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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-03-12
What the Farmer Doesn't Get.

1T the New York inquiry, few
days ago, some of the reasons of the
high cost of living were brought out
in the methods OF butter and egg deal
ers. II was shown that wholesale
dealers buy butter at % cents pound
in summer. put il in cold storage and
sell it for 81 cents the ne2t--or some
other-winter.
Of,cuurse a 80 per cent. profit on the
product of some one else is no more
that ought to be expected of any one
of the vast importance of a wholesale
dealer, but the farmer does rather
hate to lose fair price and be eharg-
ed with rebbing the consumer too. For
raising the COWS, caring for, feeding
and milking them, making butter and
hauling il TO market, the farmer gets
% cents; the middle man who con-
descends to make the transfer gets IA
cents.
Really 10 cents a pound, net, isn't
half bad. where one is handling one
hundred tons or so, Almost as good
as handling few hundred tons OF
earth every summer to dig living
out of a farm.
And yet the cold storage man and
the commission man will go on point
ing their fingers at the farmer as the
author of the consumers woo.
Cold storage makes possible the
scarcity which the agents of greed
and extortion demand. Consumers
never get the benefit of the fiuctuation
in supply and demand, in these days;
but the farmer suffers the blow when
there is light demand and plentiful
supply.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-03-12
CHIMNEY TWO MILES HIGH.
Wales Copper Smelter Succeeds in
Disposine of Injurious Smoke.

Wales has probably the longest
chimney i'll the world. 1t is two miles
high, and has brook running through
it. The chimney is corrected with the
copper works at Cwmavon, near Aber-
avon. This is how it came to be built.
About sixty years ago the copper
smoke from these works was the
plague of the neighboring countryside.
Il settled upon and destroyed the grass
for twenty miles round. while the sui
phur and arsenic in the fumes affected
the hoofs of cattle, causing gangrene
The company tried all sorts of devices
to remedy the trouble, but in vain.
Finally Robert Brenton. who was
later engineer of the Sind railway in
India, solved the problem. The copper
works are at the foot of a high, steep
mountain. Mr. Breton constructed a
fiue or chimney running continuously
from the base To about 100 feet above
the summit, following the natural
slope of the ground. The brick which
lined it, and of which it was largely
constructed, was burned close by A
snail spring, rushing out near the
mountain top, was turned into the
chimney. and allowed to flow through
almost the entire length to condense
the smoke. once year il is swepe
cut, and about ton of preeipitated
copper obtained. It's top can be seen
for between forty and fifty miles
Kansas City Journal.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-03-12
Editorial Comment
Hard and Fast Times.

tNaufman in Wpman's WorldD
of course the cost of living has gone
up. Why not? This is an era of luN-
ury-ut unitersalized' convenience. EN-
cry telephone must be paid for: gas
and electricity are more expensive
than coal oil lamps: styles change so
radically each season that clothes are
worn out by tho change of fashion
and not through use. Where formerly
the three RS was the scope of the aN-
erage education and boys became self
supporting in their first teens. high
school and college postpone indepen-
dance until the tWenties. The steam
laundry. cxacts it's tax. The barber
shop demands its toll, Daily newspa-
pers. high-priced magazines-why, YOU
can make MP the list yourself.
You know how your family lived
- or - years ago. If yeu are willing
to buy one black silk dress every five
years; If your. husband is content 70
wear the same hat until it turns color;
if your children are satisfied With
HEIR fathers cut down clothes; if YOU
are prepared To be Your own dress
maker and milliner, to forego the hum
dred and one eonVeniences that your
mother never knew; if you'll practice
the same economies and restrict your
pleasures, deprive your sons and
daughters of their right to complete
education. why you can live for Just
as little. The times are not hard,
they're fast.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-03-12

This conference represented all parts
of New England. The delegates were
entertained as guests Of the Boston
Chamber Of commerce at a New Eng
land products dinner where business
men of the Hub expressed their con-
fidcnee in the future of New England
agriculture and their determination to
assist in developing the enterprises of
rural sections.
The announcement OF business men
should be welcomed by agricuturists,
but we deem it only an evidence of
the great turning toward agriculture
i'm all its fascinating branches. Even
in farming communities the young are
beginning TO see the light, are begin
ming to understand that a clerkship in
a city store or bank or other office
carries no more honor or happiness
than being a worker on a farm. The
real returns which the farmer gets out
of dwelling close to nature and pro-
viding for the necessities and comforts
OF dumb friends, never enter into the
life Of the averag sc city dweller.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-03-12
Pats Satire.
Portland Press

Another remarkable passage in The
speech of the mayor of Waterfalls. at
torney general of the State and gen.
eraissimc of the Democratic forces
was that in which he pronounced for
woman suffrage, on the ground taat
ii the ladies had the ballot the pro-
hibitory law would be repealed Mr..
pattangall is somewhat given to sa =
tire, and it is not always easy to tell
when he is joking or in earnest. As
Stunning his sincerity In this, however.
one does not readily see how he can
entertain any such expectation. 1t is
q fact Of common observation that the
liquor interests everywhere have
feared and opposed woman suffrage Ii
is not the women who frequent and
support the saloon; it is the male con-
tingent. But it is the women who suf-
fer the most from that Source of evil.
Take the latest instance, the Seattle
election. 1t was the vote Of the newly
enfranchised women that saved that
town from the disgrace of re-electing
the Wide-opcn mayor, Hiram Gill, and
that put in Cotterill the Prohibition
list. Suppose now the women of Wa
tervilie had the vote.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-03-12
BroWn-TaiI Moths.
Dc Kennehec Journal:

EdltOr henneDec journal.
| have been reading in today's Jour
nal a statement by Commissioner
Buckley, about the brown tail moth.
He speaks about the eggs Matching.
The writer of this article has been q
close observer of them and their
works. The eggs are all Matched early
in the fall and the worms feed on the
leaves until they begin to wither, then
they begin to build their nest. They
begin by folding in the leaf and after
it is built they go in and don't come
out again until the buds have opened
and there is something for them TO
eat; then they feed about month and
go into another nest TO wing out.
Then they do no more feeding unit.
the young caterpiIlars are Matched
out in the fall | have gathered lots
of the moths when they were laying
their eggs. They lay them on the un-
der side Of a leaf and then die. l
have examined several of the nests
this winter and have found some dead
ones but plenty of live ones. We nave
got to fight them or give up raising
apples.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-03-12
Tuesday, March IL, 1912.
MONDAYS Election.

Once more we have met the enemy
and, like the Russian returns in the
late unplea santness with Japan. we
regret to report that we are theirs
But, so far as Augusta is concerned
Republicans have many reasons for
copgratuiation. First, there are no re-
erets to entertain ON the part of any
Republican candidate regarding the
methods adopted and carried ont in
the municipal campaign. Every man
on the ticket, we believe has held
himself accountable to his party and
10 his own high moral sense, to con-
duct his part of the election in an
absolutely clean and honorable man.
ner
Questionable methods on the part of
some Of their opponents have not
swerved the candidates from the
course mapped out by Republican
leaders-no personalities, not tho
slightest infraction of the corrupt
practice act. The Republican cam
paign has been open and above board,
sportsmanlike and generous.
With this sort of a campaign to their
credit. the Republicans have gained
more than so votes over last year.
lowering the Democratic plurality to So.
Republican candidates are to be con-
graduated and thanked. They accept
defeat as they have fought the cam
paign-Ain dignified and uncomplain-
ing manner. The people of Augusta
viii recognize this and know where to
hestow the praise.
II is useless to speculate on what
might have been. Democracy is in the
saddle for another year and it is for
the interest of all to hope they will
conduct the affairs of the city in a
wise and efficient manner
If the gain made in Augusta. lin
spite of the influence exerted in the
home city of the Governor by the State
adIninist ration) is followed throughout
the State next September, Republicans
will return to their own.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-03-12
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
IN Y Globe


Everybodys friend is nobody's con-
fidant.
It's easy to live on love-until you
get hungry.
Avoid society if you would make n
study of mankind.
The world doesn't ask how you got
there after you arrive.
Some men think they are ambitious
if they try to avoid hard work.
But many college graduate avoids
the disgrace of diving rich.
II a man wants to pose as martyr
he can always find an opportunity.
Some people ride in airships and
some others are Eighty by nature.
If man doesn't look out for him
self he will never be able to get a
loolS-in.
/ You can borrow the last cent a fat
woman has if you will only praise her
figure.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-03-12
The Ice i'm the Kennebec.

Editor kennebec Journal
Being daily reader of your paper
wish to state that YOU made some
mistake in your paper of March 5 in
regards To dates when the river. closed
to navigation and opened. The Ken
nebee river opened to navigation Tues
day, March %, 1910. The steamer City
OF Rockland arriver at Gardiner Tues
day, April &c, 1910 at 12.55, noon first
trip of season. kennebec river closed
10 navigation Thursday, Dec. 6. 1910
Ice left the kcnnebec river Friday
April II, 1911, first tow arrived in
Gardiner Saturday, April 10. 1911. Tug
boat Seguin towed a coal barge up for
w. ID. Harrington Coal Go. and the
steamer City of Bangor arrived at
Gardiner at 500 A. NJ, Tuesday, April
%, first trip OF the season, river clos
ed again. Friday, Dec %. 1911 and is
still closed with prospects that il won
be open any earlier in 1912.
ROBERT GOSGRONE.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-03-12
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
(New York Press

7 tissN.T
Money jingles very quietly when
wise people spend it,
Where a man usually has bad luck is
relying on his good luck
A man gets so excited over an cleo
tion he forgets to find out what he's
voting about.
You could never convince man
with a cold that the whole world didn't
want to hear about It,
1t makes a woman awful suspicious
of what her husband has been doing
for him to remember it's about timc
for him to answer that letter he owes
her mother.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-03-12
Property Rights VS.. Public Health

| Most of us viii agree with the
Journal of the American Medical AS
| ISOLATION in its indignation because OF
| the manifest prejudice and power OF
Looked at broadly, without consider
| ing local environments and bearings
the reader of the news can but lose
something of the respect which we
have wished 10 repose in our judicial
bodies. A New York dealer in drugs
was recently prosecuted for counter
feiting the trademark for Carriers
Little Liver Pills and for selling goods
bearing this counterfeit mark. He
was found guilty and, although it was
the first offense, the court refused to
impose a fine, but sentenced him TO
penitentiary at hard labor without the
possibility of Communication for good
behavior Gounterfeiting, of course. is
4 serious crime and as such should be
punished. Nevertheless, there are
more serious crimes, such. for instance
as adulterating foodstuffs, selling pu-
trid material for good or dispensing
dangerous ha bit- forming drugs, like
cocain, in the shape of soft drinks. All
these crimes are crimes against the
person--against the public health
against the very lives of the people.
Although the government officials
have brought evidence sufficient TO
convict over l,20o firms or individuals
of violating the federal Food and
Drugs Act, and although this act
provides that its violation may be
punished by Imprisonment. yet in not
a single instance has the court i'm
posed any sentence more severe than
a fine. And the majority of the fines
have been trivial to Il degree. A Can
ton COhiol concern was convicted of
selling a soft drink containing eocain
The court considered a So fine suf-
ficient punishment. \ st. Louis house
sold a powder for infants that was
said to make 'teething" easy; it con-
tanned opium. A $40 fine was suf-
fieient punishment. An agreeable and
efficient tonic" was found to contain
cocain, although the presence of this
dug was not stated. In this case,
the court suspended sentence. Some
day. a court may he found that will
consider the crimes of making drug
fiends of young people, of poisoning
babies with opium mixtures or of kill
ing women with headache powders as
more serious offenses than the coun-
terfeiting of the label of fraudulent
! patent medicine" Apparently, that
time is far off
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-03-12
The Lure of the Farm.

More scientific promotion of agricul-
ture in New England was outlined at
the sixth annual meeting of the New
England conference on Rural Prog
rcssp held at the State House, Boston,
Friday. The topic for discussion was
'erhe Need of Development of Agri-
culture in New England and What
Should be Done to Accomplish it," 1t
was discussed from the point of view
OF various agencies. One speaker
urged the extension or the trolley
freight service in rural communities
and said:
When this is accomplished rural
awakening as was little dreamed of &
few years ago. With electric lines
properly tapping this vast territory
the product Of It's hills and valleys car
within "A hours reach the markets Of
30 .e1o, GOO people at cost Of $40 to $5t
per car. while it costs 5000 to place the
product of that far western land upor
the same markets"
Another. speaking for the farmer
said that the prosperity of New Eng
land agriculture depends upon tbs
successful solution Of the problems o
transportation. distribution and co
operation. lie said that the parcel
post Is matter Of common interest t.
all and will be an important sid il
solving the high cost of living prob
I'm.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-03-12
state of Ohio. City of Toledo.

LUCAS County, IS,
Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he
IS senior partner of the firm of f. j.
Cheney & Co. doing business in the city
and that said firm will pay the sum of
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each
and every case OF Catarrh that cannot
be cured by the use OF HALLS CA
TARRH CURE.
FRANK ]. CHENEY,
Sworn to before me and subscribed in
my presence, this 9th day of December,
A. j. 1856.
tSeaD A. w. GLEASON,
Notary Public.
and acts directly upon the blood and
mucous surfaces of the system Send
for testimonials, free.
i. j. CHENEY & CO. Toledo, o.
Sold by all Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipa-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-03-12

Children are much more likely to con-
tract the contagious diseases when they
have colds. Whoopng cough. diphfhera,
scarlet fever and consumption are dis
eases that are often contracted when the
child has cold. That is why all medi-
cal authorities say beware of colds. For
the quick cure of colds you win find
Cough Remedy 1t can always be de-
pended upon and is pleasant and safe TO
take. For sale by all dealers.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-03-12
The kidneys and the Skin.

In the spring. the kidneys have
much to do. If they are weak or tor
pid, they will not do it well, and the
skin will be pimply or blotchy. That
is telling the story in a few words.
Hoods Sarsaparilla strengthens and
stimulates the kidneys, cures and pre-
vents pinlples, blotches and all cuta-
neous eruptions.
Don't fail to take 1t. tf fsi
Buy bottle today.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-03-12

"When are You going to declare an
other dividend"
You have not been following the
influence of public opinion rejoined
Mr. Dustin Stax. I'VE don't declare
dividends any more. We reluctantly
confess TO them"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-03-12
Editor S Letter Box

The publication of letter in this
department is not to be taken as an
endorsement of its views by the
kennebec journal. This column is
maintained for the discussion of
matters of general public interest
when kept within bounds of reason
and not of libelous or abusive
nature.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-03-12
Lucky at cards. perhaps.

'Aebec" was the knockout word at
a Kansas spelling bee. OF course you
can spell ''Xebec" now, but can you
give an exact definition of it?-Bos-
ten Globe.
Nothing hard about that! The Xebec
is of the same family but not so Well
known as Imperial Kennebec' made
famous by one-time mayor of Au-
gusta.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-03-12
The Rain Gods of Mandi.

| Mandi Is one of the native states of
India and the people are superstitious
10 degree. Fine weather or rain is
obtained by solemn official orders from
the Government to the RAIN gods. the
said dcities being duly punished If they
neglect To carry out their instructions.
| In the January Wide World Maga
zine, MIR G. & Garbet. Settlement Of
| ficer. Mandi state. fully describes how
| the eRain-Gods'' Of Mandi work. The
following is literal translation of an
order for sunshine.
To Manager Sahib tpida Jai Dev--
The rain has caused great distress:
orders and offerings to the gods have
| ALREADY been dispatched No sun
shine has ensued At the request Of
the administration, be good enough to
send at once for the priest OF the God
of Chohay tPassukoD, for the priest Of
the God Of Pafmeswar and for the
priest eft the God of Naehan fthese are
the names of the localities where the
gods Hve1; and be good enough. to have
fine weather arranged fer.
Dated Samvat So emandi calendar).
Chef 4.
(Signedo
Wazir' Sahib Amar Singh.
tReply.)
Excellency Wazir Sahib-l have re-
eeived from Nest Exalted Administra-
ton the order TO cause rain to cease.
l have arranged to- send sepoys with
all speed to call in the priests of the
gods. and viii see to eVerythinss
Jai Dev.
Accordingly the priests and the gods
appeared, but the rain--which. | may
add, had come from Persia and was
affecting the whole Punjab-did not
cease.
Thereupon the priests were ordered
ta fast until the fine weather APP
peared. and sacrifices Of a goat apiece
were made 10 the gods. II cleared a
little then. but no sooner had the
priests had meal than down came
the rain once more.
This was too much fer His High
ness's Administration. and orders we're
promptly passed for the negleetful
gods TO be locked up aud not allowed
out until the skies cleared
The skies cleared The very next day
the first day OF the fair 1t remained
fine during the whole of the fair. and
poured the Following day To this 1
can testify.
The Vizier and the gods between
them shared the credit for the success
of the mela. or festival. and the peo-
pie have received fresh proof of the
power OF their idols. The native of
Mandi sees nothing homogeneous in
worshipping. in a very eostacy OF rev
ence the very god whom tomorrow he
will treat as disobedient child, as
sorting and denying almost in the
same breath his superiority over these
creatures made of silver and gold. the
work of mems hands. Truly the ways
of the East are passing strange.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-03-12
Voices Of the State Press.

Great Hevings, Patt and the Ken
nebec Journal respondents What
are you thinking of Pa Davies?--Lew-
iston Journal.
Those misguided Republicans who
voted the Democratic ticket in 1910
aided in securing host of beneficial
results--for the Democrats Express
and Advertiser.
A scientist has estimated that the
world will come To an end about the
year 1921. This should be ample time
for the settlement OF all polar con-
troversies before the final collapse
Biddeford Journal.
Lawrence strikers do not seem TO be
inclined to accept the increase in wa
ges and go back To work, but the
fault is probably due to leaders like
Haywood, rather than to the men who
are suffering through their prolonged
idleness.-Bath Times.
This is the season of the year when
the Portland man who is seen head
ing southeast by south, who is carry
ing paint pail and a paper wrapped
parcel toveralls and jumper) is rea-
sonably sure to be q motor boat own
er, en- route to the wharf to slick UP
the Sally Ann for summer cruising
Express and Advertiser.
Clearly the exclusion of a Negro
from an organization like the Ameri-
can Bar Association merely because OF
the color of his skin is entirely out OF
harmony with the letter and spirit OF
our most fundamental laws-Batf
Times.
Wonder If the powers that-be will
order the barrooms i'll Biddeford
closed Monday, election day. OF course
that's the rule in all well-regulated
license cities like Boston and Bangor
but being somewhat new to the game
it may be feared that Biddeford is III
danger of violating the ethics of the
situation through mere ignorance OF
rules Biddeford Journal.
That the Norwegian Captain Amund-
sen has reached the South pole, is the
positive statement of the explorer
himself from Tasmonia. and no doubt
is raised as to the authenticity of his
claim. Whether his British rival, Cap
tain Scott, reached the pole ahead OF
Amundsen or reached It at all, is the
point that remains to be settled. And
| il will rot be settled until Capt. Scott
is heard from. But there will be ne
heated controversy as to priority be
tween the two explorers. They are
personal friends in sportsmanlike ri
| Valry with each other, and neither o.
them is n faker The data they sub
init of their expeditions will decide
| the question of priority without 6
| doubt.--Eastern Argus.
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State Auditor stevens has sent his
monthly letter to Governor Plaisted,
says the Lewiston Journal. 1t is in
teresting, as are all the State Audi
tors communications to the governor
1t shows that during the month OF
February, the net debt of the state
was increased $76. 767. 922 and that $780,
Sa9.71 OF bills brought over from
1911 the first of the Plaisted regime,
We're paid. The auditor particularly
calls attention to the fact that bills OF
cities and towns for road money, pau
per claims, schools and pension were
paid, in that time. As they are usu-
ally paid. it is difficult to understand
the necessity of DECENTRALIZATION. As
pensions We're paid in February 1t IS
evident there was a deficit in that
department last year HawkshaW
Dodge may discover it, If he goes
hunting round. By the statement it is
shown that on Feb l, there was SAT-,
30l 46 cash on hand and on Feb. 20
there was s4oO.53S,54.
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AUGUSTA LODGE DIRECTORY

TRINITY coMMANDERY, NO. 7, X.
i. Annual conclave at Masonic Temple
Friday, March Is, at 80 T. NJ Reports
Of Treasurer and Recorder Election of
officers. All sojournins fraters are cor
daily invited.
l.. EEWOOD JONES. f. c.
TIIOS IL. RODGE. Kecoptler