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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-11-02
ISSUE BONDS
To KEEP GOING?
Months Deficit Suggests Such
a Course to the Treasury
Department.
BETTER THAN LAST YEAR
Yet 1t May Be Necessary for Con-
gress When 1t Convenes TO
Take Relief Measures.

Washington, Nov. 2.-The govern
ment's finances took a downward twist
during the last three days Of October
and tricked the experts who had been
predicting a surplus for the month and
hoping for an even break at the worst
Exclusive Of the Panama canal charg.
es, the receipts for the month were
$55, ,266, AL and the expenditures were
s5S,560, 1928. which left a deficit in or
dinary operations of $3,393,SS The
months cost of work on the canal in.
creases this deficit to s5,295, ,Oss.
Deficit for Year s21 100000.
While the operations Of the month
bring the total treasury deficit for the
fiscal year to more than $21 ,000, 900.
the situation is not considered un-
usual This deficit compares with
more than $37, 900, 900 at the same time
last year, and in the difference treas
ury officials see reflected the economy
policy of all the government depart
ments. Civil expenditures for October
were 100000 greater than in Sep
tember, and interest payments on the
public debt took another $4,000. Pan
ANA canal expenditures so far this
year are 100000 greater than for the
corresponding time a year ago.
Barring all unusual expenditures,
the months operations show a deficit
of $4,000, 900. as against $23 900 a
year ago. Treasury officials expect
gradual improvement from now on.
The balance in the general fund today.
s85,000,000, compares with s90,000,0O0
on Oct. 1, but the working balance
sticks close to s32 200, 900. AS long as
it continues anywhere near that fig
ure there is no expectation of new
financing.
Suggestion of Bonds.
Secretary MacVeagh appears to be
satisfied with the ability of the treas
ury to maintain itself until the com
ing session Of congress. What may
happen then is more or less OF a guess.
Possibilities of revenue from convert
ing postsi savings banks deposits into
bonds bearing 2h per cent interest de-
pend upon the way deposits come in.
The total national circulation is now
S724,S74.30S, an increase of about $4,-
100000 over last month During the
month the mints coined more than $14,.
100000 The total cash in the treasury
Oct. 81 was s1.759. .673952, an increase
of about S9.000,00O.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-11-02

The people blame the republican
party principally for two things:
1. For permitting Joseph G. Can
to be speaker of the house. and
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-11-02
THE WEATHER
Fair tonight and Thursday. Contin
ued cold tonight. Warm tomorrow.

Highest temperature yesterday, 81;
lowest last night, 29. Temperature at
a. m, 81. Velocity of wind at a.
m, miles per hour. Precipitation,
none Relative humidity, at p. m.
GO, at a. m. 70.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-11-02
At Once Accepts Task Of
Forming New French
Cabinet.
ASSOCIATES ALL QUIT
Action, Coming After Storm
Had Apparently Blown Over,
Causes Surprise.

Paris, Nov. 2.-ThIs afternoon PresI.
dent FaIIIeres asked BRAND to form a
new ministry, and the latter accepted
the task
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-11-02
DIscredits the Theory.
Piece of Cable IA Myth.

He branded as untrue Brady's
statement that the piece of cable
that led from the mine to the room
In Moro Castle now was in the navy
department If there had been any
such cable he declared, it would
have been discovered by the divers
who examined the hull after the ex-
plosion.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-11-02
Merely TeIeEraph Operator.

washington, Nov. 2.-GeneraI Al
len, chief of the signal corps, said
Brady was once a telegraph Operat-
or attached 10 the signal corps. He
did not know, however, he had been
on any board charged with the in
vestigation of the destruction of the
Maine.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-11-02

CONTINUED on Page Five.l
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-07-09

must raise the forage without de-
creasing our acreage in cotton and
other money crops. If we but use
lands and labor at idle times to
grow forage, we can produce it cheap
er than it is grown in any stock
raising section of this country to-
day, and we have no hesitation in
stating that sufficient forage can be
produced at times when the labor is
not pressed with the other crops and
on lands that are idle to make this
a great stock-raising country. When
this is done the resulting manure
will largely increase the yields of our
staple crops.
In this issue, for the purpose of
supplementing this article, we are
printing on page 4S9 an article by
Prof E. r. Lloyd, of the Mississippi
Experiment Station, giving some
specific directions for planting and
growing kafir corn.
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-07-09
HOW TO DISPOSE OF THE WHEAT
CROP,

The wheat crop Is good this year
in the greater part of the South. In
Mississippi, Louisiana and Alabama
probably more was planted than for
many years. The cool, dry weather
has'bee ideal for the wheat of this
section, and those who planted a few
acres last fall have harvested good
crop.
We are now receiving inquiries re-
garding the threshing, milling and
marketing of this wheat. Threshing
machines and flour mills are scarce
in the South and these offer obstacles
to the increase of the wheat crop. II
our ability to grow wheat profitably
one year with another was demon
strated and there was a reasonable
prospect of the crop being increased
sufficiently to justify the purchase of
harvesting and threshing machinery,
Touring mills would no doubt follow;
but it is doubtful if wheat growing
on such scale will be found pro-
fitable. Our warm, moist weather so
common in May and June, is not good
for wheat, and while small areas
may and probably should be grown,
the area is not likely to increase suf-
ficiently to make it profitable for the
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-07-09
Destroy All Cotton Squares Punctur-
ed by Weevils.

ed by Weevils.
There is danger that farmers not
familiar with the boil weevil may be
deceived by the apparent dying
out" of the pest at this time and not
persist in their efforts against it.
The weevils that passed through the
winter are now rapidly disappearing;
but they have left behind them a
larger crop of weevils than ever.
It is of the greatest Importance
that fields be gone over at once and
all punctured squares picked from
the ground and from the stalk. If
this is done carefully and promptly,
and repeated at weekly intervals, it
will: go far towards insuring profit
able cotton crop. The punctured
squares should not be plowed under;
If they can not be picked, cultiva-
ton should be with harrow so as
to Full them out to the center Of
the row and leave them lying on the
surface. When cultivating, the cot
ton stalk should be brushed or shak-
en-, as many of the punctured squares
can be removed in this may.
To be effective, this work must be
done at once. Its object is to de-
stroy the first crop Of weevils.
L. Moss. District Agent, Farmers Co
Operative Demonstration Work.
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-07-09
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average farmer to buy the necessary
machinery to handle a wheat crop
economically. Those who SOW
small area may have the wheat
ground in the corn mills now COM
mon everywhere in the South, and by
sitting out the coarse bran, may OBJ
tain a satisfactory brown or era
ham" flour. This is as wholesome
and nourishing as the white -four.
There will also be good demand
for seed wheat again this fall, for the
good crop this year is certain to in
duce others to try a few acres, and
probably also lead those who grew
wheat this year to increase the acre
age for next year. Those who do
not make it into Graham" -four or
sell for seed, will probably find it
most profitable to ship the wheat to
the nearest Touring mill
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-07-09

Some Crops That Will Make Feed for
Next Winter.
kafir corn and Mexican corn will
mature in less time than ordinary
corn and will make fair crops during
seasons so dry that crop of late
planted corn would prove a failure
The danger OF late planted corn is
usually the dry weather of August
and September and for this reason
we believe that kafir corn should
receive more consideration for plant
ing OH the lands left idle during
these months.
We are not advising that kafir
corn or Mexican June corn take the
place Of the common corn, nor that
millet and sorghum displace cowpeas
or soy beans. but if there is an idle
acre of land which will not be occu-
pied by other crops from now until
November 10th, we urge the planting
OF it to some of these quick-growing,
dryweather forage plants in all those
sections where sufficient forage is not
usually produced to supply the local
demand. The cost of seed may not
in some cases be so much less than
for cowpeas and soy beans, but in
others it will be considerably cheap
err and probably in all cases will be
obtainable, which is not the case
with cowpeas or soy beans this year.
Kafir corn is grown much as COM
mon corn, whereas sorghum may be
grown in drills or broadcast. Millet
is sowed broadcast and will make a
crop of hay in from Go to so days.
Dry-Weather Crops.
We know of no portland crops,
that is. we know of no forage crop
that will not do better on rich land
than on poor; nor do We know of any
that will not do better with fairly
liberal supply of moisture; but these
crops, especially sorghum, will prob
ably make more forage than almost
any other crop on rather poor land
and sorghum and katir corn, or
Mexican June corn, will make more
forage in dry season, such as we
usually get during August, September
and October, than almost any other
OF our forage crops.
The South must make more forage
before we can hope TO raise more
live stock, and live stock will be
found profitable or otherwise accord
ing as we produce feeds cheaply and
abundantly. If we continue to feed
too sparingly, as we surely shall so
long as we buy corn and hay to feed,
live stock will not prove profitable.
To feed the increased number of ami
mails needed, most economically, we
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-07-09

of land TO lie idle during portion OF
the year when 1t would grow large
amount OF needed forage Except in
a few comparatively small sections
of the South there is not enough hay
grown to supply local needs, and con-
sequently hay generally sells at from
SIS TO s25 a ton. Where this condi-
ton exists there is no better money
crop than hay and not single acre
Of oat or wheat stubble should be left
idle. In addition to the oat and wheat
lands there are many other idle and
resting" acres that would pay better
in some useful forage crop.
In no part of our territory is 1t yet
too late for sorghum and millet, and,
except In the northern part 1t is not
too late for Mexican June corn and
kaiir corn. The objection may be
urged against these, that they i'm
poverish the soil rather than i'm
prove It, This is true If they are
taken off and sold. or II made into
hay and fed and the manure wasted,
but IL grazed or consumed on the
land, or II fed and the manure saved
and returned to the land, we would
rather have any soil growing these
crops than lying idle producing crop
OF weed seed TO interfere with the
growth of next years crops. But the
man who Is looking for an excuse to
avoid the work and expense necessary
10
will have no trouble in finding one.
and We fancy we hear him saying,
Wouldn't IL be better to plant these
idle acres In cowpeas. or soy beans?'
Yes. 1t would, and we wish we could
induce our readers to grow enough
cowpea and SOY bean seed to SOW all
the land the South ought TO put into
these crops; but this they will not
do and consequently many an acre OF
oat and wheat stubble will be left
idle because cowpeas and soy beans
are too high-priced. or can not be had
at any price.
The Value of n Good Hay Crop.
We have never taken any stock in
the abuse OF cotton as a farm crop,
which is so popular nj this time with
many who advise the farmer. but
ton and a half OF hay. worth on the
market from $40 10 $50, and 20
bushels of soy beans, worth from
$3.50 TO $3.50 n bushel. is crop
that will compare favorably with
cotton when we consider that in the
southern half of our territory two
crops might be grown on the same
land In one season. or in any part or
the South one crop of this size may
be grown after n crop OF oats or
wheat. Is cotton better money
crop than soy beans at present prices,
considering the conditions under
which they may be grown?
At least, II Is certain that those
lands which have grown cotton SO
long would not grow it any the less
profitably If crop Of soy beans were
grown on them every second year.
1t Is not, however, for those who
viii SOW every acre of idle land to
cowpeas or soy beans that we are
writing at present. 1t is for those
who can not get the seed of these
legumes or those who will not pay the
present high prices, that we are call
ing attention to other forage crops
.,,kanuh not land Inn
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-07-09
$500 More Year Farming: How to Get It
BY MAKING IDLE ACRES GROW FORAGE CROPS.

Time Yet to Plant Sorghum
If These Crops Are Fed the Manure
turned to the Land 1t Will Than to Leave
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-07-09
BY TAFT Butler.

"HE SOUTH BUYS millions of
dollars worth of feeding stuffs
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1910-07-15
CUENTO CORTO.

La avaricia de Hormigon era tai,
que q sulado el difunto Harpag0n hu
biera resultado prodigo.
ST hallandose en- ferrocarril Sc asO-
maba q Ia ventanilla V recibia en- un
ojo una particula de carbon, la guar
daba embellishments, estimando
que en- este mundo todos los objetos,
por pequenos QUE sean, tienen un va
lor cotizable.
Cuando nacio su hiio, lie di6 por E.
conomfa, uno de los nombres mas cor
tos que existen, Y le llam6 Pic. Y Gu
ando algunos arcs despues el joven
Sc disponfa salir q la calle, no deia-
ba nunca de hacerle la siguiente re-
comendaci6n.
Ten cuidado ron los AUTOMOBILES,
Y en- Gltimo case. ponte el traje vie
10. Es possible qGe te espachurre uno
de esos vehiculos ! seria lastima que
Sc te estropears Il traie nuevo.
Con semeiante ejemplo, y d pesar
del proverbir oue dice: Padre ava
TO, hijo pr6diaa. el hijo de Hormi-
g6n era tan rnHo,o como su padre.
Sc querian nlcho, V cuando Pio
Perdi6 al au'"r lie sus dfas. su pena
fue immense tan inmenSa, que
IL dessSperariin le hizo perder Ia ca
bsza, hssta q pinto de qserer hacer
"a los Testo5 De Sd amado padre, fune-
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1910-07-15
finCa de CANA.
EN- VENTA.

Sc vende una finca de cana De
l5C0 cuerdas de extension, con 1000
cuerdas propias para cana y 500
proplas para paste.
Esta situada en- ell kilometro 6 de
Ia carretera de Manati-Ciales, atra-
vesada en- toda su estension Dor via
ferrea para ell servicio interior Y uni
da por ferrocarril de vapor a la cen
tral Monserrate que toma las caiias
en- la misma finca.
Tiene en- la actualidad 400 cuer-
das de cana. proximamente de plan
tilla y 10. y 20. corte, plantation qlie
adquirira el comprador, por tasa-
cion pericial. Hay bueyada e imple
mentos agrfcolas que puede adquirir
o no, ell comprador segGn sus necesi
dades. La finca sera entregada sin
gravamen alguno ell dia que Sc firme
la escritura.
Sc lnteresa al contado parte de su
volor ,el Iesto puede quedar en- DO
der del comprador con hipoteca de
la tlnca, devengsndo un interes mo-
dlco relativamente.
Dirigirse q su dueho DR.. Manuel
Blazquez, Manati.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1910-07-15
LA VERDADERA LABOR.

Es un hecho practice que la refor-
ma del Regimen Foraker por medic
del bill Olmsted, ha fracasado, gra-
cias q Ia resuelta actitud del pals. 4
la acci6n de la Camara V de los par
tidos politicos. por medic de Ia pa
triotics comisi6n que en- nombre de
esos organismos actu6 en- Washing
ton, logrando que el bill volviese al
Comitf de AsuntoS Insulares. su-
friendo dilaciones que han impedido
al Senado disponer de tempo bas-
ts6te para discutirlo.
7 Ahora el otro hecho es que Fl 90
bierno de EStsdos Unidos ha rnostra
do el prop6sito de reformar el rsG-
men de Puerto Rico, Y que no ha-
bra de ceisr en- sus prop6sito<. pr
10 eusl IS SECURE que en- la legislatu-
ra pr6xima Sc plsnteara de nuevo el
problema de nueStra ley 6rganica.
Partisndo de este tiltim0 hechO
aleccionsdos por Ia experiencia pa
sada, lO positive Is que Il pals Sc
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1910-07-15

rales magnfhcos.
81. -. s1 entierro serA soberbio
CANA imperial, coronas, coche de prj
mera; no faltara NADIA. A clio me au-
torlza la fortuna que me ha deiado
ESQ pensaba el hijo de Hormig6n
mientras velaba el cadaver. contem.
plando con ternura Ia faz ricida de-
difunto.
De repente aquella faz rigida, a.
lumbrada por elresplandor vacilan-
te de los clrlos, Sc amino. Ell di-
funto exhal6 un suspiro V entrea-
brleronse sus ojos.
Pic Sc echo a temblar, V entonces
;; sucedlo algo aterrador. Ell cadkver
Sc lncorpor6, miro asombrado a s,l
hiIo, y luego hizo una mueca elocuen
te y sublime: alarg6 los labios, sopl6,
apag6 uno &c los cirios, y su cuerpo
eayo de nuevo inerte, sobre el lecho
mortuorio.
Esta vez estaba muerto. bien
muerto.
La lecci6n fue provechosa. FL 10
ven Pic habia recobrado la raz6n.
-Duerme en- paz Tie llevart
al cementeriO en- el coche de los po-
bresl
-iOh, padre acknowledgements
70. Y apag6 Ia otra vela. -Et Jolieler
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1910-07-15

UTIL.- -Desaparici6n ne las man
chas producldas por los n'edicamen-
tos.-Las manchas de iodo, Sc qui-
tan de las manos y otras parties del
cuerpo, asi como de las ropas, hume
deciendolas con una solucion de amo
niaco Q de hiposulhto de sosa.
Las manchas de nitrate de plata
Sc quitan, lavandolas con una solu-
ci6n de ioduro de potasio.
Las manchas de iodro de potasjo
Sc uuitan con una solucion de hipo-
sul6to de sosa.
Las manchas de la piel, causadas
por ell nitrate de plata Sc qultan tan
bien con una soluci6n de cloruro dc
mercurio y cloruro de amoniaco, de
cada uno diez gramos, aqua destila
da 8 gramos.
Las manchas de crisarobina Sc qui
tan facilm ente conbencina. Tambien
Sc quitan con cloroformo y alcohol
a parties iguales.
Las manchas de rosorcinn Sc qui-
tan con una soluci6n muy diluida de
acido citrico.
Las manchas de acido picrico Sc
quitan con una soiuci6nde sulfuro de
potasa. Despues Sc lavara con aqua
V jab6n. Tambien Sc puede deiar so
hre la mancha una pasta de carbona
to de magnesio y aqua, frotando de:
pues de alg,ln ratio con las manos.
Las manchas de dcido pirogdIict
Sc quitan con una solucion de aci-
do oXalico, V despues con una solu-
ci6n de sal de acederas, despues de
10 cual Sc lavara con aqua pura.
Las manchas de las mat erias co.
lorantes del alquitan, Sc quitan cor
una soluci6n alcoholica de jab6n.
CURIOSO.-De Francia viene Il
noticia que en- este pals estan cons.
truyendo, muv secretamente V bait
la direction del Departamento de Il
Guerra, un ,globo dirigible del tipc
semirigido Y capaz de una velocidac
de ochenta hil6metros go millas pre-
ximamente e)pors shora; este globo pier
san usarlo Ell las maniobras que ten
dram lugar en- este verano.
Esta nueva nave militar la lamar
"La Fragate'. Mide 5000 metro.
crlbicos Y lleva una especie de aleta.
en- donde Sc colocaran motores gu,
desarrollaran 240 caballos de fuerz,
cada uno.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1910-07-15
HUMORISMO.
La viuda alegre.

sViudas alegres? iDemonio
Pues solo con ese nombre
Sc decide cualq'lier hombre
4 probar el matrimonio!
Francamente. Sc resiste
mi raz6n a comprender
que, al enviudar la muier.
resrllte alegre V no triste.
Mas las hay. no tengan dud.
Y eyiSten conocedoreS
que ahrman que son meiores,
que las solteras, las viudas.
Y van derramando luz
aunque de negro vestldas,
alegres V decididas
a tomar segunda cruz.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1910-07-15
NOTAS \ NOT|C|AS

No Sc conoce todavia ell informe
que produjo la comision visltadora
designada por el gobernador para el
departamento Consolidate, Y que es
tuvo ultimamente Ell las eseulas de
carload y en- ell Manicomio, bajo la di
recci6n del expresado centro. Sc a
nucian otras visitas por la comlsi6n.
Sc asegura que ell alcalde de la
ciudad DR.. del Vale Atiles hara que
quede terminada en- breve la comu-
nicaci6n entire el "Condado" y el
Parque. De ese modo podra hacerse
comodamente el recorrido desde la
entrada del Condado al Parque, ca
lie de ese nombre y otros puntos del
extenso poblado de Santurce.
I'm gran ndmero de personals Sc
reuni6 aver en- el colegio de las R.R.
NJ. NJ. del Coraz6n de Jesus en- Mar
tin Pena con motive de la llegada de
las Monias Carmelitas que vienen de
San German para ocupar el conven-
to que Sc acaba de construir en- San
turce. Manana Sc llevara a efecto una
solemne fiesta religiosa en- Santurce
con motive del traslado de las Mon
jas Y bendici6n del nuevo convento.
Es este un magnf6co edifcio levan-
tado en{el final de la calle de Despu-
jol, subida de la iglesia del expresa-
do barrio y cuyas obras fueron pro-
yectadas en- la o6cina de ingenieria
del Sr. Canals y eiecutadas bajo la
direction de este e ingenieros Sres.
Luis \. Gonzalez y Martinez.
La rotura del alambre conductor
de fuerza en- la Inca de carros elec-
tricos ocasion6 aver tarde gran alaI
ma en- lospasaieros del caro- ndme ere
6. Ell suceso ocurrio en- la parada II
via mayorparte de los viai eros aban
donaron precipitadamente el carro
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1910-07-15

Tn abogado muy codicioso, hizo
pagsr muy csro> los honorarios que
lie debfa una sehora con la que debfa
casarse muy pronto Como ella lie re-
eonviniese pOr su falta de galanterfa
en- momentOs en- que era 6sta meno>
diSimulabIe, Ia contest6 con mucha
iormalidad el letradO:
He querido dar d listed una rrue
ba practica de 10 lucrativa que es mi
professor, para que usted Sc CONVENE
"a de que yo SOY un buen partido.