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Los Angeles herald., 1907-10-13
Downright by James Elverson.,

~ many of the present generation the
Dbl late great explorer, Henry Morton
- Stanley, is considered the greatest
Certainly he has to his credit the
most brilliant achievements, and
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-09-12

the fact that the flag would have to be
as large as Ireland. Possibility, how
ever, glimmers in the suggestion that
all the gas and electric lights in some
great city like London should be CON
trolled by n turncock and alternate
ly switched on and off to flash mes
sages to Mars.
Some years ago Francis Cation, the
English scientist, sketched out a solu-
ton Of the problem, supposing the first
move to be made by Mars. One night
the earth astronomers are to notice a
peculiar scintillation on the disk OF
that planet. These lights are to be
recognized as regularly varying in du.
ration, B being twice as long as A
and G three times the length. Soon
these flashes, distinctly divided by
pauses, are realized to be sentences
consisting Of a series Of numerals.
Then the messages are spelt out
as stating the distance Of the planets
from the sun and other arithmetica,
data. In short, Mr.. Cation imagineE
that three or four years careful OBJ
servation would give a code Of signals
for full and complete intercommuni
cation.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-09-12
PLUMP SEED PRODUCES BEST,
Experiments Prove That They Possess
the Most Vitality.

. So far as experiments go, the best
production of crops comes from plump
seeds. So much has been said and
the facts are backed by SO many ex.
periments by farmers as we'll as by
scientists that it now seems almost
settled that plump seeds give much
larger yields than seeds that are not
so well filled out. The why Is not yet
understood. 1t is fair to assume that
the bulk of the plump seed is com
posed of starch, and that this starch
has no great value. But the pres.
ence of the starch denotes energy,
for it is the material that makes en-
ergy when it is eaten or when it is
burned.
In the selection of seeds for any
kind of work on the farm the plump.
est will probably give the best results.
The various tanning mills and sort
ing machines are helping the farmer
by taking out the small seeds. 1t has
been shown that wheat from plump
seeds yields about eight bushels per
acre more than wheat from shriveled
seed, and that the same was true for
large over small seeds. When broken
wheat seed has been used, the yield
has been as large as 35 bushels for
whole seed over the yields from the
broken seed. 1t therefore pays to
eliminate all small, shrunken and
broken seed,
What applies to wheat applies also
to every other kind of seed, remarks
Farmers Review. The really healthy
vigorous seed is plump. 1t has de-
veloped under the best conditions.
It's parent plant had a good root
and great vigor, by which vigor
1t was enabled to draw up from the
soil a large quantity of mineral food
and from the air a large amount Of
carbon and perhaps other elements
for food. 1t filled it's leaves and its
cells with a mass of food that was
forced into the seed till it could on
tain no more. AS like produces like,
this seed will in turn produce a plant
that is full of vigor, full of starch and
other material out of which to pro-
duce other seeds.
Out of the many crops grown on the
farm there is not one that should be
grown from inferior seed. This is the
beginning Of the end of plant life.
The farmer that seeks only to use
good seed and to produce the highest
kind of a plant is following in the
way that nature has marked out. He
will be able to accomplish more than
the man that pays no attention to his
seed but imagines that one kind of
seed Is as good as another.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-09-12
BY Robert Watchorn.
Commissioner of immigration.

SulIlIlloSlOHcI VI lilllIlSIdllOH.
Public opinion is all wrong, or ear
ly so, upon many phases of the immi-
grafton question. With more than a
million immigrants a year We cannot
supply the urgent demands for labor.
The army of workers adds enormously
to the wealth and prosperity of the
country.
1t is not the cum of Europe we are
getting, but the pick of the most ear
nest and Woodworking of its popula-
ton. AS to the morality of the immi-
grants of to-day, it seem to me that
it compares favorably with that of
our native born population.
All this is not a matter of mere
opinion or sentiment, 1t is bAne out
by the actual statistics. Mr.. Reeves
figures, it seems to me, in some re-
spects, understate the facts. He men
lions $500 a year as the earning power
of these immigrants. AS a matter of
fact, these men will earn more, on
the average, than a dollar a day. l
think the figure may safely be in
| creased by at least SO per cent. With
in a few days Mr.. Charles Lorhn, the
New York state commissioner of la
Dor, came to me in search of men l
could not supply. He estimated that
New York state alone needed 100, 900
men, to whom he would pay $25 a
month and board on the farms alone.
Now, that does not look much like
overcrowding or the impossibility of
assimilating we hear SO much about.
OF the million, or, to be exact, the
1,001, 756, immigrants last year more
than ten per cent. were over the age
limit and a great proportion brought
their wives. About so per cent. may
be classed as workers. But in another
sense they were all workers. There
were no idlers, scarcely one who
would shirk his duty. And as to their
morality, the average is certainly
good. These immigrants are placed
upon a probation for three years
Should they get into trouble in this
time they are liable to be deported
Last year there were for all causes
less than 1900 deported. l question
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-09-12
THE FARMER BOY.
Temper the Work to His Strength
and Let Him Have His Play Time.

asNE -
Every farmer desires to keep his
boy at home as long as he can do SO,
that he may thus live a protected life
as long as possible. This is right. 1t
is a mistake to permit the farm boy
to launch out for himself at too ten
der an age. The father Of the boy
must remember that the muscles Of
the boy are not hard like his own and
that he cannot do the same amount of
work as he himself can do, with
equal ease. The muscles Of a grow
ing boy are soft, for they are con-
stantly being increased in size by the
addition of new material.
Many farm boys are driven from the
farm by too hard work. They are
made to take the place Of a hired man
at a very early age and the father
often forgets that they have not the
same indifference to pleasures as him
self. The boy needs a good deal of
recreation and a chance to mingle
with other farm boys. The farm boy
should have a fair chance at the pleas
ures of childhood and youth, as the
city boy has. His work should be
carefully limited.
The usual farm boy is a worker
anyway. He early learns to do the
most difficult tasks on the farm, says
Farmers Review, and is worth much
more to his parents than any hired
man is worth. His parents should
therefore study him and his needs,
His needs include many things besides
the food he gets and the clothes he
wears. "All work and no play makes
Jack a dull boy. is an old saying
but strictly true. Many a farm boy
has been overworked into a dullness
that has lasted him his life through
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-09-12
HOW G N TO MARsq
Problem Has Long Occupied the
Minds Of Scientists.

Mars is now much nearer the earth
than he usually comes, which fact
suggests an inquiry as to what use has
been made of the 10000 francs
$4,000 which an old French lady be-
queathed to the Institute Of France
for the discovery Of some means Of
communicating with the planets in
general and Mars in particular. This
beqtiest raj made about ten years
ago and 1t raj s~afeguarded by the
provision that II the French scientists
refused the responsibility-which they
did motif was to be offered to Milan
and, falling there, to New York. One
man has suggested monstrous tri.
angles In the Sahara to attract the at.
tention Of Marian astronomers and
convince them Of u knowledge 81
geometry. But a line on the earth'i
surface would have to be at least 80
miles broad to be visible from Mars
The suggestion that earth dwelleri
should signal by flags also oyerlooki
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-09-12
TWAS IN A 7 N
One Thing, at Least, the Mother Wal
Positive About.

The late Senator Plat OF Connec-
ticut enjoyed funny stories and could
tell a good many himself. Notwith-
standing his long public life. he al
ways remembered a yarn that he car
ried from his school days.
One year when the district schools
opened in his town III Of the teach
ers, in making a record of the ages
of her pupils, as required by law.
found that one little girl, who came
from a family not noted for being
especially bright. was unable to say
when her birthday came. =
So In order to complete her records.
the teacher walked two miles to see
the girls mother one afternoon after
school. Asked II she could remem-
Der just when her daughter was born.
the woman thought for some little
time, and then with a sort of puz-
zled look, said:
"Well, the gal was born in 'tater
time. that's sure, but l can't member
whether they was a-plantin' on EN-
or a-diggin' on EN-"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-09-12
sy Emerson Mcmillan.
Chairman Conciliatory Committee of tn
Civic Federation

Chairman COnctllat0ry committee Oh inc
Civic Federation.
Decidedly | favor an intelligent re-
| striction of immigration on both our
eastern and western seaboards. With
out being an alarmist, ! venture to say
that the problem grows more difficult
each year and must ultimately de-
mand a solution. America has accom-
| plished wonders in assimilating great
hordes of immigrants from many diff
| ferent countries, but it is a very seri-
| GUS question how long at the present
rate of increase she can continue to
do so. Now it seems to me that when
foreigners come to us in such num-
bers that they form separate and dis
tinct communities, preserving their
language and traditions intact, they
constitute a menace. When such a
| colony is formed it is difficult to break
up. Assimilation goes on very slowly.
AS a rule, the immigrant of recent
years differs from us widely In his
ideas Of morality, his attitude toward
! the law and in his general point of
view. When we read Of the violent
crimes committed, the names are usu-
ally foreign. The Black Hand out
RACES, for instance, have doubtless
been greatly exaggerated, but such as
they are they are a foreign importa-
ton, and of very recent years.
1t is undeniable, of course, that the
coming Of these millions of laborers
has contributed much to the wealth
and prosperity of the country. But
should this army of workers be in
creased indefinitely? We have a pop
ulation to-day in excess of 80,00O,O0O
very active and alert people. 1t would
seem that the natural resources oil
the country could be developed and
the great business of the land carried
forward very we'll with u present
population and it's natural increase
And | am not among those who have
any fear Of race suicide. h IN
crease In the number of immigrants
from year to year is astonishing. Can
we continue to receive this army in
definitely without some day reducing
our scale of income to that of Europe!
Does it seem probable that the Slavs
the Russian Hebrews, the Sicilians
and others who are coming to us in
such numbers to-day will in a few
years have risen as have the Irish
and have become as good Americans
And if these foreigners with traditions
and manners very different from oui
own are not as%similated, the problem
becomes a very serious one.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-09-12

somewhere between the theories of
the pessimists and the facts, and a big
one, too.
What are the facts?
Question of Criminality.
AS to criminality, we can find none
supporting the theory that in general
immigration is of a criminal sort.
Here and there may be found minor
facts and figures ON that side, it is
true. The southern Italians, without
question, are unusually illiterate and
addicted to the settlement of differ
ences by stiletto. We ven identify
the Italians roughly with the Black
Hand system of blackmail. The south
Italians are but a small fraction of all
immigration; the class of crimes to
which they are prone is a minor n
in u criminal records; the black
mail eXtorted by the Black Hand is
but a drop in the bucket compared
with the volume of extortion currently
practiced by American business men,
within and without the law, against
Am~erican-born victims.
Viewing the situation broadly, there
Is no decisive evidence pointing to
the criminality of the average immi-
grant. There is much pointing to his
superiority yer the average native
American to industry, sobriety and the
patient liberation of adverse condi-
tons without outbreak. Indeed, the
most decided evidence on this point
comes from Great Britain, which coun-
try complains that of all her immi-
grants the Americans are the most
criminal, being three or four times as
bad as the average of the rest and
ten times as bad as the Poles and
Hungarians.
We do not conclude from this too
hastily that America Is ultra Grim.
inal. But we quote it to signify that
he who seeks statistical support for
antiimmigration views, doing it in
sincerity and breadth, is apt to meet
with sour comfort.
Standard of Immigrants.
Our own conclusions are that the
vast majority of immigrants are slight
ly above our American standards In
industry, sobriety and patient self-re
s%traint, though they are undoubtedly
below us in initiative. They come
from countries where mceasing tot
is the price Of life, and where the get
r%ich-quick microbe is virtually I'm
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-09-12
HEROIC SNAKE BITE CURE.
Operation Was Unpleasant, but Ger
tainly Saved Life.

Il got a lesson in treating snake
bites awhile ago that may stand me in
good stead some day, although | can't
say it was pleasant to learn" said
Frank Hargis. II was out with a pros
pecting party in Nevada and was CROSS
ing n of the arid wastes that made a
large part Of that state a desert until
the discovery Of gold attracted people
there.
There were two other eastern men
besides myself and we had a veteran
guide with us. ~Rattlesnakes are numer-
III in that country and the guide told
us to beware Of them, as they are
just about the color Of the sand and it
is very difficult to see them. l was
walking along the sand during a short
stop when a warning rattle told Of d
snake In my path. i jumped to one
side and almost on top Of another
snake
II just heard 1t rattle and then fell
a singing sensation In my leg.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-09-12

Sheer white goods, in fact, any nnS
wash goods when new, owe much OF
their attractiveness to the way they
are Numbered, this being done in a
manner to enhance their textile beau
ty. Home laundering would be equal
ly satisfactory if proper attention was
given to s%tarching, the first essential
being good Starch. which has sufficient
strength to %stiffen, without thickening
the goods. Try Defiance Starch and
you will be pleasantly surprised at the
improved appearance of your work.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-09-12

made my way to camp as quickly as
possible and told my story. The guide
made me lie down, removed the thick
stocking through which the snakes
fangs had penetrated, and batted the
wound. He then broke open a cart
ridge and spread the powder on the
open sore. | started to protest agains,
his evident intention, but he told me
that it was the one chance of saving
my life, SO | kept still.
He touched off the powder, tho
flash cauterizing the wound effective
~. He then mashed theleaf Of a plant
which grows wild in the desert and
applied it like a poultice. | went to
sleep and woke up in the morning suf-
fering from nothing more severe than
a wy stiff leg. This lasted for about
a week and then | was as well "a
ever" Milwaukee Sentinel.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-09-12

In many circles throughout the coun-
try there is in progress a serious dis
cussion as to the advisabiIity of curb
ing the immigration flood. This nat
uraIly has led up to the question of the
Immigrant, his value or his menace,
and his position in the social machine.
The New York Herald has invited
opinions on the subject, and presents
&he views of three men who may reason
ably be said to have studied the
situation. We reproduce them below:
BY Sidney A. Reeve.
Former Professor of Steam and Hydrau-
lie Engineering at Worcester Polytech-
mic Institute and Lecturer at Harvard.
Current conversation and the peri
odical press are full of condemnation
of Il lax restriction of immigration.
All the evils to which our country is
heir are explained by the undesirable
horde of aliens which is pressing into
the land with eyer increasing volume.
The steady increase in criminality
which has now become unquestioned
is attributed to this overflow" of the
undesirables from the older countries,
and these countries are accused of col
fusion with the steamship companies
toward a promotion of the volume of
migration. That portion of our citi-
Zens which is interested in the labor
market is in chronic rebellion against
this influx of cheap labor, destined to
compete upon an un-American basis
with American labor. Those of us
who are interested in purity of poll
tics see in the inflowing torrent a cur.
rent supply of corruptibles upon
whose votes political machines may
be reared and supported.
Upon every side arises this denun.
citation of immigration. Nor is it a re.
cent phenomenon. Look up the litera.
ture of immigration, and you will find
the decade of 1S40-1S50 supplying its
fair quota of kicks" in goodly proper
ton to what our increased population
puts forth to-day. For 60 years we
as a nation, regardless of whether oul
continent yet contained ~undevelopet
territory, as in 1847, or ~undevelopet
possibilities, as in 1907, have been OBJ
jecting strenuously to immigration.
Meanwhile the immigration ha!
been steadily increasing, except dur
ing the period of the civil war, and a
the end Of the 60 years we enjoy phe
nomenal prosperity.
There is an inconsistency herr
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-09-12
rolD HIM THE TRUTH.
Dad's Indignation Got the Better Of
His Judgment.

An old German farmer, who resided
in one of the rural districts Of the
state of Iowa, was the father Of a
half-witted boy, whose lack Of intel
lect was the cause Of no little anxiety
and solicitude on the part Of the pa
ternal parent.
dot poy Shon,| he was heard to re-
mark In the course of a conversation
with a neighbor OF like Te-tonic
origin, ''he ISIS not ferry bright, aber
1 toni want you to tell him because
/ toni want him to know it"
Meanwhile the young hopeful was
driving through the barnyard with q
load of hay, which in attempting to
turn a sharp corne he unfortunately
upset.
The old man Immediately became
highly indignant. "Shon!" he below.
ed in a voice of thunder, you ISIS a
plane fool, you always vass a fool,
you always will pc a fool, you ncs
know noddings."-Judge's Library.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-09-12

one end of the chain around the
post close to the ground, incline the
plank against the post SO the lower
end will be III it. from the base OF
the post, place the chain in the notch
of the plank, hitch the team to the
post and start up. In a few seconds
the post is clear Of the ground. In
moving fences, says the Farm and
Home, the chain should be attached
to the rear axle of the wagon so the
posts may be loaded and hauled to
the new location.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-09-12
PULLING FENCE POSTS.
A Hard Task Made Easy by Use OF
Plank and Chain.

An easy and practical method Of
pulling posts, by which all digging
and had labor is eliminated, is
shown in cut. Take a plank, l IT.
wide, 4 it. long, and make a V-shaped
notch at one end, mailing on several
~crosspieces to prevent splitting. This
plank is used to change the hort-
zontal draft to the vertical. Place
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-09-12
Better Still.

Professor Coming from his club,
holding up triumphantly his umbrella
to his wife)-You see, my dear Alma,
how stupid are all the anecdotes about
our Observation-Disclosures; you see. I
haven't forgotten my umbrella.
Mrs. Professor-But, my dear, you
didn't take your umbrella with you;
you left 1t at home.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-09-12

With a smooth iron and Defiance
Starch, you can launder your Shirt
waist just as we'll at home as the
steam laundry can; it will have the
proper stiffness and finish, there will
be less wear and tear of the goods,
and it will be a positive pleasure to
use a Starch that does not stick to the
iron Il
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-09-12

Soulful Girl--Oh, does 1t not make
you happy, AS Ruskin says, to watch
the corn grow?
Young Farmer-Well, that depends
on whether you're watchin' II grow
on your side or the other side OF the
line fence.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-09-12

Somebody has figured up that iG
cost this country last year 100000.
900 to feed its rats. Let everybody
turn in and make an effort to reduce
Me cost BY destroying the rats.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-09-12

So long as we love, we serve; SO
long as we are loved by others, we are
indispensable; and no mar is useless
while he has a friend.-R. L. Steven
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-09-12
What Is immigration Worth?

To which class, then, belongs the
average immigrant? Is he a producer
or a d~issipator of net wealth and nor
atty? If the former, what is our i'm
migrant worth, net, to the nation?
The law says that a dead male adult
constitutes a loss of $4,000 to his fam
lily. In this it strikes a rough average
and draws mo distinction of any sort
between individuals. So it is hard to
get at it in that way. .
The average adult male immigrant
land half of our immigrants are of
this sort) earns at least 5000 per an
mum soon after his arrival, Rather,
that is what he is paid. My estimates
have led me to state, elsewhere, that
his actual productivity is from three
to four times that amount, the balance
going to pay the cost of doing "busi-
ness" with what he produces and con-
sumes. But the benefit of this doubt
will be left, for the present, to the OPP
position.
The right will be reserved, however,
to class all immigrants under this fig
ure, for the majority of them have
been here long enough to expand their
income beyond $500. That is to say,
most of those who were classed as
children at the time of entry are now
adults. Of the women some are off
set in their unproductivity by the men
who earn more than $500; the rest
are producing more than that value in
the form of children.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-09-12

This is true philanthropy that buriea
not its gold in ostentatious charity.
but builds it's human hospital in the
human heart-Thorold.