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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-04-05
WHY CORN IS KING.
Facts Showing Enormous Output d
the Cornfieids In America.

Facts Showing Enormous Output Of
the cornfields In America.
While corn is conceded to be the
II even the largest corn growers real
lie the extent of it's production. If all
the corn raised in Illinois in 1909 had
been shipped to market it would have
made 36,54O trains of twenty cars each.
extending in one unbroken line from
Portland, Me-. to point in the Pacific
ocean 1000 miles west of San Fran
cisco, or two unbroken lines extending
from New York to Salt Lake City.
II all the corn raised in Illinois in
1909 had been marketed at the price
prevailing in December it would have
brought $2O1, 517,25O, an amount sufii-
cient to pay the public debts of sew
enteen Of the largest cities in America,
as follows: Chicago. Baltimore. Gin
cinnati. Detroit, Indianapolis. Kansas
City. Los Angeles, Louisville, Mime
apolis, Galveston, New Orleans. Pitts
burg, San Francisco, Seattle. Salt Lake
City, st. Louis and Washington.
If all the corn raised in Illinois in
1909 had been exported it would have
supplied the European demand for
seven years. Had the European ex-
port for one year only been taken from
the Illinois output there would have
remained corn enough to allow sixty
bushels for every man. woman and
child in the state. or three and one
half bushels for every man, woman
and child of the 85,OOO,OOO people in
the United States today.
Yet Illinois is not alone. There are
twenty-four other states each Of which
produces more than 5000, 600 bushels
of corn each year and eight others
whose individual output each year is
in excess Of 1OO.OOO,OOO bushels. No
wonder that corn has been crowned
king, particularly in view Of the fact,
as Secretary Wilson has figured it,
that the 1909 crop Of the value of
1,72O. 600. 600 - nearly equal to the
value of the clothing and personal
adornments Of 75.OOO OOO-'has grown
up from the soil and out of the air in
120 days. $15.0O0O 900 a day for one
crop, nearly enough for two Dread
noughts daily for peace or war;
The gold and silver coin and bullion
Of the United States are not of greater
value. The total annual receipts from
every source of every mile of railroad
In the United States are not greater
The public debt Of the nation could be
paid OF by two years corn c-ons nId
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-04-05
VALUE OF FERTILIZER SHOWN

aliIist Crop More Than Doubled BY
properly Enriehins the Soil.
The picture herewith represents the
value Of fertilizer on sandy soil. A
strip ofsland in New York had celery
on 1t at one side in 1908 with an ap-
plication Of about 800 pounds per acre
Of 2-81O fertilizer; the other side
had no fertilizer. The land was plow-
ed and fitted exactly alike and German
millet sown about June Is, 1909. The
showing il remarkable. as the season
was the driest and also the coolest for
years, with only Ave inches OF rain
fall after July I. which is about half
Of normal. The picture shows the
growth Of one square foot from each
section, that fortified In 1908 produc-
ing almost sixteen and one-half tons
OF green forage to the acre, while the
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-04-05
EATON. OHIO.

Eaton. O.. April 6.-Joe Gilmore, OF
Hamilton. spent Sunday here with his
parents, Mr.. and Mr.. J. A. Gilmore.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. Q. Gray returned
home Sunday evening from Hamilton,
where they had spent few days with
the latter's sister, Mrs. Frank Saylor.
d. d. Swihart was . Camden bust
ness visitor Monday.
Miss Martha Canoe, OF Piqua, return
Cd to her home Sunday after q short
visit here with Miss Flossie Knox.
Ed. TrunclH Of Cincinnati, spent Sun.
day with his mother. Mrs. Martha
Trunck.
r. O. Bloom Of Dayton. spent Sunday
here with his wife and little daughter.
who had been visiting her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Nelson J. Quinn. for several
days.
F. A. Wisehart. OF Middletown. Ind,
spent Sunday here with his wife, who
10 at the bedside of her father, John
H. Unger.
Forrest Ridgley was home from Mid.
dletown Sunday.
A. G. Risinger transacted business al
New Paris last Saturday.
8. Aldine Probst, superintendent OF
the Brookville schools, was an Eaton
visitor Saturday.
County Examiners G. HI. Moses. Of
Gratis, w. 8. Togarty OF Camden, and
N. M. Letter Of Lewisburg. conducted
the regular monthly teachers examina
tion In Eaton Saturday.
w. e. Stevenson was . Richmond
business visitor Saturday.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-04-05
HAGERSTOWM, IND.

Hagerstown, Ind. April 6.-Mr. and
Mr.. Noble Thornburg Of Muncie are
visiting his mother and others here.
Mrs. Reba Rudy and Mrs. Marshall
Huffman were guests Sunday Of Mr..
and Mrs. Monroe Sherry.
Mrs. Arthur Plummcr II visiting with
Mr.. and Mrs. G. NJ. Ginther at Dayton.
Ohio.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Sells attended the
funeral Of Mrs. Nancy Burgess at Ger
mantown, Sunday.
Martin Funk Of Muncie spent the
day Saturday with his mother, Mrs.
Mary Funk.
Mr.. and Mrs. Marian Nicholson and
children. Of Muncie have been visiting
with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John
Nicholson.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Bruce Of Rich
mond, were guests Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Will Abbott, Sunday.
Mrs. Alva Cook Of Greensboro Is the
guest Of her daughter. Mrs. Hollace
Hoover.
Mrs. Porter Thornburg Of New Cas-
tie has been spending few days here.
Mrs. Ivan Martin and children were
called to the bedside Of Mr.. Martin at
the homo OF his parents. Mr.. Martin
4 II gradually growing weaker with very
little hopes Of recovery. He has con-
sumption.
Mrs, Shively, Miss Ida Taylor and
Will Shively were entertained at the
home OF Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Salder-
man Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Solomon Copeland and
Miss Ruth Copeland attended the fl-
neral services OF Mrs. John Brooks ut
Oreensfork, Sunday. Il
Mr.. and Mrs.. Life and two year old
grand daughter OF near Redkey. spent
from Friday until Monday with their
son. Chester Life and wife.
Mr.. and Mira Chas- Petr0 entertain
y "a Sunday Mira. nd Bousman and baby
of Anderson ana MrA Irvington Hunt
Y ulnGer " Muncis, MrA CeorGs CsnadAy
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-04-05

Don't worry over your bakings
GOLD COIN FLOUR insures perfec
bread. Ask your Grocer.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-04-05

According to Consul General Jones,
at Winnipeg. Canada. Is In great need
Of rat traps Farmers in tho grain
belt are becoming anxious over the In
vasion OF rodents from the United
States. and are willing and able to pay
. good price for q trap that will COM
bine durability and efficiency. The
rats are nearing Winnipeg and at
tempts to check them by incubation
with communicable virus have 80 far
failed to stop their march.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-04-05
MILTON. IND.

Milton, Ind, April 5.-Leonard
Champe Of Dublin attended the funeral
of the late Charles Gardieer, here Sun
day.
Mrs. Leroy Mills and son spent Sun
day with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs
Chas Ferris.
Mrs. David Nugent spent Sunday
with relatives at Greenfield.
Miss Nora Griffith was called to In
dianapolis by the illness of her moth
or. Mrs. NJ E. Kinsey. who has pneu
monia.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Tenn
plin daughter. Saturday evening.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence
Brown Of near the potter shop. q son
Sunday morning.
John Buckingham has moved from
Oliver Thornburg's farm west Of town
to Connersville.
Miss Hattie Izor returned yesterday
from indianapolis. Her brother Ira
Isor, IL gradually growing weaker.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Mueller and fam
lily are visiting her parents, Mr.. and
Mr.. Christian eKrber and his father
Chas. Mueller.
Clawson vogelsong Of Indianapolis
ID visiting his sister. Mrs. Robert Corn
thwaite.
Mrs. Julia Rogers Of Hamilton. Ohio
visited her sister, MrA w. E. Will
liams over Sunday.
M d. Beeson, Miss Tiny Moore
Messrs. and Mesdames Oscar Kirlin. O
H. Beeson, O. L. Beeson, DIR. and Mrs
Chas. Kniese and daughter, with Lin
VILE Ferguson, who Is home from the
state university, formed 1 company
with Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Feguson
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. v. Brown entertain
ed at family reunion Sunday.
Miss Carrie johnson Is visiting rel
atives at Indianapolis.
Mrs. Keelor and sister. Miss Logan
Of Richmond. visited Miss Elizabeth
Henderson here yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hiram Crook and
daughter spent Sunday with friends al
Dalton.
The Rev. G. H. Pinnick preached two
very good sermons at the NJ e
church Sunday.
The Priscilla club met with Mrs. L
r. Lantx yesterday afternoon. There
were 40 members present. The host
esses were Mesdames Lantx, G. H. Pin
nick, w. l. Parkins, Ada Swearinger
and Ed Schepman. The next meeting
will be with Mrs. Richard Stills. The
hostesses will be Mesdames Stills, Ell
mer weaver, Peter Shumaker, G. HI
wood. and Morton Warren.
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ECONOMY, IND.

Economy, Ind, April 5.-The w. G.
T. u. society met with Mrs. Hannah
Taylor Friday afternoon. Rev. Han
Sabbath Observance" There was a
good attendance of members and two
new members were secured. Dainty
refreshments were served.
Mrs. Maud Williams of Muncie was
here Saturday the guest OF DR.. and
Mrs. j. B. Clark.
Mr.. and Mrs. Otis Turner and baby
of Richmond were Sunday guests of
relatives here.
Oliver Wilson of Richmond is visit
ing Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Cain for a
few days.
Mrs. James Clevenger and daughter
Alma, were in Richmond shopping
Saturday. Miss Alma Clevenger is a
student Of Royton high school.
Charley Atkinson, undertaken, was
in Richmond transacting business
Saturday.
Miss Ida Peterson. music instructor
in the Button schools arrived here
Saturday morning to be the guest of
Mr.. and Mrs. J. L. Peterson for few
days.
Mr.. and Mrs. David Jordan. Mr.. and
Mrs. Henderson Oler arrived from
Sunny Florida Saturday. They spent
two months in the land of flowers.
Eye Parker hotel is no more" Mrs.
Parker's health is not good at the
present time and that Is the reason
given for closing the doors against
the transit corners.
The commencement here Saturday
night was well attended. The M. e.
church was taxed to its fullest capa-
city. The Fleming family furnished
the music and sure was appreciated
by the large audience. There were
three high school graduates and nine
common school. High school, Misses
Myria Hunnicutt. Winnie Brown and
Margaret Hunnicutt. Common school,
John Jessup. Russell Shoemaker. Ray
mond Hofford, Louise Smith, Ruth
Jackson. Anna Love. Letha Segrist,
Mary Mumbower and Leona Charles.
Mrs. John Massey, Is, died Satur-
day afternoon at 2:39 o'clock, at the
home of her parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
E. Wright. The funeral service was
conducted by Rev. M. v. Bartlett at
the Wright home and interment at
Williamsburg cemetery.
Ernest Replogle of New Castle was
here Saturday night to attend the
commencement
Clyde Cox, the Modoc lineman, was
here Saturday for the last time as
lineman. he having received a good
job at Lynn.
Miss Minnie Marshall Of Milton, at
tended the commencement here Satur-
day night.
Lon Edwards went to Richmond
Saturday to be present at the closing
for the skating rink for the season.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Fleming made
q special trip to Richmond on bust
ness Saturday.
Horace and Morris Duesndschond Of
Indianapolis, are the guests Of the
Fleming family for few days.
w. L. Fennimore who Is working in
Richmond, was at home over Sunday.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-04-05

enough money be left to build. arm
and equip 100 battleships the like OF
which the world has never seen. II
put on the market In the aggregate.
to buy one years corn crop would ne
quire every cent Of the total gold and
silver money OF Germany and Austria
Hungary. while the proceeds divided
per capita would give so to every
man. woman and child in the United
States today.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-04-05
Poor Closets.

"And, you see. there are plenty Of
closets" said the nat owner, showing
. lady through the apartments.
do you call those closets?' replied
the lady. "Why, gracious me, they're
not big enough to even keep our fam
ily skeleton inr'-Yonkers Statesman.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-04-05

A conductor on the Great Western
railroad of England recently retired at
ter fifty years of service, and it is
estimated that during that time he
travelled $4,000 miles.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-04-05

The temperature OF steam at one.
pound pressure is 216.3. At thirty.
pounds pressure 1t is 274.3.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-04-05
PRESERVING FERNS IN WINTER

They Should BE Placed Where They
Get Diffused Light.
Although ferns are greatly admired
for indoor decorations, the plants are
In general singularly unfortunate In
the treatment they receive at the
hands Of their owners. 1t being well
understood that most varieties thrive
The wageworker., 1910-04-15

LOTS OF TIMES.
Ever listen to some fellow whose
The wageworker., 1910-04-15

rical Workers controversy. 1t don t
look good to us. With no desire to butt
in on the work of the arbitration
the following is the only solution:
Let every official of the Reid fact
ion and every official of the McNu,ty
faction write out their designations
and place them in escrow in the hands
of President Gompers. Let every
dollar of funds held by both factions
be withdrawn from bank and placed
in the hands of Treasurer Lennon OF
the A. F. of L. Then call a conven-
ton of Electrical Workers to meet in
Lincoln, Nebraska, or some other cen
tral point, only delegates from regu-
larly constituted locals in existence
on April 1, 1910, to be entitled to re-
presentation. Let that convention
elect new set of officers, no official
of either faction at this time to be
eligible to election When this is done
and the officers-elect duly bonded, let
President Gompers turn over to them
the machinery of the Brotherhood,
and Treasurer Lennon the funds.
Something like this will have to be
done, and the faction that refuses to
| accept such a chance to settle he
whole unfortunate mess will not be
entitled to sympathy or support, in
| the estimation of a big lot Of consis-
tent and loyal unionistts.
There has been altogether too much
'horse play in this controversy, and
it is due to lot of individual union
| lists and to the labor movement as a
whole that it be settled.
"I've got so much work on hand I
can't take the time to tell about it, -
said President Hanna when asked TO
say something about the settlement
of the strike. President Hanna was
one of the strikers, and when he and
his associates went back to work they
| found all kinds of labor stacked up
4 for them.
The Wageworker congratu1ates the
Gas Co. on getting back such a hust
ling lot of fellows as those strikers
1t means lot to the company to have
good boosters" such as those boys
have been, working for it.
Organizer Perrin has returned &C
! Iowa to look after some needed work
at several points.
i And the Labor Temple is again al
lit up with Juice" furnished by The
Gas Co.
The wageworker., 1910-04-15

influence has secured him a fairly
good position talk about labor unions
and how impossible it is for them to
succeed and ,how they lose every
strike. 1t is pitiful to listen to some
one who does not know anything
about the movement at ALL The
fact of the matter is that not all
strikes are lost; there are a great
many more won than lost, but the
boneheads who just keep track OF
the lost ones pass over those that
are won. Labor unions do not care
to strike but if forced to do so they
are on the job every time, and if de-
feated is only a temporary defeat, fol-
they start out again to build up
stronger to fight for better condi-
tions. The weakling who has all kinds
of fault to find just keeps pushing his
hot air and the movement keeps on
just the same.-Rochester Labor Jour
nal.
The wageworker., 1910-04-15
PAINTERS&DECORATERS

of earnest, thinking working men and
women, who are beginning to realize
that they will have to think out and
work out their own emancipation.
The subject for discussion, Sunday
at p. M, April II, is, "Why the
Populists Failed" While we have had
two very able speakers the two Sun
days past, the workers University
audience will be glad to know that
Wright will occupy the rostrum next
Sunday. Good music. All are well
come. Ladies especially invited. A..
o. U. W. hall, 1907 o st. Admission
free.
The wageworker., 1910-04-15

Workingmen and women are be-
+; oming IN. r. ami more Interested in
organization of the working class, not
only along economic lines but politi-
cally. We do not mean that they are
in favor, exactly, of taking the ''un-
ions into politics. or take politics in
to the union but they are beginning
to think mighty seriously about using
all of their powers, in their struggle
against exploitation. The Sunday at-
ternoon meetings of the Lincoln Eco
nomic Educational League is draw
ing a constantly increasing audience
The wageworker., 1910-04-15
ELECTRICAL WORKERS

About midnight of Thursday of last
week, shortly after the forms Of The
Wageworker had been closed, the
Electrical Workers settled their diff
ferences with the Licoln Gas & Elect
the force returned to work. The
settlement was mutually satisfactory,
which means that they are of no par
ticular concern to the public. The
Electrical Workers did not get all
that they demanded, but in the main
they were successful in their content
ion, and Manager Adams expresses
himself as verySsFell pleased with the
outcome. & s
When the strikers climbed into the
wagons Friday ssmorning and started
out to work, after three-weeks' ces-
sation, Manager adams remarked with
beaming smile:
"That looks good to me!'
And it looks good to lot of US.
The Electrical Workers gained one
point which may interest the public.
They struck for a specified scale,
which provided for an increase, and
they were successful In making the
point stick. They returned to work
at the old scale with the agreement
that inside of ninety days the scale
ho
hours will constitute a days work,
and other conditions have been settled
satisfactorily. The imported strike!
breakers have been sent back. OF
course the Gas Co. is no longer on he
unfair list.
The Wageworker is in receipt of g
long communication from Peter w
Collins giving his side of the contro
versy in the ranks of the Brotherhood
We have given Arbiter Duffy the space
he asked for, and this, we believe, is
as far as The Wageworker is called
upon to go for that side of the contro
versy. For that reason-and several
others-we must decline to give the
Collins epistle space. One of the rea
sons is that we wouldn't trust some
men as far as we would throw a bull
by the tail, and among that number Ii
one Peter w. Collins. We admit tha
we may be prejudiced. But we hole
to the opinion that if Peter w. Collin.
would quit taking snuff, one McNulty
woud quit sneezing. And The Wage
worker is bound to confess that it i!
getting just bit weary of this Elect
The wageworker., 1910-04-15

tie-up with the manager of another
daily paper that would gladly knife
the Star to death don't look good to
union men. The Journal-News man.
agement loaned the Star manage
ment rat" or two to help out, and
to date the Star has managed to get
out little late, but after a fashion.
Because of its action the Daily
Star has been declared unfair to orga-
nized labor There is no boycott"
mind you. You are simply notified
that when you continue your subscrip-
tion to the Star you are patronizing
an institution that is giving a lot of
your fellow unionists the worst of it.
If you don't know what to do under
those circumstances it's up to you to
take a few instructions IN genuine
unionism. But there is no "boy-
cott," mind you.
The wageworker., 1910-04-15
TYPOGRAPHICAL TIPS

The lecture is illustrated by eighty
lantern slides and a reel or two of
moving pictures, showing every phase
of the work and the life of the guests
of that magnificent institution. What's
the matter with getting Superinten-
dt ut Deacon to give Lincoln da.e
on his way back to Colorado Springs?
The action of two, perhaps more,
members of the Typographical Union
in doing the work of pressmen after
the pressmen had gone out on strike
drastic action. 1t calls for something
more than mere reprimands, too. The
union printer who deliberately rats"
on fellow craftsman who is trying
to secure decent wages and conditions
deserves to be handed package that
will make him stagger to carry. The
package that should be handed the
recreant members of 209 would serve
to make other members IN the future
mighty slow to commit the same Of
fense.
The matter of organizing Mailers'
Union, department of the Typo,
graphical Union, will be undertaken IN
short time. One of the big employer.
of mailers has already declared that
he is just little bit more than wifi.
ing,
The wageworker., 1910-04-15
a Monkey Trick.

Curator Raymond L. Ditmars. of the
New York zoo. was praising the intel
ligence of monkeys
"A Philadelphia man." he said. was
hurrying out Powellton avenue one
afternoon when, all of a sudden, an
organ grinders little monkey dropped
dead. The poor grinders grief was
pftiful. The Philadelphia, touched.
gave him a half dollar and hastened
away.
IAN hour later. returning through
Market street. he saw the same organ
grinder. and. just as he passed, the
monkey again dropped dead, and the
grinders grief was even more pitiful
than before.
"The Philadelphia gave a loud
laugh. The grinder. recognizing him.
laughed, too. but made no motion to
return the half dollar"
The wageworker., 1910-04-15
Two Side. to Great Actress.

Mrs. Stddons was. on and OF the
stage. two different people," On the
stage she was pythoness. nightly hyp-
Noticed into passionate emotions by
the sight of the drop curtain and the
boards. says writer. In her home
she was, at all events to the casual OBJ
server, more than thought too much
a mere mother and British matron.
loving to be seemly and of good report.
shut In the tower Of an urimagfnative
nature. Had she not been an actress
she would have made (such an OBJ
server might have said) an ideal
bishops wife.
The wageworker., 1910-04-15
THE STAR UNFAIR.

Has Filled Its Press Room with "Rat"
Pressmen and Assistants.
The Lincoln Daily Star has refused
to recognize the Pressmens and AS
sistant's Union, and has filled it's
presslrpom with rats" several Of
whom are suspended members and
others who deliberately. rated"
lured on by promises Of being "taken
care of" by the management. The
The wageworker., 1910-04-15
A SWELL SIGN.

Say. but that is a well sign! This
is the remark that the writer has
heard many times in the last week.
referring to the sign on the front Win
dow of the Wageworker shop. We are
a bit proud of the said sign ourselves
and justly so. The work was done
by David Manrose, better known as
Joker" and bears the label of
course.
The wageworker., 1910-04-15
THE LEATHERWORKERS

No change in the local situation,
but there are signs of a break of the
employers all along the line. The
great E. M. Jones Saddlery Co., at Ok
lahoma City "came across" early last
week. Twelve smaller establishments
The wageworker., 1910-04-15

in the same city signed up. Other
breaks from the ranks of the Manu-
facturers' Association are reported,
but to date not single break is re-
ported from the ranks of the Leather
workers.