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The Florida agriculturist., 1907-12-11

We can establish if we only will,
honest commission men by patroniz
ing only the honest firms, but people
will continue as long as they live to
ship to men whom they know nothing
about. 1t is in the human nature.
In conclusion, | will venture to say
that the grower that nets his $I.5o on
the trees makes the largest profit and
works less for his money than any one
that handles his fruit. We hear of the
big prices that are paid for fruit by
consumers, but we don't hear anything
about the expense that is incurred in
making these sales, and many seem to
assume there is none attached thereto,
but to establish that there is, think Of
rents, insurance, statesmen, interest. and
the losses above mentioned. If you
have ever been in successful mercan-
tile business you will have had an in
sight into these things, and if not ask
some successful merchant about them,
and then think for yourselves, and see
what's doing.
Now, dear readers, get right down to
the bare facts, and Think Don't think
vi yOul Sue, Out stop tndI, ana tn1nk
of the other side for awhile, and if you
are not satisfied with your side and
cannot improve it so you will be, why
then, you had better trade with some Of
the fellows on the other end There
are plenty that would be willing to
trade
In closing, I don't want the reader
to think that [ am opposed to anything
that will be to Our good, but I really
believe that [ am getting all that my
fruit is actually worth, and I think that
if there is any change it should be of
such a nature that the consumer would
get the benefit Of it. And when you
get right down to the root of all these
middlemen's profits the consumers are
the cause of their being there, and they
are the ones that maintain them in
business.
This subject is large one, and there
is no end Of discussion on it, so I shall
not endeavor to unravel it any farther
at this time
Vero, Dec. 3, 1907.
The Florida agriculturist., 1907-12-11
Plant Sisa1.

The editor of the Key West Citizen
believes that the cultivation of the
Agave rigida, variety sisalana, would
be profitable in this state and urges
that plantations should be made. The
plant from which the Sisal fiber is pro-
duced is species of Agave and is
native of Yucatan where it is quite ex-
tensively cultivated, the fiber being
shipped to this country. Authors who
have written up the plant say that it
thrlveS best on a limestone soil and in
dry climate. This latter seems GER
tain from the fact that it is an Agave,
a genus nearly related to the Cactus
family and found wild only in almost
rainless regions. Still we do not doubt
that it can be successfully grown in
Florida Whether it would be profit
able or not will depend on so many cir
cumstances, that only experiment will
decide the question. The item is as
follows:
During recent visit to the Bahama
Islands we were surprised to find so
much attention given to the cultivation
of sisal and to learn that it is fast
growing to be the chief industry Of
the islands.
Many of Our citizens will be surpris-
ed to know that the first plants were
carried to the colony from the Florida
keys not more than a score of years
ago. Vessels were sent out from Mas
sau and found the plants practically
growing wild on Boca Chica and some
Of the other islands.
We we're told by some of the large
planters that there was always a ready
market in the United States for all the
sisal that could be gathered and con-
tinued rise of prices indicates that the
demand is growing. On the small
plantations the fiber is washed from
the leaf by hand, but the more pros
porous growers are now installing
machinery which will greatly facilitate
the work
If the residents of the Bahama Is
lands can find this industry profitable,
why would it not pay the residents Of
the Florida keys to devote some of
their time to the culture of the plant?
The Florida agriculturist., 1907-12-11
Pineapple Culture at Punta Gorda.
CONTINUED from page I.)

Our own most northern market, BOs-
ton, we pick the apples when the bareSt
suspicion of yellow appears at the base.
When shipping to that market, our
fruit goes by rail to Jacksonville, and
from there on, by boat, and if by some
accident it fails to catch a certain boat
and has to lay over, it often takes ten
days in transit, and that often in the
hottest of Our summer weather when
the thermometer stands at IS, and con-
tinues to go higher as the fruit pro-
Ceeds farther north, until on its arrival
in Boston, it may be anywhere be-
tween 90 and 100 [ have yet to get
single complaint as to Overripe fruit.
The most of our apples pack from
twelve to twenty to the crate, and are
packed in excelsior.
The pineapple belongs to the air
plant family and although it requires
moisture and earth to grow in, it will
not stand an excess Of moisture.
Therefore the best bed is the one that
stands from 20 to "a inches above the
surrounding land. This will insure dry
feet for the plants, even in the rainy
season. In this neighborhood, no
pinery has ever been seriously injured
by frost, when the plants have been
properly shielded and nourished, even
when the temperature has gone down
to 28 degrees and remained there for
several hours We do not raise any
but the Smooth CAYENNE variety, be-
cause of the many good qualities which
that species possesses:
I have had fruit picked perfectly
green and shipped to me in the north
ern peninsula Of Michigan, and when it
had become we'll ye11owed, I could not
see but that it was just as good as if it
had ve11owed on the plant; so this is one
kind Of green fruit that can be shipped
out of the state without raising howl
from the tickle public.
We have quantities of cheap land in
this vicinity for the prospective grow
ers of pines. and fine facilities for ship
ping. AS yet, there always seems to
be a ready market for Smooth Cayen-
mes. which no doubt is because they are
grown in such limited quantities.
The Florida agriculturist., 1907-12-11
New Crop ORANGES Sell Low.

California is having the same trouble
that we are having in this state, grow
ers urged by greed or necessitv, are
rushing their fruit to market before it
is matured and are not getting good
prices and are breaking the market at
the same time The Citrograpf says
it had the following from New York
under date of November IA:
Rae and Hatfield had the first car Of
new oranges from California said to
have come from Riverside. Wherever
the car was shipped from, it was ship
ped too early, as the fruit was pale
like lemon, and if ANYTHING it was
worse than lemon in flavor. It be-
fr11it to show up we'll. The 06s and
I26s brought $3.50 and 1905, $3.I5; I76s,
$o.7o to $2.75; zoos and 27os, So to $2.25,
the average on the car being $2.88 for
all sizes. This fruit showed that had
it remained on the trees longer the
ona1itv would have been good. 1t is
the shipment of immatuke fruit early
to the market which hu@s prices. If
the continuation of this quality is kept
I'D it will be felt later.
On the same day a car of Va1encias,
which, of course, were ripe and sweet
and hea1thful. brought $3,o88, the fruit
selling from $40 box for extra fancy,
down to $736 for standards A car
of this seasons crop nave1s only
brought $685 for extra fancy, choice,
$5.87, and Standards, $3.50.
1t really does seem that the con-
slant reiteration of all the fruit trade
papers, and the cool headed shippers,
against the practice of shipping unripe
and unmatured oranges, has counted
for nothing. The bad practice goes on
and will still go on. until the health
boards in the East condemn and de-
stroy them.
The Florida agriculturist., 1907-12-11
Work Mare Can Raise Colt.

A farmer who makes the most of his
means, says: Some people think that
a mare cannot work and raise a good
colt. My experience has been that they
can if properly handled AS soon as
the mare foals I turn her to pasture
for the rest of the season, having
plenty Of other horses to carry on the
work. But no farmer need hesitate in
breeding because he has no, horses to
work. [ have seen raised some Of the
best colts from mares that worked
every day, with the exception of two or
three weeks following foaling
The Florida agriculturist., 1907-12-11
Demand for Breakfast Bacon.

A correspondent of Farm Progress
gives the following explanation Of the
great popularity of breakfast bacon:
Experiments are in progress to find
out why it is that the American peo-
pie have developed such an Unsuitable
appetite for breakfast bacon. The de-
mand has been steadily on the increase
for some years, but in the last year
all previous records were broken. The
people simply will have their daily
bacon, no matter whether the price be
high or low or the weather hot or
cold. Even in the heat of midsummer
the demand steadily continues. There
must be a reason for this extraordi-
nary craving of the public palate,
hence the efforts now being made to
ascertain the cause.
1t would seem to the writer that this
is not difficult understanding. In fact
one very good reason can be given Off
hand. Breakfast bacon is not only
delectable- thanks partly to that mys-
terious process which it undergoes in
most nutritious meats that can be OBJ
tained
When sliced thin and broiled, it
makes a crisp, dainty dish that looks
far more enticing than a thick 1oin
steak or huge roast. But this is not
the main reason, which can be given
in few Words Breakfast bacon is one
of the most easily digested meats on
the market. Experiments have gone
to show that even in the case of in
val1ds it can be eaten with impunity
Physicians in hospitals frequently allow
breakfast bacon to typhoid fever pa
tlents who have lain for months per-
haps on a diet Of milk diluted with
water. The writer can testify to this
from personal experience.
Recent experiments by Professor
Snyder at the Minnesota station DEM
Onstrated that bacon not only contains
very high per cent of protein, but
that even the fat cooked out of it when
sliced and broiled was, when mixed
with other food, also highly nutritious
and digestible.
1t goes without saying that the
present demand is good thing for the
farmer who knows how to produce a
good bacon hog. 1t is the lean bacon
that is at present most preferred. too
much fat being a disadvantage 1t is
obvious, therefore, that every effort
should be made to produce firm, solid
The Florida agriculturist., 1907-12-11
THE FLORIDA AGRICULTURIST.

AS matter of fact it will grow in
any kind of soil and with little or no
attention, except that weeds must be
kept from choking it to death while
the plant is young. Drought does not
affect it and the leaves from which the
fiber is taken need only be cut when
there is nothing else to do. There are
thousands of acres of idle land on the
keys which might be earning money
for it's owners.
The Florida agriculturist., 1907-12-11
flesh, which is most often found in
cOrn-fed hogs.
Need of a Parcels Post.

Inc On1LeQ OLdloS IS DelIlllu tic
rest of the world in good many
respects You. may not have real
lied it, but it is a fact; and one of the
points where she suffers most by
comparison is her lack of a parcels
post.
General Villas wanted it,
Wanamaker wanted it. Bissell wanted
it. Now Mayer wants it.. Backed by
the administration, he will urge it
before the next Congress.
Why does America need a parcels
post?
Here are four very definite answers
to that:
An express package weighing three
pounds was sent from an American
city to a city of the Argentine Re-
public The charges we're $780, I'm
der the present English parcels post
rates, the carrying charges would have
been 81 cents.
Who gets this business, England or
the United States?
A European merchant ordered goods
from Minneapolis. The goods cost
$780, The carrying charges was $I435.
How can Europe afford to buy goods
in America?
That is foreign business, you say,
Then take domestic comparisons.
Our present rates for domestic pos
tai parcels are 6ooo per cent. more
than Germany's are under her par
cells post.
Why?
A domestic parcels post would save
the small consumer-the people-about
$25o,ooo,ooo every year.
Who gets this $25o,ooo,ooo now?
The four big express companies get
most of it. That's the reason they
have fought the idea of a parcels post
so bitterly. Then the government gets
some.
More opposition comes from many
small retailers and from country
storekeepers. They say that parcels
post would rob them of their business
and give it all to the big mail order
houses. Doubtless there is some truth
in this contention, but the small dealer
forgets that under parcels post sys-
tenn he, knowing the wants of his
trade, could order small lots Of goods
at very little shipping expense; he could
anticipate the demands of his trade and
satisfy it almost as cheaply as the
mail order houses; he could build up at
no financial risk a very profitable COM
mission business.
He would lose little; the consumer
would gain everything.
Millions of people are not served
now by the express companies A
parcels post would bring the express
office to the front gate.
A parcels post would make every
rural free delivery route self-support-
ing and would result in thousands of
additional free deliveries
Think of your express bill, and then
consider what foreign countries have
DONE
Austria-Hungary sends II-pound
parcels 10 miles for 6 cents, further
distances for II cents. Great Britain
sends II pounds for rs cents. France
seds 22 pounds for 25 cents Switzer-
land sends II pounds for cents, and
as much as A pounds for 80 cents.
Postmaster-General Meyer is not
planning to do everything in a minute
He is willing to make haste slowly.
He is willing to limit his parcels post
to 10 pounds Or even to five pounds.
But he wants to make a beginning
And the people are the ones who
will save the money
The Florida agriculturist., 1907-12-11

Extensive feeding does not increase
the power of assimilation, and what
food is not assimi1ated is wasted.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1907-10-10
THE SPOKANE MARKET
TIA !, 9 Light and Prices Show Little
Change

Spokane, Wash, Oct. 9-The
brokers have hardly got down to
business since the new rules allow.
ing only "a hours for delivery went
into effect and the public has taken
very little interest in the market.
At Mondays sessions no sales were
recorded but it is felt that taken as
q whole the weeks business was as
good az could have been expected
under the circumstances.
The leading brokers are all maxi
ing renewed efforts to extend their
clientele in the east, feeling that
they acted unwisely in depending
80 entirely on the local investing
public as they have in the past.
They report much interest in Occur
d'Alene stocks and believe that
proper publicity would result in
bringing much money for invest
ment to the country.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1907-10-10

shows several strineers Of ore near
its face. Joseph Blackburn, james
Higgins, Mat Coyne, George
Schnellman, Lyman Woods and
WILTON SQuance are the principal
owners.
The Everett brothers, owning the
Amazon Dixie group Of seven
claims adjoining the Leslie on the
east, report a showing Of three and
a half feet Of galena and carbonate
ore in a l9-foot shaft They pro.
pose to sink the shaft to a depth OF
so feet and il the showing con.
tinues favorable TO drive a 25O-foot
crosscut tunnel to the ledge. They
intend erecting buildings at once 30
as to be able to work all winter.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1907-10-10
THE LOCAL MARKET
Public and Brokers Are Both
Apathetic

Neither the public nor the brok-
ers appear to be taking much in
terest in the local market since
during the past week only two
sessions were held at which only
4,50O shares Of stock were sold.
These sales comprised 1900 Hum
ming Bird at g., 1890 Reindeer at
4 and 1000 Sister at l9s.
The following quotations are COM
pounded, just as they were last
week, from those established ut the
two sessions held. They do not
record any startling changes. Buy
ing orders are claimed by the
brokers to be quite numerous but
the holders of stocks seem to be
disinclined to cut prices any further
in order to realize. 1t is likely
that prices have touched bottom for
most ii not all Of the stocks in the
list.
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NEW YORK STOCKS.
Leading Mining Securities Weak at
Lower Prices.

|
Lower Prices.
The following from the Engineer
Ing and Mining Journal shows that
the Butte. Spokane and the local
markets are not alone In experience
ing dull trading and low prices at
present:
New York, Sept. '25.-The course
OF the stock market continued down.
ward in some cases and stationary in
most OF the other stocks. The copper
stocks were as a rule weak and re-
covery at the close was not remark
able. A few stocks rallied earlier in
the week but the support behind
them was not strong enough and
what was gained was lost at the close.
Amalgamated Copper sold up to
$62h but closed at $60M which was
fractionally lower than a week ago.
American Smelling common showed
slightly more strength, closing at
$92A, gain OF nearly 81 for the
week. United States Steel common
and preferred fiuctuated very little
and closed about the same as a week
ago at $2S% and $91M, respectively.
Other closing prices were Anaconda.
$40 IS; Balaklala, $5N; Homestake,
soy; CRANKY. $SS; Newhouse,
50 ", and Tennessee Copper, $31N.
The curb was heavy and little interest
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1907-10-10

Reindeer Copper and Go.d Mining and MIllins
Company. limited-levied June 49, one cent, due
September ". delinquent sale October -.
Sheridan Mining and Milling company. limited
levied August a. one mill. due September n.
delinquent sale October Is.
Humminx Bird Mining eompany-levied Sep.
teinber 3. five mills. due October S, delinquent
sale November 2.
o. X Consolidated Mining Milling company
levied July 8. five mills. delinquent sale Octo.
Der q.
Echo Mining company. limited. postponed
delinquent sale October 10.
Fast Buffalo Mining company--levied August
y. one and one-half mills. due September y.
delinquent sale October D.
Oresno Mining company. limited-levied Aug
ust q. two mills. due October s. delinquent sale
October &c.
sprinxville Mining company. limited -levied
September 4. two mills. due October s. delin-
Quent sale November 8.
L. 8. Mining company limited. -levied August
81. two and one half mills. due September ~,
delinquent sale October 10.
INDEPENDENT Copper Mlning& Milling company
limited. LEVIED September 6. one cent due
October ). delinquent sale November g.
Cedar Creek Mining 4 Development company
limited. levied September I. three mills. due
October 10. DELINQUENT sale October 30.
lie Roy Gold and Copper Mining company.
limted...lev!ed September 2. five mills. due
October IL. delinquent sale October u.
Red Deer Mining company LEVIED September
g. five mills due October u. delinquent sale
October %.
Delsorgia Copper Mining company-leyied
August 20. two and one half mills. delinquent
sale November4
Moonlight Mining company-levied septem
Der ". two mills due October II. delinquent
sale November IL.
Comet Gold and Copper Mining company
llmited-leyied September %. due October ~.
delinquent sale November ~.
Blue Bell Mining congratulated September
n. one MILL due November l. delinquent sale
December2.
Advance Mining Company. limited LEVIED
July 20. two and . half mills. due August o.
delinquent sale October 81.
Iron King Mining Company. limtcd-levied
August 2. two mills due September !. postponed
delinquent sale October 20.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1907-10-10
COPPER, LEAD AND ZINC.
Latest Market Reports from New
York and London. :.

York and London.
Engineering and Mining Journal
Copper-There has been quite a
falling of In the volume of business
as compared with the previous week.
Buyers who had been waiting for the
15c price to place some OF their or
ders are now again content to look
on and restrict their purchases to q
most exacting hand-to-mouth basis.
On this account, the copper which is
Offering outside Of the largest sell.
ing interest did not find ready mar
ket and concessions have been grow
Ing as time passed. The close Is easy
at lax q 15c for Lake copper: 14A
@14h for electrolytic In ingots,
cakes and wire bars; l40 14Ac for
casting copper.
The standard market in London
displayed marked weakness and
yielded rather rapidly under heavy
selling orders. The close Is weak at
l6l 15s for both spot and three
months.
Lead--The price OF the American
Smelling and Refining company for
desilverized remains $4,75, New
York, and $4.67h, st, Louis. and
deliveries continue to be made under
contract on that basis. but independ-
ent producers continue to sell at con-
cessions. $4.65 and as low as $4.55,
New York. having been accepted.
For the purpose OF restricting pro.
duction. the Federal Lead company
has closed down all its mines and
mills, except one, In the southeastern
Missouri district. The St. Joseph
Lead company, st. Louis Smelling
and Refining company, and other pro-
ducers are operating about as usual.
Efforts were made to induce the In
dependent producers to restrict pro-
duction. but they were unwilling to
do 80.
The London market continues to
be subject to erratic fluctuations
which are influenced by the occasion
al arrivals OF consignments from this
side and Australia. The close is some-
what lower at Els IS for Spanish
lead. s19 Is Sd for English lead.
Spelter---A large volume OF business
took place at advancing prices, and 1t
Is reported that the stocks which
have been in the smelters' hands have
been largely distributed.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1907-10-10

OFFICE OF THE LIE ROY GOLD 4 COPPER
Mining company limited. Wallace. Idaho.
September 9Th. 1907.
Notice IL hereby given that at meeting OF the
board OF directors Of the Leroy Gold 4 Copper
Mining company. limited. held 1T the Office OF
the company at Wallace. Idaho. on September
9th. 1907. an assessment of Ave mills on each
share Of the capital stock was levied. payable on
or before the 18th day Of October. 1907, To Her.
man J. Rossi. treasurer Of said company at his
Office at Wallace, Idaho,
Any stock Of said company upon which the
assessment Il not paid on or before October 18th,
1907. will be delinquent and will be advertised
for sale and unless pay ment IL made before, will
be sold at public auction at the Office Of the
treasurer. hOs Bank street. Wallace. Idaho, on
the 18th OF October. 1897. at the hour of noon, or
m1ch 70 Of ec Of stock as may BE-
together with the costs Of advertising and ex.
pcnses OF said sale.
JACOB LOCKMAN HERMAN j. ROSSI
President. Secretary & Treasurer
Sept l2-Oct 10
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1907-10-10
MINING NOTES

The Manchester company, own
ing group of claims near Vienna
international, has let a contract for
q 1OO-foot extension Of it's crosscut
tunnel at present 1913 feet long.
The vein is expected to he encount-
cred within few feet as the tunnel
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Take the Miner for 81 a year.
Notice Of Assessment

OFFICE OF THE RED DEER MINING COM.
pany. Wallace. Idaho. September 9. 1907.
Notice Il hereby given that At meeting OF the
directors OF the Red Deer Mining company held
at the Office OF the company at Wallace Idaho. on
September y, 1907. an assessment OF five mills on
each share Of the capital stock was levied. pay.
able OH or before the 18th day OF October 1907 to
y. L. Galbraith. treasurer Of said company at his
Office ut Wallace. Idaho.
Any stock Of said company upon which the
assessment IL not paid on or before October 18th.
1877. will be delinquent and will be advertised
for sale and unless payments made before will
I've sold ut public auction at the Office OF the
18th day Of October. 1897 at the hour oi noon, or
80 much OF each parcel of stock as may BE- neces.
sary to pay said delinquent assessment together
with the costs Of advertising and expenses Of
said SALE
8. L. GALBRAITH. HERMAN J. ROSSl,
Secretary President
Sept l2.Oct 10