The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-08-08

oculating seeds OF IeguInes Will nh'hoo e
ing bacteria, and gave the patent TO the wv
ment. Tt seems, however, that ne assis'ou -
onaan;v;no the Nitro-Culture Company for the
of the inoculat1ng materiai' WIZ
49, Understanding that he would enter its employ
should the Government refuse to raise MS saiars
Meonub;le block of stock was issued in his wltes
name Meanwhile, too, DR.. Moore was reVlolns
+bo Government bulletin on seed incubation ana
moreover, all applicants for 1noculatlng na'o
r;o1 were being referred to the Nitro Com
-ann So # is charged now that Moore claimed
too much for his discovery that this corporation
was enriched thereby; and Moore is gone anu
new series of Investigations is to be made. Our
o1-n nosition has always been that seed lnocula-
ton ;s well worth while, but that the magazine
avnlo;ters have claimed entirely too much for It,
As for the rest of the Agricultural Department
soondal John HYDE late Crop Statistlc1an, Is
.ono;ng hack to give his testimony as to the
e1eaks % IT. is not at all likely that Secretary
Wilson will resign-nor are we in sympathy with
+boso who are trying to force his resignation
With hundreds and hundreds of employees IN the
Donor+rnent with scores and scores OF divisions
and bureaus of which the crop reporting section
;s on1v one. the fact that his confidence IN three
| or four men was misplaced, does not justify the
removal of man so honest and progressive as
Secretary Wilson has shown himself to be-
Where the Tariff Hits the Farmer.
A significant meeting is the National Keep
rocity Conference to be held in Chicago mex
week. August 10Th and 18th, and 1t IS OF peculla
interest to Progressive Farmer readers becaus
started and organized by representatives OF tarm
ers' organizations
L ie
Il is the farmers interests that are most threat
ened by the stubborn, do-nothing policy OF tn
"stand-patters." Because the reciprocity treatle
favored bv Mr.. Mckinley were killed by the MOI
eved interests in the Senate the leading Europea
countries are now endeavoring to get even by in
nosing heavy duties on their imports fro
e America
j uGermanv and France says President Sande
g Of the nreposed Conference "have already adopte
+ dual tariff system under which maximum
" general tariff is PUT upon all ordinary lmpor
and minimum, separate or conVent1ona1 Tar
is applied to such nations as Will enter III
r these two rates of duty running from 10 p
,e cent to Is per cent That the application OF e
= maximum rate to American wheat, corn, rye, GA
barley butter, cheese, eggs, Hour, pork lard, pei
IS cattle horses sheep, swine, fruits, etc. Will ma
I'd disastrous effect upon the Continental mark
e. for our farm products is so self-evldent tn
G. | even he who runs may read.
- ''The new tariff system of Germany, which &C
u into effect durinp the first half of the year ~
O. not only doubles many of the rates OF duty up
he our chief articles or export but also by the re
~ procal treaties entered into by Germany with
" number of European nations will place us at
e still greater disadvantage The same condlt1
Oh will soon meet us in Austro-Hungary- where
u.s. proposed new tariff is expected shortly TO
adopted An as instance of the blighting eff
es of these new high tariff rates of dutv upon
be ports from the United States, it is sufficient
mention the article of cotton-seed oil, the d