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The Florida agriculturist., 1908-03-01
One of Florida's Disadvantages.

The gross inequalities in transpor-
tation charges on fruit and vege-
table shipments from Florida, are
fully recognized by observing people
throughout the United States. AS
sample of the newspaper comments on
this subject, we quote the following
from the pen of Mr. E. w. Barber, the
talanted editor of the Jackson (Mich.)
Morning Patriot, who has many times
during the past year, earned the grat1-
tude of Floridians for his kindly in
terest:
Florida has always been handicapped
by heavier rates to Northern markets
than are charged from other and COM
peting sections. This one thing has
retarded. it's growth and prosperity
Even with partly water rates nearly as
much is charged to Atlantic coast cities
as from California, although the latter
is nearly 1000 miles farther away.
It is said to cost from Is to 80 cents
to ship box Of oranges from Florida
to New York, and 90 cents from any
point in California to the same city,
and fruit is shipped from Porto Rico
and Cuba at one-fourth the cost that
Florida growers have to pay.
Paul A. Gardner, formerly Of Jack
son, writes from his present home at
Lakeland, Florida, that he has filled
private orders for citrus fruits sent by
express to Texas, the rate being $500
a box; to St. Louis, Mo-, $I.oo; to New
York and Philadelphia, 65 cents; to
points in New Jersey, II cents; to Jack
son, Mich, $3.50, and to nearly every
state east of the Mississippi River He
says: "Were it not for the heavy ex-
press charges to interior Northern
cities, I am certain I could get rid of
all my fruit, as it's quality speaks for
itself, and will put it up against any
grown in California;
The Florida agriculturist., 1908-03-01
For Lower Rates on Produce.

The fruit and vegetable growers
await with more than ordinary interest
the meeting of the Interstate Com
merce Commission, which is to be held
in Jacksonville on the 18th of March
to give further hearing to the demands
for lower rates on Florida products.
The delegation that went to Washing
ton recently to present the case to the
Commission, returned with great hopes
for favorable decision on the points
presented The propositions submitted
by this delegation are:
First A fiat blanket rate of so cents
per box, carload lots, from all Florida
points to New York City, all rail route.
From points north of New York, an
additional charge proportionate to this
rate for each one hundred miles.
Second. Florida rates to remain as
they are to Cincinnati, but the Cincin-
natl rate to include all Western points
beyond
It is stated that one representative
Of a New England line acknowledged
that railroads engaged in handling
Western and Southern fruit shipments
have put in operation rates calculated
to discriminate against Florida ship
ments in favor of California growers.
He said that while the California rate
was proportionately much lower than
the Florida tariff, the charges on Cali
fornia fruit we're cas- large as the traffic
would stand.'
The Florida agriculturist., 1908-03-01
Shipping Green Oranges.

The following paragraph from the
Rural Californian, would indicate that
California as we'll as Florida shippers
have felt the disastrous effects OF
marketing immature fruit:
There is no doubt but that the ship
ping of immature oranges with view
of Catching the holiday trade was bad
business. Bad not only to the growers,
but negative in it's influence on the
market later on. There has gone forth
something like 1900 carloads, as against
about 45o a year ago. The returns
have been bad, running all the way
from red ink to 40 and so cents per
box, which does not cover the cost Of
production. The sending of unripe
fruit to market is at best hazardous,
and doubly so this season when people
are inclined to be saving. This sort Of
thing has happened SO often in the
past, that it seems waste of energy
and good intention to extend sympathy
to the shippers of green and sour or
anges.
The Florida agriculturist., 1908-03-01
Some Questions Answered.

L. E. A., Pinecastle: "I have an acre
of cabbage on low ground that will be
ready for market next month (March).
Can I sow oats by Ist of April, and
will they ripen seed? Also, can you
tell me anything about raising Kaffir
corn? I want to grow it for my hens"
Answer by E. O. Pin order to be
sure of crop, oats should have been
sown in December. If you have no
better use for your land after the cab
bage is removed, you might SOW it
to oats as an experiment, though with
out much hope of success. In any
case, SOW only "rust-proof' oats in
Florida.
Kaf1r corn succeeds we'll in this
state, and makes excellent chicken
feed. Plant this month, either in drills
or in hills, as YOU may prefer.
The Florida agriculturist., 1908-03-01

promising that the Agriculturist will be
better than it has ever been.
These and other improvements that
are contemplated, will involve consider
able expense, but we feel sure they
will be sufficiently appreciated to
prompt our friends to make an effort
to extend the circulation and influence
OF the paper and thus justify the outlay.
The Florida agriculturist., 1908-03-01
Enforcing the Pure Food Law.

A recent number of the Farmers
Home Journal contained an editorial
item on this subject. The director Of
the Kentucky State Experiment Sta
ton has just made his report to the
governor on the enforcement of the
Pure Food Law. This report covers
two years, 1906 and 1907 During that
time there have been 1920 samples Of
food, which were offered for sale in
open market, examined and analyzed.
Of these, 86I were pure and $50 adul-
terated Some kinds were especially
bad Of samples of cider and soda
pops examined, only 81 were pure, and
I25 were adulterated. Out of 33 speci-
mems of favoring extracts, only g were
pure Of ice cream only 3 samples out
of 81 were pure. Pickles, pepper and
spices were more than half of them
adulterated.
We wonder if the dealers in this
state are any more honest or virtuous
than those Of Kentucky?
The Florida agriculturist., 1908-03-01
Probably Melanose.

J. F. F., Clearwater: "Will you
kindly inform me what causes the yel-
low spots on inclosed orange leaves,
and the remedy for same, in the next
issue of your valuable paper? Also
state where the Florida Experiment
Station is located
Answer by Prof H. S. Fawcett-The
citrus leaves are affected with a
physiological disease closely resembling
what is known as Melanose. It's cause
is not we'll understood, but it is gener-
ally believed to be due to mal-nutrition,
probably brought on by some abb
normal condition Of the soil or an un-
favorable amount or kind of fertilizer
1t usually corrects itself in time if the
grove continues to receive proper
treatment. AS far as known, it is not
an infectious trouble and need not
cause any alarm. It will not spread
from leaf to leaf from the outside, as
do many of the fungus troubles"
The Florida Experiment Station is
located at Gainesville; Prof P. H.
Rolls, director.
The Florida agriculturist., 1908-03-01
MARCH, 1908.
Notice to Correspondents.

In Difference to the wishes OF num-
Der of our readers. the Agriculturlst
will, beginning with the April issue,
be printed and mailed by the 18th OF
each month, instead of the 5th, as here
tofore. Advertisers and correspondents
will please take notice, and try to get
their contributions to us by the 18th OF
the month.
The Florida agriculturist., 1908-03-01
What The Agriculturist Readers May
Expect.

The management of the Agricultur1st
has not been addicted to the habit OF
making loud promises for the future,
but we have our plans SO far completed
that we feel justified in mentioning
some of the good things Agriculturist
readers may expect during the year.
Among them are:
A serial story, if such it may be
called, by Helen Harcourt, which will
begin in the April number, announce
ment Of which may be found on the
opposite page To those who are
familiar with Miss Harcourt's writings
(and that will include nearly every
body in Florida, except the new
comers), no word of commentator is
necessary. This serial will be not only
entertaining, but extremely practical as
we'll, containing a large amount OF cul-
tural information of great value, es-
pecially to the comparatively inexperi-
enced in Florida agriculture.
We also begin in this number, short
serial in Our Young Folks Department,
by Mr.. Chas B. Hulett, descriptive Of
the Florida sponge-hshing industry,
which will be of interest to old as we'll
as young.
In addition to this, we have arranged
for a continuation through the year, Of
Mr.. w. H. Haskell's letters outlining
the work for each month in Florida, a
monthly letter on fruit conditions in
Cuba, from the pen of Mr.. A. M.
Pooley; regular or special articles from
such well-known writer's as Prof. ?. J.
Wester, of the y. S. Sub-Tropical Lab
oratory at Miami, Prof. H. S. Fawcett,
plant pathologist of the Florida Experl-
ment Station, Mr. M. "A. Meadow,
manager of the Solano Pinery at Punta
Gorda; Capt. George Fl. Wright, Mr..
B. M. Hampton, Mr. N. o. Penny,
Mr.. w. P. Neeld, Mr.. c. H. Lane,
Mr.. C. Fred Ward, Mr. c. F. Hilley,
Mr.. A. Lamon, and many others, all
practical and successful specialists.
With this array of talent, and others
with whom arrangements have not yet
been finally concluded, we feel safe IN
The Florida agriculturist., 1908-03-01

We have received T. w. Wood &
Sons Seed Catalogue, for 1908. It is
one of the handsomest and most COM
plete Of seed catalogues. This cata-
logue is particularly valuable in the in
formation that it gives about Southern
seeds and Southern crops, and should
be in the hands of all our gardeners
and farmers. It will be mailed tree,
upon request to T. W. Wood & Sons,
Richmond, Va
The Florida agriculturist., 1908-03-01
Vinegar from Sweet Oranges.

C. w.: For the benefit of L. C. S.,
who asked in your last issue for
recipe for making vinegar from sweet
oranges, [ give you the following,
copied from Fruit Recipes" by Riley
M. Fletcher, Berry, most valuable
book "To orange pulp and juice add
water and Florida syrup. Mother will
form in few weeks, and strong vine
gar will result. Cover the jar with
thin cloth only, while vinegar is in the
making"
The Florida agriculturist., 1908-03-01

When you renew your subscription,
send in the names Of two of your neigh
bors who are not now subscribers, with
$I.oo, and get your own paper free
three new names, or two new ones and
renewal for $I.oO.
The Florida agriculturist., 1908-03-01

We again beg the indulgence Of those
of our subscribers who may find the
old date of expiration on this issue Of
their paper, as we have not been able
to revise the work Of extending the
terms of subscription in all cases.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-12-09

share than at present of the wealth y
y they produce. and be enabled to in =
y vest il in the tools and instruments y
by which all work is carried on. As y
far as possible / hope to see a frank y
y recognition OF the advantages con- 4
y ferrcd by machinery organization \
y and division of labor. accompanied :
by an effort to bring a larger share y
y in the ownership by wageworker of y
y railway, mill and factory. In farm y
ing. this simply. means that we wish to
see the farmer own his own land; we do
not wish to see the farms so large that
they become the property of absentee
landlords who farm them by tenants. nor
yet so small that the farmer becomes like
a European peasant. Again. the deposi-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-12-09
PHONE 65
FOR THE
CORRECT TIME

reform of abuses and for the readjustment
of society to modern industrial conditions
represents not true conScrVa tism Eut an
Indictment to the widest radicalism: for
wise radicalism and wise conservatism go
hand in hand. one bent on progress, the
ether bent on Seeing that no change is
made unless in the right direction. | be-
+ lleve in steady effort. or perhaps il y
would be more accurate TO say in y
y steady efforts in many different di- \
rections. to bring about a condition y
OF affairs under which the men who
work with hand or brain, the labor \
= ers, the superintendent the men who y
= produce for the market and the men \
= who find market for the articles =
produced, shall own far greater y
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-12-09
PRESIDENTS MESSAGE
READ IN BOTH HOUSES
Senator'S and Representatives Paid Little Atten-
ton and Busted Themselves With
the Printed Copies.
Amendment of Anti Trust Law Recommended and "Dema-
gogues" Are Severely Handled in the Document

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in
responded with statement that he Immediately submit
MESA IN
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Of
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-12-09

tors in our savings banks now number
over one-tenth OF our entire population
These are all capitalists, who through the
savings banks loan their money 20 the
wors1ers-that is, in many cases to them
Selves-tO carry on their various indus
tries. The more We increase their num-
Der. the more we introduce the principles
of cooperation into our industry. Every
increase in the number of small stock
holders in corporations is a good thing
for the same reasons: and where the en-
ployes are the stockholders the result is
particularly good. Very much Of this
movement must be outside of anything
that can be accomplished by legislation;
Continued on Page g.
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Reward for the Worthy.

1t Is to the interest of all of US that
there should be d premium put upon indi-
Nldnal initiative and individual capacity.
and an ample reward for the great direct
ing lntellgenCes alone competent tn man
age the great business operations of TODAY
IL Is We'll to keep in mind that exactly q s
the anarchist is the worst enemy of Iib-
erty and the reactionary the worst enemy
of order. so the men who defend the rights
of property have most to fear from the
wiongdoers or great wealth. and the men
VINO are championing popular rights have
most 10 fear from the demagogues who in
the name of popular rights would do
wrong to and Cypress honest business men
honest men OF wealth: for the success of
either type of wrongdoer necessarily in
vites violent reaction against the cause
= the wrongdOer nominally- upholds In y
= point of danger to the nation, there's is \
y nothing to choose between on the one B.
= hand. the corruptionist. the bride =
= giver the bribe-tsker. the man who =
= employs his great talent to swindle =
= his fellow citizens on large scale +
= and. on the other hand. the preacher =
y of class hatred. the man who wheth- 4
y er from ignorance or from willing 4
y ness to sacrifice his country to his =
= ambition. persuades well-meaning but =
= NrOng-headed men TO try TO destroy \
+ the Instruments upon which our pros 4
= per1ty mainly rests. Let each group +
= of men beware of and guard against y
= the shortcomings to which that group y
= is itself most liable. Too often we see 4
y the business community in irit of +
= unhealthy class conscious pIore +
y the effort TO hold TO &C - IL nder \
= the law the wealthy men who IN their !
y management of great corporations, y
whether railroads. street railways. or
other Industrial enterprises. have behaved
In a way that revolts the conscience of the
plain. decent people. Such an attitude can
not be condemned too severely. for men
of property when they fail heartily join in
the effort to do away with the abuses of
wealth On the other hand. those who ad-
Nocate proper control ON behalf OF the pub
lie through the state, of these great cor
poratlons- and OF the wealth engaged on
a giant scale I'm business operations, must
ever keep in mind that unless they do
scrupulous justice to the corporation, IN
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-12-09
Run Over by Ok Team.

II is seldom that we hear of OK teams
nowadays. but there are many people
who feel so lazy and dumpish that il
an OK team came along they would not
feel able to get out % the way. For
such people there is no remedy equal
to Sexine Pills, the great nerve and
body builders Price 81 a box. six
boxes 81. with full guarantee. Address
or call F. j. Hill Drug Co. The Never
Substituters. corner Second South
and West Temple streets.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-12-09
Argument for Federal Control.

The opposition TO government control of
these great corporations makes its most
effective effort in the shape of an appeal
TO the old doctrine of states rights. OF
course there are many sincere men who
now believe in unrestricted individualism
many sincere men who believed in slavery
that is. I'm the unrestricted right of an
individual to own another individual.
These men do not by themselves have
great weight, however. The effective
fight against government control and SUI
pervision of individual. and especially of
corporate. wealth engaged in interstate
especially under cover of an appeal to
states rights 1t is not at all infrequent
to read in the same speech a denunciation
OF predatory wealth fostered by special
privilege and defiant of both the pubic
welfare and law of the land. and denun-
citation of Capitalization and organized
wealth. OF course the policy set forth in
such twin denunciations amounts to alb
sOlutely nothing. for the first half is nulli-
fled by the second half. The chief rea son.
among the many sound and compelling
reasons. that led to the formation of the
NATIONAL government was the absolute
need that the union, and not the several
states, should deal with interstate and for
eign commerce: and the power to deal
with interstate commerce was granted alb
solutely and plcnarily to the central gov
eminent and was exercised completely as
regards the only instruments of inter
state commerce known in those dayS-the
waterways, the highroads. as well as the
partnerships of individuals who then con-
Quoted all of what business there was
Interstate commerce is now chiefly con-
Quoted by railroads; and the great corpor-
alton has supplanted the mass of small
or individuals
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less they permit ample profit. and cor
Gially encourage capable men OF business
long as they act with honesty. they
are striking at the root of our national
well-being: for in the long run. under the
mere pressure of material distress. the
people as a whole would probably go back
TO control by the state so drastic and so
foolish. conceived in a spirit of such I'M
reasonable and narrow hostility to wealth,
as to prevent business operations from
being profitable. and therefore to bring
and Ultimately upon the entire body of
citizens
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-12-09
More Power for Commission.

The railways OF the country should be
put completely under the Interstate com
merce commission and removed from the
domain or the antitrust law. The power
OF the commission should be made thor
oughgoing. so that II could exercise corr
plete supervision and control over the is
sue of securities as well as over the rails
ing and lowering OF rates. As regards
rates. at least. this power should be sum
mary. The power to investigate the r.
nancial operations and accounts OF the
railways has been one of the most val
liable features in recent legislation Pow
or TO make combinations and traffic
agreements should he explicitly conferred
npon the railroads. the permission of the
commission being first gained and the
combination or agreement being pub
lished IN All its details. IN the interest OF
the public the representatives OF the public
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-12-09

Perhaps you were not at our opening dis
play Saturday and perhaps you haven't been
in at all since our holiday goods have arrived
and if SO we are both losers.
We are not given to extravagant speech
in our advertisements, except as it is required
to state facts, so when we state that this
seasons stock far outclasses any we or any
other eweler has ever shown before in Salt
Lake, we want the people to prove it by per
sonal investigation if they intend to buy any
thing in our line this season, it will be
| profit to both of us.
ONE PRICE, which means LOW PRICE,
is known to be our standard for all buyers and
good goods for the wage Garner and magnifi
cent wares for the wealthy characterizes
our stock.
A Leyson box carries splendid senti-
ment with the gift and costs nothing.
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Intention OF Constitution.

intention OF Constitution.
y The proposal to make the national \
y government supreme over, and there \
4 fore to give il complete control over
= the railroads and other Instruments /
y of interstate commerce is merely a +
y proposal TO carry out TO the letter b
one of the prime purposes, if not the \
a prime purpose. for which the consti- n
= tuition was founded. II does not rep 4
resent Capitalization. 1t represents h
= merely the acknowledgment of the \
patent fact that Capitalization has al y
Z ready come in business. If this ire \
= Sponslbie outside business power is =
= TO be controlled in the interest of the \
= general public, IL can only be con- \
y troiled in one way: by giving ade- \
y quate power of control to the one SOW
ereignty capable of exercising such \
Z power-the national government =
Forty or fifty separate state governments
cannot exercise that power over corpora
tons doing business in most or all of
them; first. because they absolutely lack
the authority to deal with interstate bus
mess in any form; and second, because
of the inevitable conflict of authority sure
TO arise in the effort to enforce different
kinds of state regulation. often inconsist-
ent with one another and sometimes op-
pressive in themselves Such divided au-
thOrlty cannot regulate commerce with
wisdom and effect. The central govern
ment is the only power which, without OPP
preston. can nevertheless thoroughly and
adequately control and supervise the large
corporations. To abandon the effort for
national control means TO abandon the eff
fort for ali adequate control and yet to
render likely continual bursts of action
by state legislatures. which cannot achieve
the purpose sought for. but which can do
a great deal of damage to the corporation
without comforting any real benefit on the
public
Unwise Hostility.
1 believe that the more farsighted cor
porations are themselves coming 10 rec
ogniZe the unwisdom of the violent hos
tility they have displayed during the last
few years to regulation and control by
the national government of combinations
engaged in interstate business. The truth
is that We who believe in this movement
of asserting and exercising a genuine con-
troll. in the public interest, over these
great corporations have to contend against
two sets of enemies, who. though nomi-
naIy opposed to one another. are really
allies in preventing a proper solution of
the problem. There are. first. the big
corporation men. and the extreme indi-
vidualists among business men. who gen.
timely believe in utterly unregulated bus
iness-that is in the reign of plutocracy:
and. second. the men who. being blind
to the economic movements of the day
believe in movement of repression rath-
er than of regulation of corporations. and