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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-08-31
Potato Cultivation.

Most farmers do not cultivate their
potatoes the most profitable number
of times, says the Weekly Inter Ocean
and Farmer 1t must be remembered
that the potato crop suffers readily
from drouth and that frequent culti-
walton is practically the only means
by which moisture can be conserved
Frequent cultivation also sets free
much plant food that would otherwise
remain locked up in the SOIL Pota-
toes should be cultivated once week
from the time the rows can be fol-
lowed until the cultivator wheels In
jure the plants. An ordinary six
shovel cultivator is probably the most
practicable. More and smaller shovels
would be better in a clean, mellow
sell The wheels must be set closer
together than for corn, so that they
will not run on the rows until the
plants become quite large Level cul-
ture should be the general aim, or
only slight ridging for its aid in con-
trolling the weeds in the rows The
first cultivation may be deep and fair
ly close If there is plenty of moisture
in the SOIL 1t cuts off some of the
roots, but at this stage does more good
than harm by loosening the soil up
deeply, and thus leaving 1t in better
condition for the future growth of the
tubers and the roots.
After the first cultivation the SHOW
els should always be run shallow,
about two or three inches deep, never
deeper.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-08-31

his waistcoat pocket and consulted II.
Twenty minutes late, dye know
that?" he added. frowning severely at
the trembling boy.
I'm very sorry, sir. Don't scold me:
twasn't my fault"
Lucky for you the Marquis don't
set Jim to break every blessed bone in
your body for you." growled the man
next to him, savagely. Billy looked up
and shivered at the bare suggestion.
Jim was a person of colossal strength.
broad and brawny, with a heavy bull
neck set into a huge width of Shout
der-he could have crushed Billy in
one hand like sparrow.
We'll, have you got any news for
us?" inquired the first man, who was
better spoken and less rough in man
ner than either of his two companions,
and who seemed to lie the leading
spirit of the trio. Has anything been
settled? Has he bought them?"
Yes, sir. He bought 'em to-day.
He will ave 'em sent this afternoon in
time to take down by the BIS train,
Victory Station. Lord Netherville
bought them pearls this very morning,
and there was some dimonds, too. and
'e's a-goin' to take 'em into the coun-
try just in is pocket this afternoon"
Should We know the gent again If
you see imp" inquired the third man,
who was addressed by his companions
by the name of Shuffier.
I'm course, sir. I've seen i'm four
times. I'd know him anywhere"
There amt much time to lose?" re-
marked Shuffler, and the Marquis con-
suited his gold timepiece once more.
Come along, young'un.'
ITO be continued.)
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-08-31
The sen-out am the rnrin-

The mountain was in labor; a
mouse is born. President Taft's long
campaign for tariff reform produces
only an abortion. The net result of
tariff revision by the friends of the
tariff" is agreement by the President
and the Republican conferees upon a
bill which in many respects is worse
than the Dingley act and in only a
few particulars an improvement upon
that condemned scheme of robbery
and monopoly
The Presidents compromise with
the party traitors who repudiated the
pledges of revision downward given
by him during the campaign is re-
ceiyed by the country with profound
disappointment. Most of all is it dis
appointing to the Republican voters of
the Middle West and the Northwest,
who took Mr. Taft at his word and
gave him the Presidency. If they do
not revenge themselves upon the party
which has betrayed them, the temper
of the American people with respect
to the binding force of popular YER
diets has changed in a way that is
unbelievable.
No more pitiable display of weak
ness has been made by any President
of the United States than that which
was seen in Mr. Taft's final chickering's
with the Republican conferees. After
q great dust was raised around the
Payne increases on hosiery and gloves.
the President, by an ultimatum with
the word veto ringing behind it,,
compelled the conferees to confine
their exertions to an increase of the
Dingley tax on the grades of hosiery
in general use of 20 per cent.
The President wanted a tariff of 81
thousand feet on lumber, and by
threats of veto bulldozed the con-
ferees into giving him a rate of %
per cent higher; by the same coerciYe
method he forced the conferees to re-
duce the tariff on coal to 40 cents and
on iron ore to Is cents a ton, though
he wanted both on the free list Free
hides was about the only thing de-
manded by him that was conceded
The only rational explanation of the
Presidents abject surrender to the re-
dictionaries with a flourish of trumpets
in the final act in order to save his
face" is that he traded away tariff
reform for the corporations income
tax amendment, which is made part
of the bill. He is likely to find it a
costly bargain. Tariff reform was a
paramount issue in the Presidential
campaign. The corporations tax was
not mentioned 1t was not discussed
before the people. 1t was little debat-
ed in the Senate and not at all in the
House.
Nobody knows the far-reaehing eff
fects of the Presidents personal
scheme to put corporations under the
espionage, if not the control, of the
Federal Government. Even business
men accustomed to large affairs do not
yet realize what it means.-President
Taft has thrown over the tariff and
changed his issue" He has taken
upon himself a responsibility from
which most Presidents would shrink.
st. Louis Republic.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-08-31

Recent statistics covering CONNER
cial relations of the United States
with its recently acquired dependen-
cies do not justify the hope that,
even with concessions granted by the
new tariff, any appreciate portion of
the millions that have been lavished
on the philippines will be returned
through the channels of commerce.
While trade with these Islands has
shown slight increase during the
last two or three years, it lacks both
volume and variety Hemp is the
only Philippine product that is ship
ned to this country in any great
quantity. and as a market for Ameri-
can goods the islands are practically
valueless.
Both Porto Rico and Hawaii far
outrank the Philippines in trade val
ne. The former sent us 10000. 900 in
imports and bought s24,0O0,00O of our
products during the fiscal year just
closed. Hawaii was s17,500O 900 Gus
toner. in return for which we took
sugar and other products to the value
of S4S,000,O 900.
Comparison shows that while Amer
lean trade is making progress in mar
kets nearest home they are at a seri-
Gus disadvantage in contending with
the peculiar ideas and customs of the
eastern hemisphere. Under these cir
cumstances the Philippines promise to
figure as our national milestone for
many years TO come.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-08-31
1mpairing Our national Credit.


The fact that the Secretary of the
Treasury deems it necessary to block
the Panama Canal bond issue lest such
a large immediate addition to the ma
tional debt should depreciate United
States securities has not elected the
comment one would naturally expect
from Republican and Democratic
sources alike.
The unparalleled extravaganza of the
Roosevelt regime is the cause of this
precarious and unpleasant condition
of national finances. In his last six
years at the White House more than
80, 1000 taxeaters were added to the
civil service burden, at cost of more
than $69,000,000 to the American peo-
pie, as compared with 1929 civil
service appointments in the six years
from 1898 to 1898 at cost of $6,01S,-
417.39.
The army costs to-day S510O0,000,
and the navy $S4.000,000 more than
wenty five years ago. Under Theodore
Roosevelt in 1906-7-S Congress appro-
priated SO .42S, 000, 900 from the public
treasury. or nearly S35,000,000 more
than was appropriated during the last
four years of the civil war
These tremendous. reckless expendi-
lures were made in the face of rap
Idly increasing deficit. and in a man
aer to show entire disregard of public
interest. The careless waste of money
Is proved beyond debate by such facts
as that during the past four years the
army appropriations have increased
s25 100000 while the number of Off
GERS and enlisted men in the army has
decreased more than 5000
Secretary MacVeagh is wise in curb
ing expenditures. He is wise in re-
fusing to give the Panama Canal Com
mission lump sum of $290,000 900 to
spend at will on useless purchases
from political friends The American
people owe him their thanks in this
matter But how even Mr. MacVeagh
IAN overcome the appalling deficit due
to the Roosevelt era of extravaganza
Is problem beyond words to define
Chicago Journal.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-08-31

Democratic opportunity appears and
is lost with such regularity that it
may not be worth while to make the
inquiry, but once more it is here and
once liore the question arises: What
is to be done about it? The new ad-
ministration is soon to be on record.
Certain impressive facts are as clear
to day as they will be a month or a
year hence. By the action of the
Sixty-frst Congress in special session
and by the approval of the President
these policies have been Endorsed and
made permanent:
l. Expenditures amounting to one
billion dollars year. largely for war
purposes, and involving extravaganza
in every direction
2. Increased taxation to cover past
deficits and to meet the wastefulness
of the future.
8. The construction of the Panama
Canal, originally authorized on the
promise that it should be paid for out
of surplus revenues. to be financed
NhOlig ny d bOlIQ ISSUE.
4. The great predatory trusts rein
forced and reintrenched in privilege
by new tariff that as to most of them
leaves their tax schedules untouched.
5. In short. more extravaganza.
more taxes, more injustice, more mo-
nopoly, more militarism and more
debt.
In the acceptance of this program
there were Democrats who acted with
the majority every step of the way
No scheme of Republican taxation has
been too onerous or too discriminate
ing. and no Republican plan of ex-
penditure has been too lavish to re-
ceive the support of some Democrats
These things, together with the ex-
tension of federal activity in all direc-
tons, have not been accomplished ex-
actly ''by unanimous consent" as was
said by Chairman Tawney, but there
has been Democratic assent accompa-
MED by Democratic timidity and Dem
ocratic silence. Is the Democratic
party at large to accept these condi-
lions and assume responsibility for
them, or is it to make war upon the
whole combination of oppression
waste and plumber?
Notwithstanding the favor which
certain Democrats in Congress have
shown to plutocratic Republican meas
ures and methods, the Democratic mil
lions are not naturally inclined to be
assistant Republicans. They are ac-
customed to opposition. They are
capable of making their opposition eff
fective. They are encouraged by
Republican revolt of unusual proper
lions. The issues involved take root
deep in Democratic tradition If De-
mocracy will not fight unnecessary
taxation, unjust taxation, extrava-
gance. militarism and monopoly, what
particular wrong may be expected to
awaken it to action?-New York
World
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-08-31

The question often arises as to the
value Of ashes for fertilizer. Profes.
sor Ten Eyck, of the Kansas experi-
ment station, says that an average
sample of unleached wood ashes con
tains about per cent of potash and 2
per cent Of phosphoric acid. which at
current prices of these plant foods
would make the ashes worth about SO
ton. Besides the actual fertilizing
value, by reason of the potash and
phosphoric acid contained, there is
some value to ashes simply by the
power which the potash has to make
the nitrogen of the soil available for
plant use by its chemical action upon
the organic matter and humus of the
soil. The potash in ashes exists In a
readily soluble form and is thus i'm
medlately available for plant food.
The grower can well afford to pay IS
to $40 ton for good wood ashes. Coal
ashes are of little value as far as plant
food Is concerned, but they can be
used with good effect upon some soils
in loosening them up.
Ashes can be used for any crops
that need potash and they may be
applied at the rate of twenty-five to
fifty bushels an acre. For cultivated
crops they should be applied broad
cast after the land has been narrowed
and then cultivated in by light har-
rowing. They can be used also. as a
top dressing in connection with phos-
plate fertilizers. AS will be noticed
Professor Ten Eyck says that the un-
leached ashes are worth SO ton AS
matter of fact the leached ashes
rarely have a value of more than 81
to 50 ton, as the potash and phos-
phoric acid are washed out. If ashes
are to be used they should be put in
dry place until ready for use, much
or more care being taken with them
as with barnyard manure. And in
this connection 1t might be well to
state that ashes should never be
mixed with manure of any sort, as 1t
sets nitrogen free In the form of am
monia gas, and the quality of both the
ashes and the manure is lowered.
Sifted coal ashes, however, can be
used for that purpose, rs they absorb
liquids readily and, because Of the
small amount of potash they contain,
do not nberate nitrogen. 1t would be
a good plan for those who have soils
that need potash to collect all the
wood ashes they can and use them
for fertilizer.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-08-31

Prof. Harlan of California has dis.
covered that the ordinary black ant
will remove the scale from fruit trees
without injuring the trees or leaves
In the least He says their work Is
more complete than that accomplished
by spraying or by any of the imported
insects.
The ants are captured by placing
a plate of sugar near an ant hill. and
when covered with ants the plate is
put in the forks of the infected tree.
The ants leave the sugar and go to
work on the scale As soon as they all
leave the sugar the plate is placed at
the foot Of the tree and as the ants
come down after having cleaned the
tree they again assemble on the SUI
gar and are thus easily removed to
another tree.
Several ranchers near Ukiah have
tried the scheme and estimate that it
will be worth millions to fruit grow
erS
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-08-31
More Small Farms.

A survey or agricultural operations
reveals a great evolution in progress
In the average size of farms Of the
country. There Is no longer the am
bition to own multitude of broad
acres, because it is difficult to obtain
help to properly cultivate large hold
ings The great stock ranches and the
immense cotton and sugar plantations
are being subdivided into small farms,
where owners operate them under the
latest methods of scientific agriculture.
The reclamation Of vast acres Of des-
ert land by government irrigation
works has started the fashion of small
farms under system of intensive cul-
tivation. Reclaimed desert land when
irrigated is proving marvelously pro-
ductive and admirably adapted to
fruit. vegetables, nuts and alfalfa
The irrigated districts of Texas, Colo
RADIO, Washington, Montana, Idaho and
California have produced crops of
fruit and vegetables valued at upward
can only be achieved by intensive cul-
tivation, which precludes the possibil
ity of large holdings of land and en-
courages concentration of labor on
small farms.
In the fruit belts of Texas, Wash
ington. Oregon, Colorado, Idaho and
Montana an acre of apple orchard will
yield of 81 900 to 81 500 worth of apples
that are unrivaled in appearance and
flavor. American apples are in large
export demand and an oversupply is
not apprehended, as consumption of
apples is equal to production at very
remunerative prices. In favored local
tiles farmers can realize gross In
come Of $500 per acre for fruit or
garden vegetables when the small
farm Is operated to its full capacity
under modern scientific cultivation.
The future agricultural development
of the country will be characterized
by small farms operated by a system
of intensive cultivation. The farmer
with a son inclined to agriculture may
section farm in the corn belt, yet he
can purchase a ten-acre farm In the
irrigated district. where the gross in
come from fruit or vegetables may
equal the revenue of the 160-acre farm
in the corn belt The advantages OF
social life and the time of recreation
and selfimprovement are greater in
district of small farms than in To-
calities featured by large farms de-
voted to live stock industry or grain
production. The small farm is in
creasing in popularity and promises
to revolutionize future agriculture.
Small farms will eliminate the pres
ent tread of migration from the coun-
try to the great cities and intensity
the national prosperity by increasing
the number OF land owners and enlarg-
ing agricultural Observation-Disclosures
and Drovers' Journal.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-08-31

1s42-First commencement exercises o;
Harvard College.
16so-Expedition under Sir William
Phipps sailed from Boston for the
conquest of Canada.
174s-Cornerstone of Kings Chapel.
Boston, laid
1765-Gov. Hutchinson's house in Bog
ton was mobbed.
17S2-British evacuated Savannah.
1SO4-Francis H., Emperor of Germany,
abdieated to become Emperor of
Austria. !. The President ordered
two guntoats to cruise off the
coast of Georgia and South Caro-
lima TO protect the coast of these
States.
lS12-United States frigate Constitu-
ton captured and sunk the British
frigate Guerrero.
lSSl-Mohawk and Hudson Railroad,
first in America, was opened.
1SS2-The first iron ferry boat propell-
ed by steam was put in commits
sion in Boston.
lSSS-Banks of the United States re-
suined specie payment
lS46-Smithsonian Institution at
Washington founded
1S4S-oregon Territory formed by act
of Congress.
1S51-Nicaragua route opened between
New York and San Francisco.
lS5s-Tuscany declared in favor of
united kingdom of Italy under Vic
tor Emmanuel
1S61-Gen. Fremont declared martial
law in st. Louis.
1S6S-First negro regiment raised in
Pennsylvania started for the South
49,. Mississippi River declared
open for trade
1S6S-Arequipa destroyed by earth
quake.
1S72-New operation in surgery. since
known as Battery's operation, first
successfully performed in Rome,
Ga. Third National Bank of Ball
timore robbed of 100000 in cash
and securities.
1SS4-Grover Cleveland's letter accept
ing the presidential nomination
made public.
1SS7-Ferdinand, Car of Bulgaria, as
cended the throne.
1SS9-Ex- Judge Terry assaulted Jus
tice Field at Lathrop, Cal, and
was killed by deputy marshal.
1S91-Earthquake in Martinique; $40
lives lost.
1S93-Severe tornado at Larned, Kan
sas. First Chinaman deported
from San Francisco under the
Geary act Fire in Minneapolis
destroyed $3O00,OO0 in property
and rendered 1900 persons home
less.
1s94-Twelve lives lost In the wreck
of a Rock Island train near Lin
coin, Neb.
1S96-Gold discovered in the Klondike.
The Sultan of Turkey refused
further concessions to Crete.
1SeS-Peace declared between the Uni
ted States and Spain.
1900-The allies reached Pekin and
forced an entrance to the city.
1903-Expedition for the relief of Nor
denskjold's South Polar expedition
sailed from Stockholm on board
the Frithjof. Lord Northcote
succeeded Lord Tennyson as gov
ernor general of Australia.
1908-Liquidation of old French Pana-
ma Canal Company completed. -.
Ainsworth r. Spofford, former IL
brarian of the congressional IL
brary, died. Persia appointed
diplomatic representatives at Attn
ems. Greece, for the first time in
1889 years.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-08-31
Last years building Operations.

The total cost of the buildings
erected in the principal cities of the
United States in 1908 was $546,467
800, according to the geological sur
vey. In 1907 the cost of buildings in
these same cities reached total Of
$626,148,8 800 The decrease In cost in
1908, therefore, amounts to $79,681,-
500, or 1878 per cent
The relative rank of the cities in
cost of building operations is inter-
esting. New York is first, the cost Of
its buildings exceeding The cost OF
those of its closest competitor, Chi
cago, by Ss0,5S4. 5s2, or more than rs
per cent. If the cost of operations In
Brooklyn, the third city In rank, Is
added to that for New York the total
will be s163, 6S4622. or 30 per cent OF
the 40 cities included in the table.
San Francisco Is fourth in rank,
Philadelphia is fifth and st. Louis Is
sixth. Seventh In rank is the small
though rapidly growing city of Seat.
tie, which spent more for its buildings
In 1908 than Pittsburg, which was
eighth, Boston, which was ninth.
and-other cities much larger
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-08-31

Il done had so much poverty" said
Brother Dickey. dat | gwine ter pray
fer somepin' new in de new year. I
gwine ter git down on what's lef er
my DO oil knees an ak de good Lawd
ter make me rich, l reckon dat1l be
a big surprise ter de angels-ez dey
amt lookin fer Cat fun me-but 1
gwine ter qualify K, ez you may say,
by akin de Lawd ter make me rich
an humble,"-Atlanta Constitution.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-08-31

lean standard clay worsted cost 95
cents yard In 1900. under the Din.
gley law, it increased to S1.45. Last
January it reached SLIGO. Since the
passage of the Payne bill it has be-
come $3.50
This is the tariff which Aldrich.
Payne and Boutell declared in Con.
gress would tighten the burden of the
consumer. 1t will tighten his burden
IN two ways. His clothes will weigh
less. So will his pocketbook
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-08-31
win Give Away Whole Town.

Because the timber in Carter County.
Missouri. has practically all been cut.
the town * Grandin in that county.
once a h9urishing village of 500 in
habitants, with churches, schools and
bank. is to be given away entirely.
The whole town is owned by the Mis-
souri, Lumber and Mining Company.
which controlled nearly all the timber
lands In Carter County. Since the tim
Der has been cut and sawed the lum-
Der company has no further use for
Grandin, where its sawmills were To-
Gated
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-08-31

Starting from Mineola, l.. l., in his
Curtiss aeroplane, Red Bug. G. F. VIII
lard sailed away over the surrounding
country at an elevation Of about $50
feet. passing over three towns. rail-
ways, highways. hills and streams and
back 10 his starting point, distance
OF twelve miles. in nineteen minutes.
The feat was better. in some respects.
than that Of Oryille Wright recently at
Fort Myer.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-08-31
nen scrnfnhe. up stoIen Ge,s.,

When jewelry valued at about $1,000
was stolen from the home OF William
M. Skinner at Lakewood. n. j., in
April he offered a reward Of $3.50 for
it's recovery. A hen scratching under
the front porch of the Skinner home
has brought the stolen Jewelry TO light,
uncovering the spot where the thief
apparently had buried the treasure.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-08-31
did She,

When I asked for her hand,
Did my lady succumh2
with a tone of command.
When | asked for her hand.
l got more than l planned
l am under her thumb.
When asked for her hand.
Did my lady succumb?
New York Times.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-08-31

Say, I've got a new one on Smith"
What is it?'
why, the other day" (etc.,
etc, etcJ.
Yes. that's new story-on Smith
But the last time you told it, it was
on eters.''-CleYeland Leader
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-08-31

sMsan thing." exclaimed Mrs. New
lived; Its just brutal of yca to call
il this stun You said you'd be glad
if / baked my own bread"
~Yes. dear replied the brute. "but
/ didn't say you should bake mine"
Catholic Standard and Times.