possess
.o, of lis lofty quarters in the state
s,n,s for twenty-slX years. When IT
.s Known positively that the British
,y yould occupy Philadelphia, in
son,ember, l7iI II was taken down
"a removed to Allentown for safety
wtso the enemy evacuated the city OF
prsberIv Love the bell was one Of the
@rIlest refugees to return
oli Libertys other journeys were In
,,,,oi by vastly different crcum-
,,,rres from those which made the
Inv 1ighl To Allentown "A necessity
Wofts other tours have been for eN-
rbItoi purposes, and the most con-
,6lclous and prodigol hospitality has
t,4n hylshcd ON IT, In 1885 1t was
,.teo TO New orleans to furnish the
r.ef attraction for the great exposi-
Non there. It was Chcago's honored
rleg IN 1898, and no distinguished WIS.,
Non to the Worlds fair was the sub
,sct Of more respectful consideration
IN 1895 IL went south again and exer-
c,ed us benencent Influence at the At
anta exposition Seven years later 1t
vis malc central feature at the
Charleston lS. c. exposition.
B 1903 10 was the observed Of all OBJ
SEWERS at the Bunker Hill commence
nlion al Boston
6yel quarter OF a century previous
ID, the Allentown episode, while Penn
sayann was sull a province conspic-
uds for It's loyalty to George H. the
august assembly legislated that in fu-
mre nothing less than the sonorous
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EBB AND FLOW OF EVENTS.

pso, .D'n Swiss cantons an dead
at MI ',l as we'll as poor are buried
fise,', pl'hc expense Comhs and all
gor.. u ue,essaries are furnished by
',sInnont underwriters. -
rav,,.S To The destruction Of grass nv
QuAops,. several pastoral stations In
A s, ''l'la have had to be abandoned.
rren,,, 9' Tor locomotive engineer ap-
Germs1S = established An Dresden,
Ihe course occupies three
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evenings q week and Sunday mornings
for one year,
Without going into the details OF the
crop IN the various provinces Of india,
the average yield IN bales Of 100 pounds
each for the last Ave years was 1870
3i4 bales. for 10000, 2,S52,lI9 bales
and for iaO3-Oi, 2,S74,S9S bales.
The Chinese are convinced that the
plague is the work OF demons, one
way OF getting even with them is to
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CAN'T FLY BACKWARD.

no bird can fly for any appreciate
distance tail FIRST The nearest ape
proach to such "A movement is shown
iu the umbler pigeon when that bird
slews his wings forward and. suddenly
turning back his head throws a SOM
ersault. But this is not true backward
flight. When bird wishes 10 reverse
It's motion it Tits It's body laterally as
railway carriage would be tilted In
taking a curve, or increases the num-
Der OF beats given by one wing as COM
pared with the other or keeps one wing
extended while the other is partially
licked.
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the ages Of six and fourteen receiving
absolutely no education.
\ recent census Of China shows that
that country crowded with "tecmlng
millions" has population Of 1903 to
the square mile Belgium has ego TO
the square mile, Great Britain 1870 and
Germany l0j
The Los islands, coded by England
10 France. got their name through the
tarelessncss OF am engmver The Por-
tuguese charts described them as Los
Bolos. but the engrayer who copied
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from them omitted the noun and only
reproduced the article.
The Eskimo now have their own
translation Of the bible which has
taken 100 years To complete The Nor
wegian pastor Hans Egede, who went
to Greenland u l12l toward the close
OF his NE began the work, which was
completed and published boy the Bible
society of Denmark
4 recent attempt 10 reduce the daily
hours Of female factory workers at
Freiburg, Germany was opposed ON
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A FAMOUS CHURCH.

The little Norwegian church which Is
here represented is situated to the east
Of the Sogne ford and is one Of the
most interesting buildings IN Scandi-
navia. Like most of the old buildings
IN the Land Of the Midnight Sun, It is
made entirely Of wood The exact time
OF its erection Is not known, but 1t is
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A noRNu FRIENDLY.

This cut is q representation Of one Of
the members Of tribe Of friendlles In
the Blue Nile district which recently
accompanied punitive expedition
against a notorious half Arab briEana.
This lawless shelk, lbrahim Wad Nah
mud by name. made 40 his mind to
defy the Sudan authorities and he sue
ceeded IN leading them a lively dance
for several months. lie pillaged and
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advance the date Of Ncw Years by
several days This, they aver con-
fuses the demons and when they And
out how they have been fooled they
are ASHAMED and stink away with their
plague.
The largest window In Great Britain
Is the east window In York cathedral.
It is seventy-nye feet high and thirty
two feet vide
The skin OF the reindeer IS so I'M
pervious TO the cold that amy one
clothed I'm such a dress, with the addl-
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the grounds Chat competition with
Italy. Japan and China would not per-
init IT,
Enormous catches OF maokere have
been made Boy thc Muux fishing ileet or
the west coast ot Ireland
Tame snakes are used m Morocco to
clear houses uf rats and mice
The ribbon of tho French Legion Of
Honor was recently bestowed boy ADJ
mirgl Duperre ON "a sailor who I'm cou-
nectlon with the lifeboat service had
saved 3iS lives in thirty ave years.
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tion Of robe Of the same material,
may bear the intensest cold Of am arc-
tie winters night
The city OF London has made rule
that en- street clocks must correspond
with Greenwich time or the permits
for them win DE cancelled
A French professor ls the owner OF a
collection Of A20 human heads repre-
senting every known race Of people ON
the globe.
Official statistics show that there are
100000 children IN Russia between
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a rlRETAN BABY.

The tiny native Of Tibet herewith
represented is more seusbly dressed
than are It's father and mother The
little hood with It's protuherances sug-
gestlye Of an infant Mephistopheles IS
probably more comfortable than orna-
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interesting Dappennse Of the Qord Illustrated b Den and pn
AUTHOR OF THE SIMPLE LlFel

Rev. Charles Wagner, the French
pastor whose books are having re-
markahle popularity I'm this country, is
q native OF Aisace and was the son OF
poor peasants. Al present he lives at
Fontenay sous. Bots a suburb Of Paris,
and derives a large income from his
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TWO VIEWS OF

tones of a 1000 pound bell should pro.
claim it's hour Of meeting. In 1851 the
order was sent to "a London founder,
and In 1852 the bell arrived from Eng
land and was hung with much cere-
mony In the statehouse belfry. In
April and again IN June OF the follow
ing year the bell cracked and was talk.
en- down and Tecast. both times by
Philadelphia founder. At the last re-
casting the famous inscription was
added, Never was there nobler or
more appropriate sentiment for law
making body's can 20 duty than was
furnished by that extract from LEVITT
Gus, XIV 10, proclaim liberty through
out all the land unto all the inhabitants
thereof"
The weight Of the bell after its last
recasipg was 2,0S0 pounds The same
metal was used, and in order TO make
the bell less brittle AN ounce and a half
OF copper to the pound was added The
form and lettering on the original bell
were preserved with the substitution
Of the date Of the recastng. The bell
Is twelve feet In circumference around
the lip and seven feet six inches
around the crown II is three inches
thick In the thickest part near the
lip, and an inch and a quarter In the
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devastated the native settlements and
murdered or carried off the inhabitants.
Finally an expedition was fitted out
against him, tho British acting IN con-
cert with the Abyssnians, The Boruu
tribe, which had been one of the prin-
cipal sufferers from the brgands dep
relations, volunteered to join the par
49, Il was more than three months be-
fore Mahmud was captured. lie cs-
capped 90 the mountain Businesses, and
the services OF the Bonus I'm cifectlug
his capture were highly appreciated by
the soldiers.
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books lie Is also pastor Of q prosper
Gus congregation i'm the city and has
received calls from many prominent
Lutheran ana Culvinlstic parishes in
France and switzerland Pastor Wag-
nor ia soon % VISIT AmoIIcA.
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RooKersLLERs NEW BUREAU.

In order that his charity may be
placed ON a strictly systematic basis,
John d, Rockefeller has organized "A
bureau Of distribution for the enor-
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mcntnl Tho short gown, however. with
IFS long, wide sleeves is almost attrac-
tive enough for % hint to American
mothers. The shoes are modelled after
those worn by adults and, being cork
solod and wool lined. are both warm
and dry
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nous sums which he intends to give
to various worthy objects. The actual
business connected with the handling
of so much treasure is sufficient to em-
ploy a large clerical force and the null
tlmillionaire intends that IL shall be
carried on in the most approved man.
ner, so that nothing shall be wasted
and every dollar may be accounted for.
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70 other single feature OF ,he
n ,omng independence day
M celebration at the great fair
Y 8, Louis win be so en-
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-06-30
FIGHTERS
Of PESTS
Agriculture Bureau Gets
Supply From
Koebele.

Results of Prof Koebele's investiga-
tions in Australia arrived yesterday on
the steamship Aorangi in the shape of
insects consigned to the entomoIogists
of the Bureau of Agriculture. This is
the first shipment of insects to be used
in the endeavor to exterminate leaf
hopper and other pests injurious to is
land sugar cane.
Prof. Koebele wrote from Brisbane
at which time he stated that he and
Prof. Perkins were determining on the
cane districts they would visit in quest
of insects to prey upon leaf hopper,
and also intimated that it may be
months before he can select Just the
proper kind of parasites for use here.
would continue to send on different
species.
The meeting of the Board of Agricul-
ture, attended by L. A. Thurston, presi-
dent; w NJ. Gfffard, C. IT. Holloway
and James Dole, was devoted largely
to discussion of the report of Superin-
tendent of Forestry Hosmer on the
forestati ton of certain sections of Kauai.
In the official report of his recent visit
to Kauai, Mr.. Hosmer stated that back
of Hanalei there were lands of the gov
eminent, the leases on which would
shortly expire, and he recommended
reserving portions OF the land for for
estation. Mr.. A S. Wilcox would also
join in setting apart certain IF his
lands for forestation if this was done
on government tracts. At Kealia, the
mauka portion of the government lard
was recommended. Mr.. Spalding was
willing to set aside portions of his
holdings for forestation in this coz
nection.
Superintendent Efosmer reported that
he would leave next week for Hilo to
look over the proposed Hilo forest re-
serve.
Mr.. Thurston announced the engage
ment of Prof. Craw, the eminent ento-
mologist, who was now engaged in en-
tomological work in California, for the
local bureau. He had been apprised
that the professor had accepted the
offer of the Board and might be cx-
pected here in August.
Mr.. Thurston described Prof Craw
as a man of most systematic habits in
his chronological work, and he was
evidently man of considerable eX-
ecutive ability.
A resolution was adopted by which,
with the consent of the Governor, Sec
tions of various Hawaiian woods will
be sent by transport to the Bureau of
Forestry at Washington, as a gift from
the local bureau