New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-10-25
ROOSEVELT AGAIN
ARRAIGNS DIX
Says That by Democratic Candi-
dates Admissions. He Was
in Wallpaper Trust.
DISCLAIMER TOO GUILELESS
Elk President Holds if Dix Did
Not Know He Was IN Illegal
Combination He Is Not Keen
Enough To Be Governor.
rBy Telegraph 80 The Tribune. ]


rBy Telegraph 90 Tho Trisgne.I
Binghamton. y. Y. oct. 24-Colonel
Roosevelt made reply 70 John A. Dix's
answer % his charge that he vas
member Of the Wallpaper Trust to-day.
declaring that by his own admission Dix
became a director Of the Standard Wall
Paper Company In June. 1897; that the
trust was not dissolved until February,
1900; that the Standard Wall Paper
Company is cited in the decision Of the
Supreme Court Of the United States a.
having been member OF the trust. and
that therefore Mr. Dix was director OF
a subsidiary member Of the trust for
eighteen months.
Air. Roosevelt declared that II Dir. Dix
was so innocent that he did not know
that the company Of which he was di-
rector had been made a member OF the
trust and its president made president
OF the trust during all that eighteen
months he was entirely too innocent TO
be intrusted with the affairs at Albany.
Such 2 peculiarly guiIeless individual
Mr.. Roosevelt declared should not he
permitted TO enter politics. Mr.. ROose-
welt declared further that Mr. Dix would
himself have pro6ted from the suit
which occasioned the dissolution Of the
trust had Il been decided I'm favor of the
trust. 1t having been suit TO recover
funds TO which the trust held that it
was entitled.
Speaking Of this trust. Of which Mr..
Dix's partner. Julius Jackson, was presi-
dent. and Of which the Standard Wall
Paper Company. of which Mr.. Dix was
a director. was a member, Judge the
present Mr.. Justice Lurton. said:
1T may be that the wit Of man may
yet devise a more complete scheme TO
accomplish the sitting Of competition
but none OF the shifts resorted to for
sLppressing freedom Of commerce and
securing undue prices shown by the re-
ported cases is half as complete in its
details. None OF the schemes with
which this may he compared is more
certain in results. more widespread in its
operation or more evil in its purposes"
corneIIians Cheer Roosevelt
This reply TO Mr.. Dix was
delivered by Colonel Roosevelt in Ithaca
carly this morning as he stood on the
spot where. on September % and "a.
1913 two hundred soldiers of the Sth New
Hampshire. members Of the Sullivan ex-
pedition, were encamped. Mr.. Roose-
velts audience consisted Of about three
thousand persons, including a large num-
ler &C. sr
sheir college cheer with good effect. At
Owego Mr.. Roosevelt reiterated his re-
ply, and again at Binghamton this eve
ming.
Having delivered his broadside at It'll
AGA. Colonel Roosevelt laid aside politics
for I'VE hours and. accompanied by Dean
/. II. Bailey. of Cornell: George E. Mon
rec. expert of the division Of farm man
agement OF the Department of Agricult-
ure. and Representative John Dwight.
made an incursion into the realm of
practical agriculture. visiting the So
called abandoned farms in this section
and examining closely the results OBJ
tanned on some of these tracts under the
personal supervision of MIR. Monroe
Some remarkable results have been
achieved.
one farm Of 146 acres visited had
been sold a few years ago for 5000
ard year ago was bought back by its
original owner for $4,000 He is now
farming it with profit. having raised 80
bushels of potatoes to the acre on a
part Of il. This land is on Connect
cut HILL 2,1o0 feet above sea level.
Another man. who bought 40 acres
for s.. 900. has raised 25G bushels of po-
tatoes 10 the acre through the use of
fertilizers. The fundamental principles.
of Mr.. Monroe's method are the best seed
and thorough cultivation. which means
breaking the surface crust almost after
every dew.
Abandoned Farms" Misnor1er.
Much practical work is also being done
by Cornell, some Of it i'm connection with
the Department Of Agriculture. but most
Of the work of this character has to do
with making It possible for those who
are now on this land TO make a living
and. perhaps. save enough to get of.
That is TO say. there is a grave ques-
ton as 10 whether from a purely eco
onomical point of view it pays TO work
the thin SOIL FOUND on top OF the New
York hills. There appears to be a pretty
unanimous opinion that most Of this land
hould he in timber. with some portions
devoted 20 sheep raising.
The land has undoubtedly been
stripped. but apart from the methods
Of farming. il is generally sour and needs
lining. an expensive process. when il is
necessary 10 haul every ton of lime
long distances from the railroad and up
steep hills: and even when that IS done
il is questionable if il is wise to attempt
10 raise crops. which must be hauled
down again. instead Of stock. especially
sheen. which viii travel TO the railroad
on its own legs.
The term abandoned farms is largely
a misnoIner. Comparatively few of the
farms are actually abandoned. and the
titles 10 all of them are held by some
one. but the farms so described have
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