The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-02-19

ex-President when he gets to Berlin, May list
Previously to this President Roosevelt will spend
Two weeks In Paris. and from Germany will 20 to
England May 18th, reaching New York about the
middle OF June. Plans have been made to have
President Taft welcome him on his return to New
YORK and thereby head OF the movement look
ing to Roosevelt's nomination in place OF Taft
next time
Mr.. VIM. ]. Bryan is out in a very significant
statement declaring for county option in Nebraska
and accusing the liquor interests Of defeating the
initiative and referendum in the last Nebraska
Legislature. Mr. Bryan continues:
"The Democratic party cannot afford to
act az the mOuth-piece of the liquor interests
1t can have nothing in common with the sell
nsh, mercenary and conscienceless crusade
that the liquor interests have organized
against the home and the State-against
private virtue and public morals"
The need of more serious attention to matters
OF public morals. looked at even from tho cold
economic standpoint of dollars and cents IL we'll
illustrated by the following astonishing COMPARE
sons:
Annual cost OF crime in America. .s1.S7s. 1000
Nauonal DEBT. ................. 964,000,000
Capital stock National banks. $4,000 900
Total expenditures for public
scnoois .................... $4,000, 900
Mr.. William Schley Howard, who is opposing
Congressman Livingston for nomination In the
Filth Georgia District. has progressive platform
one or his planks being advocacy OF the parcels
post 1t Is to be hoped that every Southern can
didate Tor Congress this year will be forced to
stand for some definite measures In which our
people are interested. Congressman Livingston.
BY the way. is having a hard time trying to AZ
plain why he deserted his party and supported
speaker Canon In the crisis Of December, 1908.
South Carolina is to have a public health con-
ference next week. 1t is gratifying to see that
all its energies are to be conferred on the four
great preventable diseases which most curse tha
Isouth-typhoid fever. tuberculosis, malaria. ana
nookworm disease. Any State government which
rails to make crusade against these four dis
eases 10 cr1minally negligent OF the lives and
health Of it, people.
Dig exposition to show the various uses and
possibilities Of cotton and cotton products vfl
oouotiess be the outgrowth Of a meeting IN A.
lanta last week. We are Just beginning to re.I
ize the value OF cottonseed Edward Atknaor
once said wisely that II New England conld erov
cotton and get the seed alone without the lint
sne would make It one OF her chief resources
ana II Is gratifying to see that most people n
INC Soutn are beginning to realize that IL oleo-
margarine is allowed to sail under false coIor.
we shall lose moro by the decrease in price ~ cot
tonseed meal than We shall gain in any possible
increase In price Of cottonseed oil besides erin
ping the dairy industry which promises IN h.
como 80 important to Southern agriculture
In Chattanooga last week several neproa. w.r.
klhed IN race riot The trouble seems to have
uoen started py rumor that the negroes were "a
% put IN charge OF work previously done bv white