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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-01-25
CBy the Associated Press.)

New Orleans. Jan. 22.-Spot cotton
nominal, unchanged. Niddling 15c.
Sales on the spot, 81 bales; to arrive
none.
Futures opened quiet and steady at
ad ADVANCE of II to IL points on the
0ld crops and our to seven On the
new. Liverpool was higher than ex-
pected and this caused a good tone IN
the early hours, which was further
Strengthened later in the session by
reports o. heavy spot trading at high
prices in different sections of the cot
ton belt, but particularly in the At
1anta district. Shorts were good buy
erS and fresh buying for long account
increased the demand to a considera-
Bile extent. Bullish forecasts OF the
INneT report from the census Du-
Teau to be published Monday, brought
out some buying of q scalping nature.
At the highest Of the morning, the old
crops were p to 81 points over yes
terday's closing and October was 10
over. The closing was barely steady
with the old crops showing a net ad-
vance Of % to 27 points and october
showing an Of nine points.
Futures this weeN, after a broad
price movement bowed a net ad-
vance Of ) to 10 points on the old
crop months and q net decline OF
four points on October. At one time
the old crops were 10S TO 10 points
OlOGG last week = l~S1I5 III *No
the result Of continued bear agSreS-
siveness based on the belief that there
yet remained in the market a long
interest vulnerable to attack. At the
lowest levels, however, the success OF
the shorts attracted such a following
to their side that the market became
rather seriously OVer-sOld and this
condition. together with a good spot
demand gave the market the ability
to recover and even to make a net ad-
vance over last weeks losing In
the early part of the week the lead1ng
bear interests paid much attention 10
SPOT holders and it was evident that
they were seeking to force prices TO
= level where distressed spot cotton
would appear for sale. This intention
brought forth statements from many
Southern bankers that country mcr-
chants and had much more
money to their credit in banks than
ever before and that the one COM
plaint of bankers WAS that spot hold
crS were not borrowing as mucn
money as usual on their cotton. These
announcements had the effect OF caus-
ing spinnerS to lose hope OF getting
spots at bargain prices and they Went
into the market with a demand that
resulted in large trading.
In the local spot market, the tone
vas nominal the week through and
prices remained unchanged at 15s. FOR
middling, the price at which the mar
ket closed last week. A year ago,
miIdling sold here at Q 5-8 cents.
Sales on the spot tOtalled only 989
bales, against 1858 a week Age ana
9.101 this week last year. Sales to ar
rive amounted TO 1850 bales, against
400 last week and 3.875 this week q
year ago.
Futures closed barely steady
Closing bids: January, 1852; Geb-
Fuary, 1853; March. I4.69; May, 1887;
July, 1900; September, 1894; Octc-
Der, 1884.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-01-25
RALEIGH SPOT COTTON.

O}epOrted by Parker Bros, & CO.
Receipts yesterday. three bales.
> food middling, IA IA cents.
Strict middling. Il Is cents.
Middling, Il cents.
Low grades. IL IL to "A cents.
Same Date Last Year.
Receipts. 125 bales.
Good middling, 9 81 cents.
Strict middling, 9 SIS cents.
Midd1ing. 8 1-2 cents.
Low grades. s i" TO 8 cents.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-01-25
Cotton Seed Oil.
(By the Associated Pres.)

New York, Jan. 22.-Cotton seed
oil was firm and generally higher on
lighter crude offerings, covering of
shorts. Sales We're $500 barrels. The
close was generally 8 to 8 points
higher. January III to 7.20; March
1926 to 7.29; May 7.33 to 7.3o; July
7.2S to 7.39. Prime crude 600 to
a.10; prime summer yellow 10 to
7.3o; prime winter yellow 7.35 to soc;
prime summer white 100 to 100.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-01-25
New York Cattle.
(By the Associated Press

~ nv ~
New York, Jan. 22.-Reevcs. re-
CENTS ,457. No trading; feeling
steady.
Calves, receipts 473. Veal 100 to
II 90; cnTs 500 to $50; barn yard
calves $50 to $50.
Sheep and lambs, receipts 1856.
Holding steady.
Hogs, receipts 3,641; good light hogs
sold at $50.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-01-25
COTTON HOLDERS
NOT EMBARRASSED
flot Borrowing as Much
Or Cotton as Usual
COMPLAINT Of BANKS

Jilc Co1ntry Merchants and Farmers
Have More Money to Their Credit III
Bank Than Ever Beforc-Fcr This
Reason the Bear Raid 10 Bring
Forth Distress Cotton Failed-This
Also Caused SpinrerS TO Lose Hope
CT Getting Spot at Bargain Prices,
and They Go to Buying.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-01-25
New York Dry Goods.

New York, IAN. 22.-The dry gooos
market showed more activity in the
primary division during the day, OPP
erations on nannelletteS, blankets,
dress goods, linens and iobbers lines
being more general.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-01-25
baltimore Grain.

pa1tir1ore. No. Jan 22.-Wheat
uriet: spot contracts. 11h; southern
on grade. 81 10 90.
Corn. unsettled: spot contract. &c ia
Il 3-8.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-01-25
LIVERPOOL COTTON.
Spot Moderate Business Donc-Prices
IA Points Higher.

Liverpool, an. 22.-C1osing: Cot
ton spot moderate business done;
prices II points higher; American
middIing fair, .13; good middling,
1877; middling, 7.73: low middling,
7.63; good ordinary, 7.37; ordinary,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-03

In sections IL and II OF tho Byrd bill
or some equivalent provisions, defining
the legitimate expenditures of a can
didate and limiting the amount which
any candidate may eXpend.
That as section z, there be writer
4 in section 90 of the Byrd bill. which
provides that all tho necessary ex-
penscs OF conducting a primary shall
be paid as similar expenses of the
election are paid"
That as section s, there be written
in the necessary paragraphs providing
definite machinery for the legal con-
duct of primaries.
A composite primary bill thus made
would not be perfect. 1t would be
less well Grounded, less complete, and
not so good as the Byrd bill, which is
roady and waiting. But IL tho COM
mittee will not take the Byrd bill, 1t
can do no better than take over it's
more important provisions, and 1t
should not be content to do less
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-03
Borrowed Jngle5
,y1NrE,ps ENDING

'Tis tho last month of winter ior WHICH,
oh, be glad!
Since this winter gave US fuii cause 10 oe
sad.
Since Christmas wo'pe had but lew s'iihpse'
OF SUM- 49,, ,..
But snowstorms and ratnslolp'e "
dark and dun, ..,,.
such, $50,
With damp moments many, ana or'sht
ones, not much. ,,,a, ro,r
No wonder we gasp, with pneu,'o s ,,, 10
Wero thankful tho last month u "'"s'A
lis here.
Perhaps twas tho comet that brought oil
this blow, ,. ,,,v.
The storms and the rains when haVe
bothered us So: ,to cap
Or mnyhnp twas the groucH u vac
weather man, A.. ,,n
Who wanted to bring us all under tho pan
or his own bad III temper. and gfatilS spi .
Against fellow creatures by having hauh NJ
right;
Whatever it was-whate'er cause may
,ris comfort tho last month OF wintor Is
here.
A winter that's cold and with plenty Of
The glorious sunshine all sparkling below.
with firm leo to skate on and paths LOT
the sleigh. u, -,
All, winters like that, with thelr sport anu
their life.
Can make their cold seem likc tho mere
sport of strife!
But the miserable kind we've peeh set'ths'
Makes us glad the last month of the winter
Baltimore American.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-03
Voice Of the People.

Editor of the Times Dispatch:
Sir,-Ihe necessity for supervision Of
a citys milk supply arises, of course
from the fact that in cities the indi-
lNldual consumer Is unable TO look af-
ter this important matter for himself
and it may be stated that the milk
supply of no city in the country is
safe and Wholesome unless it is under
proper inspection by the municipal au-
thorities.
Yer. scarlet fever and diphthcria in
cities have been traced TO infected
milk. But greatest of all dangers,
milk which is produced and handled
without proper attention OF cleanliness
causes thousands OF deaths annually
which may be caused by milk infected
with the specific germs of the diseases
Just mentioned; for such dirty milk is
at the bottom of q large proportion Of
the annual slaughter of infants in
large cities through summer com
plaint and other Intestinal disorders.
Even with the purcst nnd best milk
supply the numbers of babies who
tirst twelve ,nontha Of existence Is APP
pnllinE. a good general milk supply
will not OF itself save MI these habies
each summer, hut without such good
milk supply there Is no power on earth
that cnn save them. 1 t has been
only safe milk supply is one produced
by dairy farms which are under the
most rigid and constant inspection, !.
For nearly three years the Richmond
Health Department has had such "A
system OF dairy Inspection. When this
work started, the best dairy farm
sending milk into Richmond scored
only n per cent, while for the month
Just closed the average score Of all
dairy farms sending milk into RICH
niond was S0.2 per cent In other
words, the average place now is 3 per
cent. better than the best place in
May, 1907.
So we'll has orr work succeeded that
our milk supply is to-day one OF the
very best in the entire United States,
and many visitors from other citiesE
men in position To iudge-have stated
unuualinedly that they regard the
Richmond work In this connection as
the best that has heen done anywhere
In tllls country,
When this work had been going on
only through a single summer the
doctors of Richmond unanimously tes-
titled to the fact that they had never
seen SO little illness among babies In
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-03

half to six inches (using the same
earth roads) reduced the pull from
SO pounds to 81 pounds. That ia to
say, on tho important point OF in
crcasing the hauling power OF the
farmers team, broad tires do more
than macadam roads. Yet the Throck.
morton bill proposes, in effect. to
make 1t illegal for any county to take
the obvious step for It's own protec-
tion and progress.
Mr.. Throckmorton, we are sure, has
been misled and over-hasty. We have
known him for a staunch friend Of
good roads. lie was the author OF the
plan to issue 100000 in roads bonds
in Henrco. a measure which had the
hearty support of this paper, and 1t
is impossible to think that he would
willingly do anything to give a set
back to road Improvement in Henrico
or elsewhere. Yet this is just what
his bill would do. No doubt it's enact
mont would please some of his con-
stituents, who object to altering their
wagons for their own ana inc puoilc
good but their pleasure would be of
the penny wise and pound foolish kind
which the lawmaker might well look
above and beyond. once the farmers
learned at first hand the advantages
OF broad tires they would laugh at the
idea of returning to the injurious and
costly tires now so commonly used.
They should have the chance to
progress. The Legislature should
look forward, not back. The county
supervisors should be not only suf-
fered, but encouraged, gradually to
abolish the thin-flanged tire. Mr..
Tbrockmorton's bill, now in committee
should be killed there.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-03

Richmond in tile entire course of their
experience, and they further testified
that they believed this 10 be undeubt-
eddy due 10 the Improvement which
had been brought about in the milk
supply of the city by the work of The
Richmond Health Department
All this has resulted in untold ben
EFT to our people. and especially 10
ing deprived Gas so many arc these
days. of the food which nature in
tended for them, are OF necessity fel
on cows milk, which is incomparably
the. best food fnonc too good al best
under these circumstance. II, how
ever. this milk IL produced under in
sanitary conditions. 1t becomes. instea,.
of food. a veritable poison.
Richmond has benefited from our
work not only in health. but in stand
Ing throughout the country. for.
whereas our death rate was formerly
held UP against us on all occasions.
we now rank with the best of the
cities of the country so far as our
tious diseases lis concerned This
means much To us CONNIE rcially as IL
is difficult TO get industries to start
IN a city which is rcputed to have bad
health conditions.
II the Throckmorton bill passes the
General Assembly of Virginia 1t viii
leven in the modified form which Mr.
Throckmorton tells us he now wishes
~ nave II iouSlutTtu) lHsVlldDly rem
der II impossible for the citizens Of
Richmond 10 get such a milk supply
as we have insured them. Taking
away from Richmond and other Vir-
gina cities. which have done similar
work, the right 10 supervise their own
mix supplies, the way Will surely be
opened TO general milk supply OF
inferior aua!ity-milk which is dan
Serous for human consumption
Inc people of Richmond should pre-
sent solid front against the enact
ment OF this most vicious piece OF leg
experimentation which Will endan-
ger their health and their lives, and
which VIII also be the ruin of those
dairymen who have expended large
Sums OF money.in the Establishment OF
high-class dairy farms, for these can
not compete with the food of inferior
and dangerous milk which will come
on the Richmond market If present
requirements arc lowered.
trust that every citizen of Rich
mond who realizes what good milk
means to the health and general vel
fare Of a city, who believes that We
work of the Richmond Health De-
partment. and who believes that this
viii all be undonc IL the Throckmor-
ton bill becomes n law, will attend the
meeting of the House Committee on
Agriculture and Mining in the Capitol
Buildlng this afternoon at o'clock, to
protest by their presence against this
attempt to force on them a law which
attacks their most vital interests, and
all, as the author of this bill now
admits, because of the absolutely I'M
supported statement OF some few
y. treated. call on the people OF
Richmond to he present and to protest
against this menace which threatens
u. G. LEVY. M. D.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-03
ANOTHER BAD TuROCkNIORTON
IbTII.

What is the matter with Delegate
really ought to show up He has al
ready introduced three bills that are
very bad. and that is more than any
legislator is entitled to. One of these
is the dairy BILL which The Times
Dispatch promptly opposed. and which
some new association for the public
good meets TO dcnounce nearly every
dan. Another is the optomctry bill,
whose serious faults this paper pointed
out day or two ago. The third is a
bin repeating the broad-tire clause in
the present road law In its own field
this bin is lust as wrong in principle
as either of the others.
The present road law gives TO coun-
~ supervisors the right to make regu-
| !ations requiring the use Of broad tires
/ on the roads of their own county. The
matter is optional: each county is left
/ free TO make such regulations as it
| thinks best, or to make no regulations
/ at all.-z=SSAl114Ge- the passage of the law
several PROGRESSING counties have acted
on the authority given them, among
] them Mr.. ThroclSmorton's own county
of lIenrico. Now AIr rhrockmortor
proposes TO take this power away from
the supervisors, The effect of Tho
enactment OF his bill would be 10 bring
to a sudden end the broad tire move.
ment, and indorsc, foster and encour-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-03
THE uouoEs, coNvnNr1oN.

| ripple in Kansas City would be ar
earthquake anywhere else. So self.
confident and so composed is the
| Western city that it generally sit.
impassive under provocations that
would set sister-cities to shrieking hys-
terically. Municipal sensations arc as
quietly announced as Sunday sermons
political uprisings excite no more thar
| do theatre parties: wars and rumors
OF wars never stir the city in tn,
least. But now the city is UP in arms
Even the Kansas City Journal is eX
cited. Doom is threatened, chaos i:
impending, now police officers are L
: be enrolled. In other words, a ma
tional congress of hoboes is about tc
convene In the city.
This brilliant idea seems to have
originated with James Eads How, not
unknown to fame in the East, but a
figure as familiar as renowned in the
regions beyond the Mississippi. How
plans 10 send the word along the
blind baggage trunk lines, to herald
ii In the Chance meetings of hoboes.
to announce it in the tramp ritual on
every water tank below the snow
line All roads lead to Kansas City.
All tramps are expected to take one
or more OF them. There are ample
sdetrackod box car accommodations
for all comers and a hearty welcome
in back alleys. Thus reads How's in
vitation.
Exactly what the King of the Ho-
boes intends to do when he gets his
army of Weary Willies, Hard Luck
Sans, Drowsy Dicks and Bonehead
| Bobs together is not announced. How.
| to be sure, is head of the Brotherhood
| Welfare Association, which is sup
| posed to be strong among the knights
of the open road, and it may be that
| he intends to preach his gospel or no
labor TO willing and practiced disci-
pies. Perhaps he will urge on them,
| cept work. no matter how hungry.
| Perhaps he will argue for better or
ganiEation, the protection of hobo
, rights and the exclusion of undesira-
bles. Or. ii may be that he will de-
mand a united strike for larger poke
outs and better road accommodations.
, While waiting on the program COM
. mittee and wondering what the tramps
will do Kansas City is specializing as
to what the city can do to rid itself,
not only of the convention, but of the
resident delegates Like the rest of
/ the country, it is blessed with large
surplus of labor that will not labor;
and, like the rest, the city has striven
TO give this labor to its needy neigh
bors. We shall await developments
with interest in the confident convic-
tion that, If the convention does not
swamp Kansas City, no other gather
ing ever will. Any city that can sur
vve such a convention need have no
fears for the, future.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-03
a Home Run.
THE MERRY MoCKERs.

~ oyERNoR HUGHES thinks the big
insurance companies should quit buy
~ ing Legislators. Primarily. however. the
voters should to it that the supply of
purchasablc is cut off.-WashnGton Herald.
A contemporary says the President has
substituted the whitcwash brush for the
big stick We arc not disputinG IT, but
somebody Will have TO show Pinchot.-
Houston Post.
Sure Mr.. taft! A factionai tight for tho
purpose of keeping Mr.. cannon on the
Rules committee is a mighty good one not
to get mixed UP in while the present state
of public sentiment e&sts.-lndianapols
News.
'Arc there traitors in the camp OF Taft?"
asks the New York Press, Prithec what
else is that camp composed of"-Louisville
Couricr-Journal.
Along with our other troubles it is he
coming hard to buy good land for less than
90 cents an acre.-Chicago Record Herald
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-03

the Law of every continental country.
that encounters OF this kind are con-
trary to the ethics of English-s speaking
people, but the fact remains that IL
an English government officer refuses
10 respond to a challenge. his career
Is virtually at an end. Time and again
have the authorities In England wink
ed at duels fought on foreign soil
by men holding the commission OF
either Queen Victoria or OF King Ed
declines a cartel!
Among others who have been ruined
by a too blind obedience 10 the law
of their native land in this connec-
ton may be mentioned the Hon. Fred
erlck Arthur Wellesley. son OF the first
Lord Cowley, now the husband of Eve
Ign, Duchess OF Wellington. and who
was forced out of the diplomatic SER
vice and out of the army. in which lat
ter he held MISUNDERSTANDING OF
the Coldstream Guards, besides for .
feiting his office of aide-de- camp TO
the late Queen. for having declined 10
accept challenge to fight a duel
while British charge damaircs at
Vienna
That is why English diplomats. and
also English naval and military off,
Gers, are compelled TO be particularly
ciTcumspcct in their relations with
foreigners. especially on the Continent
OF Europe. They know tina, if they
become involved in any dispute. and
receive challenge, they are obliged
to fight under penalty of tho ruin
of their career and social .ostracism
while if they do fight. their govern
ment can only afford 10 wink at the
matter as long as 1t is kept quiet. Tho
moment the affair became public. the
War Department, the Admiralty. or
the Foreign Office, as the case might
be. would have no alternative but to
place the offender on the retired list.
lucky indeed if nothing worse were to
befall him.
Copyright 1910, by the brentwood,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-03
FRAMING A NEW PRIMARY BILL.

| The Committee on Privileges and
/ Elections has four primary bills before
ii. Report has 1t that none OF them
fully satisfies the committee, and that
that body Will frame bin of its own,
choosing the features which ii deems
best in the measures now before it,
we imagine that this prediction will
prove very well-founded.
If the committee does intend to Of
fer its own composite bill, we respect
fully suggest that it might proceed
10 advantage in the following way
That it take the four-section bill Of
fered by the subcommittee os the
State Committee, which, being brief,
is easy TO build upon.
That SO much Of section l of this
bin as authorizes the holding of pri-
mary elections be retained, the con
Guiding clause about ",he fun pro-
lection of all laws" being omitted.
That section be omitted and in its
, stead be written section OF the Eyre
bill, the scope and force OF which il
indicated in its opening lines, as fol
lows; Tho primaries herein provide,
tor shall be held IN the several pro
eincta, and al the polling places pro
vided by law and conducted by Tho
1 judges Of election appointed by Law
and all the provisions and require
rnents of The statutes of this State ii
relation to the holding of elections
so. shall apply TO all PRIMARIES, IN
50 far, as they are consistent with Ibis
/ act, the intent Of this act being tc
/ Mace the primary under The protec.
lion and regulation Of the laws Of this
state governing elections,
That section he omitted
That section 4, requiring the prope
L marking OF paid political matter. h
t retained as written,
That as a nov section, section {
there be written in section of tn
II Byrd bill or some equivalent ppo
II vision Eigtdly defining WHO is uuthor
Il ICED 10 vote in = party primary, an
making any one who knowingly utter
a false statement 10 the prlmar
;5udges guilty Of perjury.
-That az acction 8. there be write
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-03

sailed pork. Etc.
saItod and packed in boxes. will keep
and taste well?
2. Should meat thus packed be bag
gcd or not?
g Would 1t he better to hang II IN?
T. How would meat 30 packed COM
pare with that cured in the usual way
by smoking n w. G.
l. II properly aalted and prepared it
will keep Very well.
2. 1t is not customary to bag this
meat
g. you had better leave tho meat in
tho salt for scveral months at least
T. Meat so sailed is generally not
considered as choice as smoked meat.
the differences being about that be
tween mess pork and bacon.