The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-04-25
UNCLE SAM, PATRIARCH
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. swamps of the South. I am old
that one man has made a fortune
skunks which he rears for their
" nave thousands of men and Wo-
.,.r nursing chickens. Uncle Sam
1.s new methods Of fowl raising, ana
nYfta 4 number Of people are max
10 p living by breeding guineas for
me. our poultry crop IS worth as
9..lrh as the cotton crop. the hay
.., or the wheat crop.
Uncle sam, Doctor.
Auother interest ng work Of Uncle
sam is the care he is now exercising
800. he health of his ldr The
government has scores of scientists
~. .~stigating diseases Of animals and
man. We are wiping out the mos
,.fitoes and slaughter ng the flies THAI
firing typhoid fever We tako the
temperatures of the cows to learn
.yhrther they have consumption. and
H.. treated. Uncle Sam IS also in
.pPcting the drugs and meats. He
protects YOU from bad liquor and tells
inst how much alcohol there is in
very bottle Of wine and beer.
lie is also testing foods and food
values and lays down rules by VIII CHI
Won may crow lean or fat. He has
cooking schools which are studying
how to meats and vegetables,
and tells YOU just what to eat to be-
come the best ma physically and
mentally.
Our National Assets.
The Government is now figuring uD
how much we are worth. For the
yaSt several years it has had an army
ii Investigators estimating our crops,
animals and foods, and these figures
are. now about ready for use. They
lar shot yEa h3Xrn 20D 00n fnatnr; &c
with . capital Of Is billion dollars.
They give the wages Of every State
of the Cn'On as we'll as q full count
al Uncle Sans children. This has
been done by the census. the work
Of which includes new facts Of great
human interest.
Uncle Sam. Detective.
One Of the interesting phases Of
Uncle Sans work is the pursuit Of
,r'm" and his efforts to protect his
children from frauds. This has been
I~naugurated with II the past few years.
and il now forms a great network
which gathers in the robbers. from
The cuunterfeiters to the trust mag
mates. There are hundreds Of these
r~ietectiN Is and Snies. There are the
corporation detectives who are look
ing into the books Of the trusts and
the railroads.. There are detectives
Who are examining false weights and
measures; custom house So es who
ere after the smugglers; internal re-
Venue spies who are hunting the
moOnShiners and Treasury detective rs
Who are chasing the cOunterfciters.
This sphere Of crime is very extensive
and the officials are increasing their
work OF prevention. Some Of the
most interest ng revelations of the
present are those which relate tt.
, frauds through the mails and to the
destruction OF fake mining schemes,
land schemes and plantation schemes
Of one kind or another.
Government Schemes For the Sailor
The Government is also doing a
great deal for the sailors. It has a
life-saving service with 459 stations.
1t guards our coasts by 1,200 light
houses and it has 46 !ightships and
200 buoys. This service saved about
Is billion dollars worth Of property
fasl Year. including vessels worth
twelve millions. IT saved also 5000
lives.
l want to tell how the coasts and
harOors are being surveyed and de-
scribe our enormous shipping inter
ests. including a carrying trade
amounting to two or three billions pc,
annum. -
Uncle Sam Exporter.
our patriarchial relative Is do
ing 10 sell otr GO 49, ~annfa"-