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The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-02
FOR R FOOT NOW.

The national pure food law went into
effect yesterday. The State pure food
law passed by the Legislature this year
does not go into effect until a year later.
The United States Board of Food and
Drug Inspection refused to recommend
an extension for one year of the old
labelling system in order to permit of
the working off of a lot of stuff that
had accumulated. 1t believes that suffl-
cient time has elapsed to allow of an
adjustment of business. 1t will stand
for no delay.
Beginning with yesterday all food
products, etc, must bear a label which
gives accurate information concerning
the ingredients thereof. The solons at
Trenton could and should have made
the State law operative at the same
time, but they preferred that the public
should continue to be defrauded by
false labels and counterfeit food and
drink and be poisoned by adulterants
for another year rather than give any
Inconvenience to the manufacturers of
adulterated foods n drugs. :,
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tract debts and appear in the courts. The
cnlef magistrate is the ''maire'' (mayor),
who IS assisted by one or more deputies
ana a deliberative assembly, called the
'conseil municipal" The MARIE unites In
himself two general classes of functions
resulting from the twofold nature of the
commune. As the agent OF the national
government he is charged with the local
PRONUNCIATION and enforcement of laws and
DEGREES, and, as a member of the munici-
pality, he has to attend to the police, the
revenue and the public works Of the com
mune, and in general to act as the repre-
sentative Of the corporation. In COM
munes which rank as the administrative
centres of a department, arrodissement,
or canton, or which have a population of
more than 1900. the MARIE is nominted by
the central government; elsewhere the APP
pointment is made by the project of the
department. The councillors are elected by
the votes of the communal electors, and
hold office for five years.-Ed.]
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c-anaidates shouIa speak up.

TFrom the Hudson Observer, pem.l
throughout all OF North Jersey there is
an emphatic demand that both of the can
didatcs for Governor. John Franklin Fort
and Frank S. K~atzenbach. make an open
and honest statement as to their purposes
with respect to excise.
This demand Is reflected In not only the
Independent. but the Republican and
Democratic press. 1t is heard in political
meetings and wherever men gather to dis
Gus. politics.
Epitomized. the situation in each party
is this. Republicans have passed the
Bishops act. and they have declared IN
the State platform of their party that this
law Is reform legislation which they IN
tend to sustain. But, the plank was ap-
proved in the convention by a very narrow
majority. and Candidate Fort has prac-
tically repudiated it by declaring in favor
of ''home rule which is understood by
Republicans to mean local option
AT their State convention, the Democrats
adopted a plank declaring in favor OF
"home rule" after a plank in favor of home
rule in the matter of excise regulation had
been defeated in the committee on resoiu-
tions, by the friends of the nominee. All
of the candidates friends now insist thai
the home rule referred to in the plat
form, as 1t stands, means only the general
right to local self-government, as for in
stance, the right to fix the salaries OF public
officials. issue bonds, etc.
Neither Fort nor K~atzenbach has thrown
any light on the question Of what he would
do il elected. Each in his public speeches
has studiously avoided reference to excise
and the saloons.
Mr.. Fort has promised to inject every
issue" in a speech which he is to make al
the Kruger Auditorium in Newark on
Friday night. He has permitted the i'm
preston to go out that he has been care
fully preparing a comprehensive address
for that occasion.
Mr.. Katzenbach, in his address to the
notification committee last week, said that
he would discuss the issues more fully OH
the stump, but promised nothing more
definite.
Both candidates. therefore, stand before
the public at the present time in a dubious
attitude, and are open to the charge Of
seeking votes under false pretenses. The
people are entitled to know. before they
cast their ballots, what any candidate
would do after election, if successful, with
reference to any important public question.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-02

Lake Michigan to the Gulf of Mexico.
The Mississippi and Missouri Rivers
must be d~eepened, and also the Ohio.
Chicago is to have direct water con-
nection with New Orleans and the Gulf.
The Great Lakes and the Gulf are to be
married. In the East here we want a
string of connected inland waterways
between Portland and the Gulf. The
East will help the West and the West
the East. We also have rivers to
deepen and cities to connect by water
with the sea.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-02

A superintendent of a ragged school
introduced to his class a gentleman
who called up a boy and said:
My boy. have you a purse?'
No said the boy.
well, I am sorry, for IL you had l
was going to give you sixpence to put
into It,"
e week the same gentleman visited
the school, and the boy was ready Tor
i'm. He called up the boy and asked
him If he had a purse.
Yes, sir" said the boy.
II am glad of that" said the man,
for l was going to give you sixpence
to buy one"
That shows how easy 1t is to get out
of difficult situations, and at the same
time preserve a reputation of being
charitable.-Illustrated Mail.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-02
pEEp NOW.

Give us deep waterways is now the
cry of the country, East, West, North
and South. At Memphis this week three
hundred delegates will assemble in con-
vention to formulate the demands for
the West and Southwest, and nothing
is being neglected TO impress the mind
Of the President, who is the guest of the
Western people this week.
a deer waterway Is needed from
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-02
THE EXCISE ISSUE THAT WON'T DoWN-D0 JERSEYMRN
LIKE TO BE FOOL ed?

Alone and Incompatible stands the Paterson CALI as THE
humorous daily newspaper of New Jersey. There is nothing else
just like it and there never can be. Just now it finds a n end
less fountain of playful wit and humor in the Sunday excise
problem. Beginning the campaign with an announcement that
it wasn't going to mention the subject again, inasnuch as the
Bishops law is only moderately enforced" and therefore not an
issue, 1.-The Calf fortunately reented and furnishes regularly
many columns of entertaining matter on this question. We are
all under obligations to it for tightening and Frightening what
might otherwise prove a prosy and tiresome discussion.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-02

ly eourtesies will make him a central
figure, but of equal interest will be the
Republican candidate from Essex, who
has flung aside the judicial ermine to
couch a lance in the political arena,
Social amenities always mark poll
ticians' day at the Interstate Fair,
which is neutral ground, and there will
be no collisions of partisans tomorrow,
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-02

The two candidates for Governor. to-
gether with nearly all the two party
leaders, great and small, will appear at
the Interstate Fair tomorrow, rain or
shine, and an immense of
people will be there, too, to see and
greet the candidates. Mr.. Katzenbach
viii be on his home base. and neishbor-
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-02
srcK,uley,s Memory.

Ohio has produced men who have left
a greater influence upon destinies Of the
United States. But the, State that has
given so many Presidents and statesmen
has produced no mar who deserves to be
held more dear In the memory OF posterity.
The example OF William Mckinley is, in
the tsuest sense. an inspiration. The quail
ties Of statesmanship are not as admirable
as the qualities Of manIIncsa-CiavslAnd
Plain Dealer.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-02
Envy.

ENVY
oh, de gol fish say to. de polly-wog,
"You's gwine fob to turn to a lo~ng-laig
frog.
Yoh can't be han'some In swim like
me,
An be raised as a pet; cause, don yoh
see,
De time is certainly, boun' to come
When yoh gotter git out o. dis quar-
ium."
An de polly-woe say to de gor fish;
"Sho',
Yoh ain tellin' muffin I didn't know.
I'd rather hop dan swim, I vow,
An l doesn't like de comp'ny much, no.
Use jes bin wsitin' FUN day to day
Fob my laigs to grow, to be on my
way
Now frogs is frogs, an fish is fish.
An it's nothin' out foolishness to wish
To be changin' rot like de white
folks do
An dream dem dreams dat kin meier
come true.
So honey, yoh stay whah yoh done be-
long,
An do yoh bes' an yoh can go wrong.
Washington Star.
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paign funds nobody will ever know. AS
a rule, at least 50 per cent. of such.
money is "pinched" by the first handler
as his compensation for his services. He
needs that percentage to salve his on
science.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-02

The French Commune.
To the Editor of the Evening Star:
II you will kindly explain what position
the occupies in the French gov
ernmental system you will greatly oblige,
R. NJ. L.
t"Commune'' in France means district.
1t signifies the smallest administrative
division Of France and the unit of local
self-government. The is Il legal
body, and al buy and sell property, con-
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-02

Speaking of the promise Of the gubernatoral candidates to
speak out with unreserved frankness on the excise question,
"a cynical but shrewd politician remarked that 'the fellow who
does that will get licked. "-New York Herald.
Truly a fine picture of the mental and moral caiibre of
Jerseymen They are fools OF nincompoops who like to be
ioned and hoodwinked and kept in the dark. They don't
want to know what's what. They shrink from knowing just
what they may expect from men seeking to enter the public
service. They prefer that he keep his opinions to himself SO
that he may from time to time spring surprises on them with
out violating his pighted word. Frankness and candor are
abhorrent to them. Voting bEndiy is their chiefest luxury and
woe betde the man who would rob them of it By keeping
in ignorance of a candidates. ideas, opinions and intentions
they guarantee isappointment to themselves in case of his
election, and that gives them the ineshmable privilege of growl-
ing, complaining and denouncing.
Let us then exat jugglery, tickey and evasion into State
virtues and put upon the dome of the Capitol a heroic model
of Hypocrisy triumphant J. M.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-02
IN HUMOROUS VEIN.


IT suppose you go to the city at
least once a year" said the summer
boarder.
II used tew." replied the old farmer,
but 1 amt been thar fer nigh onto
three years meow. Sense we got rural
free delivery I kin git bunkoed Jist as
well by mail, observation-disclosures News.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-02

How much of the $4,000 paid to
Lemuel e. Quigg out of the money of
the stockholders OF the Metropolitan
Street Railroad Company in four years
ven to lobbyists and political CAM
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lab at Him.

"ol my complained Mrs. Nagget, Il
never had sue an unsatisfactory days
shopping"
'Huh!" grunted her husband, Il sup
pose you were trying to get some-
thing for nothing"
yes, dear, 1 was looking for a birth
day present for you."-Philadelphia
Press.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-02

Hes a very prominent member of
our yacht club"
Indeed! What is his official ca
pacity?"
-Four gal1ons."-Life.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-02
One Happiness.

Though autumn days may mourntul be-
I'll utter no complaining breath;
For 1t will be a joy to see,
The fierce mosquito starve to death.
Washington Star.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-02
FROM STAR READERS

Anonymous communications cannot be-
printed. Except on political subjects the
names OF correspondents are not required for
publication. but as a guarantee Of good faith.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-02

After whetting the appetits of STAR readers it is, perhaps,
unfair to cut them off short with that brief sample of 'The
Calls brilliant flashes. Then here is another, which must
suffice for today:
The man who votes for either candidate for Governor with
the idea that there will be any radical change>in the excise law
next winter, o the winter after, or ever, will find himself mis-
taken. The question is decided and that settles it for a long
time. The organs of the Sunday opening proposition are merely
playing to the galleries, knowing Is well as anyone else that
they are only INDUCING in wind and catering to a small
minority, And as this question is settled for a long time, what
is the III of trying to make a campaign issue of it2
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-02
Bohemia in maryland.

Not so very long ago Congressman
Frank C. Wachter, of Maryland, was
delivering a speech to a select assem-
blage" of Bohemians in Baltimore, says
a correspondent of the New York Sun.
He unburdened himself of all the politi-
cal fire in his supply, and then sat down
amid laundering applause. The APP
plause continued. 1t was plainly up
to" MI. Wachter to respond to the en-
core, but he wanted to do something
special. He leane over to William
Weissager, a ward leader of that end
of town, and Whispered:
This applause touches me, touches
me deeply. Give me a line in Bohemian,
that I may thank them in their own
language"
Weissager promptly. delivered the
line, which Mr.. Wachter as promptly
rehearsed. Frank always was quick
study At the proper moment he arose
and spoke the line in a voice that
could be heard a mile away.
Instantly there was a mad scramble
and rush for the doors. In half a jiffy
the hall was empty. Wachter turned
in dismay to Weissager. For heavens
sake!" he exclaimed, hoarsely, what
have l done? Where are they all go
ing7"
Weissager reached for his hat and re-
piled: They're all down stairs watt
ing for you. You nave just asked the
whole house to nave a drink"
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-02
For instance, take this gem /:

"What is meant by local option 2 . asks a correspondent
"does it mean to decide by popular or referendum vote whether
or not the sale of liquor and open saloons shall be 1egaized on
Sunday 2"
We can inform our correspondent that such is by no means
the case, and there is no such intention in the proposition with
the possible exception of in the city of Newark, which munich
pality is governed by and whose papers are controlled by the
liquor and brewery interests TO a greater extent than anywhere
else in the State.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-02

As the Paterson luninary is one of the few stalwart Repubi-
can organs Of the State, let us turn now to a true and tried
champion of the Democrats, the Trenton True American .
Speaking of the Bishops laws it says that 'the Republican
party in the face of the opposition of nearly half of the dele
gates in their State convention, parades them as Republican
measures, and asks votes for a gubernatorial candidate who
has repudiated the platform Endorsement of them, in order that
they may be saved"
That's pretty good, isn't it1 But there is much better to
come.
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a QuIck Count.

The expert bridge-player's little
daughter was a model Sunday school
scholar. Toward the close of the year
her teacher said: Susie, IL you con-
tinue to know your lessons so well YOU
will have a Good Conduc card for
every Sunday in this year"
N.Y." said Susie. 'eThat'll be a whole
deck, won't it?'-Lippincott's. r.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-02

IT say, old chap. you are we'll of. you
can afford to do a kind action
What do you want me to dog'
Lend two louis to our friend Satur-
MIN
What does he want them for, do you
know
ITO pay me what he owes me."-Noe
Loisfrs.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-02

The sculptor was working on a statue
of Melancholy.
May l ask what you are doing?" in
quired the visitor.
Cutting a sorry figure" said the
sculptor. scowling at him,-Chicago
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-02

Isn't that delightful ? Of course, persons having no sense
of humor may take some time to puzzle it out, but that is
their misfortune. Such individuals might retort that they fail
to see the point of the joke, inasmuch as liquor selling on Sun
day is common in Paterson, while it is practically unknown in
Newark, and that as a matter of fact there is no other indus
trial city in the State where the law is so fairly and effectively
enforced as in Newark. And they might add that nearly all
of the Newark newspapers favor Home Rule laws which shall
enable every community to say whether saloons shall be open
one day a week o seventh short, to regulate the traffic abso-
IIutely. And that the brewers do not want any such plan. The
Paterson way suits them better. But that would be taking
THE Calls" joking seriously.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-02

In all apparent seriousness the Trenton champion of De-
|mocracy asserts that 1.-THE Democratic State Convention made no
reference to the excise question" And yet in Newark, Jersey
City, Hoboken, Paterson, Elizabeth and Orange the Democrats
have been pointing to the Home Rule declarations in the plat
form as defining the party's attitude on the liquor problem.
And the True American argues that Candidate Katzenbach
Fought not to declare a policy for the Democratic party"
Why2
Because, in the exact words of this Trenton newspaper
mouthpiece:
'tShould Mr.. Katzenbach presume to outline a policy for
his party under such conditions, he would offend Democrats in
liberal counties, or those in conservative counties"
That seems explicit enough. A candid statement of Mr..
Katzenbach's position would lose votes for him either in the
cities n the rural districts.
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science.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1907-07-15

of the month and pasturage is just
now first class.
At the Frye-Bruhn ranch the sheep
have done very well in the Landing
season. Seventy sheep dropped sixty
nine lambs, most of which have been
saved although the weather has been
very cold and wet. The ranch lost
several head of cattle last winter, and
it is doubtful if the present stock
is worth the price paid for the cattle
at the start. But much of the loss,
especially during the first years of the
venture, was occasioned by the lack
of preparation for undertaking the
matter.
Fox ranching has not proved to be
so profitable as anticipated few
years ago, still this year the prices
have been very high for some skins.
One island sold blue foxes in London
for $50 each, although the ordinary
price heretofore has been about $50.
Several of the small islands have paid
fairly we'll this last year. All the
ranches are raising blue foxes with
one exception, so far as l am aware,
namely Ugak island, where the silver
greys are raised, and one skin sells
for as high as $175.
Alaska does well usually in poultry.
Our own fowls at the orphanage have
paid we'll every year, but this year
the hens eggs lacked fertility. The
conditions are as near right as | know
how to make them, but not over five
per cent of the eggs hatch, and about
two-thirds of them are not fertile at
all. Ducks are very different, and we
now have 100 young Pekins and more
to follow. They grow very rapidly,
for we now have about twenty-four
hours of light every day, and they get
in few extra meals.
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Pics and Alfalfa.

Pigs will show a much more rapid
development if alfalfa is mixed with
little grain to balance the ration.
Pigs will grow, of course, on alfalfa
and make a rapid growth, but they
will do better to mix little grain
daily with their feed. The grain is
needed to increase the number of
pounds of food elements without cor
respondingly increasing the amount
of dry matter.
Several years ago the Nebraska
station made an experiment to learn
what proportion of grain to alfalfa
was needed to make the most econo-
mical ration for growing hogs. 1t
was found that the cost of producing
100 pounds of grain on alfalfa pasture
alone, was about $4.30. On alfalfa
pasture with an addition of one and
one-third pounds of grain the cost OF
100 pounds of grain was lowered to
S247 per 100. When the grain ration
was increased to two and half
pounds per day, the cost was lowered
to $2.45. 1t can be seen by feeding
only one and a third pounds of grain
ration per day, the cost of producing
the 100 pounds of grain was lowered
nearly One-half. While one single test
should not be given as reliable, it
certainly shows that pigs should not
be expected to pass the summer with
out a little grain ration.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1907-07-15

flocks are just beginning to be re-
stored to their former condition and
wool is coming to this country from
the South Sea continent in good guam
titles. The great increase of the cot
ton crops in the south has also had
some effect upon the wool market.
But even with these conditions as
considerable features, the market is
not really dull. There is a good de-
mand and prices are on a good, profit
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STOCK
Galloway Cattle in Alaska.
Curtis P. Coe.)

Prof. G. G. Georgeson, special agent
in charge of the agricultural investi-
cations in Alaska, brought to Kodiak
the last part of April a nerd of TWEEN
ty-two thoroughbred Galloways, which
he had purchased in Kansas and Neb-
raska. Among the number were some
valuable prize winners, and four hei-
fers and a yearling bull are from the
noted sire Pat Ryan.
The agricultural reservation, ad-
joining Kodiak village, is being fenced
and the cattle will be kept there. 1t
is the intention to move the cheese
factory and dairy from Kenai to Kodi-
ak, and establish it here. M. d. Snod-
grass, a graduate of the Kansas Agri-
cultural college, arrived in June, with
his young bride, to assume charge of
the work in this vicinity.
A small herd of Galloways was sent
last year by Prof. Georgeson to the
Kodiak Baptist Orphanage at Wood
island, and they have done well, but
have not proved good mixers. Neither
have they proved their ability to rustic
for themselves so we'll as the native
cattle. However, the larger herd
ought to be sufficient to make the eX-
pertinent of much more value.
The spring was at least two months
behind last year. The gardens the
first of June were barely showing the
rows of early vegetables. Rhubarb
was barely ready for use by the first