The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-04-06
BEARHEAD FARM,
Orlando, Florida.

garine from the market. s
it YVES in 1902 that the tax act was
passed which practically eliEni1 hated
oleOmargarine and adulterated butter
from the market by placing a tax OF
10 cents a-pound on these products.
Less Liquor Withdrawn for Use.
Less liquor was Withdrawn from
the general bonded warehouses Tor
consumption last year. For the year
ending June 80, 1908, h mount was
14.327.472 gallons less than for the
previous year, or only ll9,tO3,o94
gallons Of tax paid spirits distilled
from materials other than fruits were
withdrawn. A great many people
will take issue with Commissioner
Capers' statement hat prohibition had
little, il anything 20 do with this
result.
The total production Of distilled
spirits in 1907. was ~114,112,21S, and
in 1908, 133,SS9,563. Every year for
the past decade, the production Of
spirits mas exceeded the amoun with
close of 1907 there had accumulated
in distillery and general bonded ware
houses a stock of 245,i3S, SIG original
gauge gallons.
Much Linuor Left i'll North Carolina.
The commissioners report shows
thai much liquor still remains in
North Carolina, despite the State law
which makes illegal the manufacture
of Intoxicating beverages. In the
table showing the quantity Of spirits
remaining in distilleries and general
bonded warehouses. North Carolina is
credited with 2OO,S57 gallons on July
1, 1907. 4. year later the amount had
decreased to 1866.
Our Lumber Interests.
y large delegation of lumber man
ufacturers from Virginia and North
Carolina called on President Taft at
the White House yesterday and We're
presented by Senator Daniel. Of Vir-
ginia. for whom z. w. Whitehead, Of
the Southern Lumber Journal, acted
as spokesman. and presented the diff
ferent 1umbermen by name.
Speaking Of the Importance of the
lumber industry, Mr.. Whitehead said:
The extent and Importance Of the
lumber interests of North Carolina.
are 50 great and far reaching as to
be fully appreciated by only a few
people. o instance there are under
normal conditions 1883 lumber mills
in the State employing approximately
$500 operators. Some Of these en-
ployees are paid from five and six
dollars per day, but the great ma
ority are paid much less. Take for
ID " 49, N8J ~ AAO
price and it will thus be seen
that the enormous sum of $111,OOO
per day is paid out in wages by this
one industry alone, or $3,33O,O0O per
month. 1t is cOntended and evidently
true that no other industry in the
State pays out SO much money for
labor, but as a matter Of fact, 80 per
cent Of the cost price of lumber is
by labor.
It has been stated here TODAY that
umbe brings into the South an av-
erage Of one million dollars per day
for every day in the year, a sum hat
is a little less than revelation 90 the
man."
BY the lumbermen and their friends
it is asserted here that at least three
fourths of the Southern members OF
Congress favor and Will vote for a
tariff N
Among the North Carolinians pres
ent We're the following: j. A.
Brown. Chadbourn; E.. B. Wright,
Col. L.. James. Durham;
DR.. T.. S. Blades and j. w. Foreman,
Elizabeth City; George E. Moyor,
j.. G. McNeal. BurgaW: D.
w. Richardson, Dover; Guy H. Buell.,
Horton Corwin. Edenton:
r. A. Parsley and z. w. Whitehead,
Wilmington, together With an equal
number from Virginia.
Morganton, \. c., April 3.-Fictor
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