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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-09-28

the selling price Crsvalue of farm land
IL is probable also that IN cal
culating the value of farm lIhds il
has become customary to capitalize the
income producing power at Il lower
rate of interest than formerly This
might be true, despite the fact that
interest rates in general have probably
not fallen, because of the reduction in
the risk of the farming business.
Another important factor operative
in increasing the total and average
value of farm land throughout the
United States has been the cost OF
improving what was previously I'M
improved land, including the expendi-
lures for the irrigation of dry land,
draining swamp land, tilling and con-
structing surface drains for wet lands,
removing stones and stumps, clearing
away brush breaking up prairie land,
building fences and making other inn
provements exclusive of buildings.
According to the census report these
changes affected g.. $40 600 acres. III
addition the farmers expended much
laror and money for increasing the
Improvements of various kinds upon
land which had been reported as i'm
proved in 1900.
Allied to the foregoing expenditures
We're those made by the farmers in
the form of taxes for securing I'M
proved roads. building bridges. con-
structing school houses and making
other community improvements, which
have doubtless increased farm values.
The fact that desirable free land has
practically disappeared, resulting In
an increase in the number of buyers.
and that this number has been aug
mented by an increased demand for
| homes in Aae open country, has
caused an upward movement in values,
At the same time the owners of farm
lands are less willing to sell than for
nerly, appreeiating as they do the
| lower cost of living in the country.
as well as the growing importance o.
| land ownership. They place value
on tie farm as a home as We'll as a
place to work for a living.
In connection with the increase in
| the average value of farm land it is
| interesting to note the fact that in
| the past decade, as for many decades
previously there has been a much
| more rapid increase in urban than III
| classed by the census bureau as urban
| constituted 1853 per cent. of the total
| in 1910 as compared with 40.5 per cent.
| in 1900. In several states. and in many
| counties in other states there has
( been actual decrease in rural popula-
| tion since 1900 and in most areas
| where this is true there has been a
| remarkable increase in values of farm
| and.
Farm Buildings, Implements, and Ma
| chinery.
| 1t is not alone farm land which has
| increased In value. Farm buildings
| salued in 1900 as s3,556, $4,000 have in
| creased to s6,29i. 1871 900 in 1910, a
| growth of Il per cent Implements
| md machinery show a corresponding
1ut slightly less pronounced growth II
-alue. In 1900 they represented $7f9,
| $4,000 and in 1910 81 .262 022, 600, an in
l paae, in, nf nor
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-09-28
EARN MortaaQes.

Of the total number of farms, g.
$751; operated in 1910 by owners,
there We're 2,622,3i1, or $751; per cent,
reported as owned free of debt,
while 1871 or 1873 per cent. We're
reported as mortgaged There were
1915 farms for which no. mortgage
report was secured, and these are in
Guided in the farms reported as free
from debt. The census bureau has no
information respecting the indebted
ness in farms leased to tenants or op-
Grated by managers.
In 1900 information was secured con-
corning the owned farm homes" At
that time 2.545, 239. or 10 per cent.
were reported as free from debt.
while 1,093, 164, or 30 per cent, were re-
ported as mortaged. There We're 1885,
05e farms in, 1900 for which no mort
gage report was secured, and these
are Included with the farm homes re-
ported as free from debt There has
thus been a considerably greater in
crease in the number of mortgaged
farms than in the number OF farms
free from mortgage. The increase in
the proportion of mortgaged farms
from 1900 to 1910. however, was less
than that from 1890 to 1900.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-09-28
Farms Distributed into Sig. Groups.

The statement relating to farms
distributed according to size groups
shows that those 10 acres and un-
DER numbered S29,so3 in 1910 and 3d.
SIC in 1900. a gain Of 155, 49,; those
go to AZ acres" 1.41o,992 in 1910 and
1,257,4s6 in 1900, gain of 153,4s6; those
go to 90 acres 1868 in 1910 and
/. 1866, 0SS in 1900, an increase OF 69,705;
those 100 to ia acres" 1,5l3,2s5 in
1910 and 1,422,26 in 1900. gain of co.
af3; those rs to 499 acres 1851 in
1910 and s6S,02O in 1900. an increase of
1887 those 800 to. 999 acres" ia
ssA in 1915 and 1o2.5a6 in 1900, a gain
of 22357, and those 1000 acres and
ever 4s604 in 1910 and 1880 in 1900.
a gain of 244s. The farms of each size
group thus Increased in absolute num-
Der. but the increases were at differ
ent rates. so that there are some ap-
preciable changes in the proportion OF
farms falling in the respective classes
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-09-28

a. Minus sign (-) denotes decrease. mt. r,,
% Excludes for Alaska Hawaii ana Porto RICO
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-04-20
Comes Bacs nj Mr.. Hutxler.


To the Editor Of The Times Dispatch:
Sir.--In your paper dated April 10,
sou give an extract of Mr.. Hutzler's
annual report. which states that II
had kept the inmates and officers in u
state of turmoil; that discipline had
not been good on that account
refer the public to his last annual re-
port when he Endorsed my work. and
last June he publicly stated at Laurel
in general assembly. that the school
was in better condition than lie had
ever know 1t to be. and In january last
lie voted to indorse my work. When
left Laurel the scene was pathetic.
When Mrs Davis and myself bade
them farewell in the ass :mbly-room,
many were in tears, They did not
want us to leave. The friction was
largely brought about By Mr.. IIutzler
himself. IN interviewing my officers and
subordinating the superintendent In
giving radical orders that affected the
In print again regarding my leaving
Laurel. Suffice st to say I have q
clear conscience In doing my very best
for the boys, but I was disappointed
10 find that ! had to work uI.uer many
difficulties. SO resigned. I want TO
say here that am greatly pleased
to see that the State Board of Chari-
ties nave requested Mr.. lIutzler not to
sell any more goods to tho school, and
that the next superintendent should
not have to work under divided au ;
thority: that he should have enlarged
power (the reason why ] did not
get better rcsults). i hope that my
letter written in February last will
do much good in arousing public scnti-
mcnt to properly equip the school and
get in line with other States. / am a
citizen OF the Commonwealth of Vir-
ginia, and as much interested In the
welfare OF the delinquent boy as Mr.
1IutZler or any one else. 1 wrote my
honest convictions and still stick 10
them. have no other motive than
for the bettermcnt OF tho hoy. and am
willing to suffer IL need be for striking
at an antiquated system now in vogue
at Laurel and hope to see tho day
when Laurel school will abandon the
oxcart system and will have a school
TO correspond with the ideal institu-
tons of our country.
GEOltGE B. DAVIS.
p. Tho State Board of Charities
also advocated the cottage system and
urged the state to tuke charge of
Laurel school. all in line with my let
tor written in February last.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-04-20

own personal views on that question
arc y. That was my view. that Tho
act of Virginia. In Withdrawing her
self from the United States, carried
me along as citizen of Virginia. and
that her laws and her acts werc bind
ing on me.
Q. All that you felt to be your JUS
tiiicatlon in taking the course you did
A. Yes. sir.
G.. have been told. general. that
you have remarked 10 some Of your
friends in conversation that you were
rather whccdlcd or cheated into that
course course; by politicians. \. do, not
g. If there is any other matter
about which you wish TO speak on this
reference TO that last, question you Pit
me, l may have said and may have
believed that the positions of the two
sections which they held to each otter
Of the country; that the great masses
of the people, If they understood tho
real question. would have avoided It..
but net T. that ! had been individually
Q, That is probably the origin OF
the whole thing? a. l may have said
that; but do not recollect Il; but I
did believe at the time that |, was an
.
might have been avoided if forbear-
nncc and wisdom had boon practlccd
OH both sides.
Q. You say you do not recolIcct
having sworn allegiance and fidelity
to the Confederate government? y. l
do not recollect IT. NOR do know
that 1t WAS ever required | was reg
ularly commissioned in the army OF
the Con fcderate states. but / do not
really. recollect that an oath was re-
CURED. Ii 1t was required have no
doubt took IL or If II had been re-
CURED | would have taken it."-CTakcn
from McCabc, Life ar-r Campaigns OF
General T. Z. Lee" pages 6s2, 693-5l
1t should DO clearly recognized that
II the withdrawal OF the States OF the
South from the Union wat not tho
legal exercise of q reserved right. they
were In rebellion against the govern
ment of the United States. and that by
their failure to achieve independence,
in resisting coercion. they becam LA
BILE to prosecution for treason. Re
bellion must be successful to become
revolution. General Lee must have
appreciated this fundamental law. but
he did not conceive that the South
were traitors. and declared that they
were merely using their reserved
rights which they had n right TO do
1t Is now universally admitted that
the government of the United states
shrank from the trial Of the President
of the Confederate States to avoid the
demonstration that he was irnprcg-
nable in his defiance OF prosecution.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-04-20
MAovGAGiI ron TWO pAnT,us.

secretary MucNeagh made q strong
plea for two parties In The South In an
address to the South Carolina Bankers.
. -Associa ton at Summerville last night.
telegraph operators ribald comment
en- the speech was: why the Devil
didn't he tell 'em that in Pennsylvania
tother night?" There is. OF course. a
good deal in that view; but the two
cases or the two audiences. We're NOT
exactly alike, and our recollection OF
The PENNSYLVANIA speech is that it Was
devoted to a righteous denunciation OF
tho pension policy OF the Government
at Washington. policy or robbery in
the much abused name of "Patriotism"
Mr. MacTcaGh is a Republican now:
but he has been n Democrat when tho
party was thoroughly Democratic. and
lie has a right to talk about the BIZ
party question without justifyinE the
suspicion that he is In favor also Of
Il bt-metallic standard of value in the
financial affairs of the country. We
wish there could be two great poltti-
cal parties In the South; but we wish
at the same time that our advisers up
on this point would encourage more
equal division of political parties up
North; in Pennsylvania. for example.
and in Illinois also; that after elections
the Administrations at Washington
might become bi-party affairs and not
the special representatives of ono of
the great political organizations OF
the country Mr.. Taft has not infre-
qucntly referred in his public addresses
and In several of his messages. we
believe. to his relation to the Repub-
lican party as II he were the Presi-
dent of particular political party and
not the President OF all political par
ties. that is to say of the whole coun-
try.
Mr.. Macveagh is wholly right,
however, and it looks as II we shall
have two parties after the election
next year; but 1t might be we'll for
the Solid South not to divide too wide
~ until after it shall see in November
how widely the rest of the country
Will divide on the bi-perty plan.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-04-20

| tenth century the property and The
iaSorlte home OF Queen Edith, wife OF
| NthS Edward the Confcssor When n
supschuent owner, Lord de la Zouche.
tell with Richard Ill. in the battle OF
Bos%orth Field the victor Henry viz
gave Mcntmore TO ono OF his followers.
sir Reginald Bray; and in the resign OF
queen Mary. we find the owner OF Mcnt-
more, who had meanwhile become Lord
BRAY. In the black books OF his morose
sTSHeieisn; He was Imprisoned In tho
lose his head on the gcaffold, when hin
devoted wife. daughter of tho Earl OF
Snn rev n1,, Of The day. pleaded siren
W HpusiS With the Queen for his pardon.
Mar long obdurate. at length gave
way with the remark."God ofttlmcs
SENDS 70 good women. evil husbands"
Russias council OF the emplrc which
serves AS the upper house of her nat
ional legislature. devoted the other dav.
several hours TO discussion as TO
means OF maintaining discipline in
rcformatories for boys. AS in inc case
o. debates upon similar questions IN
some OF the greatest dignitaries Of ths.
realm advocated corporal punishment,
maintaining, like the late Lord Sails
light and leading. that they owed their
success In life 10 tho wholesome use
Of the birch by their parents and by
their instructors.
In spite OF the argument and not
understanding it's being shown that hog
glng had been retained u Eton Harrow,
Rugby. Marlborough. Wellington, ana
AL the other great English public
schools. the council OF the empire at
St Petersburg decided against whip
ping. II may be perfectly right 10
whip English boys" remarked one OF
nc members OF the majority, with
JUNCTION. but the practice Is opposed to
Russian sentiment" This, coming from
Russia, which until the advent TO tho
throne OF the present Emperor WAS
known as the Land OF the knout" and
where until three years ago people
were hoggcd 10 within an inch of their
lives. not only It the bchest Of the gov
ernment authorities. but even by tho
arbitrary order of mere village elders.
Is. TO say the least amusing.
Copyright. oil. by the Brentwood
Company.)
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-04-20
TIE FREE list.

WHAT the Democrats in Congress are
trying to do is to open 10 the farmer
the markets of the world. That is
what the free list means. The farmer
should not be restricted to the market
made by the American manufactures.
Everybody agrees that ii is Il fine poll
icy to buy at home. A home market
is always desirable. IL It is rightly
conducted However. when American
manufacturers. after receiving protec-
lion against foreign competition com
bine to exact the highest price from
the domestic consumer, while selling
ever SO much more cheaply to The for,
eign consumer han to the home con.
sumner. then the phrase home market
means imposition market" as the Mo-
bile Register points out. When such
situation exists. Congress has fun
Qualification in letting down the barg
and letting come who may to sell 10
the American people The proposition
OF the Democrats is to remove the pro-
tection afforded the American manufac
lures that are most used by American
tarmers This Will cause competition
between American and foreign manu-
facturers, and The result will be either
that our consumers VIII get home
products NJ a greatly reduced price
or that they VIII buy foseign goods.
The free list. as proposed BY inc
Ways and Means Committee of the
House, affects many articles. The fol
lowing are the most Important. the
tariff on each being also given:
Beef. veal. mutton. lamb and pork,
= cents per pound.
liam and bacon, cents per Mound.
other meats, prepared nd preserved.
70 per cent al val
Lard, ~. cents per pound
i5uckwhcat -four. - per cent. ad val
1oinneai. 40 cents per 100 pounds.
Wheat iloiir, % per cent. ad val.
rye -four. !: cent per pound.
Oatmeal ana rolled oats cent pcr
pound.
Biscuits, bread. wafers c,c. no,
swcetened. 20 per cent. ad val.
Timber. hewn, sided or squared. and
round timber, Z Of per cent her
cubic foot.
Shingles. 30 cents per 900.
i.aths. 20 cents per 900 pieces.
! sawed boards, .lanks and deals, 50
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-04-20

cents per 1000 feet. hoard measure.
sewing machines, 80 per cent. ad val.
salt. in bags. sacks or barrels, IL
cents per 100 pounds.
Sait, in bulk, cents per 100 pounds.
Ploushs and other agricultural Inn
PIGMENTS 5iper cent. nj val.
Banging for cotton, 6-10 OF l cent
per square yard
Burlap for covering agricultural I'M
PIGMENTS. e OF cent per square yard.
Hoops OF bund iron for baling cotton.
so of cent pcr pound.
Leather, graln. buff and split. T-13
per cent. I'D val
Leather, rough and sole, per cent.
al val.
Boots and shoes. 10 per cent. ad val.
Harness, saddlery. etc, 20 per cent.
ad val.
Barbed fence wire. II TO Isl cents per
pound
In other words, on the free list are
the cereal and meat staples of life.
timber sewing machines ploughs and
other agricultural necessities. leather
the things that arc indispensable TO
the life OF the people. With such
things as these OH the free list. the
drop in the cost Of living ought to come
Very soon after the law is passed.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-04-20
Gel The nest Mnn.

TO the Editor OF The Times Dispatch:
Sir,-Your editorial OF the 18th, un-
der the caption Get the Best Man" I
don't think any one will take issue
with you along this line, but / do think
some care should be exercised
in ma tiers Of this sort. Don't you
citizens of certain county should be
given preference to those residing IN
other counties, when 1t comes to nlling
county Offices. In other words, when
you go outside of the county for a
man. don't you say to the people OF
that county. TINT there is not Il man
init who can ill the position? Don't
yon think II would be nllrehcctton on
any county, 10 say to the people: you
haven't a man in Your county You can
I'LL the position as Sheriff, county clerk,
trcn9urcr or Superintendent Of schools?
Yes, by NIL means get tho best man.
but don't get a nonresident. unlcss
circumstances make II absolutely
necessary.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-04-20
Daily Queries and ANSWERS

b. H
wash. The preparatory wash, down il
70 prevent the wall from absorbing the
moisture of the wash and IL gives time
FOR the cement to set. The wash nus
nc nc we'll stirred during tho aDpiici,-
llon. The mixture should be MS thicle
~ Gun conveniently be applied with n
Mhl!cwaSh brush. This Is said to be
preferable to tho old-tme Treasury
DeDnrtment wash. as II Is less trouble
70 be heated 10 apply It. S
recovery From Training school,
Ian one get back his money from
y training school after he goes NJ fc m
uu$S! EIho school was not what n Ivau
supposed TO be. The money was paIi
IN ADVANCE, no contract signed. though.
You can. recover IL you cnn nroYe ti;at
real fraud was worked on you.
Roosevelt.
,>o Whsn and s whore was Theodore
New York. October 81. 1858. = = =
Age.
What does the Constitution OF IN.
United States say about the age Of !,
ca ca nndidates for the Office OF President Of
the United States? READER
NO person shall be eligible % that
once who shall not have attained to
me age OF thirty-five years.
7 he I<cnrnnrge.
when was the battlcship Tearsarre.
launched Ia and, when did ii 20 into con-
IT was launched In 1895. con,nlnI,,,
anu commissioned in 1909.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-04-20
Voice Of the People

Rights or the states.


TO the Editor of The Times Dispatch:
Sir-As it has been occasionally
represented that General Lee did not
recognize that the States of the South
the right 10 withdraw from the Union.
we deem II due to him and history
that he should speak for himself, and
we therefore present to the public for
their enlightenment the utement OF
his views oil the subject to the con-
gressonal committee before which he
grncionsy Appeared, at their request.
after the close Of the war:
In the early part Of the year 1866
General Lee was summoned 10 Wash
ington by the Congressional Committee
on Reconstruction. with which sum
mons he promptly complied. The fol-
lowing examination thnn took place
lin which. among others, the follow
20. You understand my question?
suppose jury was empaneled in your
own neighborhood. taken by lot, would
Jeff Davis. for having levied war upon
the United States. and thus having
committed the crime Of treason? a..
think 1t IS very probable that they
would not Consider he had committed
treason
q suppose that the jury should DO
clearly md plainly instructed by tho
court that such an act of war upon
TIC part Oh Mr. DAVIS or any OlHet'
leading man constituted in Itself the
crime of treason under the Constitu-
iion Of the United States. would tho
jury be likely to heed that instruc.
lion. and II tho facts we're plainly he
fore them. commit the offender? a. I
do not know. sir. what they would do
on that question.
@. They do not generally suppose
That IL was treason against the United
states. do they? 4. do not think
that they so consider, 1t.
q, IN what light would they view
~ What would be the excuse or jus
i!iicntion? How would they escape
IN their own mind? refer 60 the past
am referring to the past and tho
feelings they would have. a. So far
as know. they look upon the action
oi the State In withdrawing Itself from
the government Of tho United States
as carrying the individuals of tho
stale along with 1t; that tho State
Whs responsible for tho act, not the
individuals. and, that the ordinance OF
secession. so-cailed. or those acts Of
NC state which recognized q condI-
tioh OF war between the State and tho
Et5eral government. stood as their
justification FOR their bearing arms
against the government of tho United
S'ates y, Yes. sir: ] think they
Wouln c0nalder the act OF tho State as
legitimate. that they were merely
using The reserved rights, which they
had right to do. {iif
@ state II you please. and IL you
arc dirinclined 10 answer the qucs-
ZION gu need not do go. what your
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-04-20
CONSERVATIVES IA ARIYoN.

According to correspondent of the
Boston Globe, tho Arizonians who
framed the Constitution that has becn
so widely criticized and arc now work
ing for the admission of Arizona to
statehood are not ''wild-eyed radicals
OF the alkali plains, cowboys, miners.
Indians and half breeds"
The man who presided over the Ari-
IONA Constitutional Convention il the
conservative president of bank. The
chairman of the committee on COM
pilation and revision was graduated
from Harvard. Four other members
Of that committee have the degree of
4. n. OF the 50 delegates of the CON
vention, almost half are college men.
and 80 are native Americans All but
three of the delegates are lax payers
and property owners, Fifty per cent.
OF the members OF the convention are
well-to-do business men.
This puts new light on the Arizona
Constitution. Besides. eighty-fivc per
cent. of The vote OF the State was cast
for the Constitution, the remaining Is
per cent. coming from Federal office
holders and the corporations.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-04-20
l4E 1sPATcfT RICHMOND VA THURsDAY April 81 1911

Is entirely right In his view of the re.
sponsibilitics of Ills official position.
IT would be well for the ndniinistra-
,ioh of the law and the preservation OF
the public peace If other Governors
would not take advantage OF their
Office TO upset the work of the courts.
Look AT Tennessee and regard the
work Of the late Governor Patter-
son; then look at Bleasc and his work
in South Carolina. In both these
states the work of the courts has been
upset and the orderly processes Of
the law brought into contempt by
Governors who have had many friends
IN prison Both of these Governors
were elected by direct vote OF the
people,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-04-20

When the Northern Neck Railroad
Is built and In good running order.
which it must be before u cent OF the
Richmond subscriptions will BIO pay
able. all our sisters and cousins and
nunts will be coming into town TO see
their friends here. and their truest
and best friends will be the
people who advertise in The Times
Dispatch, Offering bargains they could
not get anywhere else.