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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-05-25
(TO BE CONTINUEDD
A VITAL PROBLEM.
Shrinknge in Farm Profits from Prices
Consumers Pay.

There is no more vitality important
problem before the public to-day man
that of a proper adjustment of the COSY
of raising farm produce, shipping IL 10
the market ana placing il in the CON
sumers possession. on these three lt'ms
of expense to the consumer for ne pays
them alb depends the present hiPH COS
Of living very largely. 1t is not snort
age in supply. but it is the expense OF
getting the products Of the fam over
the railroads and through the middle
mems hands to the man who buys ana
consumes them. There is no more proht
able theme for grange discussion than
this, and the grange must help 10 solve
the problem This II can do by awaken
ing the farmers to an intelligent concep-
ton of the subject and to the positive
necessity of their selling their produce
to the largest extent possible direct to
the consumer and thus eliminating SO
far as may be, the middlemen's prontS'
The recent meeting of the New YORK
State Agricultural society at Albany mad
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-05-25

of his tan oxfords. But, say. when
did you start in the horticultural bust
ness, anyway"
we've just started" she answered
as she filed a pail with water and
poured 1t into the barrel.
Aren't you afraid you'll spoil your
compleXion" Harold asked teasingly
as the mixture splashed up into her
face.
She shook her head as she wiped a
| spattering drop from her nose. Il
don't know that bordeaux mixture is
any worse for my complexion than
| talcum powder would be-" she said.
you are certainly an attractive adj
! vertisemcnt for the bordeaux mixture"
| Harold answered.
Gladys did look charming as she
stood there in her spattered dress, with
her unruly hair blowing across her
| face-she never could keep those stray
locks where they belonged-and the
| rose hue of her cheeks looking all the
roster in contrast to the spots Of lime
on her nose
II thought you had outgrown those
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-05-25
CHAPTER III.
TIE girls eagerly read over the
books and bulletins Mr.. Pear
son had lent them, and COW

books and bulletins Mr.. Pear
son had lent them, and COW
a err crops. cultivation and Dor
'ieauX mixture were their chief topics
of conversation. AS soon as the
ground was in shape in the spring
they plowed it and narrowed it until
| It was reduced to a fairly fine cond-
| ton. certainly better than anything 1t
had known since it was first set out.
| The trees blossomed freely, and the
orchard with it's waving sea of pink
! flowers was an inspiration to the girls,
| for it held the promise of a bountiful
| harvest to come. AS soon as the bios
SONS closed the girls set to work to
spray the trees. They were hard at
work one day mixing a barrel of bor-
dcaux mixture when they We're star
coming up the driveway.
ITS Harold and BETH cried Mabel.
"Oh, whatll we do?" She looked down
at her spattered dress in dismay.
"You might dive into the barrel
said Gladys ironically as she poured
afraid Of the Du Walls even il they
have got an automobile"
The car was close upon them by this
time. Harold brought it to a stop
with a jerk and leaped lightly to the
ground He lifted his hat as he ad-
vanced toward the girls and held out
his hand. If he was in any way sur
prised at their appearance or occupa-
lion a slight lifting of the eyebrows
was the only manifestation Of It.
Harold Du Val prided himself upon
dis ability to maintain his composure
under the most trying circumstances
Mabels face was red as she returned
his greeting, and she hurried over tc
The car to hide her confusion.
Beth greeted her effusively. I'm
20 glad to see you" she cried awe
were out trying our new car, and
made Harry come around this way
We hardly ever see you any more
since you left school,"
"We-we don't get to town very Of
ten" replied Mabel. who had not ye
quite recovered from her confusion.
"Never mind your dress" said Beth
quickly guessing the cause of her
embarrassment. Il wish lived In the
country and could wear old clothes
But what in the world are you doing
anyway"
The same question had evidently jus
occurred to Harold. Just mixing w
swil for the pigs, are you?' he inquir
ed in his most polite accents, indicat
ing the barrel with a sweep of hi
hand
Gladys laughed outright. I'm afrait
the pigs would be rather blue after ;
dose of that she replied.
"Well, what is 1t, then?" persisted
Harold.
cts bordeaux mixture, If you mus
know. We are going to spray the ap
pie trees to kill the bugs"
'Rather hard on the bugs, shout,
say" Harold remarked as he Leaned
over to brush SDecl of dust from on
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ME-. SANDERS CALLED HEl. HIS BRAVE GIRL
dy is. If you don't stop talking and
drive faster l shall have to get out
and ride Mollie."
Thus admouished, Harold gave the
horse Il sharp slap with the rcins and
during the remainder Of the ride de
voted his attention entirely to his driv-
ing
Gladys found her father lying prop
ped up in bed. conscious, but very
weak from loss Of blood. lie Claspcd
her hand tightly and called her his
she hadn't done anything, but for al
that they seemed to understand one
another better from that time on thar
they had ever done before.
Mr. Sanders was able to be arount
! with the aid of a crutch in a few
days, but it was long time before his
foot was entirely well.
The weather turned cold for several
weeks after this. but when it dil final
~ warm up the girls started out to
prune their apple trees. They had
only one saw, and that was far from
sharp, but they took turns saving
md piling brush. 1t was hard work,
but they Kept resolutely at it and
made good progress. Ono day Gladys
was working alone down near the
road when Jeff Pearson drove up to
/ he fence.
Hello, Gladys" he called little
| diddently, as he jumped 10 the ground
md tied his horse to q post. Don't
| you want some helpT
"Oh, I'm getting along very nicely
replied Gladys, saving away vigor
0uSly.
Jeff came over and stood beneath
the tree where she was at work
isn't that pretty hard work?' he
asked.
well, a little" she confessed. Blu
we've trimmed twenty-five already
and there's only ten more to do
"I.et me do that while you rest
persisted JEFF, Selling limb and pull
ing himself up into the tree.
W vi, NIl4Nc you want W o' b''''''
suppose I'll have TO let YOU" Glady'
said rs she reluctantly handed him thu
saw.
"Where did You learn to be so po
lite' ASKED Jeff
Gladys smiled little. I'm not be
ing very nice, am ~ she said. "Iu
boys are such nuisances"-
The sentence ended in half stihe'
cry as the limb on which she wa
sitting suddenly gave way with II lou'
crack 1t was not very far to tn
ground, and the fall did not hurt he
in the least-that is. nothing but he
pride.
THAT was the finest branch on tn
whole tree said JEFF rcgretfully Il
soon as he saw that she was unhurt
IF it hadn't been for you. JEFF Peal
son, 1t would never have happened.
don't care if | break them all off now,
and, grasping the broken stub, sh
swung herself up and sat down o
another branch.
Il don't believe there's any DANCE
Of this one breaking" said JEFF tea.
ingly rs he sat down beside her, ii
seemed to be rapidly getting over hi
dihidence.
Gladys turned her head away an
did not delgn reply.
"SaN. G"dvs" spoke NO JEFF after
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CHAPTER l.

" Il, daddy
Mr. Sanders looked up
from the harness he was
~ mending in preparation for
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still the little mare showed no signs
Of slackening her pace. There was
no wind-nothing but stars and snow
and that long. never ending stretch of
white road. 1t was glorious, this night
ride, or would have been If 1t were
not so grimly necessary.
cant you go just little faster,
Molie?" Gladys whispered.
Mollie gave a leap forward. 1t al
most seemed as If they were flying, so
little noise did the mares swift hoof
beats make on the snowy road.
Suddenly she gave leap sideways.
There was a crash as one of the run
ners struck stone that some one had
carelessly lost from his load that after
noon. and Gladys dived hcadlong into
the soft snow at the roadside.
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tbs subject before It for an entire sos.
SION ana several prominent grange Off
ciais discussed various phuscs of ,bo
question. Railroad men wero nresent ava
inc middleinen were also present.
TIE FARMERS AND TIE Rail-
ROADS.
Briefs for the railroads woro held ~,
industrial agents OF tho Delaware and
iiudson ana tho Eric roads. one of whom
uccElr"d that 'ff tho state Apriculturo,
society Of New York Is seeking the real
cuIprt ana enemy of the farmer # r1us+
look TO tho great number and variety OF
hllddIeinen who reup such great profits "
lhere woS n disposition on the part ~
the rhiltoad men to blame the middle
men LOT all tho wrongs existing between
producer and consumer. They disclai,nc1
| any injustice to tho farmer and believed
that' AZ rule, the freight rates on farm
produce mad been fair to the farmer and
iurthor said That if railroads carried the
produ'ts free it would not alter the SELL
ing price to the consumer. It is the
mlddlemen who arc crying stop thief
To- the farmer said they.
| Some rather interesting facts were
gwen about railroad rates by S. ]. Low
ell Of trcdonla, lecturer OF the state
/ grange, and they didn't agrco ver, ,,ou
with some Of the statements made tv tle
railroad gentlemen. Air Lowell remnrl,-
ed that he was grape grower and SHIN
per from the famous Chautauqua Crane
b"it; mat in 1909 the grr goo crop from
thAt section brought s. :, 49, out ~
WIlIh must be deducted for freight tie
sum OF sGz~vP, or % per cent OF tho
gross receipts. Tho minimum freight
rate to Pittsburg was IS cents per 20
pounds 70 Chicago 90 cents and -
Seattle LS7h. Thus it cost in froiaht
ana refrigeration $50 per carload Il
twelve tons to Pittshurg, 81 to Chicago
and $50 TO Seattle. The schedule time
Oh Transportation between C.autauqua
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solemnly Pm not making fun he
assured them "Let me take the saw,
JEFF" And he proceeded TO give them
a lesson in practical pruning.
DO you see how it's done?' he ask
ed as he finished the tree and smeared
Don't try to leave pegs long enough
to hang your sunbonnets on, but cut
| the limbs off close"
Were ever so much obliged" said
Mabel. Wed better be going home,
hadn't WEI" she added. turning to
Gladys.
Come in and get warm first said
Mr.. Pearson. JEFF II bring your horse
around in a few moments"
Jeff's few moments was nearly half
an hour, and it was almost dark when
he drove Mollie up to the door.
"Here's a few books you may be in
terested ill.," Mr.. Pearson said as they
started to leave. Most of the folks
around here don't think much of book
farming but just as like as not they
may be mistaken" He chuckled to
| himself as he closed the door.
"Ain't there something | can do to
help You with your apple trees" ask
ed JEFF as he handed the lines to
Gladys x amt very busy TOW. and
| thought maybe
ooh, thank you. But l guess Wen
get along all right" said Gladys.
"Goodby"
/ "Just as If we wanted big. awk-
ward boy botheripg around" she said
to Mabel as they turned into tho main
| road.
",JeM's good If he Is awkward" Ma
bel answered. 81 don't like pretty
/ boys"
Il don't like any kind Of boys said
! Gladys. "Apple trees are so much
more interesting"
Mrs. Sanders met the girls with q
white face us they turned into the
yard.
Your father Is hurt awfully" she
cried. "IIe cut his foot while he was
chopping wood. and l can't seem to
stop the bleeding" She caught her
breath with a frightened sob,
Did you phone for the doctor| ask
Cd Mabel as she sprnng to the ground
Something's the matter with the
line" her mother answered II can't
get any one"
Gladys gathered up the reins and
quickly turned Molllc around.
You can't drive that colt to town
7 In, ho 10 RI cd
20 with her, Mabel"
I'm not afraid, mommie," spoke up
Gladys. you need Mabel more than
do Come on, MOlliew
1t was six miles to Brighton, the
nearest place where she could get a
doctor, and Gladys well knew that
here was no time to lose. If the
bleeding didn't stop She leaned for
Eard and spoke coaxingly to Mollie.
The little mare seemed to realize that
something was wrong and swung into
stride that made Gladys heart swell
with pride.
The fenceposts sped by in long
jumbled procession, just visible in the
dim, ghostly snow light. Gladys kept
her eyes fixed on the strip Of white
road ahead. Just over the end of II
the north star shone brightly. Gladys
remembered the old story about the
star that had led the wise men and
whimsically wondered If this star was
not there to lead her. On and on they
sped, Mollie never varying from that
long. steady stride that covered the
ground so quickly and easily.
One, two, three. four miles, ant
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KEEP STILL GAME.

"A man must either go forward or back
ward" said the philosopher "Ile cannot
rcmoin stationary
Cant he replied the ordinary citizen
Il guess YOU never watched a chess play.
er, did youY'-Chicago Record Herald.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-18

whitechapel he was logical in making the link permanent, the Duke becoming bus mess partner with the costermonger. Thereafter the East End was no more foreign country to the polo-playing loung CTS in Pail Mall. As I write MT Taft Is busy making a road between military chiefs and Jewish aspirants for army honors. In France there was closed toll-gate on that highway, and hence the solemn and farcical miseries of the Drey- fus case. Canadian reciprocity law is merely a step from barbarism and i'm moral self-suffiicency. Our veneer is of melancholy thinness still. What Is needed everywhere is the sense of traffic, of the exchange of commodities, the interchange of service in some sort. It is the No Road" notice that vexes the human race.
 Open highways, moreover, are better than backstairs and secret, underground passages. Fair and open trade is more wholesome than covert practices, whereby sneak-thieves appropriate senatorial dig mites, railroad concessions, special rates, or police protection. AS soon as 1t Is nec- essary to depend on secrecy for success, someone is going to be wronged, military tactics have supplanted peaceful deeds, and the red Indian is again astride his broncho or wriggling through the grass. with clutched rifle ready. Alas for com merce or justice or civilization when 1t seeks the byways.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-18

snuff. But the cotton ripens in a fashion, and the farmer-so often renting on ''sheers''-either decides to wait another year on the hired land or try to get bit of his own Hundreds of such homes there are, thousands upon thousands of the finest people, dwelling on the edge of want, a deadly indifference sitting at the table with them and putting it's bony finger on the hearts of the children, re- pressing their ambitions and banlshing their dreams. Yes. they are the finest people, and yet their sons and daughters refuse to stay on the farm. But write these words with intense admiration of the progress being achieved
 What day of roads will dawn for these? Evidently none but a day which they and their neighbors hasten. They will make the day of roads dawn. Roads mean so much not only for the child, but for the community.
 A home reading association might work Tn every rural region. greatly to it's ad- vantage. Some genius is needed who will swing the emphasis of religion from the old personal side to the new social needs new only in the sense of being newly dis covered. In eastern Texas, in the swamps of Louisiana, in the mountains of Tennes- see, no less than in Georgia or in our own beautiful state, we await the coming oi la really great evangelist, who shall
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-18

1 preach ugencs as religion, religion as
 the root of social welfare Thus Isaiah preached long ago, "a highway for our God" We talk of farming as though 1t
 was merely a detail whether 15 or 50 bushels to the acre. whether half bale or two bales are raised. But Is it not
 ultimately a spiritual question whether the dear people get enough to eat. wheth- CT they can afford to buy books, whether they have any notion at all of the value of mind and will?
 Fathers need to be educated in the laws of health. physical and mental. Interest needs to be added to the communal group, life widened. The church must do more or else surrender her position as leader of the parish. This pathetic dispersion of energy on a vast variety of sectarion rivalries must give place 10 q winning of the young life to great cooperative im provement. A higher self-respect must be infused The light of science must fall on chicken and pig, cows, corn cotton. and above al on food, breathing, and the commonpaces of humanity. No nobler field is known to me than the rural dis tricts of this beloved land as a place 10
 build roads from the centers of knowl-
 edge and power to the most remote. de-
 spised. neglected hut on the hills or cabin
 in the swamps. Seen truly. at one end
 of every road is a human soul, at the other end the City of God.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-18

earthquake or pestilence may be, there Is the race of civilized men leagued together for the succor of bruised hu- manity.
 We talk about the brotherhood of man.
 Here Is a visualized brotherhood, a colossal union of human hearts, a mercjful mission in whose labors of love is no distinction of race or creed of color. And Henri Dunaut has been one of those of whom the world was not worthy. But now
 Now the world will not forget until he is dead. The world has a way of remembering it's modest heroes only when they die.
 The world loves you, Henri Dunaut.
 All her life since she was h5 Rose Robinson of St. Louis has been a fac tory girl When work Is steady, she told a reporter, she makes S6.50 a week. She pays $1 wek for room and but little more than that for food Out of her savings she has accumulated about 10 years ago 5000, which seems marvellous.
 Then she put her money in a build
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the cotton patch which must be ploughed to the desk where books lie unopened. I believe the greatest present need is, how
 ever, the education of fathers. It is pathetic to see 12-year-old lad with the team af1eld while still school Is keeping wonder in the grove. Tell me that the boys work is necessary to keep the home together, and wonder who is responsible
 for that necessity. Suppose he were sick,
 or dead, would the ploughing go undone? No man asks for pity, so long as he can
 kick. But sympathy which is intelligent
 and understanding of another's sorrows.
 is in a different row of cabbage. And
 sympathy with the really belated farmer
 Is no shame to him or us. Ones main
 sympathy, however. comes after contenl-
 pation of the fatalsm, the inertness. the
 lack of creative ingenuity and resource.
 that palalyze him so often. It is a dread full indfferentism that settles on him and
 therefore on his children, a lack of red blood the generous emulation of healthy life turning to wind on his stomach. His wife sits at the door, dipping snuff all l day, and he lives by unhappy accidents. modified by black-eyed peas and pork somewhat challengeable. Once year he goes to "protracted meeting" and hears much about many things, gets revived" :" perhaps, under the influence of the Holiness preacher decides that he will revive his wife, too, by taking away her
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-18

TSHERE usced to be a rather dingy
 book on my shelves in seminary
 A days, the reprint of Bushnells es- says and addresses, entitled, I believe, ''Work and Play By one of those ad- dresses. bright, fresh and vivifying, I was particularly struck, and therefore kept the volume till some friend or flend, Dor rowed" it, the title of the piece being quoted above in my present caption: 'The Day of Roads" So that when called upon quite suddenly to talk to a Good Roads congress the other day, the good roads, made in my student brain by Bushnell's book promptly reappeared to memory, and I found myself quoting his text from the book of Judges: #"In those days the highways were closed and trav- elers walked through byways'
 Broadly stated, Bushnells address was reminder to his hearers that good roads are both an index and a defense of civil ization. Beyond the immediate scope of Bushnel's treatment, however, there comes to the surface the evidence that what we are moving towards in the king dom of man is recognition of the spiritual value of roads. Human brotherhood is simply the outcome of human intercourse mutual knowledge and inter-relation in the way of service. We shall not have
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It is pretty plain that if in his college life they got his head up among the stars his feet remained planted on the ground. Many q college graduates head is "sweled'' by his education, and he has failed because he insisted upon starting at the top.
 Like young Theodore Roosevelt, who in order to learn the carpet business began as a factory apprentice, so young Dur rell begins at the beginning.
 Wise youth.
 With his college sharpened mind he vii, make way rapidly and soon will over take those who denied his mental train ing began before him. Henri Dunaut was a wealthy young man. Like many other sons of the rich, he knew nothing better than to spend his money for personal pleas ure.
 Then one day he had vision. II was the vision of the Red Cross, a dream uniting the whole world under one banner for the relief of human suffering. Yes, it was "only a dream, men said