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The daily tribune., 1905-12-01

the boiled cob at roasting ear" stage.
And, among others, okra or gum5o
makes equally as COOL soup III win
ter as when fresh in summer.
When it comes to canning AMI pre-
serving. there is little real comparison
between the home canned product
and bought goods. 1t time is con
sidered as money, camel tomatoes
can be bought probably cheaper than
they can be grown and canned az
home. But how about the results?
If the farmers wife should 20
through the ordinary canning estab-
lishment she would probably conclude
to do every speck Of her own can
The daily tribune., 1905-12-01

Secretary Wilson, as the official
head of the great family of American
farmers, views with some consider
able satisfaction the abundant crops
which have blessed almost every Sec
ton of the country.
''The harvests have been heavy" he
said, "and the farmers will make
more money than in an average year.
The prices on farm products will be
lower, but the crops will bring the
farmers, nevertheless, more money.
Living should be cheaper, too. The
hay and grain crops have been enor-
mous-probably record brcakers,-and
meat as result should be more plen-
tiful and cheaper. 1 say 1t should be.
The producer and consumer are so far
apart, and so much goes on in between
these two principals that 1t Is difficult
to say just to what extent production
The daily tribune., 1905-12-01

affects the cost of actual consumption.
A great deal goes to the middleman;
too much, believe. 1t Is long and
devious pathway from the farmer to
the man who eats the things which he
has grown. | gave out a statement
here the other day intimating that the
. local Washington dealers were charg-
ing in certain instances too much, and
dealer came at me with wrathy
assertion to the effect that I did not
know what I was talking about and
that he made profit Of only forty
per cent.
Co-Operation in the South.
81 have been watching the South
with n great deal of interest" con-
tinued the Secretary. "They have ac-
complished more in effecting an or
ganizatlon down there to bring the cot
ton producer and consumer together
than has been attempted with any
other of our great agricultural produc-
tons. The cotton crop Is n big one
this year though not by any means
record breaker. The grass and hay
crop is probably the biggest we have
record crop and our wheat crop Is one
Of the very largest"
"That is the order of Importance of
these crops?"
mo, should put cotton third in I'm
portnnce-grass, corn, cotton, wheat;
though Of course, our meat animals,
taken as whole, are more important
than any one. Why, the poultry pro-
duction alone is worth 400 million dol
lars year-as great or greater than
the value of the wheat crop. We will
undoubtedly export some very fine
hogs this year-choice corn fed hogs.
Pork is our greatest meat export. A
quarter of billion dollars would
hardly cover our animals exported this
year. fancy, probably amounting to
The daily tribune., 1905-12-01
These Are
Not
TYPICAL.

and that with thoroughly rich soil,
good seed, well planned rotation of
garden crops and medium amount
OF hard work-a good wheel hoe will
reduce this last eXpense-a very small
area VIII producea very large amount.
Not only should the table be SUD-
pied from spring TO late fall. but
large stocks of staples should be
saved for winter use. or courre
every farmer stores in his cellar po-
uitoes, turnips, pumpkins and other
coarse crops, but there arc many
others equally good and almost as
easily cured and kept which no
longer contribute to the winters table
and have been supplanted by cheap
canned goods. in the long run expen-
siye and usually very inferior.
Limns for Driving ;pick Them Green,
Take, for instance, lima beans. II
these are picked and shellcd when
grccn-the same as though for imme.
The daily tribune., 1905-12-01
.lsExXgSzNEz2Ssa
M1,N1&Y A TALK WITH SECRETARY WILSON,
EIISE>" GUY ELLIOTT MITCHELL
GUY ELLIOTT MITCHELL

send our hogs abroad and are eating
more mutton, veal and beef"
'1The present condition and the fu-
ture outlook for the american farmer
is good one then, Mr.. Secretary|
"Yes, things certainly look well,
generally; yet believe we are very
near to sort of agricultural crisis
hardly crisis perhaps, but an import
ant and radical change. The farm
hands everywhere are leaving the
farm for the factories. Wherever
there is any manufacturing you will
find this to be the case.
The farmer has pretty nearly reach
ed his limit. He is doing about all
he can do with his hands and with the
most improved labor-saving farm ma
chinery worked by good horses. This
bad condition on the farm is going to
affect production and prices, and that
The daily tribune., 1905-12-01

mo, can not do anything with these
hypothetical cases of higher farm cdu-
cation"
"Wcll then, what should Il man do
with the manure which accumulates
on his farmY"
He should put 1t on his land" re-
piled the Secretary. now thoroughly ut
home: he should take II out on the
land at once and not let 1t accumulate:
haul II out and spread It on as fast as
It Is made. The ground VIII get the
good OF It,"
Wont the ammonia evaporntc and
the fertility be lost TO the soilT'
"No, II has been demonstrated by
careful experiments that the hauling
out OF manure IL the best method. 1t
Will go down into the grass roots. 1t
Will not lose the ammonia because am
monln Is produced by bacteria and
these bacteria flourish only under three
conditions. moisture. heat and oxygen
There nre three classes OF bacteria
which must operate upon manure be-
fore II Is available for plant food The
ammonia bacteria attacks II first: II IL
then converted hv other bacteria into
nitrites, and. lastly. by still other bac-
tcria, into nitrate. when the roots OF
the plant can then take It up a. food
The daily tribune., 1905-12-01

very shortly. 1t is impossible to say just
what the effect will be, but change
is coming. The farmer must have Ia
Dor, but with the prices OF farm pro-
ducts as they are now, he can not meet
the wages offered by the factories;
therefore the farm hands are gradually
shifting toward the cen,crs-the towns
and the cities"
Mr.. Wilson Not Theorist.
'I would like, Mr.. Secretary, to have
n message from you to the American
farmer for the coming year"
"Oh, l can never discuss things In
an academic way" remarked Mr.. VIII
son, with q smile. You will have to
The daily tribune., 1905-12-01

under the attractive name OF 'loyo
apples" come back and realize TINT
over thirty million bushels of the
pretty poisonous vegetables, accord.
Ing to n statement In Hnrper's Week
ly, are eaten us n common and health.
full food, they would surely realize
that time works Wonderful chanpcx.
The daily tribune., 1905-12-01

of 1890 the large increase in garden
products was recognized, and So
tcmatic count of their bulk and valcn
was made. 1t is possible, therefore,
to make n te7-ycar comparison of the
increase of such products, and this r.
cords the remarkable increases from
100 per cent TO 400 per cent in the five
several divisions of the country. The
North Atlantic States had well do
yelopcd industry in garden prod
before 1880. which accounts for TIE
relatively low Increase. However, 100
per cent in 10 years, while the p1pu
lation increased only tride over 20
per cent, Is amazing.
The daily tribune., 1905-12-01

ming hereafter and avoid setting on
her table sour green fruit, artiti iallI
colored and swec,ened with coal tar
products. >.
With the supposed degeneration of
the Individual farm garden, 1t is in
tcrestng to note that the professional
market garden, as an industry, has
tremendously increased.
The farm gardens, "market gar
dens" and truck gardens" of today
are the producers of a multitude of
miscellaneous vegetables" almost un-
known fifty years ago. In the census
The daily tribune., 1905-12-01

of selection and breeding by the seeds
men Hgd scientists, tie kitchen
garden on an average is not so well
planted or tended, has less variety,
and on the whole is much inferior
to the same institution in the good
old days" when grandfather was d
boy.
1t is an oft repeated argument, In
every farm Journal that more atten-
tion should be given to the garden;
that fully two-thirds of the living for
the farmers family, however large,
can be produced from good garden,
The daily tribune., 1905-12-01
THE KITCHEN GARDEN.
More Than Two Thirds of the Livire q |
of q Family Can Be Raised.

II the farmers wife could induce
her liege lord to contribute tle same
care. patience and labor next spring
20 the kitchen garden which his
grandfather did during his day, there
would be perhaps considerable gain
in the households economy as well as
much satisfaction developed for the
housewife. The old folks insist that
even with the greatly increased vau-
ETY. and excellence in fruits and vege-
tables, due to many plant generations
The daily tribune., 1905-12-01
When Tomatoes Were Believed
Poisonous.

Could our great-granddaddies who
thought tomatoes poisonous. and our
grea t-grandmothers, who grew them
as ornamental plants in window pots.
New-York tribune., 1905-11-12

great parts were required stalking horses for
actor-managers. Special pleading for the en-
richment of EliZabethan drama by elaborate
decorative setting Mr.. Shaw dismissed with a
contemptuous denial that there was any such
thing Illusion in the scenic arrangements of
the theatre and he frankly confessed that he
had derived more enjoyment from Mr.. PoeTs
Shakespearian revivals than from the more pre-
tentious and costly modern adaptations. So the
discussion morning and evening" with a
marked trend in favor of a reversion to the
primitive simplicity of the Eliza bethan stage as
the natural atmosphere for Shakespeare's works
The interest shown by two large and brilliant
audiences in this animated discussion of the art
Of presenting great drama was highly signih-
cant. There may be NO immediate effect upon
public taste, although Mr. Bourcher laughingiy
promised to give trial performance of '"The
Merchant of Venice" without scenery, as Mr.
Tree has recently done in Hamlet both at
Oxford and in London, but the Shakespeare
League can at least congratulate itself upon
having impaired strong impulse to the move
ment for the construction of genuine Eliza
bethan theatre as the most suitable memorial OF
the greatest genius Of the English speaking
race
Mr.. Poel in any event. had most exhilarat-
ing send-of for his journey across the Atlantic
and started with a light heart. recalling the
pleasant things which eminent scholars actors
and playwrights have said Of his strenuous
struggle to obtain recognition for the charac-
teristic merits OF the Elzabethan stage methods.
He has won the support OF large body of
men Of letters and lovers Of the drama If he has
not succeeded In converting theatre managers
to his ideas. and 1 hope that he will receive g
sympathetic hearing and substantial encourage
ment In America N. F.
New-York tribune., 1905-11-12

has engagements for visiting Bryn Mawr and
Chicago. and will probably go to any university
towns where he may be asked to make ad-
dresses, with lantern slides. the Elizabethan
stage. hope he may be enabled TO illustrate
his theories by actual stage performances, and
this ought not to be difficult, for he s excel
lent coach, who can drill amateur actors in
telligently and get good work out of them.
dare say that the properties and costumes
which he has been using during recent years
will also be available, for while the Eliza
bethan Stage Society has suspended operations
here trust has been formed for keeping the
costumes together.
On the eve Of Mr. PoeIs departure for Amer
lea the London Shakespeare League ordered a
public discussion on the best method Of present
ing Elizabethan drama. 1t was held at the
Guildhall School Of Music, and there was so
much to be said and there were so many experts
to take. compassion poor, misunderstood
Shakespeare that second session required
in the evening. Mr. Arthur Bourcher the
chairman at the first meeting, and the Rev.
Stewart Headlam succeeded him in the evening;
and with writers. critics and actors Of such
distinction as DR.. F>urrivan, Sir James Knowles
Mr.. George Bernard Shaw, Mr.. Alan Macknnon,
Mr Charles Warner, Mr.. J. T. Grein, Mr.
Philip Carr. the Rev. Stewart D. Headlam
and Mr.. G. Z. Chesterton to take part In
this academic parliament, bewildering diver
sity Of opinion was inevitable.
MI Henry Arthur Jones's testimony which
was read by the chairman. wholly in favor
of the Elizabethan method Of producing Shake
speare on the old fashioned stage without
scenery or cuts and with continuous move
ment Of action and dialogue MIR. W. S. Gilberts
letter was terse. but equally unequivocal In sup
port OF the original manner OF presenting
New-York tribune., 1905-11-12
THE ELIZABETH4N STAGE.
Continued from fourth page.

that has been done to enrich the production OF
masterpieces He is convinced that the word
pictures more vivid when the scene painters
and decorators banshed from the stage;
and that the dramatic action becomes more in
telligent and intense when there is continuous
movement without the Encouragement and inter-
ruption required by modern management With
out having any ambition for revolutionizing the
stage he thinks that harm will be done If
both methods Of representation can be seen side
by side.
Mr.. Poel told me that while he was going to
America partly for the sake of having long
holiday, he also hoped to receive some moral
support for his scheme for building an Eliza
bethan playhouse for the performance of Shake
speare's plays. Professor Baker, OF Harvard
University has promised to lend assistance in
obtaining a hearing for him in Cambridge, and
Professor Brander Matthews hopes to be equal
ly helpful at Columbia University. Mr.. Peel also
New-York tribune., 1905-11-12

Shakespeare's works; and he was prepared 10
welcome boys to the stage in womens parts'
Mr. Poel opened the discussion with trencnah'
condemnation of the practice of dividing the
great plays into acts and scenes, for which Ben
Jonson primarily responsible; ana ne gave
many forcible illustrations Of the irreparabie
harm done to dramatic construction by the act
drop and other devices of the modern theatre
Mr. George Bernard Shaw reinforced him IN
most pungent and brilliant speech, which de-
lighted, if it did not wholly convince, the audi
ence The logic of it that Shakespeare
wrote for the stage it was in his day. with
the curtain separating entrance from exit, ana
with few if any scenic effects and that the plays
would produce the maximum effect when en-
acted approximately under the conditions for
which he designed them. Modern plays like MS
own could not be produced effectively on the
Elizabethan stage, because their construction
depended upon the stage setting and manage
ment Of the theatres Of the day, and 1t was
equally impracticable to take Shakespeares S
masterpieces out of their natural environment
and to attempt to recast and to adapt them 10
the requirements Of the modern theatre, where
New-York tribune., 1905-11-12

eelists. and this latest venture h no more sue
cessfu1 than its predecessors The endeavor 10
"popuarize" book which has more readers
than have all other books has in 1t the elements
of the grotesQue
daughter and unfinished book on corais
are the legacy left to his favorite pupil, an Eng
lishman by a German professor In Mrs. Sidg-
wicks novel. Faithful to his trust, Dacre COM
pletes the book and marres the daughter ana
the story deals with the manner in which the
somewhat oddly assorted couple eVehtuaiS
.found themselves" It is a simple pleasantly
told little story, so obviously destined TO come
out ali right in the end that there is scarcely
enough suspense to carry the readers interest
to the inevitable though somewhat delayed con-
clusion This lack, however. ls' IN d way
agreeably supplied by some ceverly drawn pi'.
ures of life in a German university town ana III
q conventional English country neishoorhoou'
New-York tribune., 1905-11-12
THRILLS COME HIGH.
Continued from fourth paga

streamers depending from it and skip through.
a variation of the Maypole dance At tho
same time chimes ring out beneath seats Id
different parts of the house. This feature Is sald
to have cost 81, 200. 1t included the nstanAo
ton of a special switchboard. the laying OF
hundreds of yards of electric wire. and the pur-
chase of seventy chime bells to be fastened un-
der the seats-all, all for a minutes entertain
ment.
The surprise" at the end Of the first act In
tendea to serve as an encore cost 81 200 This
money was spent simply to secure a mover oacA-
ground for a chorus. The chorus is sung through
holes cut in special curtain Eacn Oh ehe
score or more oval openings is covered by an IN
dependent door One by one they are oroppeo
and the faces of the singers revealed, framed
and suggesting miniature portraits. One Won
ders why this feature should cost so much. but
when one learns that the curtain and staging Tor
the support of the singers weighs sixteen hum
dred pounds that it necessary to put In
special hydraulic machinery to raise and lower
it and that each of the oval frames is sur
rounded by electric lights behind the curtain
he understands.
The electric swings used in this and in an
other production are said to have cost SoOoo
The swings are used in connection Win one
song only. They lowered across the front
of the girls enter them ana SWING
hack and forth to and from the audience, sing
ing AS they swing lights break forth along
the garland twined ropes. This feature re-
ouires the use of a special steel beam to carry
the swings.
There must be no arid spots in an entertain
ment. From the point of view Of some man
ayers there is no sum too great to spend in or
der to turn such spots into springs of joy. AT
the rehearsal of a comic opera presented recent
ly Charming Pollock observed that at one point
there was a ten minute break in the chain of
features.
What can we have to make that go little
better?" he asked.
1--WE might have a dance of some Sort" sug-
gested some
st would have to be a pretty good dance to
interest people," said Mr.. Pollock Then he re-
called that he had seen peculiar dance in Eng
land done by four young women. He immedi-t
ately sent a cable dispatch to them, making
them an offer which included paying for the can
collation. of their English engagement
"It doesn't pay said theatrical man, the
other day. "The managers have defeated their
own object. They can't spend any more money,
for they are writing checks for all that can
possibly be spent Even if they could, they have
reached the line beyond which it would not be
profitable to go. A show with costly features
which would have made a sensation had 1t been
produced ten years ago, and would have been
remembered for years, hardly attracts any at
tention now."-
New-York tribune., 1905-11-12

Mr. George Lille Craik, who died recently IN
london was for many years an active partner
In the Macmillan firm. The literary American
will best remember him as the husband or Oman
Maria Muloch, the author OF Johh falilaA'
Gentleman"
New-York tribune., 1905-11-12

An appreciation Of the influence which
Ronsard and his companions exercised on
French literature will be found In MI George
Wyndham's forthcoming books work upon
which he has been busily engaged since he
HnQuished Office.
New-York tribune., 1905-11-12

sarTha Flower Book" of the late Edward Bufhe-
Jones is a volume of drawings, u reproduction OF
which is to be published soon. The artist mace
notes of old English names of flowers that at, l.
'.Meadow Sweet" Rose Of Heaven, Travel
Ier's 10y" afterward making studies IN the
same volume, not of the flowers themselves, put
of subjects suggested by their names to his
imagination. The reproductions have been made
I'm Paris. Only three hundred copies nave oeeh
printed
New-York tribune., 1905-11-12

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New-York tribune., 1905-11-12

The third centenary Of the birth Of Corneille
Is to be celebrated in Paris next June The
Parisians know how to do such things NJ
IIoubet will preside fete at the Sorbonne-
one can imagine what that will be in those
stately halls-and will receive delegates from
the academies universities. schools and colleges.
A monument to Corneille win be formally in
augurated, and various works by the dramatist
win be produced at the theatres.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-03-03
JOURNALS Win INFLUENCE,

Judge Herrlck OF New York. a short
time ago addressed some newspaper
men and spoke on the influence Of the
press. lie professed surprise at the APP
parent failure OF the papers to shape
the opinion OF their readers, and cited
some Illustrations OF this fact.
lie pointed out, for instance, that IN
New York city where the newspapers
were almost unanimously opposed TO
the election Of George B. Mcclellan as
Mayor, and fought his candidacy with
strenuous vlgor, Mr.. Mcclellan was
elected by a great majority. lie want
ed to know why the newspaper lnfu-
ence failed with readers OF them. The
reasons he suggested were that the
public had lost faith in the motives,
wisdom and integrity OF the press
There are apparent mysteries In the
manner human minds are Influenced
by public utterances, one way or an
other. and these cannot always be ex-
planned. any more than the direction Of
the wind But as general rule It
can be said that no newspaper can ex-
ert lasting influence, unless IT is con-
Quoted by persons who are known to
deserve public confidence because OF
their moral and intellectual qualities.
No matter how brilliant writer Is. no
matter how wealthy the supporters are,
their efforts fall fat ultimately, unless
they are known to be put forth IN the
Interest OF truth and public well-being.
or course, like attracts like. and NOR
ally corrupt publicsts win, for a time
at least gather around them the cor
rupt element but the general public is
not corrupt and they win IN time dis
cover the fraud by which they are i'm
posed upon. by those who, though
blind offer to lead the blind, and that
is the most general cause Of loss Of in
fluence by the press, The great news
papers who are sincere, and who offer
Information known to be reliable, have
Influence. They are a power for good
In the land
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-03-03
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