Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-20


Reports from the surrounding country in
dictate that there is a scarcity of labor in
the rural districts and when a farmer or
gardener gets good hand he is more than
anxious to Keep him Genuine farmers ind
IT rather difficult. but the amateurs find
the problem even harder to solve. Living
in the suburbs of the northeast section is
a boss mechanic who thought he was able
to give the native farmers pointers on how
to get the largest and greatest number of
crops from piece of land.
Having let his land rest for several
years. said one of his neighbors to a
party of friends the other day. The con-
cluded ne would make a fresh start in the
line of farming this season and give his
neighbors an exhibition of a real farmer
supplying the market lie confided to me
that he could grow peas enough on three
acres of land to supply one of the big
markets this spring, and while his hired
man was hauling the peas there would be
no reason why he could not haul few
beans box of cucumbers and other
vegetables. mentioning enough of them to
till several teams instead of his one
wagon"
The boss mechanic had a hired man on
his tive-acre lot; 1.-The hest hired man in all
Prince George county, he said. and all for
81 day"
Things went along well until one day
ncighbor made the hired man a better
offer and then the mechanic-farmer could
see his pie was all dough. He maze up his
mind that he would get a good man, re-
CARELESS of expense. He looked high and
low for a successor. and finally he found
man for considerably more pay.
Am l acquainted with farm methods
to-, H. .l,,N. 4
lie had been put through a civil service ex-
animation upon the question of farm life
i should say | am, he added I'm a de-
scendant of Lord Baltimore, and you know
what he didn't know about any kind of life
in Maryland wasn't worth knowing
The descendant of Lord Baltimore was
put at work, and when night came on he
made an effort to put up the horses. A
young colt was turned loose to find his
own way to the stable. the harness from
the horse was thrown upon the floor in the
stall. and after the modern mechanic boss
had enjoyed a ride of ten miles getting his
colt. he returned and found the hired man
devouring a pie.
II gave him his days pay said his
employer. thanked him for what he had
done and told him | would see him in the
morning. but he knew l didn't want him
there any more and he disappeared. Do
you think | ought to stick to my farming
Intentions
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Ir. Wiley of the Department of Agricul-
ture is a hard man to deal with in some
ways. He has a habit of exploding in an
anti-climax and handing visitor a citrus
fruit of some sort when he came around
for something less acid. When they passed
the whisky decision last week there was
an immediate descent of correspondents on
DIR. Wiley for his views on the question.
Now. he probably had views to burn. but
Al 10 toll
quirers gravely that it was not for him TO
pass comments OF any sort the decision
OF the Attorney General. that it would be
useless to disagree with il, and would ad I
clined to be quoted. Bat late in the even
ing one of the out-of-towu papers called him
mp and fairly demanded something-any-
thing-s0 1t could be used as a quotation
from Dr. Wiley in connection with the gem
eraI subject of pure food
All right said the doctor graveIy Il
have refused to talk TO anybody about the
decision. but If it is only generalifies on
pure food and the label law. | guess | can
tell you something If YOU promise to quote
me accurately. It's something | haven t
couhded To any one else, either
The inquirer on the other end of the
phone pricked NJ his ears and urged the
chief chemist to go ahead.
We'll. | will tell you. then" said the doc
to-. the Department of Agriculture,
through the Department of Justice. has
asked that prosecution be instituted
against Prof. Willis Moore for misbraniing
this weather we are having and calling il
April when il ought TO be labeled imitation
March.
Il always knew" remarked an F street
merchant the other day. that the adjutant
generals office was a close corporation,
but il seems to be closer than | realized
II was only the other day that I had a
practical demonstration of the rigid dis
cipline that prevails in that office I had
occasion to send a purely innocent mes
sage to the chief of one of the divisions OF
the Office on a matter of some Importance
to him. BY consulting the directory 1
found that he had a telephone in his of
fee, so | called up the War Department
mUnication with him. What was NV sur
prise when l was informed that L would
have To give my message to the chief
clerk of the office, and If he thought
proper il would be conveyed to its des-
tiuation. AS i didn't care to ask apy
favOrs OF the chief clerk. who is a stranger
to me. | concluded that l would choose
some other means of communication
Since then | have learned that no one
but the adjutant general himself is per-
United to use the telephones in the ad-
tutdut generals Office for any business
outside the office without the permission
or the CHIEF clerk. who submits all mes
sages in doubt 10 the decision of the ad-
jutant general Not only that but the
officials and employees are prohibited from
Seeing visitors or leaving the building
during Office hours without first receiving
permission from the adjutant general or
his chief clerk
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There is a colored janitor employed in a
real estate Office in Georgetown who is