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The Harrison times., 1912-09-28
CAUSE OF THE HIGH PRICES
Middlemen Produce Nothing, but Wax
Fat on Labor OF Producer and
Ultimate Consumer.

It makes us tired to hear some peo.
pie blame the farmer for tho high
prices OF food products, Such people
do not know anything about the sub
ject they attempt to discuss, Because
they are obliged to pay 40 cents for
n water melon they are certain that
the farmer gets at least 35 cents for
the melon, Such people have no
reasoning powers at all Thoy live
IN q llttlo world Of about ten miles In
diameter and are wholly unacQuaInted
with the problems Of the world at
large. Tho fact Is that the lndIena
farmer gets about ten cents for The
melon TINT tho consumer In Racine
pays 40 cents for, Go into any city
restaurant and ask for n cut Of water
melon, You will get slice which Is
one.sixth or one.seyenth Of whole
melon and you will pay ten cents for
II, tho price the farmer receives for
the whole melon, Where does the
other 40 or 80 cents go to2
A melon grown by the Indiana
farmer passes through the hands Of
two or three commission men before
Il reaches the Wisconsin consumer,
says the Wisconsin Agrlculturlst
Two different railroad companies get
n whNck at II and finally the grocery
man gets his profit out Of IT, So that
from the time the Indiana farmer
unloadB the melon at his railway sta
tlon, and II IN placed on the table IN
Wisconsin, FIVE different kinds Of BUSH
moss got u commission out Of H. Five
mlddlcmon get a profit ont Of that
melon and each one gct8 about Og
much Os the farmer got for Che whole
melon
These mIddIcmcn arc parasites
They produce nothing but woy lNt on
the labor OF the producer and oonoum
or They are the cause Of high prices,
they pay the farmer Us little 90 pos
Rible and charge the consumer al
much as he will stand
This story Of the melon iB trup' Of
nll food products. Tho farmer docs
not get enough for hla products and
tho eonaumer pays too much for them
The difference goes into the poeketa
Of commission men, railroads, express
companies groeers, butchers, packing
houses, etc.
II oomo ono can nnd way In which
the farmer and tho consumer cOn be
brought closer together thus eliminate
Ing tho great body Of parasites, the
cost OF llylhg Will be greatly reduced
and Tho farmer viii got fair com pen
eatlon for hla lNbora
The Harrison times., 1912-09-28
Suppose They Do Not Elect Any
One for President.
House Of Representatives Would Have
Next Chance, and II No Candidate
Had Majority Of States, Vice
President Would occupy
White House.
By E, w. PICKARD,

Washington-Of course your presl'
Dental candidate will be elected, but
Just for the sake Of an argument let
uIs suppose the electoral college were
80 divided that no one candidate re-
ceiyod majority The possibilities
IN such case are interesting,
The fathers OF the country who
framed tho constitution provided that
the electors appointed" by the states
should vote on candidates for prosl'
dent and that the ono receiving the
largest number of votes should be
president, and tho ono getting the
next largest should be Vice president
This worked very well for tho two
elections Of George Washington, for
there was really no opposition to him
But In 1895 John Adams was the can
didato OF the federalists and Thomas
Jefferson OF tho DemocrNtic'Ropubll'
cans, and though Adams was elected
president, Jefferson, his leading rival
In tho politics Of the day received the
second largest vote and was seated In
tho vice presidential chair This was
embarrassing 70 both OF thom, and the
Dystom was no generally unBatlsfac'
tory that the constitution was amend
cd In time for the election OF 1904 In
accordance with the now plan, which
us still followed, the electors vote for
president and vice president by sepa'
rate ballots and q majority is required
IN each case
II no candidate for president has n
majority vote In the electoral college
the house OF representatives Ia re.
quircd 10 proceed ut once to elect u
president from the leading candidates
not 20 exceed three In number The
houge must vote by states, each state
having one vote Similarly II the
pleetore fail to elect u vice president
tho senate chooses man for the
place from tho two leading candidates.
John Quincy Adams waa elected prosl'
dent by the house IN 1924
Now come IN somo OF the interest.
ing posaIbIitleB Of this most lnlcrcft
ing political year Republicans and
Democrats alike declare Tint they cS.
poct 10 capture majority Of the oloo'
iowl college, and the rrogroealyoa are
not behind the older parties In their
elalma II the results OF the election
bear out the predictions OF the man.
ngers Of these three parties to any
conalderoblo degree II ls cOay to i'm.
nglno the electoral college 40 divided
chat no one win have the requisite
The Harrison times., 1912-09-28

Dirty money is only coveted by foul
minded men.
Jealousy is as bad as a mortgage as
a robber of sleep,
Never be satisfied tilk you are Out
of the scrub-stock class.
Love is very likely to 20 blind when
the Glrl has more dollars than sense,
There is good luck in a horseshoe
when it is fastened to the horses foot
Faith may move mountains, but the
steam shovel Is not to be overlooked.
Some things will not work on the
farm; you cannot bluff good crops out
of the soil
Don't overload. 1t Is a wise driver
wh. knows just how much his team
can pull.
Are your hogs Of the one-srip-lean
kind? Add another strip by feeding
more alfalfa,
The man who has not learned to say
no will have a great deal to unlearn
before he succeeds.
Truth does not have very much on
a lie when It comes to rising up again
after being crushed.
To derive the greatst profits from
the dairy, have at least one.haif OF
the cows freshen In the fall.
The greatst thing that makes for
success IN any walk Of Vie Is to be
prepared when opportunity knocks,
Just because man wears q dirty
shirt and filthy boots and dirty over
alls in the house is no sign that he is
good farmer.
Some men might be better farmers
If they had better farms, and some
have better farms because they are
better farmers,
The farmer who reads his farm pa
per as 1t should be read will have
something to think about while he
goes about his farm.
The politician who looks forward
and not back, and who lends a hand to
the solution of current problems, Is no
politician, but statesman,
The Harrison times., 1912-09-28
If ELECTORS FAIL

majority. This would throw the cleo
ton into the house Of representatives
and again 1t would be no severe strain
on ones Imagination to fancy the
house also about equally divided
among the three candidates, For In
stance though this Is not a political
prophecy, suppose the state deega'
tons, voting as units, stood as fol
lows;
For Wllson-Alabama, Arizona, Arlan-
sas, Florida Georgia, louisiana Mary
land, Mississippi, North Carolina New
Jersey Now Mexico, oklahoma, South
Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, VlrginIa-l6,
For Taft-Colorado, Connecticut, Della
ware, Idaho, Kentucky, Maine Massa-
chusetts, Nevada, New Hampshire, New
York, Ohio, oregon Rhode Island, Utah,
Vermont Wyoming-l6.
For Rooscvelt-C California, Illinois, In
diana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Mime
sofa, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North
Dakota, Pennsylvania South Dakota,
Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin
lG
Ihot, or any DIVISION anywhere near
It, would result In beautiful dead
lock- for the constitution says a ma
iority of all the states shall be neces'
sary to q choice, though quorum
consists OF n member or members
from two.thirds OF tho states,
Again quoting from tho Twelfth
amendment;
And II tho house Of ropresenta'
tiyos shall not choose n president,
whenever tho right OF choice shall de-
v6lyo upon them, before the fourth
The Harrison times., 1912-09-28
CITY IS BEING M0DERNIzED
Riga, Near tho Battle sea, lo Fast
Becoming q Busy Industrial
Center,

SO Petersburg Tho ancient city OF
Riga on tho River DwIna, noar tho
Baltic sea lg undergoing n wonderful
ohungo. Tho place waa founded In
1901 by ne llnlghtB NJ the Sword, q
German order instituted to convert
the LottB and l3Bth0nans II became
IN time G. fortress OF considerable
strength It did not lose the appear
anco Of n medieval town until 1851
whom lts masonry walls were torn
down WHOM Napoleon Invaded Rus
MIA more than a century ago the gov
erHoF OF Riga burned 1000 houses
Riga Ia nov being converted into a
modern industrial city The centuries.
old moat has been turned into pie.
luroBuup canal, and It's banks have
been planted with ornamental treoa
and shrubs, TO provide n popular prom.
enade. Tho old narrow winding
streets OF tho inner town are being
wldenod and stralghtenod The sub.
urban quarter, for no long n eolcc'
ton OF wooden hula, N being built
over into large apartment houses,
Several squares aud public gardens
and buildings are being constructed
one of the Squares Ia used as n mill
tary parade ground on II ID tho
Russian cathedral, the city museum
and u school supported by the cham.
Der Of commerce
The Harrison times., 1912-09-28

your medicines 10 all suffering women"
Mrs. MARY HALsTEAD, Platea, Pa,
Box 0S.
Here Ia tho report Of another genuine
oase, whivh still further shows that Ly-
dIa h. Dinkham'b, Vegetable Compound
may be relied upn.
Walcott, NJ DHtota al had inaam-
nation which caused pain In my side,
and my back Nohrd all The time, was
no blue that folt Ike crying II any ono
oven spoke 10 me, took Lydia h.
plnkham's Vegetable Compound, and |
began TO gain right away | continued
lts uBo and now am well woman. "
- Mrs. AMELIA DAHL, Walcott, N.
Dakota,
n you want special advice write TO
Lydia v. Plnkham Medicine Go. (cOnll.
dGntlaD Lynn, Mass. Your letter Will
b0 opened, read aud answered by a
woman aud held In strict cOnlldCpc0.
The Harrison times., 1912-09-28
PICTURE WAS NEVER TAKEN

the Journey 10 Japan 10 photograph
tho Mlkado, no said, was absolutely
Impossible. The pictures that appear
OF tho emperor are reproductions OF
drawings
"Thc secretary regretted that | had
had the Journey for nothing and "a
ished up by asking me TO dinner In
the friendleat fashion. 80 saered,
apparently was the Mikado's person
ality that hts head did not even ap'
pear on either coins or ntampa"
The Harrison times., 1912-09-28
SON 80, PADDLED MOTHER, Fl

you TO promise that after you 20
homo from here you will always be-
a good mamma TO mo"
Madollno's gigglo was lost IN tho
uproOr The court thought the Gray
family had better 20 home and see
II II couldn't behave itself without
the law
MY stepsonS father isn't any.
thing like hls child" said Mrs, Gray
They're as dItforont as day and
night"
The Harrison times., 1912-09-28
Raising Sheep.

Why not bhy Il couple Of high.clAsB
ewes9 A fow years hence you win
be- able TO give ytrr boy a nloo little
hooh Of ewes, In the meantime rails,
Ing your own rams, selling the surplus
TO your nelghbofs, doing little mis-,
eiehafy work and they cost no more to
raise than the kind that are just
sheep.
The Harrison times., 1912-09-28
Wan net nv breWsina,

butte, Moht-Niek Velky, a Mace
donlan swltchman, wagered his friend
\. susM $40 that he could roman un
der tho waters OF the Country Clut
Lake for thirty minutes, lie won The
bet, Sut he will never collect tht
none, for an hour and n half later
hls body was recovered In six feet o.
water near tho shore, whore II hat
become enmeahod In underground
The Harrison times., 1912-09-28
GAIN MADE BY COOPERATION
Movement That Has for Its Aim De-
V3Iopment of Modern Industrial
ism Strikee Canada.

ism Strikes Canada,
(By ALEX M'NEILL, Chief Of Fruit Di-
vision, Department Of Agriculture, Of
tawa Ontl
No treatment Of cooperative apple
selling in Canada would be adequate
that did not connect it with the world.
wide movement Of cooperation, which
Is working a revolution in agriculture.
1t would leave a wrong impression If
we were to take the view that coop.
erative apple-selling associations in
Canada are sporadic affairs, orginat.
Ing in local and individual causes and
wholly unconnected with worldwide
movements, AS a matter Of fact, the
i fundamental agents that developed CO.
| operation in Denmark, Germany,
France, Italy, Sweden, Scotland, Ire
land and the United States, are at
work here in Canada; and though
local causes have modified the partic-
ular lines that cooperative associa-
tons have taken in all these countries,
yet they all owe their origin 10 the
one great cause, namely the develop
ment Of modern industriaism which,
III its turn, originated in the develop
ment OF the steam engine and, later,
in the developments connected with
electric power
When the village haHdcraitsman
migrated to the factory, one source
of temporary farm labor was removed
from the neighborhood; but modern
lndustrialism claimed more than this
and began to draw from the farm la
| borers, and soon the less successful
small farmer yielded to the magnet
ism Of the town and left the country
And so the movement has gone on,
not IN one country alone but in all
countries, and Canada is no exception.
In writing some years ago, ! enum-
Grated the advantages Of cooperative
marketing under l2 heads, as follows;
!, Large stocks may be controlled.
by sellers who act as Il unit.
2 Uniform packing, grading and
marking will be practIced
3 A reputation associated nth
permanent brand or trade mark will
be established
d. The cost Of picking, packing and
marketing, including transportation,
will be reduced
g. Fruit will be picked and packed
at tho proper time,
G. Less common varieties will be
utilized,
T. Storing facilities will be proyld,
ed for in better shape.
S. Direct selling at the point Of pro.
duction will be encouraged
9. Packages will be- brought In
largo quantities or manufactured on
the premises, with a material reduc-
ton IN cost,
TO- The placing Of the purely com
mercial part Of the industry In the
hands Of competent men whose inter
ests are connected with those Of other
members Of the association,
H. Spraying by hand or power out
hts comparatively, In some cases viii
be adopted
49, Tho manager and the better
growers among the patrons viii have
every Inducomont to stimulate tho
less progressive members to better
work,
II Is unnecessary to enlarge upon
each individual point, may be per-
mittod TO testify however, to tho fact
that tho experience Of many success.
ful cooperative associations has borno
out this enumeration Of advantages,
They do not all work with equal force
In every society, but their truth will
not bo denied
The Harrison times., 1912-09-28
Secret Of Success.

A laudable pride 10 maintain the
fertility OF the land, to keep the
fences and buildings In good repair
and 70 improve the home surroundings
should lead % oonienlment,
The Harrison times., 1912-09-28
Value Frea at $1,000,

New York. Peter j, STAFFORD has
captured frog one ana ohehalf
pounds It Ia fifteen inches long and
ten inches In glrth Experts ht the
bronx ZOO say the frog 10 worth 81 900.
The Harrison times., 1912-09-28
Woman Arreated Al Altar

Perth Amboy, N, j,=Whlle leaving
the church here after her wedding
ceremony, Mrs, Mary 7, King was ar
rested ON the charge Of forgery Her
husband, Paul King, dlaowned her NJ
once
The Harrison times., 1912-09-28
Domestic Combat.

H. Trowbridge Dana, grandson Of
the poet Longfellow, who was recently
married in Cambridge with beauti.
ful ritual Of his own composition, said
the other day to a reporter:
IF all couples gave to marriage the
profound thought and reverence that
my wife and I gave to It there would
be fewer mismatings
"The average married pair, 1t some
times seems to me- are like the
Binkses.
"Pa,' said little Tommy Binks one
day, what's a weapon?
"A weapon, my SON. Binks an
swered, is something to fight with
"Then, pa said little Tommy, 1s
ma your weapon"
Some girls are given away in mar
riage and some throw themselves
away,
The Harrison times., 1912-09-28
NERVOUS
DESPONDENT
WOMEN
Find Relief in Lydia E. Pink.
hams Vegetable Compound
Their Own Statements
So Testify.
Platea, Pa. -"When | wrote TO you
first | Yves troubled with female weak

ness and backache,
and was 30 nervous
that | would cry at
the least noise, IL
would startle me 30.
! began 10 take Ly-
dia II. Pink hams
remedies, and | don't
have any more cry
Ing spells, / sleep
sound and my ncr-
vouSness 10 better.
] will recommend
The Harrison times., 1912-09-28
Determines Chicks Growth.

II In the care tho chicks receive NJ
the time they leave tho brooder that
determines their growth,
The Prescott daily news., 1912-05-18
RsQFOGAD ANENpMEMp 10 rah C0NSTITuTION OF THE STATE
 OF ARKAGSA5.

Notice is hereby given that the fol- lowing joint resolution proposing an amendment to the State Constitution. was passed by the General Assembly at Us regular session of 1911, and that the same will be submitted to the electors of the State at the next general election. to be held Monday, September g, 1912. for adoption or re- jection.
 Proposed Amendment No. II.
 That the following article shall bs proposed as an amendment to the Con- hutution of the state of Arkansas, which, when agreed to by a majority of all the members elected to each House and adopted by majority of the cleo tors or the State voting at the next general election for senators and rep reSentatiVeS, shall become a part of the Constitution of Arkansas
 Every male citizen of the United states, or every male person who has declared his intention of becoming Il citizen of the same, or the age of tWenty-0ne years or upward who has resided in the State twelve months. in the county six months and in the pre- clnct, town or ward one month next preceding any election at which he may propose to vote, and who is able tO read and interpret, or interpret when read 10 him, 1T he is prevented from read Ing the same by reason of any physi- cal disability any seCtou of the COnsu- 4t such persons aS may. for tho comm s. sion of some felony. De deprived of the right Go vote by law passed by the Gen eral Assembly, and who shall exhibit a poll tax receipt or other evidence that he has paid his poll tax at the time ut election. shall be allowed Co vote at any election held n the State of Arkansas, put no person Who was, on January !, 1866. or at any time prior thereto en- q n ff.at, statutcs of any State in the United States, wherein he then resided. and na male person of foreign birth who was r4rIralizec prior to the adoption oi this amendment. and no iineal descend ant of such person. who shall possess the other qualifications GcsCribed in this article shall be denied the right to vote because of his inability to SD read and interpret sections of the Consti tuition of this State. provided. that male Persons who make satisfactory proof that they have attained the age of twenty-ore years since the time for assessing the taxes for the year next preceding the year in which the election at which he may propose to vote is held. and pos sesses tEe other qualifications rcguircl by this article shall oe permitted ta vote, and. provided. further. tAat tho dated stamp or other written endorse meut by the iudcts of election t1 whom # may first be presented. as to pre- vent the holder thereof from votiDe more than once at any election The judges of election shall enforce jhe provisions of this article and sbaU he the judges Of the qualifications Q electors.
 rhe above resolution was filed in the office of the Secretary of State on March l6 1911
 Each electoc may vote for or aealu5t the above amendment
 Witness my o4i-ial signature this lgth day af February 1912
 EARLE w. HODGES
 Secretary of state.
The Prescott daily news., 1912-05-18
PIKE 267 YEARS OLD.

The pike is a fish for which now there is little demand. Yet Edwarl l., who regulated the prices of dif ferent fish, that his subjects nigh not be at the mercy of the vendors fixed the value of pike higher that fresh salmon and at more than ter times that of the best turbot. Pik, are supposed 10 live longer thar any other fish in spite of their for. mer popularity as food Gesncr rc. lates that in 1491 a pike was caught in Swabia with a ring attached, in, scribed, q was first put into thi. lake by the hands of the governor oi the universe, Frederick H., October ,. 1230." This is the fsh's story l.crdon Chronicle.
The Prescott daily news., 1912-05-18
JUST }E TIE NICK OF TIME
HOW Learned Lingust Brought Re- lief to Situation That Was
 Becoming Painful.

The guests at a certain stag party were very dry. Considerable time had elapsed since the emptying of the last bottle, and the host, en- grossed with anecdotes, had made no move to remedy matters. It was really a serious situaton-one that might become at any moment pain ful.
 How relieve it? Chance offered a way.
 One of the dry brotherhood, point ing casually 10 a Latin inscription over the fireplace, asked-just for the sake of saying something:
 Say, what does that inscription mean in EngGsh:' Then he turned to another of the guests, known for his prowess as a linguist.
 Surely you can tell us what it means" he said.
 The nnguist looked the lnscrlp- ton over very, very carefully.
 ''That," he observed finally, 'is a sentence taken from the works of Horace, which, rendered into Eng .ish, means: Said the governor of North Carolina to the governor of South Carolina-"
 Before he could get any further the host woke up. Thereafter, throughout the evening, there was never lull.-Ezchange.
The Prescott daily news., 1912-05-18

What has become of the petit coats? asks an exchange. T h e women no longer wear them. The women are appearing on the streets about as closely wrapped as a Havana cigar. The flounces and the frills and the furbelows of our mothers are gone. The things upon which they based their pride are no more. It used to be every girls ambition to have silk petticoat, but now her ambition is to be able to step only six inches at a time in her cigar wrapper. North Ark ansas Star Maybe they have reduced the size of the petticoat as well as the gown Who knows?
The Prescott daily news., 1912-05-18
CANDY BOXES ARE EXCEPTED
Lesson Which the Little Boy Drew From the Old Story of Pan.
 dora's Mistake.

Detroiter two and half years old is just a little over-fond of prying into whatever box or bundle he may happen to find about. It worries his grandmother; she doesn't like to see little boys so curious. So the other day she took out the biz. bright-colorod book of Hawthorne's wonder stories and showed the little boy the picture of Pandora. The way Hawthorne tells the story, you know, Pandora was a naughty, curl ous little girl, and she opened the box that held all the troubles in the world, and they flew out in a hor- nd, buggy swarm and stung Pandora and Epimetheus, and ever since that the world has been full of troubles. The picture showed the swarm of trouble-imps flying out of the box and singing poor Pandora, ever so hard.
 And so, you sec" grandmother finished, 'it's a very dreadful thing for little boys or girls to open boxes that don't belong to them, because they never can tell what's hiding ja the boxes"
 The boy was impressed by the story; he thought it over for quite a while, slowly, seriously Then he looked up brightly and amended "Little boys must never open boxes. must they, g'anmudder-'ccpin when they're candy boxes"
The Prescott daily news., 1912-05-18
TRIPLES CAUSE TROUBLE.

President Farrell of the United States Steel corporation was discuss ing an interview with a conferee.
 My friend was misquoted," he said, ''iunocontly misquoted, but the 0isquotation, all the same, changed he whole meaning of his argument.
 "It reminds me of an old trpo- raphical error George Brown was D marry Mary Jones, and the local neper in announcing the marriage mca2t to say:
 TGeorge and Mary have been ghums from childhood.
 But the compositor made this read:
 "'George and Mary have been ohuaps from childhood.'"
The Prescott daily news., 1912-05-18
2nd Baptist Church
SeIf CuIinre Club.

The Club met Thursday with AS. Sam Logan. This being 'N meeting of the year a great \ part of the afternoon was oc- slped with bGsIness.. Year p%-Mnsic committees were 'pNlnted and the work fo- next Vlnter discussed. The lesson
 @'he day followed conducted \ \ ArS Cress, Mrs, Lee. Mrs. E'tfeO read a biography Of Mary fpsnt Wood Mrs. Conklin |Aseu pretty selection on the Faa'' and Mrs. Putnam read a F'atlfnl poem of her owa con. Rsition.
 Ds're the members separat- : C' tue sumner the hostes S C'eo refreshments of sand. sSles' m salad and tea.
 .ls Study will be resumed in ,"0sr with the Bay View
 Faerica. >' '''