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The Detroit times., 1908-06-03
I1Isfy Taft
eported Gen. Grant
As He Found Him


e ~ vile and son. Lieut.. u. s. Grant
been widely condemned of the Grand Army IN
particular having been aroused much feeling
SECRETARY Taft defends his the fraies OF the gen.
M with the explanation that mention made of them to bring
The Of the being able In later years
maater himseH under such serious handicap.
No has questioned anything Mr. Taft said being untrue
bulk Of taking the secretary task for poor taste
'ond Judgment rather than anything else
The fact Of while Mr. Taft probably could
I've dealt less harshy with the OF the great hgnter oy
tng down twisting his phaseology review Of Grants life
could be without reference the fact that he
Wxs weak in direction referred to-
Grant wien the fact reported
- Lincoln he his Find what brand s
mint to get for my other generals"
But Grant finally conquered himself and latent powers were
che surface In later result Of this greatest Of
\ ~ batties re fought
Undoubtedy Secretary Taft sought only point
The mistake he made was tho way In
~ presidential candidate he committed gsvous error
4 ~ ths truth II right but people doas always want the
{rnth particularly from political canddates
& ~ rule, thsy don't get H. either.
Without Grants unfortunate earlier aide Secretary
m would have presented his hearers dhons sstinsts Of
But - q aapirsnt for high Office desiring curry
svsrybody Mr. Taft should permitted himself to deal
1Itnons1tly with his subject
Ihat n he wshed put down asprant for Office
n Wln would stoop that
Some people would have newspspss way
1 ih have the nice things shout them printed but their
&1r11s xh4y omitted
Il W. opinon q nswsp.per agrees with their L the
Mo1k raper ii the land.
U h doesn't happen agree with them should be denied the
lIS buycottsd and put out Of business.
beeauss iss g be honest and TO deal with and
~&1 ~ s. ind than.
tscause H refuses stulty corrupt
ths cold print them
n s4sndins sonsons
sest.ry Taft READ his speech Grant, %
~ wsxk he wa saying public life long
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-07-08
KaIe.

.kale of borocole is one of the east
est and most satisfactory of crops for
the home garden. If the soil is fairly
rich little or no fertilizer is necessary
Seed should be planted in light soil
and after the plants have become
crowded they should be thinned out,
and about the middle of June trans
planted in rows two and half feet
apart each way. They are best trans
planted on a cloudy damp day. Ii
the season is dry the plants must be
well watered before and after trans
planting.
This plant does not form heads as
does the caulitlower and it Is more
hardy than that vegetable. 1t can
stand frost and will remain all winter
in the field, the flavor being improved
indeed after the leaves are frozen. In
August the soil should be thrown up
with a single pillow between the rows,
so that the plants stand on small
ridges, with burrows between to draw
off the surplus water in the winter
months.
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FARMING by Machinery.

To measure American farmers by
the census is now an Outgrown meth
cd, for the reason that each farmer
works with the power of five men.
The farm has become a factory. Four
filths of it's work is done by machin-
cry, which explains how we can pro-
duce one fifth of the wheat of the
world, half of the cotton, and three
fourths of the corn, although we are
only 6 per cent. Of the human race.
The genie who built Aladdin's palace
id a night was the champion hustler
of the fairy-tale countries. But he
was not so tremendously superior to
the farm laborer, who takes can of
gasoline and cuts fifty cords of wood
III day, or to the man who milks a
herd of sixty cows in two hours. by
machinery.
Today farming is not drudgery
airy between the different states. For
years Illinois and Iowa have run neck
and neck in the raising of corn and
oats. Minnesota carries the blue rib
bon for wheat, with Kansas breath
less in second place; California has
shot to the front in the barley race;
Texas ard Louisiana are tied in the
tobacco champion, and New York
holds the record for hay and potatoes.
From 1.-THE New American Farmer
by Herbert N. Casson. in the Ameri-
can Review of Reviews.
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most of the business has been in woods
to arrive makes the sellers hesitate about
giving the amounts involved until the
sales are completed by the actual taking
up of the woods Icy the buyers. But tho
chief reason for the secrecy about the
dealings is fear of the possible effect
upon the primary markets. Wool grow
ers have been getting stronger notions all
the time lately and Il knowledge that
eastern dealers were getting rid of good
sized lots of the new clips at profita bic
prices could have but one effect namely
of encouraging them to hold their woods
even more firmly than they are. Dealers
have not nearly completed their pur-
chaseS in the fleece wool sections. not to
mention parts of Idaho and in Montana
where the season has only just got under
way. Naturally. after the experiences of
the past two years, dealers want to get
the new clips as .cheaplv as possible and
feel that by keeping the growers in the
dark about conditions at the seaboard
they may succeed.
Ohio and Penn.-XN and above, 3lfi22c
X, ..6I30c.; No. I. 320I33c.: No. :, :l1,32c ;
fine unwashed, 21M22c.; q; blood. 26M27c.
4 blood unwashed, 26Gt27c.; fine washed
delaine, 326p33c.
Michigan and New York-Finc I'M
washed. 1sM19c.: u blood unwashed 2S@
23lSc.; x blood unwashed. sc; unwashcd
delaine. a2dI23c.
Kentucky. Indiana and Missouri : q
blood, 25Gr26c I, blood 23M24c.
Pullcd iscoured basis)-Extra 55M57c
fine A, 50M52c. A super. 456p5Oc. Il super,
35Mi0c.: G super. 25130c.: coarse combing,
3S6f42c.: medium combing. 476f52c.: fine
combing, 5a@5Sc.; fine California, 53@55c.
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INTERVIEW FROM CELL.
Socialist Labor Presidential Candidate
Makes a Statement.

Carson, New, July IA. r. Preston
who is serving % years sentence in
the Nevada state prison for murder
and who was nominated by the So
cialist Labor party at New York for
President of the United States, gave
out the following interview from his
cell yesterday:
Il am not greatly surprised at the
action taken in the matter by my par
ty." he said I'm fact | was aware
they would recognize me in some way
or another. am particularly well
known to members of my party and
| am Socialist from the ground up.
while | am not at liberty to make
a statement covering my nomination
owing to instructions from my counsel,
Judge o. n. Hilton, at the same time
I am willing that my name shall re-
main at the top of the ticket. / recog-
nize the honor conferred upon me and
am proud of it. On the other hand, if
Mr.. Hilton desires that / withdraw
from the nomination. l will ask that
nv name be taken from the ticket
and some other submitted. / have not
yet been officially notified of my nomi-
nation"
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Black Rot.

Black rot is the most destructive
fungous disease Of the grape.
This fungus gains entrance to the
grape by means Of minute germs or
spores. These are in small black cases.
not visible to the naked eye. They
float in the atmosphere and when they
come in contact with their host--the
grape, either the fruit or leaves
they proceed to grow, forming reddish
brown spots on the foliage or vines
and of darker or black color on the
fruit. These spread and soon affect
the entire berry, destroying 1t entire
ly. leaving the grape berry all shrivel-
ed up in a hard, worthless, dried-up
tissue and seed. Five, six or even sew
en- sprayings according to the humid
ity of the SEASON. with bordeaux will
effecually control the disease; or three
sprayings with these newer lfme-sul-
phur solutions Is said also to control
it, at greatly reduced cost of mater
ial and labor.
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USES OF SEAWEED.
Sometimes as Food, But Chiefly as q
Fertilizer.

Seawecd has gone out of fashion a
good deal of late years This applies
to it not merely as an article for de-
corating village parlors. but as a
candidate for more useful careers.
Seaweed ashes were once used for
making alkali to he employed in soap
and glass making. and it was actually
the chief source of the supply of
iodine Other ScaWccdS were so
mucilaginous that they were made in
to artificial horn and shell.
Eclgrass. which is variety of sea-
weed, was used for stuiIing Mattress
es, and even for sheathng houses
Other kinds were and to some extent
still are used as food for human be-
ings as well as for cattle. Irish or
carrageen moss is employed in maxi
ing jellies.
Dulsc is by no means scorncd as an
article of diet by the poor people on
the coasts of Ireland and Scotland
Sometimes it is eaten raw, sometimes
roasted or with vinegar.
1t is standby with Icelanders, who
store it i'm casks and eat it with fish,
In the winter when forage is scarce
deer go down the rocks at low tide
and get meal off the scaWccd.
Tanglc is a variety with SO woody
stem that when it is dry some of
the country folks abroad use 1t for
knife handles. They stick the blade
in when the scawccd is soft AS 1t
dries and shrinks it holds the metal
fast
But most of these uses have ceased
IN of m n
the same results have been discovered
which do it cheaper and better. When
1t took twenty tons of seawced to
produce eight pounds of iodine. there
certainly was chance to improve on
the method
of late years the chief use to which
seaWeed has been put in this country
Is as a fertilizer and in this direction
the Department of Agriculture has
made some interesting Investigations
AS seawecd taken directly from the
rocks contains about so per cent. of
water. and as it is most valuable for
fertiizing when it is only partially
dried, it is clear that it is useful for
that purpose only along the coast. But
1t has been carried eight or ten miles
inland and still used effectively.
1t is particularly good fertilizer
Tor such crops as potatoes and clover,
which require plenty of potash. 1t is
said that there is no place in New
England where red clover grows Sd
We'll as near Rye Beach, where the
SOL has been fortified with seaweed
ever since the country was settled. In
mat locality 1t perpetuates itself and
grows on the same land year after
year without reseeding.-New York
Sun
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NEW YORK STOCK MARKET.
Features Of the Days Dealings In All
The Leading Stocks.

New York, July 7.-Busness was larger
at the Stock Exchange in the two hours
before noon today than yesterday. even
with the sudden revival In market activ-
ity which marked that period. This ex-
banded volume of business was done at
prices above yesterdays closing and con-
seauentlyv substantial! advance over the
closing level of last week. 1t became
manifest however that very material
selling to realize was going on and this
had the effect of carrying prices below
even at that level. afforded handsome
profits to those who had bought stocks
early yesterday As the margin of these
profits lessened with the reaction in
prices, the weight. of the selling pressure
decreased notably. That Is to say. husi-
ness fell away in volume and the price
movement became sluggish The advo-
Gates of the upward movement profes.e,l
themselves we'll satisfied with the action
of the market. There was consklera BILE
Increase in buying demand attracted over
night by yesterdays rise. and this served
as Il medium for digestion of profit TAX
ings News bearing on actual values was
not important today.
The interview with Chairman Gary of
| the United States Steel board on the eve
of his departure for Europe was of cheer
| ing influence on speculative sentiment
and there was some enlarged buying of
| United States Steel shares induced by
dustrial improvement. The marking up
| of grades of copper at the New York
Metal Exchange and another advance in
| the London price of copper We're sustain
| ing influences. The weekly bulletin of
| the weather bureau detailed some of the
factors Of the past week which have been
| favorable to the crops. but apparently
| these have been taken account OF already
and grain prices were reactionary today
| The publication of the government report
| tomorrow on the July LIST condition of the
| grain crops is awaited with great in
| tereSt.
| Ronds we're steady. Total sales. PAL
| value, so.9GS eco. United States Us declin-
| ed 4 per cent. on call
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Boston Market.

Boston, July I, 1908.
FLOUR-Spring patents. per bbl., s9.S 6O
m6.1O; winter patents, ship, per bbl-' $4'oo
OATMEA1,-Rolled. per Dbl, &7O@59o;
cut per Dbl. s6.3Cll6.5o.
CORN-Steamer. yellow, spot. per, hu,,
SIC; No. yellow; spot pc per s%lS S4[saS Nn
8 yellow. ship. all rail: per hu: SIC.
RYE FLOUR-Per bbl.. Ao5Mt -
OATs-No. / clipped white. spot. FER ,e
&c: No. 3 clipped white, spot per bu''
6lmGl3sc.: sS to 40 lbs to ship per b b"''
S2GG,isc.: "a to &c lbs, per bu. 62Ec.
PROVISIONS heavy backs, per
bbl, s2o.ao medium backs; per ,, bbl'' sls.s'
AGO. long cuts, per Dbl. "a l"nse.
hams. regular and small. 13hGEc; lean
ends. per bbI. so rs: shoulders. fresh; loc;
lard, pure. per h., IFS; lard, rendered,
BEEFiEChoice kinds, 13,4@14c.; choice
LAMBS. MUTTON-Lambs. spring. 13@
15c; lambs winter, 11dl2hc:
POIrLTRY-C Chickens. native broilefs'
ner III. 20m23c western broiers, per h.,
1sGi l?c; western fowl. 12G12Kc.; native,
15T16r. ,,,,>,e-,,
EGGs-Eastern, 2sa25c.; western. 1870
o1c. g.. eN
/. 10: new. per Dbl. s3.toG3.5o sweet. per
bskt. $1.e0dI1.50.
REANS-Pea domestic, per Dbl. 81 e3M
30: medium. $3.50: yellow eyes, $an; led
Kidneys. s.. 0m2 10. 49, 40
HAY AND STRAW-No. 1 grade. sl1N
nj; 50: No grade. $500; No ) grade.
$14.0O. , &c
Standard powdered. $50: graduated.
$3.50: yellow C's. $4956515
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BREEDING HORSES.
Good Prices for Medium sized Truck
and Dray Horses.

There is a steady demand at good
prices for the well put up, medium
sized truck and dray horse, both for
city and farm use. The farmer and
trucker wants a horse that can do
general farm work, and one that can
be hooked up in his spring wagon and
haul a load of marketing at q good
gait. or, in other words, a general pur-
pose animal. Mules are being en-
,ployed in the cities. not only for
heavy contract work. but by many
merchants in their delivery wagons.
owing to their hardness. durability
and 'quickness of action. A horse
having these qualities, with good
carriage, is the kind wanted. . a :,
Breeding and raising common horses
is rather Improbable work. as thcro
is no demand for such. Horses of
this character can be had for $40 to
$50, and at this season frequently for
much less.
Trottcrs have a distinct field of
their own but are not suited for farm
Work.-Thc American.
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GROWING Qahlias.

The dahlia is now obtainable in more
than a hundred varieties, and for cut
ting purposes is the latest of field
flowers, and second to none in beauty
1t blossoms far into the fall.
In planting dahlia tubers remember
that the buds are in the neck of the
tuber, and ii this is cut off the bulb
will not grow. Do not plant until all
danger of frost is over. Bury the tu-
bers about four inches and water well
after planting. Rich heavy soil is
needed; the plants should be two or
three feet apart. They should have
plenty of light and air but should not
be exposed to direct sun. All but the
strongest shoots should be removed as
they appear and the plants tied to
stakes feet high. This method pro-
duces large blossoms. When frost has
killed the tops in the fall. store the tu-
bers in dry cool room or cellar.
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Orchards Must be Fortified.

The constant return to orchard soil of
all vegetable matter produced will keep
up an adequate supply of heterogeneous
material, which will be annually in
creased If the application Of acid phos-
phate and potash is kept up in a liber-
al way. Few orchardists realize the
amount of these mineral matters taken
from the soil to produce a great tree,
or in the production of apples.
A good crop of apples will remove
from the soil three times as much pot
ash alone as a crop of wheat on the
same soil, and while in the decaying
vegetable matter we can get what nj
trogen the trees need, the supply Of the
mineral matters must be kept up if we
expect to get large and perfect crops
of fruit.
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FARMING MATTERS
sHs
Practical Notes,

Fill fOur-inch pots with rich potting
compost, and set them closely in a
frame. Plant three or four cucumber
seed on each pot and then sift fine soil
over the whole and water well. Keep
the glass rather close till they gcrmi-
nate. and as they get rough leaf thin
to two plants in pot. Protect the
frames from sudden cold, and finally
when the. plants are well established
and the weather settled. turn the balls
out and set the plants in well MANFRED
hills. This will advance the crop very
materially. The same method can be
used with cantaloupes. Lima beans
started III this way can be successfully
transplanted to the poles, and the pots
are far better than the inverted sods
so often advised.
Try arsenate of lead this season as
substitute for paris green. Yos can
| make the arscnate Of lead by putting
| eleven ounces of acetate of lead lin a
hogshead containing $50 gallons Of wa
ter, with four ounces of arsenate of
soda These unite readily and remain
in suspension III water better than par
is green The arsenate. of lead is. pre-
cipitatcd in the solution. But it is east
ly bought already prepared One
fourth Of pound to fifty gallons OF
water will kill potato beetles, but ii is
better to- use half pound for this pur-
pose. 1t will kill few curculios Of
peaches and plums, but the Earring
method is far better, for these sucking
Insects seldom get the poison.
Sew lccks now and transplant deeply
in very rich soil to make long white
| necks for the fall
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Science in Farmiuo.

Scientific agriculture Is, 5sonng. 1t has
had to wait until machinery sprepared
the way, by giving the farmers time to
think and money to spend The first
scientist who took notice of farming vas
the Frenchman Lavoisicr. He found out
the composition of water. in 11S3 and
was in the midst of many discoveries,
when a Paris mob hustled him to the
guillotine The famous Liebig next APP
peared and founded the first agricultural
experiment station. Then came Berthe
lot the father of synthetic chemistry,
with lis sensational announcement, The
soil is alive
Today the new farmer finds himself
touched by science on all sides. He knows
that there are more living things in one
on the whole globe. lie knows that ha
can take a half-doZcn handfuls of earth
IRON different parts of his farm. mix
them together, send one thimbleful to a
chemist. and find out exactly the kind
of crop that will give the best harvest,
And more, now that science has given
him peep into natures factory, he can
even feel sense of kinshiD between
himself and his acres, because he knows
that the same elements that redden his
blood are painting the green hues on his
fields and forests.
There are now 1900 new farmers who
have graduated from agricultural col
leges; and since the late Prof. w. o. At
water opened the first American expert
ment station in 1875. fifty Others have
sprung into vigorous life There is also
at Washington an Agricultural Depart
ment which has become the greatest ag-
grcgation of farm scientists in the world.
To maintain this department Uncle Sam
pays grudgingly s11.HD.O0O a year. He
pays much more than this to give food
and blankets to a horde of lazy Indians.
or for the building of two or three war
ships. Eut it is at least more than is be-
ing spent on the new farmer in any other
country. al ....,..,.,,,
Step by step farming is becoming a sure
and scientific profession. Tine RISKS and
uncertainties that formerly tossed tho
farmer back and forth between hope and
despair are being mastered. The Wealth
er Bureau. which sent half million
warnings last year to the farmers, has
already become so skilful that six
seventies of its predictions come tI1Ie. In
Kansas wheat growing has become SO
sure that there has been no failure for
thirteen years. And in the vast South
west the trick of irrigation is changing
the man-kiling desert Into farmers
paradise. where there is nothing SO pune
tual as the crops. From '"rhe New Ann
erican farmer by Herbert N. Casson,
in the American Review of Reviews.
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Bottle Raised Colts.

1t is possible to raise colts on cows
milk if it is gone about in the right
way.
Give freshly drawn milk from a COW
that does not give the richest milk.
Add dessertspOonful of good white
sugar to a pint of milk.
Use some sort of q nipple which
can be put on bottle or the spout OF
Il teapot.
a newborn colt should be fed at
least ten times in twenyt-four hours
A half-pint is enough at first.
Milk should be given from the SAM
COW and freshly drawn at each feed
ing time for several weeks.
BY the time colts are four months
old, they can be given skiln-milk. and
allowed to drink from u bucket like q
| calf.
They should be fed at least four
times q day at this age.
AS soon as possible, they should be
laugh: to nibble at crushed oats with
the halls sievcd out
In a short time add wheat bran and
a little Oil meal, placed where the cots
| can nibble at it when they wish.
If securing should tccur, scorch
little flour and put it with a little lime
water in the milk.
| If this does not stop it, get good
| veterinary surgeon at once.
| Be sure that the articles in which
| you feed the milk are kept scaldet
and perfectly clean. A dirty vesse
| will carry germs that will kill cali
| or colt as quickly as poison.
If the colts are constipated, put d
| little molasses in the milk.
With care, colts can be grown ir
| this way as well as those sucking
their dams-Farm Journal.
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Boston Produce Market.

Boston, July Z.
sc. 49,.
CORN-Unchanged; No. yellow 4mR.
OtTS-Unchanged; No. clipped white
621.G63
HAY-Easicr; choice 49,
MILL FEED-Unchansed. .i, ,..
SPRING BRAN-24 .o0Nr2450
MIXED FEEDS. 25aJ2S.50. -..'!t'
PORK-Quict; medium 13254W.25
LARD-Frm; 11A '''
REEF Firm; whole cattle 11Qh VIZ
IAMPS-l'irm: 13m15
VEALS-Firm; 99u1112.
EIJTTFR-Lower; northern 24n25.
CHEESE-Lower; York state l1M12.
EtiGS-Steady; choice 2692s; western -
OIL ,-eo
POTATOES Higher; Maine white 1.15@
is. co e,
SUGAR-Steady on a basis of $50 for
granulated.
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Savoy Leaved CABBAGE,

These varieties of cabbage are large
ly used in Europe. They are marked
by a peculiar, fine crumbling of all
the leaves. particularly those of the
head They are generally OF better
table quality than common cabbage,
more tender, finer in texture and of
more delicate flavor. The plants are
better able to resist cold but do not
give so large a yield of heads and the
heads are less solid and cannot be
handled so well as the more common
sorts. .--l, s.s. 81 ~ a@s1
80 = - 49, ri