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towns and cities. with their many amuse
ments. induleences of vices and higher
wages, said Mr.. Haggard, lis sapping
the strength of not only the English, but
or every white race II is true that
higher wares are to be obtained in the
towns by the altogether fit and strong,
br- on the other hand how many utterly
FAN and end with their families in COM
ple'e misery" There certainly is not
employment for everybody, and the sur
roundines are far from healthy.
This Hooking to the towns means the
ultimate destruction of the white races II
II continues unchecked. We see II now
turning the race into a set of neurOtic
creatures, unfit, at any rate in the second
or third generation, to face the reali-
ties OF existence. 1t is filling the poor
houses. the asylums and the hospitals.
| say. heaven help the people who MAIN
ly dwell in great cities without access
to the land To remain great a people
must be rooted in the land. That Is why
all wise statesmen, all people who can
think and see things in their true pro-
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ing small. Further on 1 shall show you
what the people have been doing in inn
proving their roads, in establishing
schools and in other public works Not
withstanding all that the net debt today
is only little over $4.OOO,OOO. 1t is less
than 3 per cent Of the actual value Of the
property, and it represents an indebted
ness per head of less than ST. whereas
our average indie btedness per head. the
United States over, is S5S. True figures do
not lie. and I am told these figures are
true.
Moreover when people are we'll of they
pay their taxes. When they are not do
ing we'll they let them run. At the close
Of this year how much of the taxes Of
that island do you think were unpaid?
Two per cent? Three per cent? Five per
cent? No! Not per cent! The treasurer
reports that only one-sixteenth of 1 per
cent of the taxes are behindhand. and he
expects to cut this out in the next report
The same healthy condition is shown in
the banks. AT the time we took hold the
most of the banking was done by the
Spaniards and the interest rates ran a S
high as IS per cent. Today they are
comparatively low and good loans are
made at and 8 per cent. The banks
have increased in number and the bust
ness is now done by Americans, Porto
Ricans, Spaniards and Canadians. There
are nine large banks, and they have alto
gether cash resources Of about $6.OOO.OOO.
while their deposits amount to close to
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spir' ted action of an American. Joseph
Fels the manufacturer. Fels started
small holding farm at Maryland, in Essex.
and spent many thousands of pounds
placing selected men upon it What has
been the result? After few years only
two or three men are left to fight against
the obstacles which the others found too
great for them or were untitled TO over
come Still another instance is turn shed
by Boxted near Colchester. where the
Salvation Army, with the help of $200COo
left by the late George Herring, started
a back-to:the-land colony. Although 1T
has been going but a year. already serious
troubles have arisen and there is. | I'M
derstand, some danger of brea 'ldown of
the scheme
Small holders, in my opinion, will only
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has no credit society from which to bor-
row funds. and, speaking generally, that
cooperation is non-existent among his
class, and that therefore he cannot enjov
the benefits of cooperative buying and
selling?
.'One of the reasons of the Danish
small holders comparative sunee~.
that he Is. for his station, an extremely
we'll educated man. For instance, in
Denmark there are three colleges de-
voted to the education of small holders.
Young men or women of not less than
eighteen can go to these for six-month
lodging and tuition. for $11 a month
After the age of eighteen there ; no
nit and quite elderly people attend.
n heard of one man of seventy who
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is SO today There is no stability OF
character to be found in the town
dweller. He is easily carried away by
his feelings. We must look to the
jewellers on the land for that fixity ot
character which country needs to re-
main great"
Copyright, 1911. by Curtis Brown,
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took a course. In these colleges the
students are instructed in everything Of
use to small holders. For instance. in
addition to all agricultural pursuits. the
women are taught home nursing. book
binding and brushmakins, the result be-
ing that they leave college to wiring their
living from the soil much better equipped
than the British small holder.
x
my contention is that small holding
succeeds only where there are cooperation
and knowledge. I am an absolute dis
believer in what I might call spoon-fed'
small holders. 1t. is no use taking peo-
pie and spending large sums of money
setting them up on land and expecting
them to succeed. In most cases these
come to nothing but grief. A striking IL
lustration is furn shed by the public
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be successful through their own efforts,
aided by cooperation, knowledge and in
tensive. culture of the land.
Although ] think this a national prob
lem, / do not consider it the duty of
the government to entirely finance
schools for small holders. To be sure, a
state grant might be made, and county
authorities might help; also 1 look to
public-spirited men of wealth to give
the scheme the initial support that it
needs. Eventually. however. these col
leges should become self-supporting
Take the case of the school at Ringsted.
in Denmark, which was founded in
1903. 1t has accommodation for 200
men and women. and in 1910 it had in
structed more than 5000 people. 1t
started with q state loan of $16,625, Q
private grant of s11,350. and guaran-
teed loan of $4,155. made by towns
people and farmers interested. In 1910
the school, with it's experimental farm,
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Hawaii Guam and the Philippines!
Have the islands been bettered?
And what Is the present condition of our
| title Brown Cousins?
These are some questions / hope to
answer in the short series of letters Of
which this is the beginning.
know something of all these countries.
| travelled over Porto Rico at the time we
took charge. and went from there across
the Pacific to the Philippines. and studied
the islands from Luzon to Mindanao.
while they were still under military rule.
Later on / visited the Samoans. and later
still spent some time in Hawaii. ! know
what the peoples of these countrie were
when we took charge of them. !. want
to show you what they are now. There
are men here in Washington who are just
back from handling them, and the bureau
of insular affairs receives reports every
week as to the existing conditions.
have had access to this information. and
the most of it comes hot from the tropics
This letter is about Porto Rico. That
is a peach of an island! 1t is 100 miles
long. thirty-six miles wide, and it's soil
is as fat as the garden of Eden. II has
climate like paradise. and the range,
which many believe was the apple that
so tempted Eve. grows there quite as
well. At the time l was in Porto Rico,
however. the condition of the people was
nearer that Of hell than Of heaven. They
were miserably poor. There We're SOOOOO
of them, and three-fourths were so lean
that the bones of their vertebrae almost
sawed through their stomachs. 1t was
then a popular saying that one-third of
the people starved for fully one-fhird OF
the year. I found begears ever where,
and in San Juan, the capital. urday
was known as Beggars' day. an, that
time the beggars came around il, single
file to the merchants, each of whom put
a lot of coins worth six-tenths of a cent
on his desk. The beggars came in one by
one and took one coin only. departing
blessing the giver.
Today the beggars have disappeared.
and the governor reports that there is no
one without work. The population of
10000 or lit more has increased to
over 100000. and the whole atmosphere
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FAMOUS Novelist Gives
= His Views-Pleads for a
Back to the land Movement
to Forestall the Calamity
Says the Sucking Power of
the Cities is the Greatest
Danger Now Confronting
Civilization City Life Is
Turning Men and Women
Into a Set of Neurotics I'm
able to Face the Realities of
Existence, Says Haggard, and
Is Filling the Poorhouses,
the Asylums and the Hospi-
tails.
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III, writer has just
had a remarkable
interview with the
man of whom the
above was written.
In the library OF
his Norfolk home,
buckingham House,
deliberately d N d
with great earnest
ness he told of
what he called The
greatest problem
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HAT is Uncle Sam
doing as to his
share of the white
mans burden?
He shouldered it
at the close Of our
war with Spain and
he has now been
toting 1t for more
than thirteen years.
What have We
really accomplished
in Porto Rico,
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H. RIDER HAGGARD,

s.. III. RIDER HAGGARD,
Famous novelist and authority ON agri-
culture, who pleads for . back-tO-
the-land movement a. the only
means Of saving the white race fr0m
ultimate destruction.
that is, growing grain, raising produce
and sending milk to market, bearing in
mind that frequently he lacks capital
sufficient to enable him to stand the
strain Of q bad season or two, that he
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IRON Beggary to Big
! Business What Our
Porto Rican Trade Means
New Corporations and
Trusts-The Wealth Of
the People-One Thousand
Dollars Per Family-New
Banks and Their Deposits
Money in Sugar, Cocoanuts
and Coffee-Growing To-
bacco in Tents-Uncle Sans
Best Fruit Garden = How
Thirty Five thousand Acres
Of Arid Land Will Be Re
deemed.
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OLD STYLE PoRToRIcAN
SUGAR MILLS" SCORES
OF ABANDONED CANE
MILLS CAN Be SEEN"

is full of prosperity and progress. The
cities are growing. San Juan has now
As, 600, Ponce $4,000, Mayaguez 10000 and
Caguas 10000. Nevertheless the majority
of the people still live out in the coun-
try, less than one-tenth of them being in
cities of 10000 or over. The density of
population is now 325 per square mile,
which is an increase of forty-seven since
1899.
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1899.
The business of the island is growing
faster than that of any other of the
West Indies, and faster than most parts
of the United States. The Porto Ricans
used to buy almost altogether of Europe.
They now trade with us. and we have
IS per cent of their commerce. During
the past year the foreign trade increased
10 per cent or more than 1900 600. The
Porto Ricans bought from the United
States during that time more than $34,-
100000 worth of American goods, and
they sod almost that much of their home
produce to us. AS it is now there are
only six or eight countries of the world
to which we sell more than we do to
Porto Rico. and these are the United
Holland and Italy. The Porto R.cans buy
from us more than does either Russia.
Spain, Austria, China. Japan or Turkey
Take out the Argentine. and they buy
more than all South America. They buy
three times as much as the British East
Indies, and far more than either Japan
or China. Their trade is worth about
twice that of Africa and great deal
over, the business is steadily growing.
and it increased more than 100000 in
1910.
AS to the home business of the country.
that is exceedingly prosperous 1Hlrty-
two new corporations were organized last
year, and the year before that there were
more than a hundred home corporations
in existence, with an authorized capital
of SD COO, 900, while the foreign cor
porations registered had an authorized
capital of $500 coo 600 with paid in CAPT.
tai of over $135 100000. Last year twen-
ty-two new foreign corporations were
organized, and their capital was SILL
100000.
When | was in Porto Rico the people
were taxed to death. The assessments
were high and everything under the sun
had to pay. Today the taxes have been
cut down and the assessments are COM
paratively low. Nevertheless the value
of the property has enormously increased.
1t is now assessed at 1921 OOO. 600. and
this is estimated to be $15O0O,O0O below
the actual value. The per capita wealth
of the island is now about $780, or 81 900
per family of five. Take tropical island
where on the average. If the wealth were
divided every family would receive 81 600,
and you have the conditions as they now
are in Porto Rico.
Nevertheless the public debt is exceed
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Copyright, 49,: by Frank c. Carpentero
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1912-02-03
THE WOODMEN'S CIRCLE.
No. 212 Took place Last
Tuesday.

Installation of officers of Pine
Grove No. 212, Woodmen's Circle,
took place at the Woodmen Forest
Tuesday, January 81, 1912. Past
Guardian, Sovereign Corinne Smith,
installed the following officers to
serve for the ensuing year: Guard
AN, Sow. Louise De1ery; Clerk, Sow.
Merry Mutually; Attendant, Sow. Min
ME Coltora; Chaplain, Sow. Emma
Patrick; Banker. Sow. Cecile Cham
pagne; Adviser, Sow. Jessie Norman;
inner Sentinel, Sow. Lizzie MCGEE;
Outer Guard, Sow. Mary Hebert;
Physician, DR.. B. B. Warren; Man
ayers, DIR. B. B. Warren, Sovereigns
Lizzie Addison and Carmelite Kent
eel. .
After the meeting adjourned the
members were delightfully."- enter
tanned at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
James Mutually. which was beauti-
fully decorated with pine boughs and
other emblems of the Circle. Deli
cious refreshments we're served and
several toasts offered.
Mrs. Mutually is a charming host
ess and a very good time was enjoy
ed by all.
Those present, besides the host
and hostess, were: Mr.. and Mrs.
los. Delery, and Mines. w. N. Pat
rick, B. B. Warren, Thos. Hebert,
Archie Smith, Aug. Coig, P. E. The
riot, D. l. Addison, F. Norman, F.
Coltora, and w. H. Kentzel.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1912-02-03
A ST. TASfsIANY AVIATOR.

There are periods in life when we
would all like to fy-fy anywhere,
into the skies or even into the bow
els Of the earth-but when man in
the supreme happiness of buoyant
youthfulness is willing to risk his
neck in an aeroplane-"a real, gen.
uine aeroplane-airship," just for
the sake Of seeing how far he can
get of the earth's surface without
bidding it final farewell, then he
is either hypnotized or natural
born hen (nessey).
This is what Mr. Louis ]. Hennes-
sey has done. He writes in letter
to Mr.. Sanders: ION my trip the
aviator, Brindley, took me up nine
hundred feet, and could see across
the lake to the tall pines of st. Tam
many parish. We circled the track
seven times and it was the most
pleasant trip that l have ever had"
Such is life. In the distract mo-
ments of journalism a man is apt
to do most anything.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1912-02-03
DISTRICT COURT.
Cases Disposed of Up to Friday, Feb
ruary, 2, to Which Time the
Court Adjourned

Cases Disposed of Up to Friday, Feb
raary, 2, to Which Time the
Court Adjourned.
District Court went into session
Monday, with Judge Burns on the
bench and District Attorney Morgan
prosecuting. A few confessed 1udr-
ments were entered and the follow
ing cases disposed Of:
Sam Cousin, of Bayou Lacombe.
pleaded guilty to allowing minors in
his saloon and was sentenced to nav
"a fine Of 500 and costs.
Ben DeHart, Is years old, Of Pearl
River. pleaded guilty Of carrying con-
cealed weapons and was fined 500
OF thirty days in jail. Al he had
been in jail some time, his sentence
will expire in q few days. Judge
Burns talked to the boy quite At
length and gave him some excellent
advice.
A number of negro prisoners
pleaded guilty and were sentenced.
Albert Jefferson, guilty Of assault
fined SIS or thirty days; Sherman
and Herman Keys. guilty Of assault,
Monroe Brown, Ancy Dillon and
Felix Beardin, guilty Of larceny, sem
fenced to sixty days and costs; Tony
Taylor, guilty Of violating labor con-
tract, $25 and costs: Caed Mathews,
carrying concealed weapons, 500
or three months in fail; Jesse James,
guilty q larceny, twelve months ct
hard labor In the State penitentiary.
Court adjourned until Friday,
|TSttnlfy I.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1912-02-03
LACROIx MAKES ARREST.

Deputy Ed. Lacroix, while passing
the Mulberry Grove Hotel, Tuesday
saw Ernest Henry and Green Webb,
colored, making away with mat
tress. Henry had the mattress and
Webb was following with repeat
ing shotgun on his arm. Lacroix
asked them what they were going to
do with the things. For reply Hen
ry ran and Webb backed of with his
shotgun ready for use, and when he
made the cover of the building also
cleared out. Lacroix was driving
a spirited horse that becam fright
ened at the mattress and gun and
became unmanageable. In conse-
quence the negroes got away. We'd
nesday morning, however, nacroix
captured Henry at the Masonic Hall
and locked him up. The hotel has
been vacant for some time, except for
the furniture, making it easy for any
one inclined to steal.
Webb gave himself up Thursday
evening and both he and Henry are
out under $500 bonds.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1912-02-03
SCHOOL LEAGUE MEETING.
Preparations to be Made for the
State Convention at
ThibOdauX.

There is to be a meeting of the
School League of Covington at the
school house Monday, February 5,
at $40 p. m. The meeting is an i'm
portant one, insomuch as delegates
will have to be selected for the State
convention of School Leagues, which
will be held in Thibodaux, La, Feb.
Is and 16.
There is little doubt that school
leagues have been important factors
in the advancement of education.
The influence that has been felt so
strongly in the betterment Of local
conditions will have a Statewide
benefit, extended through the State
convention, that will react favorab-
ly and strengthen the local societies.
These conventions always bring to
view the most important part of the
work of the various sections, and be-
sides squirting energy add new ma
terial for both thought and execu-
ton.
The Covington league has been
given the honor of responding to the
address of welcome at the Thibo-
daux convention. Aside from this,
it is expected that Covin6ton will
make an effort to secure the next
convention here So there is plen-
ty of work to be outlined, besides
the selection of delegates, and the
meeting should be we'll attended and
very interesting.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1912-02-03
MAYOR GAYNOR DISCUSSES LEAP
YEAR POSSIBILITIES.

New York, Feb. Leap year pos
sibilities and the proper time to boil
eggs were among topics discussed by
Mayor Gaynor in an address yester-
day before 1876 girls of the senior
class in a public school.
'"The tidy woman who knows how
to sing a little, and dance little.
and jump through the hoop little,
if necessary, and knows how to cook
she is the woman worth having,
said the Mayor.
Other excerpts from the address to
the girls:
Look as pretty as you can"
"Be able to write nice, gossipy
letter."
Don't trouble yourself about the
future. You VIII come out ali
right"
Learn how to make your own
dresses and your own hats"
The mayor was shown an exhibit
ton of cooking that some of the
fourteen-year-old girls had done,
and he asked how long it would take
them to cook him an egg.
six minutes" one girl answered,
and the mayor fled in dismay.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1912-02-03
ARE SPIDERS LOOKING FOR
YOU?

An exchange prints the follow
ing amusing story of Mark Twain.
1t is not only illustrative of his ready
wit or savoir-faire, but Is worth
while to put before our advertisers
AZ lesson to be learned from q man
who not only believed in advertising
but could give good reasons for be-
lieving in It:
Beware, the Slider.
when Mark Twain in his earlier
days was editor of q country paper
q superstitious subscriber wrote to
him saying that he had found =
spider in his paper and asked il it
was sign of good or bad luck.
The humorist printed his answer
as follows: odd Subscriber-Find-
ing a spider in your paper is neither
good nor bad luck. The spider was
merely looking over the paper to see
what merchants are not advertising
so he will know where the other
spiders have their webs up
The item was sent to us by friend
Bear. who may have discovered some
cobwebs somewhere since the cleo
ton. He was Michel man.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1912-02-03
THE NEW F1REMEN's HALL.

A hall for the fire association of
Covington is q proposition that is
and should awaken a good deal of
interest in Covington. While the
fund is not large, with proper bust
ness management there will be little
trouble in carrying out the project.
The maintenance Of the association
is greatly assisted by the appropria-
ition of $1,000 yearly by the town
and the members are impressed with
the necessity Of building II their
own, the main difficulty being in find
ing q suitable building lot in conven-
lent part of the town. The building
will be a two-story structure, with
either office rooms or hall upstairs,
and will be conveniently arranged
for the different apparatus of the COM
Danie1.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1912-02-03
Personal and Local

Mr.. and Mrs. G. Galmiche enter
tanned a few children in honor of
their little daughters ninth anniver-
sary. The weather being unfavor-
able indoor games were INDUCED in
and every little one went home say
ing they had had a lovely time.
Virginia was we'll thought of and re-
ceived many nice presents. Among
those who We're able to attend were
the Misses Marie blanche, Lillian
and Florence Galmiche, Mita and
Lucille DeLabretonne, Mildred and
Irma Levy, Gertrude Jones, Alma
Frederick, Hazel Mcconnell, Myrtle
Brunei, and Virginia Galmiche, and
Masters Henry Levy, Marelian Com
eaux, Walter JONES' John Lambert,
Maurice blanche, Jr., Rene Galmiche,
and Daniel Dupriest, of New Or
leans. =
Mr.: and Mrs. Galmiche were as
sisted in entertaining by Mr.. and Mrs
l.. Levy, Mrs. Maurice blanche Mrs.
Simon Pujol, Mrs. v. Medal, Miss
Emma Heintz, Miss Amelia Galmiche
and Mr.. Emile Galmiche.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1912-02-03
TO THE PUBLIC.
STATE OF LOUISIANA.

STATE OF LOUISIANA,
Parish of st. Tammany.
Personally came and appeared be-
fore me, the undersigned, duly COM
missioned officer, after first being
duly sworn by me, deposeth and say
that they were the commissioners
and clerks and watchers of the cleo
ton held in the 5th ward on Janu-
airy %, 1912; that the election was
conducted honestly and fairly accord
ing to the Primary Election Law;
that every ballot cast for each can
didate was counted and Tailed as
cast for each and every candidate
a. shown by our tally sheet, (poll
list) returned by US to the Democrat
ic Executive Committee:
Math Mizell,
L. A. Talley,
r. c. Cooper.
Ezbon Cooper,
Watchers.
l.. C. T. Jenkins.
L. A. Mitchell.
R E. Williams,
SOuAA108AOAC10s
Walter Pierce,
T. NJ. Talley,
Clerks.
Sworn to and subscribed to before
me on February l, 1912.
B. B. MIZELL,
Justice of the Peace 5th Ward.
The object and purpose of the
above affidavit is to repudiate and
put down false impression and re-
port being circulated that the 5th
ward election returns we've held back
in the interest of Mr.. Warren Thorn
as, candidate for Assessor. One
cause Of the delay was when they
opened the State box there was not
any tally sheets in the box, and they
had to telephone to Covington for
instructions. After being advised to
provide them. it took them consid-
cradle time to get suitable paper.
They are all farmers and their in
tegrity and honesty is above re-
proach. Most of the commissioners
and clerks were serving their first
time as such. These facts alone
should eliminate the idea of any
crookedness or wrong doing.
The commissioner, Mr.. Williams,
is a brother of the defeated candi-
date for police juror for that ward.