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The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-07-09
PROGRESSIVE FARMER AND GAZETr,,

Each mine is free to sell its sh
of export and domestic as It Co..
fit, but it must not sell for exnor.
less price than is charged to g.
man buyers. There is certainly not,
ing in this. to give the Amer,o.-
farmer who buys potash any causo
for alarm. Why then. has our s,,,s
Department been urged to protest 80
vigorously against the passage OF mt.
law? Why have we been told ~,
the law means we must pay twenty
dollars more per ton for all our no,.
ash salts? The law provides tina, 4,
any mine shall sell more than %.
assigned fair share II must paw m
the excess over its lawful share
much higher tax. ranging from abou,
two dollars and seventy-five cents "a
nineteen dollars and n half per ton
This will, OF course. serve to restr,c,
the mines TO the legal quota OF each
But there is no intention OF restrict.
ing the total production OF po.aa
On the other hand the publicity nrn
visions are intended to increase IN.
consumption.
The American fertilizer companies
sought TO get control of all the potash
coming to America. They failed 10
do t. They never intended that the
farmer should get potash salts dlrec,
from them and they insisted that thu
Germans should sell only to these
companies and that the German Kali.
Works. which Is tho American Com.
pany representing the potash mines.
should cease TO sell mixers. dealers
and farmers.
The German Kali Works was or.
ganized for the purpose OF getting
potash 10 the farmers. local dealers
and mixers. at fair prices. II lsa
matter OF Indifference To them whc,h.
or they sell II direct 10 these three
classes or whether their offers cause
the fertilizer manufacturer, TO sell
IL 10 them nj fair prices. The fertf.
izer manufacturers do not want the
farmers TO secure potash except In
the form OF mixed goods containing
about ss pounds OF phosphate snd
filler 10 pounds of potash salts.
Home mixing gives the fertilizer
manufactures nervous chills. I,
means the farmer may buy raw ma
terial. compound his fller-free fer,li.
izer at marked saving. and. wors,
OF all. he will begin 10 figure on the
money he has been paying out for
hller and freight on II. no, n penny
OF which was OF any value in increas-
Ing his crop.
The American fertilizer manufact.
nrers have claimed for years ,hs,
they sought uniform prices for potash
rather than low prices. The new law
gives every buyer the same price. But
their strenuous objections prove wha,
many already knew. that the large
manufacturer does not want the mix
er. local dealer or farmer 20 buy
potash at all except in the form OF
hller-loaded mixtures which place the
cost OF plant food much higher than
IL can be sold for In raw materials.
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-07-09

to build packing house to take care
of them.
This Texas performance will prob
ably be duplicated in Mississippi, AL
ALBANIA and Georgia. With the one
crop fetish and credit handouts, the
average farm laborer in Mississippi
produces annually about $50 in
wealth, while the Iowa laborer pro-
duces 5000. Does this mean that
man in Iowa is worth six in Nissis-
sippi? Does it represent the COM
parative fertility of the land? The
soil Of Mississippi is richer than that
of Iowa and the climate more favor
able. The difference is in the Iowa
method, where the average farm la
borer produces $500 worth of live
stock annually as against 81 for Mis-
sissippi.
Ancient Egypt was first the gran
airy and then the treasure house of
the world; yet there is a stretch of
delta land between Vicksburg and
Memphis that is richer far than the
stored Valley Of the Nile, and with
seven times it's arabic area. Never a
day comes when 1t is too hot or too
cold to work. Sunstroke and freez-
ing are alike unknown. Much of
this land is wild. the homo of the
deer, bear and panther.
What a chance for Iowa men in
Mississippi! And what an opportun-
ity for Mississippians! Maybe they
would be like the pig in a pen that
gets so fat 1t won't eat any more.
But just let the boss put in a hungry
pig-then the fat one gets up and
hustles.
Hogs and corn will settle the meat
and-bread question. rendering the
farmer just that much less depend
emit upon the merchant. And Irish
potatoes-while the Texan was tight
ening his belt and praying for invita-
tions to dinner. he discovered that
he could raise a few hundred bushels
Of Irish potatoes and get them of
the land In full time to plant cotton.
He could get two crops instead OF
one. pick up his dinner as he went
along. and never stop going. Dinners
counted double with the Texan In
those days.
Then, In 1905, he made his bump
er crop OF cotton In spite OF the boil
weeyil. and In addition to his food
and forage. The weevil had taught
him to be a so per cent better
farmer. .
The boil wesvil hit Louisiana
straight from the shoulder. Some
sections lay still and took the count.
Others struggled to their feet.
In De Soto Parish. for instance,
the cotton production dropped from
10000 to 5000 bales. Hundreds OF
farms were abandoned. The men
went to cutting timber and getting
out crossties. The United States De-
partmsnt OF Agriculture established
demonstration farms to prove that a
crop OF cotton could be raised along
side a crop OF boil weevil The ma
tive believed only half OF this propo-
sition; the best he would do was to
stand in the edge OF the woods and
watch. Then he took heart, hitched
up his "galluses" and pulled the bell
cord over his mule again. Within a
year or two he was raising Is, 900 to
$4,000 bales; but his foodstuffs-and
this tells the story-increased from
300 to 500 per cent.
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-07-09

sands of acres, the richest lands in
the world, were absolutely abandon
ed Planters went broke; men whs
had been prosperous for years had
no meat to put on the family table.
They couldn't get it, for there was
no such thing as credit. The word
credit" was expurgated from the
mercantile and agricultural dietion-
airy. Then the people arose in their
wrath and went a-huAting.
They started out with a popgun,
but threw it away and got battery
of cannon, for they were really hunt
ing bigger game than a bug. The
read thing to be destroyed was the
credit system and the one-crop idol
airy.
Here was the condition that EN-
fronted them: Planting operations in
the cotton section were conducted on
credit Few planters had the money
to finance a crop until it could be
marketed-that is, they could not
furnish meat and meal and molasses
to their negroes-sould not supply
shoes, boots, plow-gear, farming i'm
plemsnts. All these had to come
from the merchant, and the mer-
chant had to get his money from the
bank. and the country banker had to
get his money from New York. The
whole financial system rested on cot
ton-cotton alone. II the farmers
could get no cotton they could get
no cr6fs from the merchant; the
merchant could get no credit from
the bank; and the country banker
could get no money from New York.
1t ran like the old nursery rhyme:
Water would not quench FIRE, FIRE
would not burn stick, stick would not
beat dog" and SO on.
The United States Department of
Agriculture took up the fight, and
never in the history of the world has
there been such campaign of in
vestigation, experimentation, educa-
ton, and diversification.
Nobody talked anything but boil
weevil and how to combat him. Gov
eminent bugologists camped on his
trail and studied his habits until
they got SO they could read his mind
Then they called tho farmers togeth-
er and told them about 1t in every
city, town. village, crossroads and
cotton patch in the South.
The burden Of II all was this.
You can't get rid of the weevil: but
you can raise cotton in spite of him
by improving your seed and your
methods. You must cut down your
cotton acreage, and cultivate II more
closely. Plant other lands in some
tnlng else. You can't buy corn. for
you have neither money nor credit:
raise it-not the money nor the cred
IT, out the corn. With bacon at 30
cents a pound you'll have to raise
hogs or go hungry. Eggs are so
cents dozen and butter As cents.
Encourage your hens and stimulate
your cows" This was not onlv the
gospel OF sense but the creed OF NO.
cessity.
The weevil made 1t impo,sib,e 70
raise cotton at a profit, so the people
must raise something else-some-
thing to eat. After many years n,
neglect these people apparently for
got that anything would grow excent
cotton. But when the boil weev,l
drove them to it they found that
everything would grow; that tbav
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-07-09
The Truth About the German Potash
Law.
(Adve rtisement)


seventy mines that furnish the
worlds supply of potash. At present
these mines can supply more potash
than the world is using. but not more
than the world can use profitably, and
not more than the world would be
using If farmers could buy potash
as readily as they can buy other
things. Under these conditions there
is tendency for some OF the mines
to try to get more than their share
Of the trade.
In the past the mines have entered
into short term arrangements to sell
their products through single COM
pany, organized and owned by the
mines. Each mine has agreed to fur
nish a certain fraction OF the worlds
demand to the selling company. This
fraction was known as the quota OF
the mine. AS new mines were de-
veloped there were usually assigned
a fair quota, but occasionally a new
mine declined to sell in this way and
sought to secure more than It's fair
share OF the potash trade by selling
independently and usually at slightly
lower prices.
When the last selling agreement
expired three or four mines under
took to get contracts to supply the
entire American potash trade. which
is a little over one-fourth OF e
potash trade OF the world. Had ley
succeeded In filling their contracts
they would. OF course. have had
much more than their fair share OF
business.
Most OF the mines are owned by
private companies. but a few OF them
are owned by the Prussian and other
German States. not by the ROYAL
Family. as has been enormously stat
ed In some American newspapers.
Owing to the action OF n few m,nes
In trying to get more than their fair
share OF the business. the German
Government passed law regulat-
Ing the fraction or quota OF the
worlds supply that each mine Nigh,
sell. and providing that each mine
should have a share In both the er-
port and the home trade.
The law provides for n commission
to enforce the law and lays trifllng
tax on all the products OF the mines
whether exported or used nj home. 10
pay for the expenses OF the commits
sion. This tax 10 not greater thar
the usual State fertilizer taxes n
America. which range from ten &c
nifty cents per ton. without regard 10
the value OF the fertilizer. The
German tax IL fairer. however. In
that II takes into account the amount
OF plant food in the different grades
OF potash compounds. The tax ranges
from sixteen cents per ton on kaini,
containing twelve and one-half per
cent potash. TO sixty-Hve cents on
muriate OF potash. As one-half OF
this goes back for advertising ex-
penses previously met by the mines
the only additional expense imposed
by the law Is the trifiing sum OF from
eight to thirty-three cents per ton
The tax Is In no sense an export tax
but is paid on every pound OF potash
whether used In Germany or sent TO
other countries. There's in II no dis
elimination against America or any
other country.
When we recall that the ocaar
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-07-09
HOW THE BOIL wEEvIL HAS HELPED.

In System Started Pay
ing of Crops 1t Will End by Doing the
Same Thing in Other States.
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-07-09

AR, PESTILENCE and fam
w inc combined could not have
w raised SO much commotion as
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1910-07-29
SKIN TROUBLES
A Healing Ointment With a Wide
Range Of Usefulness

A letter from Mrs. l. Z. Cameron,
Graduate Nurse. Augusta, Me-. says:
II must write and tell you the good
Resinol Ointment has done. applied
It to an liberated leg of six months
standing. Almost everything had been
tried to heal 1t. Resinol was applied
twice day for four weeks, and the ul-
GERS are entirely healed. 1t Is now
six months since the treatment and no
indication of return of the trouble.
have used Resinol for eruptions on
children's faces, and for everything
that seemed to need an ointment, with
satisfactory results in every case"
Mrs. F. Cox. Chicago. ILL.,. says In
another letter: II cannot speak too
highly Of Resinol Ointment and Soap.
They cured my baby boy Of Eczema.
He had a very severe case. Numerous
other remedies had been tried and
failed to do any good. I would not be
without them in the house.
The first application will relieve the
itching and irritation in akin diseases,
and stop the pain In burns or scslds
Chahng, Srnburn, Poison Ivy eruptiOns
are often cured by an overnight ap-
plicatiOn.
ResinOl Ointment, Resinol Soap and
Resinol Medicated Shaving Stick are
sold at all Drug stores.
Ask for booklet ON care Of the Skin
and Complexion, or send stamp to us
for sample and booklet. Resinol
Chemical Co., Baltimore, Md.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1910-07-29
When the EIks Get Tcoether.

Marshalltown.-The official pro-
gramme for purple week." when the
Iowa Elks will gather here in their
state convention on Aug. 16, II and
IS, has been issued. On the evening
Of the opening day open house" for
all Elks will take place at the new
club house. Wednesday morning, at
the fair grounds, there will be ball
game between visiting Elks' teams
for a purse of $50. On the afternoon
of the same day the Marshalltown
Driving club will put on a racing matt
nee in honor of the visitors, and in
addition there will be auto races and
a band concert. The evening will be
marked by banquet and social ses-
sion. On Thursday morning the an
nuai parade will be held, and in the
afternoon reception will be given
at the Country Club for the wives,
daughters and sweethearts of the
delegates. Refreshments will be serv-
ed, and band concert given. The
Elks will hold their annual meeting
at the Odeon during the same after
noon, and farewell reception at the
lodge rooms will be given in the
evening, in connection with another
band concert.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1910-07-29
EPIDEMIC OF ITCH IN WELSH
VILLAGE

I'm Dowlais, South Wales. about fif-
teen years ago, families were strick.
en- wholesale by disease known as
the itch. Believe me, it is the most
terrible disease of its kind that
know Of, as it itches all through your
body and makes your life an inferno.
Sleep is out of the question and you
feel as II million mosquitoes were
attacking you at the same time.
knew a dozen families that were so
affected. hfs
1.-The doctors did their best, but
their remedies were Of no avail what
ever. Then the families tried a drug
gist who was noted far and wide for
his remarkable cures. People came
to him from all parts of the country
for treatment, but his medicine made
matters still worse, as last resort
they were advised by friend to use
the Cuticura Remedies. l am glad to
tell you that after a few days treat
ment with Cuticura Soap, Ointment
and Resolvent, the effect was wonder
full and the result was a perfect cure
in all cases.
II may add that my three brothers,
three sisters, myself and all our fam
flies have been users of the Cuticura
Remedies for fifteen years. Thomas
Hugh, 1850 West Huron St., Chicago,
ILL.,, June 20, 1909"
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1910-07-29
c. c. ". MAY BUILD.
survey is Being Made From
clarion to Des Moines
HUNS ALMOST STRAIGHT LINE
" the New Cut OF Is, Not Construct.
ca, 1t Is Probable That the St.
Paul G. Des Moines Line.
g. w.. Will Be Bought.

Des Molnes, July 2s.-The Chicago,
oieat western Railroad company is
making preliminary survey from
les MONIES to Clarion, and it Is rum.
olea among railroad men that If the
company does not construct a. road
between these two points it will pur.
chase the st. Paul & Des Moines
railroad.
The survey is nearly half complet.
co. 1t is being run almost in a
seralght line from this city to Clar.
ion. 1t has long been known that
the Great Western wants a shorter
line to Des Moines and Kansas City.
A branch from Clarion to Des Moines
would cut off a considerable distance.
The railroads Chicago to Omaha line
passes through Clarion.
Local. officials of the Great Western
state that they know nothing of anv
negotiations pending for the Great
Westerns purchase of the St. Paul
& Des Moines, the short line" road.
!, tne Great Western should ACQUIRE
the short line it's use would make
'ne Chlcago to Des Moines and Kan.
sas City road much shorter.
president Samuel E. FELTON, and a
party OF other Great Western officials
were IN Des Moines few days ago,
presumably regarding the survey now
being made.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1910-07-29
Tit for Tat,

Being Of literary turn and having
plenty Of leisure, both Mr.. and Mrs.
Gluppins contributed special articles
occasionally to two different newspa.
pers in the town where they resided.
One day Mr.. Gluppins picked up .
manuscript his wife had just finished
and proceeded to look 1t over.
That's very good. Bertha" he said.
after completing his inspection. but
see you use the phrase, 'well-knowI
fact I wouldn't do that"
why not?" she asked.
We'll, If thing is wellknown. why
mention it,"
His wife said nothing in rejoinder
at the time, but few days later. while
reading one of his articles in print.
she found something to criticize.
Horace" she said. 81 am surprised
to see you using the phrase. 'self-evit
dent"
What's the matter with that?"
why, II a thing is self-evident,
what is the use of calling attention to
it,"
Horace looked at her sharply over
his glasses. bpt made no verbal re-
sponse--Youfh's Companion.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1910-07-29
Great Iowa Factories

Monticello.-The Diamond Cream
cry building, which was burned here
two weeks ago, is being replaced by
much larger structure of concrete
blocks, with a concrete foundation
and cement floors. The new creamery
will measure 60 by 100 feet, and will
be one Of the largest in the United
States.
The new feather factory is also
we'll under way and will be OF the
same size and material as the cream
cry. This will be the largest feather
factory in the world.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1910-07-29
A Knowing Girl.

When young Lord Stanleigh came
to visit an American family, the mis-.
tress told the servants that in ad-
dressing him they should always say
Your Grace" When the young gen.
tleman one morning met one Of the
pretty house servants in the hallway
and told her that she was so attrac-
tive looking he thought he would kiss
her, she demurely replied, clasping
her hands on her bosom and looking
up into his face with beatific ex-
preston, 20 Lord. for this blessing
we are about to receive, we thank
thee" -Lippincott's.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1910-07-29
TRY This, This Summer.

The very next time you're hot, tired
or thirsty, step up to soda fountain
and get glass of Coca-Cola. 1t will
cool you off, relieve your bodily and
mental fatigue and quench your thirst
delightfully."-. At soda fountains or
carbonated in bottles--5c everywhere.
Delicious, refreshing and wholesome.
Send to the Coca-Cola Co., Atlanta,
Ca. for their free booklet THE Truth
About Coca-Cola." Tells what Coca
Cola is and why 1t Is SO delicious, re-
freshing and -thirst-quenching. And
send &c stamp for the Coca-Cola Base
ball Record Book for 1910-contains
the famous poem Casey At The Bat"
records, schedules for both leagues
and other valuable baseball informa-
ton compiled by authorities.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1910-07-29
LEADING MISTAKES IN LIFE
Writer Has Recorded Ten, Of Which
Most Of Us Assuredly Have
Our Share.

Some OF us may be glad to be told
that there are only ten life mistakes,
for there seem to be SO many more,
but recent writer has catalogued
them. Perhaps these are only the ten
leading ones from which the smaller
errors arise. Let's look over the list
and see how many Of them are ours:
First, to set up our own standard OF
right and wrong and Judge people 40
cordingly; second, to measure the en-
joyment of others by our own; third.
to expect uniformity Of opinion in this
world; fourth. to look for Judgment
and experience in youth: fifth, to en-.
deavor to mold all dispositions alike;
sixth, to look for perfection In our
own actions; seventh, to worry our,
selves and others with what cannot
be remedied; eighth. to refuse to yield
in immaterial matters: ninth, to re-
fuse to alleviate, so far as 1t lies in
our power. all which needs allevia-
ton; tenth, to refuse to make allow
ance for the infirmities OF others.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1910-07-29
The Value Of Publicity.

Des Moines, Iowa-"Publicity 10
an educator, a purifier. prevents
tive of crime. 1t Is the modern-day
method of doing business. 1t is fol.
lowed in all lines of dealings that en-
force honesty"
This was the keynote of strong
paper on the value OF publicity in
public affairs, read before the South
ern Iowa Editorial association by the
author s. M. Greene, of Charlton.
The dishonest public official was
pointed out as a persistent dodger
Of publicity. Keep it out of the pa
per-" was given as the slogan of those
whose conception of the public trust
placed III them is faulty. Publicity,
which the INSCRIPTIONS officials fear
most, was prescribed as the most eff
fective remedy for the stamping out
of public graft.
So well was the paper received that
steps were taken Immediately by the
association for the printing of the
article in all the papers of the state.
hC SutOIs bSilcNc IL Will SERVE MS
a warning to public officials who are
engaged in dishonest proceedings
and awaken the public to the fact
that they are entitled to know what
its servants are doing with its money
officers were elected by the South
ern Iowa Editorial association as fol-
lows:
PRESIDENT. Anderson, Indianola
Herald.
Vice observation-disclosures Barnes, Al
bia Republican.
Secretary-treasurer e. Hull
Leon Reporter.
Resolutions of thanks were adopted
naming the Greater Des Moines COM
mittee, the Commercial club, the
Press club, L. Young and Harvey Ing.
ham. Another resolution was adopt
ed, thanking the Commercial club for
its invitation to the editors to visit
Des Moines at the time of the army
tournament and at the time of Roose-
vets visit to Des Moines.
The next meeting will be held at
Abba.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1910-07-29
Lambert Services Held.

Newton.-The funeral services OF
the late Everett ("Si") Lambert were
held here at the DR.. E. F. Besser
home. Rev. G. F. Chambers of the
Episcopal church and Rev. John Pot
ter, retired Methodist pastor, Of
ficiated. A large number Of relatives
and friends were in attendance,
among the latter, several from the
Iowa State College faculty, of which
school the young man was an alum
nus. The remains were inferred in
the Newton cemetery, later to be re-
moved to the mausoleum. .r
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1910-07-29
owasa Road Drag Day Celebration

UWdSd HCdu Drag DAY 0I'eU' de'o'"
Owasa.-Owasa has named Thurs
day, August 4, as her annual roac
drag day. Owasa is the home of
Peter Ransom, one of the leading
road drag enthusiasts in the state.
DR.. Ward King, Of Maitland, Mo-, will
be che of the speakers. There will
be band music, athletic contests, auto
rides, a bowery dance and a merry
all around time for all. The event is
to be regular annual affair, like the
Sauer Kraut day, the Bean day and
other celebration days of other Iowa
towns.