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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-09-25

much work How much wood grows
on an acre in year?
Some of the abused, burnt. washed
and neglected lands are producing only
little. 1t has been estimated that the
typical hardwood regions of Tennes-
see, where fire is kept out, are growing
about 5000 pounds of wood yearly per
acre. Good stands of young pines in
other parts Of the country are prob
ably doing as well or better. But this is
not the limit, for foresters say wood
land can do much better under for
eStry methods. Good timber must be
selected, the Door cut out. just as the
farmer plans the best kinds of corn
and rejects the poor. In Europe where
they raise crops of trees they get I'M
DER favorable conditions, an annual
growth of $500 pounds to $500 pounds
OF wood per acre. This country can do
at least as WE'LL
Ihe freight carriers, however, sell
s dom transport the whole wood growth.
Inc waste is left in the woods or at
the mill. This is much or little, depend
ing upon what is made of the wood
pefore the transportation company gets
II. 1t is apparent, however, that after
deductlng for waste, the growth of an
acre of timber furnishes more freight
than an acre of any one of the agricul-
tural crops except cabbage, onions, and
potatoes.
The quantity of any one of these
three commodities that will go to tbs
market is limited by demand, but the
demand for lumber Is not diminishing.
All that the forests and planted lots
can supply will go to the market.
woodland. under care, yields yearly
crops as regularly as wheat fields. The
marketable timber only is cut at regu-
lar intervals, and new growth is all
ways coming on Is {. fraipht producar
a timber tract may be depended upon
as surely as potato field. In fact, it is
surer: for land in farm crops wears
out unless constantly fortified, but
cumberland fertilzes itself with its
leaves, and becomes richer. 1t will
yield undiminished crops forever.
trees grow on rough land where ag-
riculture cannot profitably be carried
on, and the freight and other returns
from such regions are largely clear
gain since such land would otherwise
be producing little or nothing.
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room be made comfortable while a
circulation of fresh air is maintained.
1T is fact that large numbers of
boys and girls are being graduated
from our schools and colleges whose
health has been undermined and who
go out in the world ill-equipped for
the struggle of existence, and while
the sanitation and ventilation of the
school buildings may not be responsi-
bic for all of it, yet their lack may
be regarded as a very serious menace
to health 1t is question now Of
health, and it is vastly more important
to the state that healthy citizens be
sent out than educated ones. How
ever, there is nothing to hinder the
education Of our boys and girls under
the most sanitary and hygienic con;li-
tons 1t always costs to ventilate a
public building, also to provide proper
sanitation, but there is no one who
will deny that the investment is good,
and there is no community in Iowa
that can afford not to safeguard the
health of it's citizens and prevent
many of the diseases which otherwise
will destroy them untimely.''
great many of the Iowa school
buildings, especially, the new ones,
have been constructed in way that
meets all the requirements of this
character. There are, no doubt, many
others that do not provide everything
in the way of ventilation and SANTA
ton that the health and well being of
the pupils demand. To the boards
and teachers of these schools the
state departments offer of co-opera-
ton in securing the needed improve
ments should appeal.
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people are believed to be going to
heaven in them. But now it is the au-
tomobile, the man who has one may
get to heaven, but the chances are
greatly against him. If he wants to
make sure Of getting through the
pearly gates he ought to sell his car
and give the proceeds to the poor. A
motor car is q great strain on religion.
Seriously, what nonsense that is to
talk. If that is to be the test then
the ones who are going to heaven will
be growing rapidly less in numbers,
for the use OF the automobile is in
creasing every year. The time rs
coming, unless the flying machines in
tervene, when practically every farm
er in Iowa will have motor car, en-
aiding him to get to town and back
while his hard-worked farm horses
are taking a rest. For the farmers
the motor car will be one of the
most humane Of Institutions 1t will
be a practical exemplification Of
Christian kindness toward the work
horses of the farms.
But we shall not conclude that all
the farmers are going to hell in au-
tomobiles, or in any other way The
truth is. that most of us will be able
to show our faces in heaven, as far
along in grace as Mr.. Lockhart, or any
other man who utters such things.
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THE MIRACULOUS BOX.

Luther Burbank at dinner in San
ia Rosa, replied modestly with an
anecdote to eulogy of his new crea-
ton, the spineless cactus
Really, you know" said the plant
wizard. 1.-The spineless cactus is moth.
ing like so marvellous as the straw
berry box that the fashionable fruit
erer of the east uses. That is crea-
ton indeed"
He smiled
"a fashionable fruiterer," he said.
told his new boy one June morning
to go to the back of his shop and fill
box with So grade strawberries for
Mrs. Van Golde
The boy a moment later called
from the rear:
Hey. there amt enough berries
here to fill this box"
"The fruiterer hurried back him
self. He looked at the box, then he
sneered at the boy.
Why, you young greenhorn. he
said, you've got it upside down.
Washington Star.
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THE WRONG CONSTRUCTION.

A chicago paper objects to the con-
struction placed by reader on an
editorial it published advocating re-
form in the method of observing the
Fourth of July SO as to minimize the
next days mammoth casualty list.
The objection came in the form of a
postal card, which read:
For that dyspeptic, hypocritical,
un-American feeling take Uncle Sans
Pills Every stanch, true and loyal
American will continue to celebrate
Independence day as their Fathers
and Forefathers celebrated that great
day, carping, dyspeptic and hypocrit-
ical editors to the contrary, notwith-
standing"
The writer of this postal card must
have poor opinion of the forefathers.
He also must have a poor knowledge
of history or he would know that our
forefathers did not find it necessary
to MAIN themselves and all the limo
cent bystanders within reach in order
to demonstrate their patriotism. The
hoodlum observance of the Fourth is a
product of recent years. And it can
not hope to survive long in the face of
public opinion, this postal card writer
to the contrary Notwithstanding.
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BACK TO THE FARM.

Washington Post.-The average
man has an idea that if he were
brought down to it he could run a
farm" but it would be far easier for
him to enter into some strange bust
ness in the commercial world and
make a success of it than to be a
successful farmer. And yet there is
no better opportunity for the right
kind of men, The college youth of to,
day is missing one of his greatest op-
portunities when he does not take ad-
vantage of his vacation and put him.
self under the tutelage of the man
who is the rudder of the country, and
enrich himself in health, wealth and
golden opportunity. Should this be
done, it would not be necessary for
the hero of the pigskin to work off,
twenty pounds every fall, or for the
farmers wife to pitch bundles, as she
was compelled to do this summer. In
order to garner the enormous crop.
because her husband was unable to
obtain help.
The farm of today is as different
from one of ten years ago as the lat
est automobile is from one of similar
date. The inventions and improve.
ments of modern times have made it
almost unnecessary for the farmer to
exert his muscular strength. AS j,
Adam .Bede says: s'There Is no man
with a hoe nowadays. If you get up
early enough you may find an old
woman with a hoe. but no man. Why
you can't sell a man anything that he
cannot sit down on"
The so-called intensive farming.
which is to his country brother what
system" Is to the city man, has al
ready taken firm root, and the vast
ranches of the west are being, broken
up into 100 and $50 acre tracts, and
their production doubled. The farm
er has found that by putting his ener
gy into more compact area his fl
nancial results can be the same as
when his kingdom extended over hall
a township. BY doing little figuring
he has found that by turning his
wheat fields to corn, barley and clio.
yer, and this again into butter, beef
and mutton, he is getting larger
and more certain return for his out.
lay. This is partly the reason why the
leadership in wheat production has
gone from the state of Minnesota. but
thereby she has gained in dairy pro
ducts, so that today she leads the
world. Many farmers in that state
raise no wheat, while many more
plant only a small percentage of the
acreage that was their custom ten
years ago.
While it is hardly possible for a
man with no MEANS unless he has the
capital of experience, to enter into
farming, yet, for the man with few
hundred dollars, there is no opening
so easy Of access that affords the op-
portunity for sure and profitable re-
turn. The west today offers more OPP
portunities for the man of small
means than it ever did in the golden
days of 40.
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Washington Bureau of
The Ottumwa Courier.
NAI.l {. Ia In OF On S,AI Ana

washington, Sept. 20, 1903.
Notes OF trouble over the operations
OF the new tariff law are now begin
ming to be heard from the direction Of
canada. They are giving some concern
10 treasury officials who have been
giving close attention to their mean
ing. They point to possible tariff
war with Canada as the result of the
enforcement of the maximum tariff
which is supposed to be enforced
against Canada after March 81 next.
1t appears that Canadian manufac-
turers are bent on making no conces-
slons to this country but on raising
higher the tariff wall between the
United States and Canada Whether
the Canadian government will take a
similar view of things remains to be
seen 1t is not at all impossible that
1t will do so. The Canadian Manufac-
turers' Association met at Toronto a
few days ago. This association is a
strong one and it's influence with the
canadian government is great. 1t
might, of course. happen that the as
ISOLATION would take one position and
the government another but there is no
doubt the association has large in
huence with the government.
Briefly. the situation is this: Con-
cesslons in favor of British imports are
made by Canada and q recent reciproc-
ity treaty has been made with France
that gives preferential duties to inn
ports into Canada from France. This
means, If the maximum and minimum
features of the American tariff law are
strictly applied. that the maximum
rates of the new tariff measure will
Fave to be enforced against Canada.
Now the superstition of the trainers of
the new tariff measure recently passed
by Congress is that the threat Of en-
forcement of the maximum rates will
be sufficient to make other nations
succumb and give to the United States
its most favored rates. But the ques-
ton is whether Canada will succumb.
1t is possible she will prefer to let the
American maximum rates apply and
shove her rates still higher.
This is Just what the Canadian Man
nfacturers Association want to see
done. They made it clear in their Tor
onto meeting that they had nothing to
fear from the operations of the Amer
lean tariff and that what they wanted
to see was the enforcement by the
Canadian government of the Canadian
Surtax act of 1908. They would allow
the American maximum rates to apply
and in turn impose the high duties
called for by the Surtax act on goods
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Enforcement of Maximum Tariffmay
Cause Trouble With the Canadians

seeking to enter Canada from the
United States.
This, of course. would mean a tariff
war with Canada. II the Canadian
manufacturers have their way, this is
Just what will happen 1t is pointed
out by the Canadian manufacturers
that Canada sells to the United States
only about half of what the United
states sells to Canada. Therefore. say
the canadians, let the duties go up-
ward and the United States will be in
jured much more than Canada will. In
other words. rs the Canadian manu-
facturers see it. the higher the tariff
against the United States the more
canadian manufacturing will be en-
couraged
Already there i something Of a
movement on the part OF American
manufacturing concerns to avoid paw
nent OF the Canadian duties by estab-
fishing branch plants in Canada. If the
duules go higher, more American plants
VIII locate in Canada presumably. This
VIII suit the ideas of those Canadian
expansionists who are bent or
strengthening the hands of Canada a a
inanufacturing country. The Canadian
nigh protectionists calculate that Cam
ADA would suffer some Inconvenience
from building a higher tariff wall
against the United States but that the
SS'.Siiss' " S|eiittid vi Tie whole would
be much greater than the inconyen-
fences.
In some respects, the Canadian
situation is one of the most embarras-
sing with which the State Department,
and the Treasury Department. more
especially the former, will be called on
10 deal. One of the great sources of
trouble is that no half way measures
can be taken under the maximum and
minimum tariff provisions That is,
there can be no bargaining and no
trading. No reciprocal arrangement ca n
be made. The United States will en-
force it's minimum rates Of duty
against Canadian imports or it will en-
force its maximum rates, which are
20 per cent ad valorem higher. No
middle ground can be taken So there
is no possibility Of negotiation. Either
Canada will have to give the United
states as good rates as the preferen-
tial rates given to other countries or
by strict law enforcement the maxi !.
mum rates will have to be nforced
against it.
1t is up to the Canadians whether
they shall climb down the tariff pole or
whether there is tariff war. Just now If
looks as If thew would refuse to climb
down.
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hiding themselves behind the anti
quated free trade formula, and watch
these empires forging the weapons
with which they are going to capture
Great Britain's colonies from her and
her sphere of commercial influence.
The interesting thing about Mr.. Bal
tours speech is that he is pleading
for an end to free trade that his coun-
try may compete with America, which
is building up the greatest empire
the world has ever known" 1t is also
interesting to reflect that in this coun-
try, where we quite agree with Mr..
Balfour as to our commercial great
ness, there are heard appeals for the
adoptions Of England's system, while
at the same time England's expert
ence is before us an ancmfwypshrcm
ence is before us as an example.
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by naive confession made by the pa
tent
The mans name is Estanislao Ruiz.
he stated that he lives at Cholula and
shortly before coming here he was
shocked one evening, while passing
the house of his novia to see her kiss
ing a very dandily dressed stranger
through the bars of her window Fear
ing that he might cause scandal by
interfering, he retired quietly and lat
er in the evening returned to speak to
the young lady about it. She denied
the matter emphaticaIly.
But | saw you with my own yes, 2
he maintained.
DO you believe your dulce or do
you believe your eyes?" she demanded
triumphantly.
II believe my dulce," he answered.
There was hearty embrace and he
came here Immediately to have his
eyes treated.
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President Preparing For Fight
With Senate Oper Tariff Board

chance to mako an issue on this point;
and the people who are looking for
him to do something very vigorous say
he will come to the front with unex-
2ected vigor and face any fighs that the
Aldrich people may put Up.
People who are execting those things
of the president insist that they know;
that their information comes direct
from the summer capital and that it
viii be completely borne out by the
speeches which the president will
make during his western trip. They
say all these things are going to be
promised.
The cotton, wooden, leather and lum-
Der schedules are specifically named as
of the first group that will be given the
attention of the tariff beard. under or
ders of the president. Mr.. Ia wants
to find out whether American textile
workers get better wages than English
or German, and exactly how much bet
ter; and he is going, it is declared, to
give the tariff board some very strict
and absolute directions to find out all
such things as this in the most scien-
tffic and reliable way. He doesn't en-
terrain any prejudic,s on the subject.
The board will not be started out with
any preconceived notions. or with any
theory to the proof of which it will be
be told to get busy collecting the facts,
and warned that it is working for the
president, not for the speaker or Sem
ator Aldrich, or the finance committee,
or anybody else. It's responsibility will
be to the president, and he will assume
all the responsibility to congress for
any stretching of the authority for do
ing the work
And when this informa ton is gath
cred, it is further insisted, the presi-
dent is going to act on it, If he finds
that schedules are unnecessarily high,
and that they apparently shelter mon
opolies, he will recommend legislation
to make the reductions which are in
dicated as necessary.
This is the program attributed to Mr.
Taft at present. The strongest evil
dence in favor of the belief that the
president has such plan in mind. is
pointed out in the personnel of his
board Messrs. Emery and Sanders are
expected to provide the theoretical and
economic views. while Mr.. Reynolds
will contribute the expert knowledge Of
tariff administration.
J. c. Welliver
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- -. -
LAW, NOT LETTERS.

According to a Tennessee man there
was once a Judge in the eastern sec
ton OF the state, man well versed
in law, but entirely self-educated,
who had to conteid with the principles
OF photography all his life In early
life. he had lived in Knoxville and for
a long time he insisted upon spelling
the name Noxville.
Finally his friends educated him up
to the point of adding the '.K;;" so
thoroughly in fact, was the lesson
learned that when, a few years after
ward, he removed to Nashville, moth
Ing could prevent him from spelling
it Knashville.
Then some time later the Judge
moved to Murfreesboro. On the day
that he began to write his first letter
from this place he scratched his head
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-09-25

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A VOICE FROM ENGLAND.

In speech yesterday at Birming-
ham, England, Arthur J. Balfour. the
former British premier, made a strong
appeal for tariff reform. This subject
sounds rather familiar over here, but
the way Mr.. Balfour handled his sub
ject did not have such familiar ring.
When. demand is made for tariff
reform in this country it is an appeal
for a shake-up of the tariff system
through which America has achieved
sucn wonderful prosperity Mr.. Bal
four's demand for tariff reform, how
ever, was different. The tariff reform
he favored was for the abandonment
OF the policy of free trade which has
Slapped Britian's strength.
The argument Mr.. Balfour presents
should be interesting to those who are
inclined to make free trade country
out of America. The former premier
points out at the start that England
is not now and never again can be
what is was in the halcyon days OF
British industrial supremacy. There
is nothing. unhappily, more certain, he
admits
But if impossible to regain its
former supremacy, Mr.. Balfour does
not believe there is anything to pre-
vent England from retaining it's pres
ent commercial status among the ma
tons, and the remedy he sees is the
defeat of the budget, which he be-
lieves leads to confusion and socialism
and the beginning of a movement for
tariff reform which will give Britain 3.
fair show to compete with the other
nations. He gives the following rea-
sons:
1t is as easy now for capitalist to
employ his capital in America or Ger.
many as in Great Britain, and he GER
tainly would employ it where the best
investment offered, regardless Of
whether it benefited foreign or British
worlimen. The budget proposals were
such as would induce the withdrawal
of capital from Great Britain and it's
employment in foreign countries,
whose workmen would benefit. Thus
the budget cut at the base of every
British industry.
While America is building up the
greatest commercial empire the world
has ever known, while Germany had
with unexampled, almost staggering.
success promoted the growth of her
own industries, and through the par
tial, unequal working of the most "fa-
vored nation" clause had become the
center of the mid-European body,
commercially armed against British
competition, it was amazing, even con-
temptible, that the people of this coun-
try should sit by with folded arms,