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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-10-12
SPINNERS VS.. FARMERS.

In this era Of good times that Taft
and Aldrich were to usher IN, why
is it hat either the cotton mills or
the cotton farmers must suffer? Corn
and wheat have gone soaring IN price
and their products have kept pace
with the corn and wheat. The short
crop of cotton-at least W million
bales short Of the needs Of the world
makes high cotton certain II no ar
tifcial means destroys the operation
of the law of supply and demand.
Why is it that cotton goods do not
advance on a parity with raw cot
ton?
Nobody can blame a cotton mill Tor
curtailing if it cannot sell what 1t
makes at a profit. 1t is a misfortune
but it will be short-lived.
Nobody can blame the farmer, with
a small crop produced at the heaviest
expense of any previous crop, from
demanding fail prices for his years
labor.
If cotton stays below thirteen cents,
the mills go ahead but the farmer
loses the high price to which he is
justly entitled. If cotton goes higher,
the mills must curtail until the price
of the products of the mill are on a
parity.
Here is the difference: It will not
take long for the goods to go up so
as to make manufacturing profitable;
if the farmers sell their short crop
below thirteen cents, when the price
ought to reach fifteen cents, the South
loses forever two cents on every pound
of cotton groWn-that is it loses
$11O,000,0 900 in cash never to re-
turn. The loss to the mills in curtail-
ment is much, but the goods are sold
later at the higher price which is
certain to come when the world sees
that cotton is going to be high. The
farmers loss Woul be permanent if
he takes less than his cotton is worth;
the curtaillnent by the mill would
not make lea so much permanent
loss. Therefore it is to the interest
of the South for cotton to go up,
and the sooner the better alike for
the mills and the farmers. Uncer-
tainty as to whether cotton will be
thirteen or fifteen cents troubles the
mill men, whereas if they were GER
tain that cotton would go to fifteen
cents they could all the Ooner force
a parity between cotton and cotton
goods.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-10-12

The Madison Herald, noting that
McGehee & Co. had sent a hat to Miss
Atkinson in Kochi Shi, Japan, says:
1T may be of interest to our peo-
pie to learn that while the hat was
mailed to Japan, a distance of some
seven or eight thousand miles, for
only so cents, it would have AXE so
centS-One-third mOre-tO mail it to
Ellisboro. a distance Of only four
miles. All this. thanks to this great
Republican Government of ours"
The rates on packages in the Uni
ted States ought to be as cheap as
Uncle Sam n the steamship com
panies will charge to carry it all the
to Japan.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-10-12
DON'T FEED MARKET TOO FAST.

The Atlanta Constitution thinks
farmers will get fifteen cents for their
cotton if they are wise. This means
$40 to SIS more per bale for m
than the prevailing prices. Think
what that means to the South. The
Constitution predicts tina this in
crease will come if the farmer does
not yield to the temptation.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-10-12
ALL FOR $1.7O

North Carolina so much good reading
for so little money as we are Offering
under the following propositions: For
$40 we will send the following Tor
one year:
The Weekly News and Observer, an
eiellt-page weekly, newspaper.
The an able weekly
Journal. published by William Jcn-
nin@S Bryan. "
The Farmer and Mechanic, sixteen
page North Carolina home and farm
weekly iournal.
Thus for One Dollar and Seventy
Cents you can get all these papers
one year.
V. c. MOORE. Manager.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-10-12

The chief honors in the new life
OF Greensboro Female College be-
longs to Miss Mamie Lee Smith. the
Joan of Arc Of womanss education.
Mrs. Lucy H. Robertson, president Of
the institution, who by personal in
terview with Carnegie, received his
promise of $4,000; Rev. ". Nj. Cur
tbs, the capable financial secretary:
and to MIR. Chas. H. Ireland, the sec
rotary of the board of trustees. Manv
gave, showing that the many will give
when the proper appeal is made for
q cause in which they are interested.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-10-12
COTTON MILLS WILL

In a short time five million spindles
in cotton mills will be running on
short time or be completely idle.
The Board of Governors of the
American Manufacturers Association
held a meeting yesterday and adopted
a resolution recommending that every
mill sign an agreement to enter upon
curtailment in the production of cot
ton goods until the price Of goods are
on q parity with the price Of cotton.
The price Of the products of the cot
ton mill has not kept up with the IN
crease in the price of raw cotton. me
outlook is for still higher cotton. The
mills, which have had a hard time
for more than a year, are face to face
with a serious proposition. Ihey
cannot pay thirteen to fifteen cents
for cotton and sell their product at
ton goods. Unless they can get more
for yarns and goods they must cut
down. Touching upon this point, the
Monroe Enquirer says:
The cotton mill men claim hat
making yarns at present prices ana
paying 10 cents a pound for cotton is
a losing game. May be it is but all
we Southerners want to see the price
of yarns go up rather thar see the
price Of cotton go down. The South
ern man who does not want the price
of cotton to be high is just a business
fool, if not a great many other rands
kinds and conditions of a foo"
The Enquirer thus gives expression
to the sentiment of the South. 1t
be d matter of genuine regret
if the mills have to curtail while wait
ing for such increase in the price of
their products as viii justify them in
on full time. But, depiora-
as this would be temporarily, it
would not be such a blow to the South
best possible price for cotton. For
tunately, in a yea of the smallest
North Carolina has the best crop
Of my Southern State. If the law
Of supply and demand is unimpeded
must go higher. AS soon
as the trade knows about how high
will go, business will be ad-
TO the higher cotton rate ana
the products of the mills will go up in
to the increased price of
cotton.
The news from abroad is that the
must reduce operations and cur
tail the product. They say that
short time is A proper and justifiable
remedy for the disarrangement." But
it will not last long. The world must
be clothed, and nobody has the cot
on but Southern farmers. The short
warrants fifteen cents, and in the
long run Southern mills and Southern
farmers will be benefited by high cot
though for a short time curtail-
.ent imposes h~ardships upon the
manufacturers and employees in the
mills. They should remember
the farmers had to bear
hardships when a bumper crop put
price down to six cents and that,
so far as the South is concerned, six
cents cotton was a disaster, whereas
curtailment in order to
Of millions of dollars
into the South will, in the Ion run.
better than cheap cotton and the
curtailment.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-10-12

Crops in Edgecombe are not so bad
as supposed. The S~outherner says that
r. E. l.. Pitt. of the ST. Lewis section.
expects to make 80 bales on his ~
acres. He has already picked so bales
and is confident that he will get 80 or
So bales more.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-10-12

The tobacco pay it all but
they don't get any profits. The Dur
ham Sun says: The Dukes Of Dur
large gifts to Trinity College but real
ly some of this credit belongs to the
tobacco farmers, through whom the
Dukes have made their millions bv
the operation of the tobacco trust"
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-10-12

Referring to the prediction that the
price of tobacco will get better after
awhile, the Madison Herald saws: ctr
certainly can't sell much lower, unless
the trust sets in to steal the crop out
right The fire of public indignation
has helped some.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-10-12

What is a gentleman? Enoch Hale. a
brother of Nathan Hale, said: "A gen
tleman is one Who abates something
of his right" There is much in that
definition to think about.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-10-12

The agreement Of curtailment which
the mill men will be asked to sign is
tina each mill close down one day
or more in each week until goods ad-
vance to a parity with the price Of
cotton. The whole matter is condi-
toned upon sixty per cent of the
spindles going into the curtailment. 1t
is to be hoped that goods will soon
be on a parity with prices so that
there will be no necessity for c~urtail-
ment.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-10-12

Ihose people who think circuses
are a~emorahzing had evidence in the
increased number of DRINKS in the
ponce court the morning after"
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-10-12

The country should sympathize with
Miss Elkins's but it should
be a warning 70 American young wo-
men, Senator Elkins says, my
daughter has beer driven almost to
distraction by the reports that have
been published about her" Through
cut the whole affair she has borne
herself with dignity.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-10-12
LOaaAm@~~

copyright 1909, by George Matthew
Adams.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-01
STUDENTS EAT TOO FAST.
Examination Of Cornell Freshmen
Discloses Many Ailments.

ITHACA. y. Y, November THAT the
majority Of the freshmen at Cornell eat
TOO rapidly and are not careful about eat
ing is the conclusion drawn from the sta
tistics compiled by the doctors in the
physical examinations, which have re-
Gently been concluded. They find frequent
c;ises of eye strain and indigestion.
The records at the gymnasium Office
show that among $40 freshmen who have
taken their physical examinations the
physically deficient men are as follows:
Right shoulder lower than left, 395; spinal
curvature, 49,; left shoulder lower than
right, 80; fiat chest, 33; uniformly con-
tracted chest, ~; pigeon chest. IL; funnel
chest, 10; barrel chest, 3: chest contracted
on one side, I: goitre. .. and weak arch,
one or both feet, 15j.
The examiners also noticed in the men
examined prevailing tendency toward
underweight, as compared with the stand
ard of the mature body. there being 245
of this class as compared to . who are
overweight.
Two other points mentioned are the
prevalence of eye trouble and the abuse
OF the digestive tract by eating too much.
Eye strain and overeating are often
found to 90 together, in which case the
students efficiency is greatly reduced, the
doctors say.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-01
Drinks Carbolic Acid and Dies.

PHILADELPHIA. November LATTER
Mrs May Schneider had committed sui
eide yesterday by drinking carbolic acid,
a healthy baby girl was born in the hos
pital where the woman had been taken.
Mrs. Schneider. who was eighteen years
old, swallowed the poison in the room
she occupied with her husband. She was
quickly removed to a hospital. where
she died shortly after her admission.
After a hasty preparation the physicians
performed a Caesarian operation and
succeeded in saving the life of the baby.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-01
Jack Frost.

Jack Frost is nippng leaves tonight,
And with impulsiye deadly breath
Spreads DER the fields and woods with glee
And dances in his march of death.
He holds the streams within his grasp
And binds them with icy chain,
Chasing his features instantly
Ger mounts and hills and rolling plain.
And the shiverng woods shall be
As naked the rocks around.
With and ice their funeral pail
Dame Nature in her sleep profound.
Yet April buds and grass and flowers
Va shine again in grand review,
LikeVsouls celestial far above
Besprinkled by the heavenly dew!
JOHN A. JOYCE
Washington, II. G.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-01
Guest Stays His Hosts Family.

GIMLI, Man. November IA woman
and two children were killed in a fight
at a farm north of Gimli yesterday. AS
far as can be learned at present. a Ger
man who was visiting at a Galician home
got into a fight with his host, and after
beating him chased him out of the house
The Galician stayed out in the bush until
he saw the German leave. On returnin ::
to the house he found his wife and ;wu
children murdered.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-01

The West Virginia Pulp and Paper
Company of Davis, w. Va. which is con-
trolled by the Lukes. who own the i'm
mense plant at Luke, Md, will Novem-
Der | absorb the corporate interests Of
the West Virginia Spruce Lumber Com
pany, Operating at Cass, ". Va.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-01

Pythian Hall, the Hagerstown tMdD
Masonic Temple. has been rented by the
committee appointed at a recent meeting of
Hebrews in that city to secure place
for temporary use as synagogue. Ar
rangements will be made with rabbis
from Baltimore to conduct services.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-01


These permits are issued under au-
thority of a specific statute (act Feb
ruary II, 1901. 81 Stat, 1900. The At
torney General has expressly given his
opinion that the statute empowers the
department to impose the construction
charge and other conditions contained
i'm the permit Opinions Of Attorney
General, vol. &c. p. 42D. and the United
States circuit court for Colorado has
by express order directed the receivers
of the Las Animas Power Company to
pay the charge and sign the permit
The administration of this statute, so
far as national forests are concerned,
was transferred to the Department of
Agriculture by the act of February l.
1903 (33 Stat, 62S). but still remains i'm
the Interior Department so far as unre-
served public lands and national parks
are concerned.
Under the express statutory author
ity so conferred the forest service is-
sues permits. the provisions Of whicX |
have summarized. hope you will
agree with me that they are fair
leases.
Very sincerely yours,
(Signed) CLIFFORD PINCHOT.
Forester"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-01

J. Clair Scally, son of Mr.. and Mrs
John II. Scally of Eckhart. Md, and
Miss Margaret Finn. daughter of Mr. and
ried at st. Michael's Church. Frostburg.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-01
On Lake Victoria Nyanza.

AS the weary traveller nears the end OF
his journey he is gladdened by the sight
Of Lake Victoria Nyanza. The seamer
Clement Hill, under command of Capt.
]. H. Gray, will leave Kisuma at mid
day with Col. Roosevelt and his party
aboard, proceeding to Jinjina and En-
tebbe. For forty miles, until the mouth
of the gulf is reached. the waters are
muddy, but after that beautifully clear.
with lovely hills in the distance and is
lands everywhere as far as the eye can
see. One of the principal sights will be
the celebrated Ripon Falls. Here is the
source of the great Nile. Entebbe will
be the base for Col. Roosevelts trip down
the Nile after his much-desired rhino
and Nile buffalo.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-01
PLANS OF COL. ROOSEVELT
PARTY WILL LEAVE NAIROBI
FOR ENTEBBE NOVEMBER 81.
Trip Through Wonderful Forest, UP
the Mountains and Over the
Waters of Victoria Nyanza.

Correspondence of the Associated Press.
NAIROBI. British East Africa, Friday,
October According to present arrange
ments. Col. Roosevelt and party will leave
Nairobi for Entebbe In Uganda on the
morning OF November -. arriving at Eli
tebbe on the 10Th.
After leaving Naivasha the party will
pass over new ground. Between Naivasha
"a, go feeD and Nakuru $3.50 feet the
line rises gradually as far as Gilgil Sta
ton, where the East African syndicate
sheep land headquarters are located. 1t
then drops down past Elementeita lake
to the station of the same name.
At Nakuru, 449 miles from the coast,
game is plentiful and II is no uncommon
occurrence for lions to prowl i'm broad
daylight on the outskirts of the town.
After leaving Nakuru the line climbs
1.OR feet in twelve miles to Moro. which
is the station for SoysGmbu. Lord Della
mOre's farm. 1t Is likely that Col. Roose-
more's invitation to stay with him for a
few days and try for giant pig and bongo.
Wonderful Forest Scenery.
The train then passes through wonder
full forest scenery past Elburgon Station
and thence to Molo at an altitude Of 794O
feet. and from there ascends to the Maui
Summit. which is the highest point on
the line. $500 feet above sea level. The
next stop in Londani Station the start
ing point of all caravans for the govern
ment station of Eldama Ravine and for
the GuasO Nguisho country. II Is bitterly
cold here and always damp. Sheer above
rises the wOndrous Mau Forest, through
which the train has just passed. and all
around are high hills and woods.
Through Lumbwa to Fort Ternan the
train crosses deep ravines, spanned by
huge steel American bridges. There are
twenty-seven of these in a distance of
seventy-three miles. The longest meas
ures 1871 feet and is III feet above. the
ground. The scenery is magnificent and
a splendid view is to be obtained from
the train. which winds around almost on
the edge of the precipices. Between
Lumbwa and Fort Ternan the train
passes through the only tunnel on the
line.
A Fever Center.
MuhorOni, a little farther, along, is a
fever center. The road traverses the
Nyando valley at the foot of the huge
and rugged Nandi escarpment through
the Kavirondon country to Kibigor.
presence of huge herds of fat cattle at
tended by naked youths. The Kavirondo
men wear no clothes and their women
only small garment of grass. yet they
are the most moral race in Africa. They
are tall and comedy and decorate them
selves with brass and copper wire. cow
rie shells, grass bangles and anklets and
hippo teeth. Very often they may be
seen standing like a stOrk. one foot up
lifted resting on the other knee, and lean
ing on a stick. This is their mode of
resting.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-11-30
Drain Tile.

Buffalo Center, Iowa, according to
news item from that place, is a
splendid field for another tile factory.
The one there does not begin to meet
the local demand for tile in its output
as shown of late. Upon opening a
fresh burned kiln recently, there were
forty three teams in line waiting to
get tile hot from the kiln and flights"
were narrowly averted, so anxious
were the farmer to get what tile they
wanted. More thing is being done
this year than ever before, and there
will not be single piece of this pro.
duct left in the yards when the factory
closes down for the winter.
Buffalo Center is due west of Cresco
about so miles. The farmers in this
vicinity are rapidly waking up to the
necessity of tile drainage, but many
claim they cannot afford to do so at
this time. The best authorities show
that they cannot afford not to when
the difference in one years yield will
more than cover the expense. Can re-
fer you to many of our best farmers to
verify this statement. During the
winter months is the best time to haul
either brick or tile. will be pleased
to meet any of our farmers who are
contemplating tiling.
C. A MARSHALL,
Prop. Cresco Brick and Tile Works.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-11-30
Prop. Cresco Brick and Tile Worl
RABIES COST III LIVES.
Hydrophobla Deaths Reported In 80
States in 1908.

Washington, Nov. 29.-The destruc-
ton of all animals afflicted with rabies
and the proper muzzling of all dogs
in areas infected with the disease are
strongly advocated by John w. Kerr,
assistant surgeon general, and Arthur
Nj. Stimson, passed assistant surgeon
of the public health and marine hos
pital service.
The report is made upon more than
3,2S5 replies to inquiries sent out by
Surgeon General Wyman to state
health officers and others having
knowledge of the disease, to deter
mine its geographical distribution.
From information gathered it is shown
that rabies has been endemic in the
United States for more than 100 years.
There were Ill deaths of human be-
lngs from hydrophobia reported from
80 states in 1908. Rabies was report
ed in the lower animals from at least
534 localities in SO states and territor-
les, including the District of Column
bia. Evidence was obtained of nearly
1900 persons who, on account of ex-
posure to rabid or presumably rabid
animals were obliged to take the Pas.
teur treatment.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-11-30
lob for the Booster Club.

Cresco is one of the best live stock
markets on the Chicago, Milwaukee &
st. Paul road On Nov 81, fifteen
cars of stock were shipped out of here,
three of which were double deckers.
and this is not an unusual occurrence as
frequently more cars are shipped in
one day.
To hold this stock the Railway Co.
has nine yards, leach capable of hold
ing but one car of stock for feed and
water,) four of which are at this time
are almost bottomless. The remaining
five are rock bottom, but are in terri
BILE condition. This is matter of vital
interest to every farmer selling stock
for some one pays for the extra shrink
age caused by muddy and crowded
yards.
An appeal to the local agent for a
yard to hold the stock or for better ia
cilities gets no satisfactory reply but
that cts the best we can do. :"
Here is chance for the Booster
Club or the new depot wrestlers.
STOCK BUYER.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-11-30

have good place for sale cheap.
81 acres, with good house 16x24 with
II foot posts, good well, wood shed and
chicken house, located one block from
south side school house. Enquire of
Cliff Wheeler.
1t will pay you to see me before pIac-
ing your Insurance. can save YOU
money. Ten good reliable companies.
%. M. SToCKNAN.
Office over Cresco Rest Room,
Cresco, Iowa. N. |. Phone No. a.
Another hog story. r. H. Burr, of
Orleans twp. delivered six hogs in
Cresco last Saturday that totaled a
weight of 1850 pounds and at $7.65 per
cwt., brought their owner $2O2. r., The
hogs'were bought by Jack Mara.
Makes blood and muscle faster THAN
any other remedy. Gives Stealth,
strength and vitality. HOLSTERS Rocky
Mountain Tea towers above all other
remedies for making sick people well,
and well people weller Take it to-
night.-Wm. Connolly.
Mrs. Mary Johlas will have an auc
ton sale on the Jim Keefe farm Al
miles north of Elma, on Thursday.
Dec. 8, to dispose of 5 head of horses,
81 head of cows and young cattle, hay,
grain. machinery, etc, on the usual
terms. Free lunch at noon.
w. c. Manchester Grove No. rs
will hold the first regular meeting of
the month on Wednesday, Dec. 1st.
AS this is the time for the annual cleo
ton of officers, the attendance of every
member is requested
LOTTIE SCHoLZ, Guardian.
For sale-My residence in Cresco on
the New Oregon road, 81 acres with
residence 24X2S with Is foot posts and
an addition 16x16. Cistern, good cellar
and good well. Good barn and plenty
of outbuildings. Can be bought at a
bargain. Jos. Haubrick,
c. e. Farnsworth enjoyed visit
last week from friend residing at
Great Falls, Montana, W. l.. Goodwin,
who was on his home from Chicago
where he marketed bunch of three
year-old steers, grass fed, which
brought him an average of $6S per
head.
Miss Mary Finnegan who has been
visiting at the John E. Malone home
returned to Cresco, Iowa, Saturday
..... Mrs. Emmett Ryan and Mrs.
Louis Steen both underwent operations
at Cresco last Saturday. They are re-
ported doing nicely and recovering
strength as fast as can be expected. f.
Harmony News.
Estrayed from my place during the
first week in November, white pigs
and one black pig. Also taken up,
about the same, seven pigs. Reward
for return of those estrayed and
owner of the pigs taken up will please
call. prove property and pay charges.
THEODORE LANDswERK,
r. F. d. z, Cresco.