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Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-03-25

peoples freight at cost? Business proposition.
Andif the masters had more buiness and less par
tisanship, it would not take long to begin oper-
ations along the lines suggested by socialist
doctrine. If the free school system is success,
and if our government mail system is as strong
ly established as the government itself, it can.
not be claimed that socialists are mere dream.
ers.
All the misapprehenson on the part of the
common people, and consequently hostility, is
|. not justified by the facts. The raging and ly.
ing against socialism on the part of certain
newspapers is inspired by the money of the
capitalist. That none of our so,called states
men have ever endorsed socialism is due to the
fact that the average politician is too dense or
too much a knave to care for the interests Of
the common people. That the preachers are
not on our side is not owing to religion, but
to the lack of religion.
According to one of the Bible authors, "not
many wise men or mighty men" are called in
to the Kingdom of Heaven. "God chooses the
weak things of this world to confound the
mighty" and so our ideal reforms and resolu-
tiohs nave theii oIigin WITH the comparatively
obscure and unlearned
Socialism is movement of the masses. It
is rebellion against the injustice and inequal-
tiles of the order of things that have come down
to us from remote and barbarous ages. 1t is an
attack upon the very germ of barbarism.
every inan for HIMSELF is a DEVILS doctrine.
One for all and all for one is of heavenly origin.
People may take their choice, as they have
right to-, but the humane man and the one who
desires to build for the generations unborn can
have but one choice.
We are nearing the parting OF the ways. 1t
is God and humanity, or the Devil and his
imps. -.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-03-25
Cowardice of Congressman.

The cupidity and cowardice of the average
congressman were strikingy illustrated in the
vote on the extra-mileage grab in the house,
recently Every one knows that the extra
session of congress closed just as the regular
session opened. There was no apparent inter.
val of time between them. The members did
not have to leave the seats, but, under the law,
which grants them mileage tor each session,
they undertook to pass bill to distribute about
$145,ooo as mileage allowance for the regular
session. Representatives Underwood, Little
field and Maddox, on the floor of the house,
properly stigmatized this action as a "grab,"
and Maddox moved to strike out the mileage
paragraph from the bill. On viva voce vote,
it seemed as if every congressman voted against
the motion to strike ont and the chair declared
the amendment lost, and the grab was not de-
feated. Teers were demanded in order to put
every man on record, and Immediately every
member, Republican and Democratic, rushed
to the teilers to be recorded as in favor of the
amendment, which, on vica voce vote, had
just been overwhelmingly defeated. When the
vote was counted, every congressman was found
to be on the list in the affirmative, and the
grab was kiled-kiled by the sunlight of pub.
lcity. ty.-UnioniSt, Ft Scott
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-03-25

l. is human, business and God-lke to uplift
fallen humanity.
Man, under the competitive system, can only
be lifted to certain point. That point is just
where the king or capitalist obtains control of
the developed and undeveloped wealth of a
country. We have about reached that point in
the United States. AS people, we have un-
limited capacity for further advance, and have
not the power because opportunity is largely
limited to the demands of capitalists in the EN-
poyment of laborers
As near as | can ascertain, there are six
million workers dependent upon the will of
some one else for the privilege of living, eating
and being housed. This does not include the
class that have independent employment-that
are sustained through patronage. The capital
ist can shut up shop any time. His accumu-
latons would sustain him and his family for
the balance of his life, and there would still be
surplus.
When the latorer quits work, he must either
beg, starve or steal.
The capitalist promotes condition that the
SoSioiSI 10 OPPooSu W, VIZ, StdlNiuS1 otS"iiuS
or begging.
The position of the socialist is that no man
or men should be slaves to any condition that
limits or dwarfs the highest development of
which any man is capable.
The capitalist is master; the laborer is a
slave.
A few men may break through the environ
ment but the mass cannot rise, and, not being
able to rise,. eventually sink. There is room
for only few on the heights.
Divide the wealth of the world into equal
parts, and how many families could be supplied
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-03-25
with an amount equal to that of the Rockefel-

with an amount equal to that of the Rockefel-
lers?
The socialist believes in high places for the
man of brains, the man of morals, Or If desired
the man of spirituality Mind, morals and
true religion are not oppressors. The people
of brains are teachers, inventors, investigators,
writers of books. Usually, the capitalist is
neither. 1t was not the capitalist that made
civilization possible; not the warrior. 1t was
the patient toll of the farmer and mechanic,
guided by the statesman aud teacher.
The socialist believes in labor, but is hostile
to robbery. Robber may seem TO be a harsh
term to apply to the modern capitalist, but
when the men of to-day who exploit labor are
fairly weighed, no other term will fit their acts.
The socialist is socialist because he has the
discernment to see that, nnder present condi-
tons, he is deprived of large portion of the
wealth that is the fruit of his labor He is
socialist because he has the discernment to see
that the field to put forth any effort, much less,
his best effort, is constantly becoming more
limited. The socialist who believes that if
books, pictures, music and travel are good
things for the capitalist, they would prove to
be good things for the laboring man who has
the dscernment to see that the capitalist is in.
jured in that he does not attain to the highest
plane of notability because he has too much,
and the poor are dwarfed because they have too
little. The socialist can that, to the tune of
"Devil take the hindermost," the Devil swoops
the whole.
The socialist idea is not new. Our free
school system embraces the thought that the
good of one is the good of the whole people at
cost, why can the government not carry all the
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-03-25

War news is very conflicting. In one item,
you read that the czar of Russia is anxious to
end the Russo-Japau war; and calls on the
powers to mediate and put an end to the war.
In another item, you read that Russia is still
full of fight and is making extensive prepara-
for a scrap with Great Britin.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-03-25

penitentary. 1t is move in the proper di-
rection.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-03-25

Daniel J. Suly & Co., the cotton kings,
failed for about ten million dollars last Satur-
day.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-02-12

THE LOST DAYS.

5r wish I had not gone
Y Back to the little town,
8 With all my wealth of memories, to sad
- ly fling them down;
That had no more seen
The lazy little street
That idles down the hillside where tho
=: town and country meet.
x wish had not gone
To loiter and to look,
And miss the boy-time glories In the one
y time singing brook
t., One day 1t was so deep;
5 One day it was so wide:
One day 1t held cool shadows where the
-, sunshine went to hide.
4 I wish I had not traced
81 The roses once again.
And tried to find the redness and the
sweetness they had then;
Nor gone at early morn
To find them filled with dew,
Nor searched them for the honey that the
bees and I once knew.
I wish I had not walked
The little country lane
And hoped to hear the birdsongs with tho
echoing refrain;
That had not gone out
Upon the meadow grass
Expecting vagrant clover scent ana mint
tang as Id pass.
I wish had not gone
Back to the little town.
Back to my castles built In Spain to see
them crumble down;
To fail to hear the songs
That rose SO gladly then:
To wake-and never dream that could
be q boy again.
Chicago Daily Tribune.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-02-12
PROPAGATION. OF TREES.
Process, Of Root GRATING Explained
Step BY Step, I'm Language That
All Can Understand.

Root grating and such work is done
by nurserymen in winter when little
outdoor work can be done. Root graft
ing Is largely practiced In growing ap-
pie trees. II skillfully done in the
early winter 80 that the stock and scion
may become more or less united before
planting in the spring, trees grown by
this method will be as valuable las
those grown by budding and are grown
much more cheaply.
The farmer or orchardist who is
planning for future planting may, II
skillful with knife, by securing apple
seedlings. root-graft them during the
leisure hours of February, and by
planting in a rich soil produce trees
that are more valuable than he can
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-02-12
Scale Bark on Fruit Trees.

Scale Bark ON Fruit Trees.
Tho gradual thickening of bark on
trees is often objected to as an evidence
OF unthriftiness. But it almost always
comes on trees when they get to be of
bearing age, and, except for harboring
the cocoons Of the cooling moth, 1t does
no harm. Scraping this bark OF through
the winter removes the protection, and
the cocoon, exposed to snow and rain,
perishes. These cocoons viii be usually
found on the side opposite where the
prevailing wind blows. AZ this is partly
protected against beating rains. Only
the bark that readily comes of should
be removed. Scraping the trunk down
to the green bark will cause some kinds
~ trees to sun scald. and is injurious.
Make the tree grow vigorously, and the
rough bark will roll on Of itself or with
very little effort. --American Cultivator.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-02-12
CURRENCY Is INSURED.
Money IN Transit Protected By l'el'
Acies Against Every Pos
slble Hazard.

The careless way In which large pack.
ages of bank notes are tossed through
the windows of the New York post Office
for transmission to out-of-town points
has excited the wonder of persons IA
miliar with the risks involved and the
sums at stake. The movement Is spe'
cially heavy just now, states the New
York Post of recent date, aggregating
from $4,000. 900 to 81, 900, 900 a week, and
including consignments from most OF
the large banks and banking houses In
the city. The currency is sent every
where In single packages containing
$4,000 or less, protected by policies OF
insurance protecting the owners against
every possible hazard at rates varing
from IL cents to 80 cents per 1000 Of
currency insured. Most of the notes are
s., SO and $40 denominations, besides
supplies OF ones and twos for use as
"hand-to-hand money" for crop move
ment purposes. ''c'"
These transfers 60 to all sections OF
the United States and Canada, Great
Britain and the continental points. The
business has now grown to large pro-
portions and is written by some of the
strongest insurance companies of Eu-
rope and America. One very interesting
claim paid a few days ago was for the
loss of parcel containing $1,000 in bank
notes shipped through the mails by a
Canadian institution. The destination
was small post Office, where the bust
ness was so light that the postmaster,
not having the use of a safe in which to
store valuables, was forced to take home
every night undelivered registered mail
that had arrived during the day. The
package Of bank notes was taken out OF
the Office in this way, and just before the
postmaster reached home he was at
tackled by footpads and relieved of the
money. The loss was Immediately re-
ported, and the insurance company at
once reimbursed the institutions, at the
same time offering $500 reward for tho
detection of the thieves. The case has
not been cleared up yet. -: 2
Packages containing $50, 900 Of insured
bank notes were on>the train that went
through bridge In southern state
last week. New York underwrit-
ers were much concerned over the Incl
dent until they discovered that the car
in which the insured packages were
stored remained safe on the rails. The
largest single risk ever written was TAX
en- in England some time ago, when one
package containing $25,000,000 was In
sured.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-02-12
UNIQUE TREE TRIPLETS.:
-. -.~
One II q Shell-Bark Hickory, the
Second . White Oak and the e.
Third q Sugar Tree. .,r

Mr. G. w. Hatten, of Egypt, w. Va.
sends a pencil sketch sof three trees
growing as If from the same root. He
saw the account of the twin trees near
Philadelphia, mentioned in the New
Curiosity Shop two or three~weeks ago.
In his letter he says: " = =:
'"These trees are found on the farm
of Strother Hatten, on Elijah's creek,
in Wayne county, w. Va. There are
three distinct trees Of diheren varieties.
The one on the left is a<shell bark hick-
DRY, that in the center is white oak and
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-02-12
ORC OWING ASP AR AcUs.
Time to start . Patch II In the katU
Days Of spring when GrowtA
Elrst Starts. E@& y

A grower Of asparagus writes: First
Of all, I have to say that II had piece
Of warm, sandy, well-drained loan avail
able for the purpose l would think the
best time to start an asparagus patch Is
at once, without more delay than neces-
sary to secure q lot of good plants, after
the spring growth starts. Usually
would prefer to grow my own plants,
and grow them In good, rich loan, and
properly pushed and thinned in order to
get good, large, one-year-old plants,
which think are far better than the3avr-
erage run Of two-year old plants that one
can buy. :2S:S. I: te% ;'s',' @..: 55t \.
I make tho ground very rich: in fact,
It cannot be made too rich. Igive each
plant plenty Of room, not less than
dozen square feet. plant them deep, 80
that q shallow running plow will not in
jure the crown. go
x To renew m old plantation, plow It
over shallow, applying manure or any
good commercial vegetable or potato
manure containing good percentage OF
potash. Any of our standard varieties
may be used. ar ,
Palmetto seems more liable than 9TH
ers to resist the rust attacks. Columbian
Mammoth white il good.
If you wish to raise your own plants
next year, sow the seed thinly in drills.
the drills being foot or IA inches apart,
by hand or with garden drill. Do
this early in the spring. while the ground
is yet quite moist. The seeds are large
and hard and require a good deal OF
moisture to terminate. -. ..t~.-.~,.....:
In dry time the seed may BE- soaked
for a few. hours in hot water. 1t will
then sproqt much more promptly, Clip
ping corner of the hard shell of each
seed will serve to hasten the process Of
germinatfon.-NY Y. Farmer.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-02-12

the one on the left is sugar tree, The
trunks are Joined firmly for distance
of about. three feet from the ground,
where they fork in three distinct trees.
Near the ground they present fiat
trunk about three feet broad and about
IL or IA inches thick. y
The hickory and sugar trees are in
thrifty condition and are. gradually
pressing the oak so firmly that at some
future day the oak will surely die be-
tween the grip of its rivals for existence.
The curiosity of the combination is that
tho hickory is bearing the choicest nuts.
the oak the acorn and the sugar yields
ita sweetness.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-02-12
REGARDING PEAR BLIGHT.
= Burning All Injected Twigsr
- and Branehes - -

The New Jersey state horticultural
report gives hints in regard to pear
blight, which those who are intending
to plant out pear orchards, or who
have them, will do well I'd hear in
mind. The first caution is to manure
and cultivate the tree SO that it will not
grow too rapidly. Trees that are highly
fertilized with heterogeneous manures are
especially liable to blight. This would
bar out heavy manuring with horse.
sheep or hen manure, and the blowing
under of clover, COW peas, rape OF, al
most any green crop. Manure only
sufficiently to secure . FOOD crop and
no more .... -, ..
Exterminate the blight germs by cut
ting and burning all infected tw!gs and
branches AZ soon as seen. Do the tame
by any blight seen on apple, ounce,
crab, mountain ash, service berry and
hawthorn, as it is the same disease and
will spread to nearby trees, and some
times a quarter Of q mile ut least in ia
vorable winds. Cut them out when seen.
and make thorough inspection and
ciean up before spring. Then keep 4
sharp outlook when the leaves start
for any place missed o. whore cutting
was not deep enough. Then cut two or
three inches below any wood that seema
diseased. and keep the knife sterilized
BY dipping in diluted solution of cars
bolic acid. Midland Farmer. -. &,: s
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-02-12
Plant A Acre 81 Trees.

Did you ever think how valuable an
acre OF ground can be made by planting
It thickly with trees, thus forming, a
grove in which to feed hogs? Plant IL
into trees that grow rapidly and form
plenty Of shade. The most valuable
acres on Some farms are handled in this
manner. Catalpa and locust are very
suitable, snd WIEN few posts are need
I'd they may be cut from; besides the
hogs can be fed away from the sum-
ma1's Sun.-Tarp Journal
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-02-12
Unnaturallx. Obedient.

y Muggins-I'm afraid that there's some
thing wrong about that boy Of mine.
Moggins-Why, he looks and he acts
all right.
Still, I'm afraid there's something
wrong about him. He always does just
what his mother tells him to do, and
without any tuss about iA"~Bostop
transcript. F..
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-02-12

buy, because they are so near the place
of planting that. they can be trans
planted without much exposure to sun
light and drying winds.
No. Seeding apple stocks. Fig. l..
may be purchased at s. to SO per
4 900. All dirt<should be washed from
them, 80 that the knife will not be
dulled when cutting them. If not
ready to use them at once they should
be kept in moss or sawdust in moist
place at temperature as near 81 de-
grees as possible.
scions should be cut and stored in
the same way. The scions should be
the last seasons growth from the out
side shoots of trees that are producing
large crops Of desirable fruit.
Get Irvine or coarse, strong thread
saturated by drawing it through hot
grating wax, and strips Of cloth or
cheap tape one-half inch wide waxed In
the same way for tying and covering
the grated surface. Use thin, sharp
knife, ground with the bevel on one
side, as shown by section in Fig. 2. A
common shoe knife is generally most
satisfactory. After grinding, the edge
should be made fine and keen upon q
hone or oil stone, so as to make clean
cut, as success depends more upon the
condition Of the knife than any other
one thing.
When all is ready with roots, scions,
knife. string and waxed cloth or on a
bench and seated in chair of just the
right height, q root is taken in hand
and a cut made at the collar, a, Fig. 1,
as shown in Fig. 8, the point show
ing the tongue that is cut next. A
scion is then taken up and similar
cut and tongue made, Fig. 4 a, when
the root and scion are placed together
and the two tongues pressed firmly as
in Fig. 5.
The next step Is tying the gratis
with the waxed thread. Fig. 6, and
covering the whole with the strips of
waxed cloth or tape, Fig. z. When a
large number Of CRAFTS are to be made,
Is to Is roots are cut at once, after
which the scions are cut and fitted. to
them. Tying is often done after sew
eral hundred gratis have been made.
After the gratis are all made and
waxed, they are packed in sand, in
boxes, so that they shall stand upright
until planting time. The box, little
deeper than the length of the gratis, is
placed on the end or side and a thin
layer of moist sand or soil spread over
it. Then q layer OF gratis is put on
this. then more sand, pressing it very
firmly about the gratis, especially
when the cuts come together, and SO
on until the box is full or oil the gratis
packed, when 1t should be placed in an
upright position.
The CRAFTS keep and make the best
union II kept ut about 80 degrees, and
should not be allowed to get too dry or
be wet too much.-Farm and Home.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-02-12

The generally short fruit crop in Eu-
rope last year will make an opportunity
for American dried fruit exporters.
Spain was the only European couutr1
having q large crop,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-02-12
PROUD OF THE GOVT.
Some Persons Who Have the Com.
plant Think That 1t Argues
for High Living.

"Gout is the most fashionable of all
the diseases" said prominent doctor,
reports the Philadelphia Record. In
spite Of the pain and Inconvenience &C
companying it, the majority of my equity
patients are inclined to be proud Of
their affection. l look upon the popu-
larity of the disease as the result of it's
associations. Ancient Greek ply sicians
of the fourteenth century were the first
to use the term 'gout,' and they attrib-
uted the disease to overindulgence and
luxury. In the works Of the early
Greek writer's the word is frequently
used, particularly in Ovid and Pliny,
and Seneca in his ninety-fifth epistle
mentions the prevalence of govt among
the Roman ladies Of his day as one Of
the results of high living. Sir Thomas
Watson says: The instances are not
few of men of good sense, and masters
of themselves, who, being warned by
one visitation of the govt, have thence
forward resolutely abstained from rich
living and from wine and strong drinks
of all kinds, and who have been reward
ed for their prudence and self-denial by
complete immunity from any return of
the disease, or upon whom, at any rate,
its future assaults have been few and
feeble
+ "Thus the word govt has indicated
rich living and opulence for so long
time that, although it does not in
variably attack the rich and we'll fed,
there is always smile and the usual
pleasantries when sickness Is pro-
,nounced govt. You have the govt, old
fellow! Been treating yourself too we'll,
EN-? I know physicians who, to humor
their patients, take advantage of the
general respect people have for. govt by
giving the name to various other all
ments, such as rheumatism. The term
is much more popular and the symptoms
are somewhat similar. have seen peo-
pie who absolutely Dragged about hav-
ing the govt. remember hearing a con-
versation on the subject between two old
women and the voice of the speaker was
high and boastful when she said: MY
son, John, is laid up with the govt. It
is the real thing, too, red spots and all
the regular symptoms. It is a result Of
too high living, the doctor says"
Remedy for SparF0ws. 49,
! On the south side of our house q
number of aggravating English spar.
rows insisted on roosting behind the
blinds, writes Minnie Nelson Kinds, in
the i National Magazine. I expert
mented with all kinds Of solutions on
cloth-at last gave up in despair, hav-
ing reached the conclusion that these
little pests have no sense Of smell
whatever. Finally I tried '.oil Of
saturating a small rag
with 1t and tying piece behind each
blind on the catch. My sparrows have
'disappeared-gone to bother my neigh
Dor, probably. Let as charitably hope
that she will see this article. -.