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The Florida agriculturist., 1907-05-29

tive action requiring all railroads do
ing interstate business to establish
carload rate on all Florida fruits and
produce, from loading points to all
Eastern markets, where package rates
are now in effect.
Section g. That said commission
make regulation that a minimum
carload of Florida fruits and vege-
tables shall consist of 10000 pounds
from loading points to all markets of
the country.
Section 3. That uniform carload
rate shall be made, effective imme-
diately, of S cents per 100 pounds per
100 miles on all Florida fruits and
vegetables to all makets of the coun-
try.
Section a. That said commission
make a regulation that when Florida
products move under refrigeration
the equipment shall be adapted to the
load, and there shall be no charge
for under weight when the carrying
capacity will not possibly refrigerate
contents from loading point to desti-
nation.
Section 5. That said commission
adopt and put into effect a rate of
$I.8o per 32-quart crate of strawber-
ries, with a minimum of 100 crates
per car, fom Starke, Fla, to New
York City,
Section g. The Secretary of State
is requested to send to the secretary
of the Interstate Commerce Commis-
sion certified copy hereof, and re-
quest that the same be brought to the
attention of the commission.
The Florida agriculturist., 1907-05-29
The Farm Labor Problem.

The Ohio Farmer devoted it's first
page and a part of the second to an
article on this subject last week. The
opening sentence is as follows:
"From every state in the Union the
cry goes up over the difficulty Of get
ting help on the farm. It goes On to
say that this is not peculiar to the
North, South, East or West, but is a
condition peculiar to farms, that there
are plenty of hands in the towns and
cities. The writer claims that this
is due to the fact that human beings
are not satisfied to work or live alone
but like to crowd together and work
in gangs. He also calls attention to
the fact that in European countries,
the farmers and their help all live in
villages and go to the country daily,
often a long distance, to do their
work.
He next cites the example of his
father, who owned several farms
some of them widely separated from
each other. In working them he al
ways kept his men together, working
them in gangs first on one farm and
The Florida agriculturist., 1907-05-29
Editorial Notes.

The Agriculturist is under obliga-
tions to Mr.. R. w. Williams, Jr., Of
the United States Biological Survey,
for the article in this number on the
relation of birds to the cotton boil
weevil. In his letter accompanying
the paper he says: 81 strongly COM
mend it to you for reproduction in
full in the Agriculturist. A Floridian
myself, I am deeply interested in
everything that is calculated to en-
hance the prosperity of the state
The truck farmers of A1achua and
Marion counties report the largest
crop Of watermelons and canteloupes
ever grown in that section. Carload
shipments are now being made, and
prices are good
A correspondent says: "Some Of
the finest looking groves in the state
are to be found in the neighborhood
of Winter Garden and Oakland, in
Orange county. All are looking fine
since the rains, and the farmers are
kept busy keeping down the rapid
growth of weeds. Many new build
ings are being erected in both places,
and a general air of prosperity seems
to pervade the whole district"
The Florida agriculturist., 1907-05-29
For Better Shipping Facilities and
Rates..

Among the resolutions and COM
mittee reports adopted at the recent
meeting of the State Horticultural
Society the following were probably
the most Important:
Your committee on legislation
recommends that our State Legisla-
ture, now in session, be urged to
adopt the Bill now before it providing
for the erection Of building for the
Experiment Station, and the appro-
priation of funds for institute work
They also recommend that active
steps be taken to bring our trans
portation facilities and rates for fruits
and vegetables to the attention Of the
Interstate Commerce Commission,
with a view to their equitable and
speedy adjustment, and that this So
ciety, Individually and collectively,
cooperate with any and all other or
ganizations in the state in their efforts
to secure these results
To carry out the above recommen-
dations we suggest that a permanent
committee on legislation be appoint
ed who shall be authorized to raise
funds and use all proper means in
their power to accomplish these ends
Signed: A. F. Bartlett, chairman;
VIM. C. Richardson, H. B. Stevens,
C. NJ Wakelin, H. Harold Hume,
Committee.
In addition to the adoption of the
above, the following concurrent reso-
luton pending in the Florida Legis-
lature was unanimously indorsed by
the society:
Whereas, The transportation COM
panies, operating railroads into F1ori-
da and doing interstate business to
and from Florida, have for many
years Disseminated against the peo-
pie of Florida in the establishment
and maintenance of rates for the
transportation Of the fruits and pro-
ducts shipped from points in Florida
to Eastern markets; and
Whereas, This is matter that can
only be dealt with by the Congress
of the United States or by the Inter
state Commerce Commission; there
fore, be it resolved by the House of
Representatives, the Senate concur
ring,
Section I. That the Interstate
Commerce Commission be earnestly
requested to take definite and posi-
The Florida agriculturist., 1907-05-29

The latter range from 2 to IS horse
power, but are mostly small, 8 and
4 horse.
The truckers of Wauchula are pre-
pared to be independent of the rain
fall another season. We have no
doubt that they will find their invest
ments very profitable, and we hope
their example will be followed
throughout the entire state.
The Florida agriculturist., 1907-05-29
To Secure Crop Statistics.

The feeling seemed to be general
among those in attendance at the
meeting at St. Petersburg of the
Horticultural Society that a better
system of marketing should be prac-
ticed by the Florida producers, and
that some plan should be devised for
securing reasonably reliable statistics
regarding the orange and grapefruit
crops in advance of the shipping sea-
son. With that purpose in view a
committee was appointed to formulate
a plan, and the following was their
report, which was adopted:
We, the undersigned committee,
recommend that the State Horticu1-
tural Society take in hand the plan
suggested by DR.. P. Phillips, of Or
lando, to obtain statistics from all the
orange growing counties of the state
OF the approximate number of BOXES
OF oranges and grapefruit that will be
raised during the year; which we feel
will be benefit to the grower as
well as packer, and the country at
large, IN order that the railroad COM
pan1es, packing houses and box fac
tories may make due preparations for
properly handling the coming crop
1t will also give the grower an ad7
d1t1onal advantage that he may know
what price to put upon his fruit, and
not be governed by haphazard and un-
reliable estimates that are made and
which mean considerable loss to the
State of Florida annually. We there
fore recommend the following plan:
Let the society appoint in each
county not less than three members,
Or more, according to the size of the
county. These members should be
carefully selected as being conserva-
tive and responsible growers, and
each one to report to the association
direct how much fruit there will be
in his own section and also in the
county. These reports shall be care
fully compiled and published, using
only those estimates that are con-
s1dered conservative, or prorated by
the secretary from each county as he
may think will be best. The begin
ming of the estimates shall not be
earlier than the latter part of July,
and the publication of same shall not
be later than the latter part of
August, or as soon as possible, unless
the conditions Of the growing crop
shall otherwise require, and said re-
ports shall be published in all the
leading papers of our state and all
the leading fruit journals of the coun-
try, giving the returns by counties.
We further recommend that the
society shall request of all the rail-
roads carrying such fruit in the state,
to furnish the society tabulated re-
port from each shipping point at the
The Florida agriculturist., 1907-05-29

then On another. He thought, when
a boy, that it was waste Of time for
a man to go from the farm on which
he lived to another to plow corn and
the next day all the men came to his
farm to do the same. But his
father found that four men in one
field would do much more work that
four men in four fields"
Another cause of the scarcity of
labor on farms is the attraction of
larger wages in the cities, though this
is usually a delusion, as it takes
more dollars to buy the same COM
forts and conveniences in the city
than they will in the country.
The writer asserts that farmers
have not kept up with the times; that
the improvement in methods of doing
farm work has not advanced as have
the methods of manufacturing goods;
that most farmers gather their crops
as their fathers did forty years ago;
that a man does not plow any more
land Or fit it for the seed any more
rapidly than was done half a century
ago. This Indictment is true. The
use Of silos, and modern machinery
to put the crop into the silo, would
save not only time and labor but a
large percentage of the food value
of the crop as we'll.
The writer concludes that farmers
must either reduce their farms to the
size which they can tend with the help
of their own family, Or else enlarge
it to a. size which will justify the use
of more modern machinery.
He also says that farmers must ar
range to give their help regular en-
ployment all the year. This is an
easy matter, for Florida farmers, but
will be almost an impossibility at the
North.
On the whole it is very evident that
although the truck farmers and fruit
growers of this state, complain of
having to pay too high wages, yet
they are really better off than their
brother farmers of the Northern
states.
The Florida agriculturist., 1907-05-29
Irrigation Plants.

The Florida Advocate, of May 10,
gives list of the irrigation plants
which have been put in, near Wau-
chula, within the last year. It gives
the names of the owners and the sizes
Of their engines in horse power.
There are AZ names, and the sizes of
the engines range from two to fifteen
horse power. There are ID s+eam
boilers and 33 gasoline engines. The
steam boilers range from 3 to IS horse,
but average heavier than the gasoline.
The Florida agriculturist., 1907-05-29

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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-29
TIGER MEDICINE.
A Secret That Was Guarded by an East
Indian Trainer.

The maharajah of Jammu had at one
time the distinction of possessing the
finest male tiger kept in captivity any
where in the world. Percival Landon
in Under the Sum describes this
beast and tells a strangely interesting
story, which he declares is strictly
true. in regard to it.
The tiger, a glorious brute of white
and orange and black, with steel sin
ews and teeth like Sikh daggers, lay
sulkily in his cage and growled. Ma
daun, the attendant, spoke to the tiger,
and as he did so the beast flung him.
self furiously against the flimSy bars.
The keeper put his slender hand under
his clothing and pulled out a little
white bag
Some years ago the tiger had found
that the little back door of his den was
open. The assistant of the little men
agerie returned to find him loose in
the garden and fled.
In half an hour Jammu's streets were
as those of n dead city. No man hin
dered the tiger, and he glided silently
down the main street of the town, q
beautiful vision of orange and black
striped death. He reached the jungle
and vanished.
An hour later Madam came back tO
his work and heard the news. A few
minutes afterward another solitary fig
ure made its way down the still empty
street. He had no weapon. He had q
little white bag in his hand and was
soon lost TO sight in the jungle.
An hour later he returned, barehead
| ed in the sun. At his heels, fawnine
and kittenish, slouched the tiger, and
round its neck was loosely tied one
end of Nadaun's white pugree. 1t was
the little white bag that had Zone it.
"Would your honors like to see the
| effect of this medicineT' Madam put
| his hand into the bag and scattered ;
| few whitish grains inside the bars. Ii
a moment the tiger was upon them
searching out the tiniest bit of what
ever it was. In fifteen seconds he wa:
on his back. beating the air with hi;
| huge paws, like n kitten at play.
| Madam very naturally refused to ri
low us to look closely at the powder
1t was his livelihood, he said. and hi
secret. If our honors would pardon him
must be kept
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-29
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the the gons often
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blood the trouble
toward and in end get beyond the reach Of
Poison and that S. the greatest of all blood purifiers This remedy
attacks the disease the right down into the blood
strengthens different of the body the and
the patient the influence of S.
the
sufferer completely to health S. S. S. experiment
stage and being entirely free from minerals safe we'll certain
disease
out blood with before further damage Special home
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-29
The Story of Graham Flour.

Graham flour is so named from d.
Sylvester Graham who in 1929 first
used and strongly recommended foods
made from unbolted -four. The GTi-
ham bread and crackers made in tho -
days were coarse and unpalatable adi
were eaten mere as a dietary obligl-
ton than as an enjoyable food.
But. in accordance with the theory
of DR. Graham, foods made from this
flour proved to be very beneficial The
digestion was strengthened-the aD-
petite imprOved-aud the COarseness
of the flour had stimulating effect
upon the digestive organs.
The Graham foods. through eXperl.
ment and skill, became more and more
palatable until finally the real Graham
cracker-the tempting food was pro
duced by the National Biscuit com
pany Its flavor is that of the sweet
nutty kernel of wheat, almost a dessert
| it is so rich and delicious. Us2l
instead of bread at any meal, it fur.
nishes an agreeable change For
lunch or late supper it satisfactorily
takes the place of meats and heavy
food and leaves none of their ill-effects
AS a cereal at breakfast, nothing can
excel Graham crackers and cream.
The National Biscuit company Ora
ham crackers are packed in moistu.:
and dust-proof boxes, keeping in a.
their oven Crispness, freshness an
flavor. When YOU open a box it is
/
oven. and therefore Graham crackers
should be served from the origina
package to be enjoyed at their bes.
All grocers keep the Graham cracker.
of the National Biscuit company.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-29
ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY.
Experiment Suggested by Franklin and
Performed by D'Alibard.

To Benjamin Franklin belongs the
merit of having perceived that direct
experiment was needed to prove what
so far was only a guess. In an article
entitled Opinions and Conjectures
Concerning the Properties and Effects
of the Electrical Matter Arising From
Experiments and Observations Made
at Philadelphia, 1749," the following
passage occurs:
ITO determine the question whether
the clouds that contain lightning are
electrified or not l would propose an
experiment TO be tried where it can be
done conveniently. On the top Of some
high tower or steeple place a kind Of
sentry box big enough to contain a
man and an electrical stand. From the
middle of the stand let an iron rod rise
and pass. bending ont of the door and
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-29

Southern Pacific SOL, n. Y. Central
1117s. Missouri Pacific 1865. l.. & y.
1131a, Shelters 11G, c. F. /. &12s. Can
adian Pacific 17GH, Illinois Central ia,
Penna 1913. Erie 2%1a. T. c. l. 40. c. {,
O. 35$4. &. +. I. 81, b. & O. IS, Atchi-
son 927s, Locomotive SIS, Sugar 1214
81. Paul 1895, Copper $50. Republic
Steel preferred 81, Republic Steel com
mon 2STs, Southern Ry. 1875.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-29
BAD CITIZENSHIP
Is Term Applied to Indifference
to Public Affairs by Voters
Known as Good Men
BY REV. w. B. CLEMMER
Urges Active Interest in Government
Union Service at Broadway
Presbyterian Church.

AT the union services held at the
First Baptist church last evening Rev.
w. b. Clemmcr, pastor of the Memorial
Christian church, opened a series of
sermons on the various phases of Citi-
Zenship, taking as his subject, sleep
ing Citizenship" Mr.. Clemmer first
defined what good government is, and
pointed out the moral as well as the
material value derived from good gov
eminent He differentiated between
the bad citizenship of good men and
the bad citizenship of bad men. and
told of the evils which must arise from
both. He deplored that citizenship
which sits quietly by believing thai
God in His wisdom will right every
thing in time, and so he does not need
to make any effort to better things.
Bad citizenship is caused most often
by the dominating power OF CONNER
Cialism and the struggle for wealth in
which men take no interest in ANYTHING
except that which pertains to their bus
mess. Too often when good man fol
d responsible place is wanted he will
make the excuse that his business in
terests demand his time and that such
and such an Office would hurt his bust
ness interests 1t is not enough tC
merely go to the polls and cast vote
or serve on jury. 1t is wrong for 4
man to make the plea that the existing
evils do not affect him or his family
for no man should live just to himself
and this applies as well to government
as to religion.
Mr.. Clemmer closed with a plea fol
good government, with the plea that
an effort be made to educate the public
to the needs of everyday citizenship
and what constitutes good citizenship
Union Service at Broadway.
The union services held at Broadway
Presbyterian church last evening were
largely attended and proved most inter
esting. The addresses OF the evening
were made by DR.. Il. b. Williams ol
the First Methodist church and DR.
Thomas Cleland of Duluth. Mimi, who
represents the American Tract society
DIR. Cleland gave an interesting talk OF
the immigration to this country, anC
cited some interesting statistics of the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-29
Broadway

Broadway Presbyterian. - South
Park chapel services will be he'll
Tuesday evening.
Wednesday evening prayer service
will be held in the church.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-29

then upright twenty feet or thirty
feet, pointed very sharp at the end. II
the electrical stand be kept clean and
dry a man standing on 1t when such
clouds are passing low might be cleo
trified and afford sparks, the rod
drawing fire to him from a cloud.
eff any danger to the man should
be apprehended though l think there
would be none, let him stand on the
floor of his box and now and then
bring near to the rod the loop of a
wire that has one end fastened to the
leads, he holding II by wax handle,
so the sparks if the rod be electrified
will strike from the rod to the wire
and not affect him"
The experiment suggested by Frank
lin was successfully performed in Mar
ly, France, by D'Alibard on May 10,
1852; in London by Canton in Spital
square on July 20, 1152, and by Wilson
In Chelmsford, Essex. on Aug. II OF
the same year. Franklin himself de
scrihed having used a kite in Philn'
delphia in letter dated Oct. 10 with
out giving the date of his observations
Rosenberger C'Geschichte der Physik.
volume ., page 316) mentioned that il
was done in June
Franklln's disbelief in the dangerous
character of the experiment must have
received q severe shock when he heard
of the death of c. W. Richman, who
in the year 1853, was killed by an cleo
tric .discharpe drawn from the clouds
by means of q kite.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-29
BOARD ELECTS HIGH
SCHOOL TEACHERS
Appointments are Made to Fill the Va
cancies in the Corps-New Read
ers are Adopted.

At a special meeting of the board OF
education Saturday evening. Alba q.
Hill of Kalamazoo, Mich. was elected
supervisor of manual training in the
public schools to succeed c. w. ellison
who has resigned to take a position at
Evansville, Ind. Leonard A. William
of Dixon was appointed instructor III
the high school work shop, and Els
worth F. Burch of Bay City, Mich. was
appointed instructor in cOmmercri
work in the high school.
The board authorized the use of the
Eaton readers in the graded schools.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-29
IN THE CHURCHES.

Zion Lutheran.-The trustees will
meet this evening at s at the church.
The committee on the pulpit and altar
will meet this evening in the church
at 1880 o'clock The Young Mems So
ciety will meet with John Carlstedt,
4211 Seventh avenue this evening at 5.
Tuesday evening the confirmation
class will meet in the church at 1880.
Wednesday evening the class i'll
English will meet in the church.
The Mems society will meet Thurs
day evening with o. P. Olson, 1907
Forty-fOurth street.
Wednesday afternoon the little
girls society will be entertained at the
home of Hilbur Anderson, H. -Four
teenth avenue. Moline.
Saturday afternoon the boys society
will meet at the parsonage, 40 Fortv-
fourth street.
Memorial Christian.-The Sunday
school workers council will meet TO-
Kruse. Seventeenth street and Twenty-
second avenue.
Mid-week prayer service will be held
Wednesday evening at 7:30 O'Clock.
The topic will be MY Favorite Verse
from Favorite Chapter" led by w. F.
Kaupke
United Presbyterian. - Wednesday
evening prayer service will be held IL
the church.
First Baptist.-Prayer service viii
be held Wednesday evening in th>
church.
The Ladies' Missionary society Will
meet Friday afternoon at o'clock Il
the home of Mrs. J. l.. Hickey. So
Eleventh street
First Methodst.-PTayer service and
Sunday school teachers meeting viii
be held Wednesday evening at 7:30 IL
the church.
The WOmans Missionary society
| Will meet Thursday morning at 1.
| O'Clock at the home of Mrs S. e. Mat
JlSbl, l'D' -NlIttttlJh StittN.
The Junior league will meet at the
church Friday afternoon at oClock
The choir will meet for rehearsiI
Saturday evening at Z o'clock.
Central Presbyterian.-Praye serv
| ice will be held in the church Wednes
| day evening.
The ladies societies of the Aikel
street chapel will give an ice cream