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The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1906-09-21

Did you read Strike at Horton" in
last weeks Republic. If not, get and
read it Some there expect an open
shop" effort by the railroad company
What makes the people suspect such
a thing? The threat made by 7. S.
Lloyd that he would fill their places
by strikebreakers from Chicago; the
open shop means busting the unions
This column has warned you repeat
eddy, Mr.. Workingman, that your IN
ion must go. The capitalist have the
money to do the job, and when they
do 1t, the bottom will fall out Of your
wages and in a short time you will
have to work for one dollar to one
twenty-five per day. The only weapon
you have to protect yourself with is
your vote. The two old parties are
owned by the trusts and have shown
by their acts they are your enemies
by making laws for the rich and Opu-
lent. Laws are enforced on the Ia
bOrer, and he is put in Jail, or peni-
Tertiary While an agreement with
the meat trust magnates is that they
will not be Jailed, but simply fined.
How long, oh, Mr.. WOrkingman, must
you be pleaded with by US, and beaten
by the capitalist, before you will get
your eyes open to see that the social
lists are your only friends?
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1906-09-21
SOCIALIST COUNTY TICKET.
Representative NJ. Elliott.
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Representatives.. NJ. Elliott
Do not forget that Saturday Of next
week, September %, at D. m. and s
D m, the socialist candidate for con-
greSs Will speak in the court house.
He is a good man and you want to
meet him. His name is r. S. Thomas.
He has something interesting to say
to you
Now that election is approaching,
It is q good time to read up and cast
an intelligent vote. Mr.. WOrkingman,
unless you vote for the candidate that
stands for you, you are not voting in
diligently. You have been voting
for the other fellow a long time now.
Why not vote for yourself a little
while, by supporting the only candi-
date that stands for labor, the So
Cialist.
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-12-22
Improving the Garden.

Winter is the period for killing in
sects in the garden spot Plow up the
garden now, throwing the cocoons on
top of the soil and the sleeping in
sects within will freeze and turn to
a fertilizer, in place of coming to life
next spring to eat the vegetables and
increase its family by the hundreds.
Turn the soil so as to throw on top
at least two inches Of new subsoil.
1t is advisable to apply a barrel or
two of lime to the garden plot. Lime
is always wanted among the vegeta-
bles. Cabbage not only needs large
quantity of nitrogen, but also phos-
phate, which is lime in another shape.
Onions will consume a large per
cent of potash. If the reader has
an abundance of wood ashes they will
be worth 20 cents per 100 pounds in
supplying potash for the onions ana
Irish potatoes. All plants that have
bulb that grows under ground de-
mand large portions Of potash. Re-
member this fact.
Many gardens give poor returns, in
different vegetables, because their
owners do not place upon them. the
ingredients adapted to the nature of
the plants attempted to be grown
thereon. Plow the garden now; add
lime to sweeten the soil; put on ashes
and phosphates to produce healthy
plants and bulbs.
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-12-22
To Increase Depth Of Soil.

Turning two inches of fresh subsoil
on top is the proper way to increase
the depth of the soil. The advantage
of putting the subsoil on top is that
those two inches exposed to the at
mosphere increase the circulation to =
greater depth in the land and add two
inches to the cultivatable land. An
other benefit is that the two inches
thrown on top will receive elements
of fertility from the air that will add
nitrogen to those two inches which
will be worth as much as IS per acre.
Nature does contribute a small
amount to the nitrogen fund of the
soil, and it thus slowly improves q
poor piece of ground. The ammonia
escaping from different sources diff
fuses itself through the atmosphere;
nitric acid is formed by the electric
sparks passing through the air during
thunder showers, which will be absorb
ed by the two inches of subsoil on
the top, capacitating it for plants. The
atmosphere will affect the two inches
or the top similar to clover roots, in
the nitrogenous nodules un-
der the soil.
Turn at once your land two inches
deeper than ever broken before, and
let the mineral suhsoil On top become
disintegrated- d-pulverized by. the rains
and freezes, and your land will grad
ually grow deeper and richer.
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-12-22
Make an Asparagus Bed.

Have you asparagus on your table?
II not, listen to this talk, act and you
may enjoy one of the great luxuries
Of eating.
Asparagus is one of the first vegeta-
bles of spring; it is a hardy plant,
and when established will last for
years. An ounce of seed will plant
about so feet Of rows and furnish 400
plants. Fertilize the land-make as
rich as possible-drill in rows 16
inches apart so plow can be run be-
tween rows. The plants will be ready
to transplant the second year to their
permanent places. Transplant in April
of the second year.
Set plants six inches below the sur
face Of the soil. Set the plants four
feet apart in rows so as to. cultivate
with plow or bull tongue. Put plants
every 20 inches in rows. The tops
can be cut the second year. Cutting
should cease about the first of June.
Cono,er Colossal is among the best
varieties to sow.
In North Carolina experienced gar
deners have made an acre produce as
high as $500.
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-12-22
FARrlER AND PLANTER
BACTERIA BLIGHT.
Why Tomatoes Can Not BE Grown On
Some Southern Lands.

The southern tomatoes are subject
to what is called bacteria blight. The
bacteria, like seed, have been left in
the land from year to year, until it
becomes a permanent pest, and it
must be starved out before it will
grow healthy plants. The application
of 300 pounds of German kainit per
acre would be very beneficial In aid
ing to kill out the bacteria. Examine
the stems of the tomato vines and
small knots will be found on them,
and in cutting those elevated spots
on the vines they will be found full
of liquid substance resembling water
core in apples. The older leaves turn
yellow and hang down the stems. The
green stems become brown and the
lower leaves become yellow and Shiny.
This same disease attacks the Irish
potato.
The remedy is in spraying the
plants about three times with Bor-
deaux mixture. Don't wait to see the
disease upon the plants, but spray
with sulphate of copper and lime when
the tomatoes are in good growth about
tYo weeks after transplanting. In
two weeks, if there is rain, spray the
second time with Bordeaux mixture
and this will destroy the bacteria.
The spray is more preventive, as 1t
will check the disease, and the plants
may remain perfectly sound and ripen
their crop if sprayed about four times.
The turnip is subject to disease
called downy mildew, which is fun
gous disease, but has a different name
from that of the tomato. BY making
a spray of five pounds of sulphate OF
copper and five pounds of quick lime
and sprinkling over the turnips the
fungi will be destroyed. These are
the best remedies known for killing
all fungous diseases.
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-12-22
Alsike Glover and Tall Meadow Oat
Grass.

Gattman, Miss.-When fields are
seeded with alsike clover or tall mead
ow oat grass for winter pasturages,
do seed from the grass or clover not
sprout and interfere with the spring
and summer crop? How should al
sike clover and tall meadow oat grass
be planted and when to plant? Do
winter turf cats yield as much grain
as red rust proof in the state of Mis-
stssippi?
EMMETT WILLIAMS.
If there is any obpjection to seed
falling from the alsike clover or tall
meadow oat grass in the fall and ger
mating in the spring, we are not aware
Of it. All animal plants do the same,
and that is their way Of keeping up
the family. Turn the land deeper than
usual, putting under the trash, leaves
and weeds as much as possible, to
nitrify during winter These may add
IS worth of humus per acre to the
land. In March, in Mississippi, disc
the plat three or four inches deep and
sow the alsike and tall meadow oat
grass, narrowing the seed into the
land. Two harrowings will not be too
much.
The yield of all kinds of oats in the
south have been very low, being from
twenty to thirty bushels, but We have
known sixty to eighty bushels to be
grown in North Alabama per acre.
There is little difference in the yield
of the winter and the rust proof varie-
ties. The secret of success is in the
fertilization and the preparation OF
the land.-Southern Agriculturist.
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-12-22
Letter from Florida.

Weather is charming here and re.
cent rain was great benefit to our
fall growing crops of eggplant, toma.
toes, turnips, string beans, cucumbers,
lettuce, sweet peppers, ETC., all Of
which we grow for northern markets.
The sugar cane is developing rapidly
and will soon be ready to grind.
Oranges and grape fruit, as well as
kumquats and lemons. are turning vel.
low and will soon be sweet and
good, for those shipped in September
were entirely too green. Many new
people coming in looking for homes,
and tourists making inquiries as to
cottages for winter.-W. E.. Embry,
Dade City, Fla.
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-12-22
A New Irish Potato.

Some hybridizer of new vegetables
has created a new Irish potato called
Noroton, that is in several particulars
ahead of any of the older potatoes.
Mr.. w. D. Cartwright, the manager of
the farm at the Central Tennessee
hospital for the insane, last spring
purchased a barrel of Noroton, paying
$3.50 for 1t. He planted the barrel of
new tubers the middle of July. He
has dug and put away for seed for next
spring thirty-f1ve bushel of the Moro
ton, refusing to sell any. This was an
increase of about twelve bushels to
one planted. If the next spring crop
should succeed as well as the secon4
crop this year, he will have about 500
bushels, which will again be used for
seed.
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-12-22
Remarkable Crop Of Japan Clover.

The spontaneous development OF
the Japan clover plant in the south
has been worth millions of dollars to
the people thereof. The Jackson
(Tenn) Daily Sun contains the SUBJ
joined facts:
''Here is a little experience of Mr..
H. Gilbert, residing on r. F. o. No. 3,
running out of Jackson:
"Mr. Gilbert last spring was plowing
up field to plant millet for hay, and
as the ground was becoming hard and
dry he left about two acres in the CEN
ter unplowed and unseeded. This
two-acre patch sprang up with a
growth of Japan clover. After the
heavy rains of few weeks ago, which
damaged and destroyed so much pea
vine hay, were over, Mr.. Gilbert put
his moving machine into the Japan
clover and cut and cured it. It made
73 bales, for which Mr.. Gilbert found
a ready sale in Jackson at 60 cents
per bale. The two-acre crop yielded
him $43.S0, or 1920 per arcre.
"How Is this for crop that comes
up like a weed and needs no cultiva-
ton?
"Can our cotton growers beat it for
net profit?
I'm regard to the value of the hay,
Mr.. Gilbert says he has put 1t into the
hangers OF the horses and put corn
with it, and the horses would not
touch the corn until they had finished
the hay.
Another thing that can be said
about Japan clover is that is stores nj.
trogen, an important fertilizer, in the
soil, while cotton exhausts the land"
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-12-22
Queens Memoirs Abridged.

The publication of the late Queen
Victoria's letters, written and re.
ceived by her during the most inter-
testing part of her reign. has again
been postponed. The real truth 10
that so many painful family revela'
tions, which would affect living mem
bers of well-known families, have been
discovered that q wholesale revision
of the three volumes is now being
made. Many heads Of families have
approa ehed the king on the matter,
fearing lest their private affairs should
be made public, with the result that
his majesty has now ordered that no
letter shall be printed until It has
been read and approved By himself
Thus the three volumes win be robbed
Of much '.spice" but they are expected
10 be uf aDsorbing interest IN spits
OF the liberal Cutting"
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-12-22
DIR. J. F. PIGoTT,
DIR. F. JULIUS HElNTZ,

Tenders his professional services t.
ne people OF the parish.
next to the postoffce. Phone 1872.
Private diseases specially.
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-12-22
THE STORY.

THE STORY.
EOR three days the children of Is.
I rael had been encamped by the side
Of Jordan. The swift-moving stream
flood full, for it was the time of the
spring freshets and the waters had
overdowed their banks-seemed to
separate them effectually from the re.
gions which, stretched out on the
other side in verdant beauty as far
a. the eye could see. And more than
ever did the people turn with half en-
vious eyes upon their brethren of the
tribes Of Reuben and Cad and part
Of the tribe of Manasseh as they saw
them comfortably settled upon their
Inheritance. Their f1ocks and herds
spread themselves over the plains and
seemed to share the feelings of their
masters that at last they had found
rest and were at home.
To be sure Moses had granted their
request in asking for inheritance upon
that side Of Jordan, but it seemed to
the people waiting there by the side
Of the swollen Jordan, separated from
their own inheritance, that the tribes
Of Reuben, Cad and Menasseh were
getting quite the best of matters. And
now it was the third day since Joshua
had summoned the people together
and had declared that within three
days they should cross jordan. What
q day that had been! What rejoic-
ing in the camp, and how the people
had made haste to move from Shittim,
where they had been encamped for so
many weeks, and to come to the very
brink Of the river.
And Joshua had sent out messages
to the Reubenites, and to the Gadites,
and to half the tribe of Manasseh,
saying.
Remember the word which Moses
the servant of the Lord commanded
you, saying, The Lord your God hath
given you rest, and hath given you
this land. Your wives, your little
ones and your cattle shall remain in
the land which Moses gave you on
this side Jordan; but ye shall pass
before your brethren armed, all the
mighty men Of valor, and help them;
until the Lord have given your breth-
rsa rest, q he hath given you"
And the Reubenites and the Cad
ties and half the tribe Of Manasseh
had promised that they would do even
@ Moses had commanded, but the
6rst day had passed without their put
ding In IN appearance, and then the
second and now the third day had
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-12-22
Forty Years Or Mere Ago.

Tennessee has fallen from her high
position that she held forty years or
more ago. She then raised greater
number of hogs than any state In the
Union. She then drove hogs by the
thousands to Alabama and Mississip-
pi, which were sold to farmers on
the roads, slaughtered, cured and con-
sumed upon the farm and In the
towns. Every farmer then raised some
hogs, cured and smoked the hams
and was a good liver.
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-12-22
Look to America For Cotton.

The cotton spinners Of Lancashire,
England, raised q commission of ex-
ports to visit all the cotton-growing
lands Of the world and investigate the
industry. Their report has been made,
and it Is to the effect that the United
States must continue the source Of
the main supply. Egypt Is proving AZ
much OF q disappointment as India
as cotton country, and It is general
ly agreed that our southern states
will lead in this important industry
for many years to come.
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-12-22
Green Manurial Plants For South

The great value of green ranures
for tie light and humus-lacking soils
of the cotton region is now generally
appreciated by all the nlore intelligent
farmers. It is wen known that the
soils lacking in humus burn out in
dry summer weather, rarely giving
over half the crop that similar soil,
well stocked with humus affords,
when both soils get the same amount
of fertilizer and tillage. There is an
unfortunate tendency among cotton
growers to depend too much upon fer
tilizer FOR making the crop.
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-12-22
sERMoNETTE.

There is a beautiful picture
here in this service which the
Reubenites and the Gadjtes and
part Of the tribe Of Manasseh
performed for their brethren.
It emphasized the vital reIa-
tionship which one bears to 9TH
ers about him, and the response
bility which one must share in
securing blessings for the lives
Of others.
These men had found their in.
heritance. They were at home
with their wives and little ones,
and fiocks and herds. From a
purely selfish standpoint they
had nothing more to gain by war
and conflict.
But they must needs cross Jor-
dan, toe, for their brethren needed
them. These had not yet found
rest. They had not yet come
into possession Of their inherit
ance, and 90 the Reubenites and
the Gadites and the men Of Man.
asseh willingly left their pos
sessions behind to serve their
brethren and help them obtain
the blessing in which they were
already rejoicing.
There 10 nothing which 10 re-
ceiving 60 much emphasis TO-
day as the duty which man owes
to his brethren. Every man
owes something to his fellow
man.
Have you attained the land Of
promise, and come into your
riehtful possession? Then your
duty towards your brother who
has not yet obtained the bless
ina 10 increased many fold.
You must not, you cannot say:
This 10 mine, ] will enjoy it.
Let my brother look out for him
self. Nay, the fact Of posses
sion is the call to duty outside
Of yourself and for the sake Of
others.
"And they passed over armed
before the children Of israeli"
1t 10 one thing to oe willing to
90 and another thing to 90
armed and prepared for the con-
flict.
The preparation which these
men made was the earnest Of
their purpose to face danger and
to be Of real SERVICE. They
didn't hold back but they took
the lead. There was not cow
ard among them, and no shirk,
watching for the opportunity to
escape hardship and toll.
"As Moses spake unto them."
Here was a pledge made months
before which was now being full
filled.
II 10 easy to promise some
thing, but how hard to fulfill. In
the flush Of gratitude and de-
light at coming into possession
Of 90 pleasant a land, no doubt
Il was easy to say: 1--WE will
ao." But when the weeks had
sped by, and they were occu-
pied with the enjoyment Of
their inheritance, then it was
that the test came. Israel found
them true men, and doubtless .
their enjoyment Of their posses
sions was enhanced by the con-
sciousness Of faithfulness. They
had promised, therefore they :
would serve. All, II only all our ..
promises which we are so ready :
60 make were .as faithfully kept. ..
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-12-22
Vkss-ss1Vts~sssVk
Copyright, lses. BY tn. author, ". 8. Edison.

Scripture Authority: chap
ters 3 and 4, especially chapter 4,
verses IL and 13. Read also Numbers,
chapter 80. w.
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1906-05-17
MAY II, 1905

his party distinguished himself as a
patriot and statesman and won i'm
perishable renown as an expounder
of the constitution. Some democrats
wavered and others sympathized with
Aldrich at all times, but the number
OF such never exceeded half dozen.
Professional regulations had been ig-
nobly forfeited, and others honorably
acquired. Senators, who at the begin
ming OF the present session possessed
great influence with the country, now
find their influence practically de-
stroyed, while other, who were but
comparatively little known outside of
their own and adjoining states are
now honored and respected in practic-
ally every village and hamlet in the
land.
But conspicuous above all others
stands Toilette who las shown ex-
ceptional qualities that mark him for
distinction. His address before the
senate on the rate bill was the most
comprehensive and masterful presen.
tatlon of the case of the American
people against the transportation
companies that has yet been made by
anyone. 1t marked him as a man of
indefatigable industry, profound con.
viction and Uncomfortable courage.
The foregoing, together with the fact
that he is an aggressive poiitical lead
er with unbounded confidence in the
ability of the people to do the right
thing when they know what the right
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the republican party. The dullest in
tellect in the state of Iowa was able
to see the force of the argument thus
presented. The Elkins episode was of
material aid TO Cummins in his fight.
That the debate of the past three
months has been productive of much
good will not be gainsaid by anyone.
But if it had produced nothing beyond
the two masterful speeches OF Bailey
and Toilette it's value to the country
would be great, indeed.
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MUCH HAS BEEN GAINED.

If President Roosevelt had been
made of sterner stuff and had been
able to endure the strain without be-
ing wheedled into throwing away a
hard earned victory when the same
was within his grasp, the rate bill
would have been long step in the
right direction, and would have saved
him the irretrieyable loss, of prestige
he must suffer under the circum-
stances, yet upon the whole much
has been gained by the discussion of
the Hepburn bill.
The Hepburn bill with the Aldrich,
via Allison, amendment doesn't prom
Use much, if anything at all, in the
way of reducing rates Or furnishing
the country relief from railroad ex
tortion. But its passage establishes
the principal that transportation
charges are subject to the supervision
of an agency of the federal govern
ment. Furthermore, it contains many
provisions calculated to check flag
rant abuses by railroads, chief among
which is the giving of rebates by
means of which many monopolies
live, thrive and have their being. 1t
also restricts the free pass evil, and
undertakes to limit the time in which
railroads may own and operate coal
mines, lumber yards, stone quarries,
salt works, ETC., and also extends
the interstate commerce law over pipe
lines, express companies and sleeping
cars.
Much has also been gained by the
interest created among the people In
the transportation problem and the
enlightenment they have received
upon the relation of transportation
companies bear to the people, and to
corporations which has resulted from
the rebate in the senate and through
the press of the country. But still
greater has been the gain to the
country in learning the true status
of political parties, and political lead
ers, upon the great transportation
problem; that is now at our doors for
solution.
On thing has been emphasized
which is that the republican party is