New-York tribune., 1905-06-18

prophets prediction. Professor Moore thus
quotes from it in his report:
His forecast for May ends follows: The
fifth storm period will be central on the Astn'
and there will be violent disturbances. Watch
the barometer. and if you have trembling Wlle
and children clinging to you for protection, pro-
vide some place Of safety to resort In case OF
danger !.
rs II possible to soar to greater heights OF
nonsense? In what particular continent or o Goun.
try will the storm period be central on the zath
The forecaster does not say. Is the entire popu-
lation of the United States, or Of the world, ex-
pected to dig cellars caves of shelter in an
ticipation of a possible occurrence OF tornado
whose path OF destructive violence would not
cover an area represented a large map by a
mark one-half inch in length made with a sharp
pencil? Is it possible that man who issues
srch totally unwarranted, sensational and harm
full forecasts is seriously considered by the IN
teIligent portion Of the American public? |
regret to say that he and others OF his KIND
nave considerable constituency"
THE Rev Fri r. Hicks, who prints farm
and predicts the weather months and years IN
advance by the aid of telescope scrutiny OF
the stars took up the gauntlet thrown down by
Professor Moore and said many mean lhlhss
bout the government prOgnostications. But no
one was injured in the battle OF the prophets
and both the bureau and Word and WORKS
have been able to continue in business at their
old stands.
terests of the farmer represents only very
small portion of the energy of the Agricultural
Department said well Informed public man.
.sSecrerarv Wilson's scientists and explorers are
travelling through every known and many un-
known regions of the earth with instructions to
bring back 10 America every animal. every
plant. every seed and every article used IN
filling the soil that be of the least possible
use within our borders. Before many years are
zone the arid lands of the West Will be bloom
ing with flowers and bright with the verdure OF
,Isnt life brought from the oases OF the Sahara;
from Greenland and Iceland will be borrowed
fhe hardy cereals that will feed the population
of northernmost Alaska; the camels OF the
nance around Yuma and FL Paso; the wonderful
bamboo declared by many to be the most use
ful tree that grows, will be cultivated in Cali
fornia and Florida, and every foreign fruit and
mt that feeds the Old World resident will be
transplanted TO our dooryard.
"a few months ago a from the depart
nent travelled thousands of miles the
Pacific and up into the tropical swamps of Siam
to hunt for a seedless grapefruit that the na-
tives said grew there. He found the tree and
brought IL back. Now the hortculturists of the
department busy nursing the little on
spring from that Siamese tree and one OF these
days they will be as common in California as
the seedess oranges. Seedless peaches. apples.
nIuuos and cherries are well on the way to our
mouths and seedess lemons Will soon he
soueezed into thousands of lemonade glasses
every day Whenever Secretary Wilson hears
of anything worth having he goes after 1T, no
matter how long the journey or how much the
cost He believes that the best on earth is none
too good for the man who tills the soil OF the
limited States, and Congress, by Its liberal
annroprations seems to think that Secretary
Wilson knows his business it would look TO an
impartial observer that the American farmer
will in time come into his own-and into almost
everything that is enjoyed by his neighbors
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