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The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-10-08

opment this return should be quite
generous, especially in the early
stage Of the industry.
These restrictions can only be i'm
posed by public authority. They
should be enforced by competent
public supervision and by forfeiture
in case of persistent violation. Legal
warrant for such public regulation is
found in the Federal ownership of
water power sites on the public lands
of the West. in the Federal right to
control navigable streams all over
the country, and in the police powers
of the States over their streams and
over public utilities in general, and
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-10-08

Extract from a Letter to Professor
Massey.
1 have taken The Progressive
Farmer and Gazette for about three
months, and I regret that I did not
take it before. have just sent them
ten trial subscriptions for my friends
for l want them to see what I con-
slider the best farm paper at the
South. 1 was in our country store
a few days ago and was telling how
much l thought of The Progressive
Farmer and Gazette and mentioned
that you was one of the editors. A
telegraph operator said, "They say
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-10-08

ton to any farm
paper in America
to those who have
read understand
ingly and applied
intelligently the
preachments they
contained. With
in my time no
better series OF
articles has APP
peared in any
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-10-08
THE REDEMPTION OF A WASTE ACRE.
low a vaueless Of Changed Expend
dinghy Fertile Field Paying

BY Prof. G. L. Newman.


this little than
Il Practically all
been Of redemption done odd times
more a paid fe
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-10-08

as 10 the possibilities of the present
movement for the public control of
water power development.
Their Editorial Page gives encour-
aging proof that the farmers of the
country are waking up to the neces-
sity for public control OF water pow
or development. It is none too soon.
The process of unregulated CONSOLE
dalton and monopoly has already
gone far, and no class of citizens has
more ground for desiring reasonable
safeguards In the matter than the
farmers. To them. as to other con-
sumers OF manufactured goods, ex-
oessive charges for electric power de-
veloped from falling water mean
higher costs OF manufacture and
transportation. which must be made
good by higher prices for everything
the farmer buys But he Is also in
terested as producer. The use OF
power on the farm increases daily.
and one potential source OF such
power is the falling water OF the
streams.
In great factory where power Is
used on large scale. It's cost. though
large In the aggregate. is small In
comparison with the cost OF labor
and raw materials. But for the
small user of power the cost is rel
atively high. The manufacturer can.
sometimes, bear exorbitant rates for
power, while 10 the farmer they may
quickly become prohibitive. The
farmer has this peculiar reason for
demanding freedom to purchase cleo
trio power developed from streams
In his nolghhorhood. at prices which
will insure the power company q
reasonable return on the capital In
vested. and no more. To attain this
end certain restrictions are neces-
sary
First. actual development should
be encouraged and the holding oil
water power sites undeveloped fol
speculative purposes should be pro
hibited. In some parts OF the coun
try the Federal public land laws ane
the State water laws have been per
verified TO stimulate such speculation
in undeveloped power sites.
Second. every power site should b'
developed up TO maximum capaci
ty. reasonable in relation To CONNER
cial and engineering conditions.
Third. combinations TO restric
output should be prohibited. and con
tInuous operation should be encour
aged.
Fourth. water power privilege
should be limited In time 10 perio'
not longer than so years. so that thu
generations that follow us may b.
free TO deal with this natural re
source in the light OF the create
wisdom OF their day.
Fifth. reasonable charge shout,
DO paid 10 tho public.
Sixth. capitalization should be linn
tied TO the actual cost OF the gener
ating and distributing works.
Seventh, the public should so reg
ulate the prices charged to consum
ers as TO limit the profits TO n rea
sonable return on the actual invest
ment In order to stimulate devel
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-10-08

and when there was no great press
ure of other farm work.
The land before drained was
worthless as far as any practical use
was concerned, and had been worth
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-10-08

Prof. Massey has been worth 81 ,000.-
900 to North Carolina" / said, He
has been worth that to every South
ern State" CHAS. T. THOMAS.
Alexandria, Ark.
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-10-08

They Should Be Utilized Utilized as to Reneat All
Casses-Ihe Farmers Interest in Question
BY Clifford Pinchot, Washington, D. c.

vuyHE EDITORS have asked me to opment this retur
give The Progressive Farmer generous esneca
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-01-02
PR0GRESSIvES
STILL FIGHTING
SENATOR CUMMINGS SERVES MO-
TICE THAT THE WAR FOR "PRO-
GREssivE" PRINCIPLES HAS
NOT YET ENDED.
By Associated Press,

Des Moines, Ia, Jan. 1.-Senaror AL
bert B. Cummings, speaking at din
ner of progressive" Republicans Of
Iowa, tonight served notice that the
fight for progressive" principles had
not ended. He said ne would not at
tempt to minimize the extent of the
defeat in the recent special session OF
Congress, but no one need harbor the
delusion that the passage of the recent
tariff law ended the fight. Cummings
said:
Regarding the tariff, 'standpatters
feel it makes little difference how high
the duties are if they are high enough
to exclude importation. Thy are so
much afraid of hurting the producer
that they close their ears to every
voice save his"
In conclusion he took a parting shot
at Cannon, Aldrich and Payne, saying
he defied anyone to show where they
showed sympathy with the interests of
the people in the struggle with the
railways.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-01-02
MORSE GOES TO
ATLANTA TODAY
WAS ALLOWED TO SPEND NEW
YEARS DAY IN THE TONES
FACES CALMLY THE PROSPECT
OF REMOVAL.
By Associated Press.

New York, Jan. Charles w.
Morse, the convicted banker, was al
lowed to spend New Years day in the
Tombs. Not until tomorrow morning
will he start for the prison at Atlanta,
Ga. He will leave shortly before noon
on Sunday under guard of three fed
eral officers.
Mrs. Morse will probably go to At
lanta with her husband. She is likely
to remain there so as to be near him
during the early part of his imprison-
ment at least. AS she came from the
South originally, residence in the Geor-
gia capital will not be a strange expe,
rience to her.
Mr.. Morse passed New Years day
quietly in his cell in the Tombs today.
His visitors declare that the prisoner
was facing calmly the prospect Of his
removal to the federal prison at At
lanta.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-01-02
To
UP BRIDGE
STRIKING MAcHlNisTs OF THE 3.
G. o. ARE ALLEGED TO HAVE At
TEMPTED TO WRECK GAY
STREET STRUCTURE IN BALTI-
MORE.
BY Associated Press.

Baltimore, Jan. Following an at
tempt last evening to blow up the Gay
street bridge of the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad, three men were arrest
ed on a charge of conspiracy to dyna-
mite the bridge and also the Mount
Glare machine shops of the railroad
company. The bridge was not serious
ly damaged. William B. Shipley, Ham
ilton w. Lightner, and William H.
Zimmerman, all machinists, were later
taken into custody. Detective Captain
Humphrey claims to have evidence di-
rectly duplicating the men.
Both Zimmerman and Shipley, who
went out with the striking machinists
Of the Baltimore and Ohio here last
May, made informal statements to De-
tective Captain Humphrey today con-
Tossing that they had engaged in a
plot to blow up the Mount Clare raiS
road shops last night. In the shops at
the time the bomb was to be exploded
were more than 1000 workmen and
the alleged plotters admitted that they
did not know how many people would
| have been killed by .Ae explosion.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-01-02
CONFESSES TO
A BIG ROBBERY
CASHIER OF EXPRESS OFFICE AT
NIAGARA FALLS, ONT, ADMITS
TO $4,000 ROBBERY LAST NO.
VEMRER.
BY Associated Press.

Niagara Falls, Ont, Jan. 1.-Cashier
William Dobson today confessed that
he and two others executed the rob-
berry here last November, when four
teen thousand dollars, consigned to To-
ronto banks, was stolen after sensa-
tional hold-up in which Dobson's head
was cut open with piece of lead pipe.
Two others under arrest are Purl
Whistler, an express messenger, and
Charles Flynn, former saloonist.
According to Dobson's first story he
was asked by two strangers to see II
there was any express for them. AS
he reached for the book one struck
him over the head, and seizing the
money lying on counter, escaped.
Dobson was found unconscious few
minutes later. In his confession to.
day he said the crack on the head was
part of the plot
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-01-02
10000 MEN To !
Be INVOLVED
IF sWlTcHMEN'S STRIKE Is NOT
ADJUSTED THROUGH MEDIA
TION THIS NUMBER OF RAIL
ROAD MEN WILL BE CALLED
OUT.
BY Associated Press.

Washington, Jan. III an amicable
adjustment of differences between the
Northwestern railroads and the switch
men is not reached through the media
ton conference here, the strike will
spread and twenty thousand men will
become involved" declared H. B. Per-
ham, head of the railway department
Of the American Federation of Labor
today.
The increase will not be among
switchmen alone, but will come from
ether affiliated associations. The
switchmen are for peace, if possible,
but are determined onsa general strike
if mediation falls
No affiliated organizations will take
action pending the result of Perham's
conference with the board, which -ill
be resumed Monday.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-01-02
Food Served Prisoners Unfit
For Even the Lowest
Kind of Animals.
FORMER oVERSEER SAYS THAT
He WAS FREQUENTLY SHOWN
BREAD FILLED WITH FLIES AND
SPIDERS - PLACE OVERRUN
WITH VERMIN OF ALL KINDS
FROM TWO TO HALF A DOZEN
BEATEN EVERY MORNING.
BY Associated Press.

Atlanta, Ca, Jan. John w. Dodd,
former overseer at the city prison
stockade, was the principal witness
heard by the council investigating
committee when that body resumed its
sessions today. In addition to cor.
roborating the stories of cruelty to
prisoners and filthy and unsanjtary
conditions as told by other witnesses,
he also produced diary covering the
events which transpired while he was
employed at the stockade.
Dodd testified that the food served
the prisoners was unfit for even the
lowest kind of animals. Prisoners IRE
quentiy showed him bread containing
flies, he said, and one man brought
him a piece of bread containing 1
spider. He declared the place was
overrun with vermin Of all kinds,
nearly all the negroes and several OF
the white men being covered with lice.
He produced a bottle of lice which he
said a prisoner had captured and
brought to him. The bread with the
spider in it. also was offered in evi.
dence
Asked what proportion Of the pris-
oners were whipped, Dodd replied that
it would be hard to tell.
Il heard them whipped nearly every
morning" he said. Sometimes there
were two or three whipped and again
Nlst
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-01-02
BY Associated Press.

Washington, Jan. 1.-The event
which from almost the first days Of
the republic has distinguished the ad-
vent Of the new year in Washington,
the presidents reception at the White
House, took on new interest today
as the first public reception planned
fer the administration of Mr.. Taft
On the new years day the White
House doors swing open to all the
world and during the appointed hours
for the reception of citizens, the poor
and humble pass In review and re-
ceive the clasp of the chief executive
on equal footing with the richest of
the community.
The public reception, of course, al
ways Is preceded by an hour or more
of formality, when the president
greets the members of the cabinet,
the diplomats, the senators and rep
resentatives and the high officials of
the government, the officers of the
army and navy and members of the
various veteran organizations, who
pass through the famed blue room at
hours especially set apart for them.
Some idea of the magnitude to
which the new years reception at the
White House has grown can be had
from the fact that President Roose-
! welt during the last two or three
years of his term attained highwa-
ter mark of shaking hands with
more than 5000 men and women.
/ The early period of the reception
II
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-01-02
BY Associated Press.

Evansville, Ind, Jan. MANY OF
the monster ice gorges in the Ohio
river today still defied the thaw and
the old river men are expecting disas-
trous floods from the back water. The
gorges act as dams and the river,
swelled by melting ice and snow wa
ter from the Pennsylvania noun
tains, raises with sudden rushes BE-
hind the ice barriers.
At Caseyville. KY, the water rose
two feet in a few minutes this morn
ing behind the gorge just below the
town. The gorge fills the channel and
ATTENDS down to the mouth of the
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-01-02
BY Associated Press.

New York, Jan. William J. Gay
nor was installed as mayor of New
York today. The former judge had
previously taken the oath of Office and
the ceremony Of installation was Of
the simplest character. Nevertheless
there was a thTong as big as the may
or's office would hold to witness the
brief ceremonial.
CoincidentIy the other newly-eIected
officers of the greater city and it's
five boroughs formally assumed their
duties.
With the outgoing of George B. Ne
CleIlan and the assumption of office
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-01-02
AWFUL STORIES TOLDxs
OF ATLANTA PRISON
Diigent Search Fails to Disclose
Whereabouts of Young Heiress

written by the girl show strange
fascination for the man, the police are
working on a theory that there may
have been another motive connected
with the disappearance Of the pair.
Ferdinand de Janon, a New York
stock broker and father of the girl,
and William Buist, the grandfather of
Miss de Janon, are in close touch
with the police and believe the girl
will soon be found.
The grandfather is an octogenarian
and the granddaughter was to be the
heir to his wealth.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-01-02
CENTRAL AMERICANS HAVE
NOT RECOGNIZED MADRiZ

Washington, Jan. mo official
news of the recognition of Madriz as
president of Nicaragua by any of the
Central American governments has
been received here and in view of
clearly defined intimations from in
ternai interests that such recognition
before conditions have become stable
IA the Central American republic will
not be proper. it is not expected tnat
such action will be taken at present.
President Zelaya having abandoned
his post, the state department regards
Madriz as leader of faction and it
would view with regret any recognition
beyond that as lending him moral sup
port to which it does not at this time
regard him as entitled.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-01-02
Judge William j. GaynOr is
Installed as Mayor of New York

by Mayor Gaynor, a new regime In
city governmental affairs was inaugu.
rated. While the new mayor was
elected on ticket nominated by the
Tammany organization, today saw
the chief Offices of the municipality
illec by men not allied with the Tam.
many hall organization.
With the passing of the old city ad-
mlnlstration, William Travers Jerome,
who for eight years filled the district
attorneyship, likewise relinquished
his office. Charles S. Whitman, his
successor, has retained some of the
former district attorneys assistants,
but none of these are Tammany men.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-01-02
NO CHANCE OF WAR
COMING TO AN END
BY Associated Press.

Philadelphia, Jan. / Diligent
search by many private detectives,
aided by the police of Philadelphia,
New York and other Eastern cities,
today failed to disclose clue as TO
the whereabouts of Rorbeta de Janon,
the 16-year-old heiress, and Ferdinand
Cohen, a waiter at the Bellevue-Strat-
ford hotel, who, are believed to have
disappeared together last Wednesday.
While letters in the possession of
Cohen's wife purported to have been
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-01-02
1910 USHERED
IN EARTHQUAKE
AT WASHINGTON
WEATHER BUREAU INDICATES
A WAVE OF CONSIDERABLE IN.
TENsITY-DAMAGE DONE SOME
WHERE.
BY Associated Press.

Washington, Jan. 1.-New Years
day of 1910 has been ushered in with
an earthquake, the records Of which,
as shown by the seismograph at the
weather bureau seem to Indicate a
wave of considerable intensity. 1t oc-
Cured in the early hours of dawn with
the possibility in the minds of the of
ficials that serious damage has been
done somewhere. Calculations are
now being worked out on the basis of
the records shown and an oMcial bull
letin will be issued on the subject.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-01-02
SHORTER WORK DAY GOES
INTO EFFECT IN NEW ENGLAND
BY Associated Press.

Boston Jan. 1.-SeVeral hundred
thousand operatives in mills and fac
tories of Massachusetts and Rhode
Island began work today on a short
er schedule of working hours in con-
sequence of the new 56 1-2-hour laws
passed by the last two state legisla-
lures becoming effective. While the
new statute applies to only women
and minors. the manufacturers find Il
impossible to separate the depart
ments so that the men can>work long
er than the women and children and
therefore have brought all their op-
eratiyes under the new schedule.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-01-02
Disastrous Floods From the
BackWater Are Expected

Saline river. At Enterprise, Ind,
eight miles this side of Owensboro
KY, there is an immense gorge, and
another towers above the river at
Three-Mile island, near Newburg,
Ind.
At Hawesville, KY, the river is
frozen over smoothly and farmers are
hauling their produce to different
places in sleds. Towns that depend
ulon river transportation for food
supplies had vigorously simple New
Years dinners.
At Jeffersonville, Ind. last night a
wharf boat of the NcRongahela Coal
company, valued at $4,000, was cut
Iopen by an ice foe and sank.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-01-02
JUDGE LURTON
1T KNOXVILLE
STOPPED OVER ENROUTE TO
WASHINGTON ON INVITATION
OF MEMBERS OF BAR AND
GIVEN A CORDIAL RECEPTION.
RY Associated Press.

Knoxville. Tenn, Jan. 1.-Judge H.
H. Lurton stopped in this city today
for several hours, enroute from Nash
Vile to Washington. He came in re-
sponse to an invitation from mem
bers of the local bar. Judge Lurton
was given a reception in the cham
bers of federal Judge Edward T.
Sanford, in the federal building in this
city. Members of the local bar and
others greeted and congratulated him.
Felicitations of the Knoxville lawyers
were formally extended by Judge H.
H. Ingersoll. Judge Lurton made a
fitting response. While here he was
the guest of Captain and Mrs Hor-
ace Van de Venter, who will accom-
pany him to Washington to witness
his Inauguration next Monday.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-01-02
RUSSELL TAKES OPTIMISTIC
VIEWREGARDtNCPENSACOLA
Twelve Year-Oid Girl Disappears
While En- Route to Los Angeles

after all inquiries in Pomona and at
the railroad offices here had elected
no Information. The child was plac-
ed on Southern passenger train
yesterday by Mrs. S. O. w. Bowen. of
Pomona, at whose home she had spent
a week. No one has been fund who
saw her after that.
Mr.. and Mrs. Taft adopted Dorothy
When she was a baby. according ID
Mrs. Taft, the mother is in Texas.
Mr.. Taft is pastor of a church at
Sawtel'e, where the Soldiers home is
located.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-01-02
NEW YEAR RECEPTION
AT THE WHITE HOUSE
BY Associated Press.

Los Angeles, CAL, Jan. 1-Seareh
was renewed today for Dorothy Taft,
the 12-year-old adopted daughter of
Rev. S. H. Taft, cousin OF the presj-
dent, who disappeared yesterday
when coming here on train from Po-
mona. Police officers here and in
Dolgevflie, the only place the train
stopped after leaving Pomona, search
ed all last night for the missing
child.
81 am sure that somebody has
stolen our little girl" said Mrs. Taft.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-01-02

SCHWAB TAKES SEAT.

Cincinnati, Jan. 1.-Dr. Louis II.
Schawb, elected mayor of Cincinnati
at the November election, took the
oath of office today. Retiring Mayor
John Calvin administered the oath,
after which he himself was sworn IN
as vice-mayor and president of the
council
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-01-02
WILL PREVENT OPENING OF
POOL ROOM IN INDIANA
BY Associated Press

Indianapolis, Ind, Jan. Gov.
Marshall early today issued formal
order to Sheriff Grant, of Lake coun.
ty, to take a big force of deputies to
Clark station, the old Dearborn park
gambling establishment near Chica-
go, where it was reported that Chica-
room.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-01-02
BY Associated Press.

Bluefields. Mic, Jan. Hope that
the war would be brought to an end
through the recognition of the pro-
.visional government by the United
States has been abandoned. Many
believe that two more battles must be
fought, one in the state of Chontales
and the other near Managua.
There is a popular feeling of graft
tude toward the United States be-
cause OF the attention given the
wounded by physicians from the
cruisers and the supplies sent for the
relief of the half-starved prisoners or
war.
There is. however, some disappoint-
ment that the United tSates has not
formally recognized the government of
Estrada.
The impression was strong that Sec
retary Knox awaited only decisive
victory by Gen. Estrada before giving
him the moral support of the Wash
ington government. Such victory
was gained more than a week ago and
stin no encouraging word is received
from Washington. A defeat In battle
could not depress the insurgents more
than has the fact that Washington mas
lost interest, seemingly, in the cause
of the revolution.
10000 MEN ENGAGED.
II another battle is fought, 1t is like
" that no less than 10000 men will
be engaged. Preparations for the
campaign in the west continue. The
next ten days will be devoted to Sc
curing more rifles with view to
equipping 1000 additional soldiers.
This. will s-being thas~~proyisiona
strength I'D to 5000 men. A schooner
has been sent to Cape Gracias and
will bring here horses and mules to be
used on the long march toward Ma
nagua.
The insurgent generals have signed
a solemn pact to The effect that they
will stand as unit with Estrada until
the last vestige of Zelayaism is blotted
out of the government of Nicaragua.
The peace commissioners which
President Madriz announced that ne
was sending to negotiate with Estrada
have not arrived.
The American gunboat Eagle has
gone to Bocas del Toro to make OBJ
seryations. The British cruiser Scylla
which brought a duplicate of the
letter sent by Nadriz to Estrada Oh
December %, also has departed from
this port.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-01-02
SERIOUSLY INJURED
WHEN CARS COLLIDED
BY Associated Press.

Greenfield, Ind, Jan. Five per-
sons were seriously injured, two IA
tally, in a head-on collision between
two interuban cars on the Terre
Haute. Indianapolis and Eastern line
at Philadelphia, near here, this morn
ing.