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Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-04-24
COFFEE CONGESTION
Causes a Variety of Ais.

A happy old lady in Wisconsin says:
During the time | was coffee
drinker l was subject to sick head
aches sometimes lasting or 8 days,
totally uniting me for anything.
ITO this affliction was added. some
years ago, trouble with my heart
that was very painful, accompanied by
smothering sensation and faintness.
Dyspepsia. also. came to make life
harder to bear / took all sorts of
patent medicines but none of them
helped me for any length of time.
The doctors frequently told me that
coffee was not good for me; but with
out coffee | felt as if had no break
fast. | finally decided about years
ago to abandon the use of coffee en-
tirely, and as l had read great deal
about Postum I concluded to try that
for a breakfast beverage.
Il liked the taste of it and was par
ticularly pleased to notice that it did
not come up as coffee used to. The
bad spells with my heart grew less and
less frequent. and finally ceased alto
gether. and | have not had an attack
of sick headache for more than year.
My digestion is good, too, and am
thankful that l am once more
healthy woman. know my wonderful
restoration to health came from quit
ting coffee and using Postum" Name
given by the Postum Co, Battle Creek.
Mich.
There's a reason" and it is this.
Coffee has direct action on the liver
with some people. and causes partial
congestion of that organ preventing
the natural outlet of the secretions.
Then may follow biliousness. sallow
skin, headaches. constipation and
finally a change of the blood corpus
cles and nervous prostration.
Read the little book. THE Road to
Wellville." in pkgs. There's a Rea-
son."
Ever read the above letter? A new
one appears from time to tims.s, They
are genuine, true, and full Of human
interest.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-04-24

HiSturb this equilibrium ana throw us
back into the old distress?"
In other words, will enough Cana
diaa farm products come over the line
to disturb disa astrously our markets
There is a great chorus from the large
cities that no trouble need be feared
by tho farmer, that the consumer viii,
pay about as much as ever. but thai
trade relations" will be improved.
But while this chorus is going on some
very shreWd gentlemen in Wall Street
ar" indulging in prophecy. The Cana
dian Pacific is the greatest railroad on
the North American Continent 1t
connects all Canada and runs into all
the great northern markets of the
United States. If great quantities Of
nalian products are coming in that
ROAD will do most of the hauling. The
day the trade agreement passed tn"
House in March Canadian Pacific
stock touched the highest point i'll its
history, and ii has been soaring ever
since, in notabl" contrast most of the
time to the American railroads. Some
ShrcwI men evidently think that some
butter, cheese, cream, milk, hay, pota-
toes, APPLES wheat and 50 forth, will
come over the line. The situation re-
calls the story of the newspaper re-
porter who went to find out whether
an eminent clergyman was going to
accept a call to another city. There
is no decision about it" said the
daughter, who met the reporter at the
door, father is upstairs praying for
guidance, but mother is downstairs
packing the trunks, so | guess We are
going" UaughterD
do not propose to dwell long on the
statistics OF present trade in farm
produce over the Eorder. 1t is small
and proves nothing except that Cana
da sends little here. But SHE sends
much to England, and thereby proves
that she could send much to our near
Or markets.
In 1908 when Canada was sending US
only 1900 dozens Of eggs she was
sending England 100000 dozen. While
SHE has in the last five years sent 10
Us an average of less than 100 600
bounds of butter :, year she has sent
10 England as high as $4,000. 900 pounds
in a year. In the same five Years she
has sent us an average of less than
15o,6O0 pounds of cheese II year, but
IltI norman annual export To F.HSldiu
Nas, until New Zealand began To shut
her out. about 200,G0o 600 pounds In
1913 she sent to Us less than 10000
barrels of apples. but in the same
year size sent to England more than
] ,oDV000 barrels.
When a Canadian farmer sends
cheese to England he meets there the
competition OF all the world, and the
competitor whom he has to watch the
sharpest is man from the opposite
side If the carth-the farmer of New
Zealand. If the barriers along ON
border were down. If the greatest and
best Eumc market on earth was
thrown open to his milk, cream. and
butter, do You suppose the Canadian
farmer would toll to make cheese To
compete with a New Zealander Ia a
market On the other side of an ocean
:},e61 miles wide
Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-04-24
'T9gs '.EfHfnj

NJ Hia'tT VWroR1m m0tmf OF
nurse may be, it's impossible to pre-
vent baby's tender skin from getting
chafed unless she dusts all the folds
and surfaces that rub together. with
a healing toilet powder.
Common talcums are not suitable.
as their perfume is irritating. Trained
nurses use Comfort Powder because
it both heals and soothes making baby
comfortable at once. 1t even cures
rashes. eczema, and torturing skin
humors. yet is harmless, and delight
full. See that signature iof f., S. Sykes
is on the box YOU buy.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-04-24
New Printing Bids.

f. n. Carver, auditor of State print
ing. is preparing specifications and ad-
vertiserlents for the new bids on State
printing and State binding. The pres
ent contract will expire June so and
the new contracts will be made for
two-year period from that date.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-04-24
Musouash Granus,

Musquash Grange of Topsfield, met
April 15 with a good attendance, one
candidate being instructed in the third
and fourth degrees. Two applications
for membership We're received. The
next meeting will be May 9th.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-04-24

by learned commission. But you
propose to change the fundamental
conditions of 5000 600 farm homes with
no inI estigation worthy the name.
AS one Member | protest against
this dangerous haste and against this
bill. as tending 20 break up farm
homes. retard rural development. and
increase the congestion of the cities
cloud applause.)
Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-04-24
Moves Family to Augusta.

George s. Thayer of Lubec. chief
clerk in the department of State, has
moved his family from Lubec to this
city. He has leased and will occupy
during his stay in this city the SteY
Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-04-24
Maine Example of What Fair Markets
Will Do.

| Will again cite Maine as an exam
pie of the benefits cf fair markets as
contrasted with unbalanced markets
and as an example of what farmers
will do under proper conditions. In
that State in the decade Just closed
farm lands have increased - per cent
in value. or a total for that State of
$50 90oG00 increase. The farm lands
and buildings in that State in the last
decade have increased over S62 ,000, 900
in value. From 1880 to 1900, 5000
farms, every one of them II home, had
ceased to exist. From 1900 to 1910 the
farms of Maine increased in number
by nearly 800. and the Ions tendency
toward abandonment was practically
checked. This was not the Only health
ful sign. The number owning farms
increased, the number of tenant farm
ers decreased. the annual expenditures
for farm labor increase from two and
a half million dollars to $5.000OO0, ana
most significant of all. the expendi-
lures for fertilizers increased from a
little over $S00,000 to mora than So
600 900.
| have commented on the shortsight-
edness of considering this question
from the standpoint of the farmer
alone. This prosperity of the farmer
has reacted on the cities. In Maine
the metropolis, Portland. has grown as
in no previous decade of her history
When 5000 farms of Maine We're going
out of business progress was SLOW
WITH the farmer prosperous. all else
prosperS. for he spends his money a;
home. But if by this new policy we
are to increase the purchasing power
of the potato farmer of New Bruins
wick. Ontario. and Saskatchewan, the
apple farmer of Nova Scotia. the
dairyman of Quebec. those farmers
will spend their money in their own
cities. If they spend it in ours they
must hoist their goods over high
Canadian tariff wall before they can
get them home, because of the arti-
cles for which we might have mar
ket in Canada very few are made free
by this bill
If I may be pardoned again for cit
ing the example of Maine, which is
the great agricultural State of New
England. I will call attention to a
| most happy effect of the restoration
of equilibrium in the farmers market.
That is the increase of rural popula
tion in towns under 1000.
In the two decades preceding 1900 all
the growth of the State was in the
cities and large villages. The rural
| communities made startling de-
crease. In the gain of the whole State
in the last decade-a gain which
| greatly exceeds that of the preceding
decade-the cities do not contribute all
and then help make up Il deficit for
the country. The country and small
villages gained one-third of the total
gain, and even the towns under 2.OO(
population turned the tide of loss
Give us equilibrium of markets for an
other decade and the old prosperit,
of country life in America will return
for what the census shows as to Maine
will undoubtedly be found true ir
many other States, especially in the
East and South.
Greatest Opportunity for Conservation
There is no limit for MANY wears te
the progress which our farmers ma,
Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-04-24

ems house at the corner of South
Chestnut street and Western avenue.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-04-24
Encourage, Not Discourage Farmer.


/ feel as Inundated as Mr.. Hill does
at this showing of American agricul
ture. But there is reason and eX
cuse for it. For 80 years an opening
OF new lands at the expense of the Did
kept the farmer poor and discouraged
by destroying the equilibrium Of his
markets. Discouraged farmers do
not progress. The development of
English tillage occurred in the days
before the deluge from new lands; and
that its excellence has bee main
tanned through what the London
Times of last June called so protract-
cd a struggle with overwhelming for
eign competition is a notable tribute
To one of the finest races Of farmers
on earth.
The American farmer will forge to
the front if our craftsmanship will
cease smashing his markets. Cap
plaus" on the Republican side) The
chart Of our Agricultural Department
shows that in the last few years,
since his markets have been reaching
equilibrium, the average production
per acre in 10 leading crops has been
the highest in 81 years. / am proud
To say that IN this development the
farmers Of Maine have an honorable
praeminence.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-04-24

manhood and the womanhood they will
bring but they will not be OF the as
sets of this country. They will come
from an alien land, from under for
egn flag, and out of strange eyes they
will look on the countrymen of Wash
ington, jefferson and Lincoln. zap
plause on the Republican side.)
Possibilities of Agricultural Develop
nent in U. S.
If we admit, as we must, that Cam
ada will destroy the prosperity of our
agriculture, yet we have to deal with
the inSistent question of those who
press this bill, What are We 10 do
for food in the United States if We do
net have Canada's S supples?' 4 This
question is none the less nsistent al
though the prices the farmer gets are
falling right along in the face Of in
creased crops.
II we are honest with ourselves,
the answer tn this question Is start
ling. What the United States needs
toby, if there is 4 shortage Of food, is
not the Wholesale and slap dash addi-
ton oi vast areas To the sphere Of our
gradual Improvement of the acres We
have. Ii is not fattering to our pride,
but in our agricultural methods we
rank with the second-rate nations.
Spain Russia. India, and not with the
leaders, Great Britain, Germany,
France, Austria, and Hungary. The
Int irrational Institute at Rome has
averaged the wheat yield for the
world for the five years preceding 1908
ana finds that where the United States
produces less than IA bushels to the
acre Great Britain produces over 81,
Germany over 29. France over %, Aus
tria over ~, Hungary over Il.
To ouotc again flOm Mr.. James j.
Hills book, Highways of Progress, he
has this about agriculture in the Unit
ed States
Only one-half the land in private owner
ship is now titled. That tillage does not
produce one-half what the land might be
made 10 yield, without losing an atom Of
its fertility.
In profit We are satisfied with small
yield q the expense of the most rapid
soil deterioration. We are SatiSItrd with a
national annual average product of Sll.3S
per acre at the cost of diminishing an
nual return from the same fields, when
We might as well secure two to three
times that sum.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-04-24
The Safe and Unsafe Course.

1t is because We are in doubt as to
the main features Cf this great prob
lem and are overriding facts where in
quiry seems to have removed doubts.
that l confess il great impatience OF
this capital move that the House
seems about to make. The European
nations, where scholarship and scien-
titic inquiry is applied to political
problems as nowhere else on earth,
Germany and France. strictly main
tain their agricultural duties. The
tariff commission Of England. after
collecting volumes Of facts, has rec
commended agricultural duties for
England
Years ago. on a stormy afternoon, Il
gallant steamer sailed down an east
cIn harbor on its way to Il coaStWise
port. As she went down that harbor
other steamers running to that same
coast were coming back. for the sky
and sea promised i'll, but that one
steamer went on in defiance of the
common judgment Of the sea that af-
ternoon. And she went to one of the
great sea tragedies of the Atlantic.
Is this House to disregard the COM
mon judgment of the nations and
without investigation plunge forward
to do this great thing? Even before
you change the postage rates on a few
magazines You have an investigation
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-18
The Play and the Public.
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor of The Star:
In a we'll written article entitled The
atrical Pitfalls published in The Star OF
the 18th instant. the failures OF numerous
PLAYS and financial losses to the pro-
motors are charged to the tickle public
The fickleness OF the public, in Washing
ton at least. Is shown by a man looking
twice at two-dollar bill before he
snends il for a oue-dollar show. 1t Is all
right to charge s. for seat in place
like New York where there are twice as
many lonesome men sitting in hotel lob
bies as there are seats in the theaters'
but in this little town, where the theaterS
chiefly depend on poorly paid government
enploves. a two-dollar bill for show
assumes The size of a cart wheel. Incl
dentally II may be stated that for the
very shows for which the leading theaters
here charge 81 in the orchestra, the Bal
timore theaters charge $50 In similar
location.
Let the lessees OF theaters charge, rea-
sonable prices. graded to the character
of the play. and they would be able to fill
the house even when the play is mediocre,
for many persons would go to the theater
simply to kill time. and that is all that
can be got out of some Of the trash put
on the stage nowadays.
c. r. KEEPER.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-18
COTTON MARKETS.
NEW YORK.

NEW YORK, October lS-The cotton
ma rket opened steady 1T decline of S
to IA points. in sympathy with the decided
weakness in the Liverpool market. The
opening was very active, with the south
again selling freely. and room bears who
covered earlier in the week putting out
new short accounts. While the China
situation was regarded as very unfavor-
able. the offerings from the south with
prospects for big port receipts. eXerted
the chief depressing influence after the
call. New low records were made
throughout the list. .fbout the only de-
rland in the early market came from
scattered room short interests.
Sharp rallies occurred toward midday
or scare of shorts, due to reports OF a
storm in the southwestern belt and pre-
dictiOns for unsettled and much colder
weather in the western belt later in the
week. Prices fully regained the early
loss and even passed yesterdays closing
levels. New Orleans and Memphis were
leading buyers on the weather scare. but
local bears sold on the advances, owing to
rumors of a bearish national ginners' re-
port. Local prices at midday We're II to
points higher than last night.
Spot quiet: middlne upland, 9.:5
nominal
ports today, S2UD bales. against ID. 721
bales last week and GS,214 bales last year.
For the, week, 10000 bales. against AS
go bales last week and 449. 10 bales last
year. Todays receipts at New Orleans.
164S bales. against $3.50 bales last year,
and at Houston. 1872 bales. against 21,6i.
bales last wear.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-18
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.
CHICAGO.

CHICAGO. October ls.-Plenty of orders
TO buy upheld today the bull side of the
market for wheat. Foreigners in par
ticular were credited with purchasing on
liberal scale The fact that the pre-
dIcted rains in the Argentine turned out
IL bc light and did not extend beyond the
northern Part Of the country counted de-
cIsivelv against the bears. Poor grading
a. Winnipeg and the diminishing receipts
or this side OF The Canadian line tended
also 10 cause firm tone The opening
a off To shade higher. December
started AT 1-6o 10 luls. a loss OF Is to Il
but quickly rallied TO 1905.
With pit shorts buying and country
offerings scarce. corn had an upward
swing. December opened sixteenth
lower 10 a like amount up, AT 64l3 to
-. and rose to 6i5 ta6i's.
oats advanced with corn. There was
but little pressure 10 sell December
started unchanged 10 Is down. at 41Ss
To 49,. and recovered to 41l2a419s.
Provisions made a gain all around.
owing TO commission buying through
out the entire list. First sales were
% TO 17la up. with January deliveries
Is 30 10 1916 for pork. SIS to $50 Tor
lard and 05 for ribs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-18
NEW YORK.

NEW YORK. October ls-Flo1r-Steady
10 firm with demand fair: winter
straig.ts. 410a42j: winter patents. i.3Ja
~; spring clears, 4.33.ia4.60
Itye-Nominal G. j. f. Buffalo to arrive.
I}arley-MaIting. 111a1.2o {. l. {. Buff
Salo.
Wheat-Firm cables. poor grading OF
Cana dian arrivals. commission house
bUying and strength of northwest markets
effected an early advance in wheat; De-
,ember 1867 sal. 053-lG: May. 10a
lilo 7-1G
Pork-Steady
Realistically; beef hams, 2o.Joa3l.J0.
Iard-Steady
Paw sugar-Quiet: muscovado 50 test.
10. centrifugal. 81 test. $50; mOlasseS.
,? test, 30, refined. steady.
PetrOleUm-Steady.
Coffee-Spot firm: No. :. Rio, los; No
&. Santos. to-.
MolasSes- steady.
Butt"r-Steady. unchanged, receipts
ISL packages
theeSe-lrregular: receipts SOS boxes:
~tate, whole milk specials, iila: do. col
cred average fancy. II. do. white. aver
age fancy. lii4: do. lower grades la
f:"i; state, whole milk daisies best, IA.
si4-. skins. 2al21..
Eggs-Weak receipts 3.s26 cases; re-
frissrator. first seasons storage charges
raid Hia2l: do seconds, i:ia 1871: state
Pennsylvania and nearby hennery white.
fancy large, new laid. Sat-: do fair to
GOOD 3s3i2: do. gathered white ::na IL;
western gathered white. ria:=;.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-18
The World of Finance and Trade.
Washington; New York; London.
LOCAL FINANCIAL NEWS.

The bidding for the per cent bonds
of the Washington Gas Company became
quite animated at today'e meeting Of the
stock exchange. due mainly to the efforts
of broker who wanted to buy. There
were several who had them for sale and
were willing TO part with them at an
eighth over the bid price. This differ
ence, however was sufficient to prOlong
the trading until the sellers yielded.
demand for the preferred stock OF
Washington Railway was in evidence
For fractional lots the bid rose to 80 and
some lots went at that figure. For two
twenty -five-share lots S91s was paid.
Gas stock was also on the upward
course. a continuation of the movement
of the last few days The range OF
selling for quotation lots was from SIta
to S72., and 12J shares were sold alto
gether at these figures. Small lots sold
from So to sly
Georgetown Gas came into the transac-
tons of the day after a long interval.
but slight tendency to get away
from the unusual high levels, where all
the trading was carried on when the
financial reorganization Of the company
was projected.
shares and lob was paid for it. The bid
for two additional shares was the same,
but there was no Offering.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-18
BALTIMORE

social Dispatch TO The Star.
BALTIMORE, Md. October ls.-W neat
Primer: spot contract, 313s; spot No. =
red western. 100: October. 91S.; Novem-
Der. ass.; December. lOoS.; May lO1i@.
Steamer No. red, 9i1s- Receipts. 10. 40
bushels Exports. 5000 bushels. South
by sample, 3Oa95: south on grade. 9i'aa
97k.
Corn-F'irmer: spot contract, 40; Year
,:ss.asSas: January 6Sssa6S9s: February,
,:sssa6s7s: March. G9i9. Receipts, @'1
bushels.
Oats-E.ssier: No white. u asked:
standard white: JO1a; No. 3 white, Joa-Ua'
Receipts &c; bushels. 90.
RvHNF1rm: No. . western domestic. 1Ot
hid Receipts J.:ta bushels.
Hay-Steady, unchanged.
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LIVERPOOL.

LIVERPOOL, October is. - Closing
Cotton-Spot in fair demand: prices to
10 points lower: American middling fair.
$50: good middlng. 5.31; middling. 5.l7:
low rniddlng SOB: good ordinary. 4.S5;
ordinary AS. The sales OF the day were
5000 bales OF which $40 We're for specu-
alton and export. and included 400
American ReceiI is. 34.UO bales, includ-
ing 1900 American. Futures opened
easier and closed very steady; October.
4.07Iz: October and November, i.35; No
vember and December, 4.S3: December
and January. 4.S9; January and Febru-
airy, 4.9l: February and March. 4.93
March and April. 4.95la: April and May.
437la: May and June. 4.Gia: June and
July. sol: July and August. 5.O2L: Au-
gus, and September. :.Ol: september and
October, f9Ti.; October and November.
..aj.:.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-18
CHICAGO CATTLE MARKET.

CHICAGO. October S-Cattle-Receipts
estimated at 10000; market firm for best
grade, others generally steady: beeves.
4 75aS6O: Texas steers, 4.lOa6 ID: western
steers. 4.25a7c0: stockers and feeders.
3 2caJ -: COWS and heifers, 2.Wa6.OO;
calves. J..Da9cJ
market steady for heavy grade. others
weak light. 5.95a6. 30; mixed 6.c5a6. 10:
heavy. 6.GUa6 20; rough. 6.OOa6..O: good to
choice heavy. 630a6. 30: pigs, 3.oOa5 30;
bulk of sales. 6.3OaS.Sj.
Sheep Receipt: estimated at 6J.OOO;
market steady to 1Oc lower: native,
2oJa3 So: western. 24Oa3.9O; yearlings,
:,.65a4. 40; lambs, native. .. 71a5 20; western.
3 SJa.j s.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-18
NEW YORK CURE phICES.
Body of Miss Shannon Found.
-cial Dispatch 10 The Star.

Special Dispatch 70 The Star.
CUMBERLAND. Md. October lS.-The
body of Miss Sallie Shannon, drowned
October =. with her fiance Rev Emmett
Il. Druen. pastor of the PRESBYTERIAN
Church. Springfield W. Va was recov-
cred this morning from the south
branch of the Potomac. four miles be-
low Thompson Ford. where the drown
ing occurred. Rev Mr. Druen's body
was recovered Monday and sent to
Richmond. Va.