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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-16
EARM cREplrs.

In an address before the First Ma
tional Conference on Marketing and
Farm Credits, at Chicago, Homer c..
Price, dean of the Ohio State univer-
sity, compared the German and Amer
lean systems of farm financing. Pro-
Price showed that Germany has the
best system of farm financing in the
world As a direct result of this,
German agriculture is on a perma-
nent basis. and the average crop yield
OF the German empire is greater than
for any other equal area in Europe
or America
German farmres regularly secure
long time farm loans at per cent
interest, through their cooperative
farm mortgage so-called land
schaften societies. These societies
are farmers organizations pure and
simple, under direct government con-
troll, and have outstanding over one
billion dollars in farm loans. The
loans are repaid in small annual in
stallments and after once made can
not he called in or the interest rate
raised
i The land mortgage banks of Ger
many are simply the result OF apply,
ing business principles to farm fin
ances. Instead OF each farmer seek
ing his loan individually they have
organized and substituted collective
! credit for individual credit and a
+ negotiable for a practically non-nego-
table security They have organized
to market their farm securities TO
better advantage and to avoid the ire
mendous waste Of time and expense
involved in each farmer borrowing
individually Explaining the German
farm financing system. Professor
Price said:
For personal credit, the Germans
nave developed their Raffeisen sys.em
OF rural banks, which are the model
OF the world and in the last half cen.
fury have spread over practically all
Europe. IN Germany alone there are
over fve million dollars wear.
through these banks the '1andless
man with Character, inustry and
heaIth, mas opportunity to borrow
working capital to begin farming Al
the same time they serve as sayinp IS
; banks for the rural population IN
! which they may invest their earni, 90
} and secure interest on them u iii IL = !,
i remarkable fact that seventv.6ye nor
cent Of the working capital Of these Csc
banks is derived from the savinos a.
posits of the rural population. 1e
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-16

During the recent sessions of the
American Academy of Political and
Social Science at Philadelphia, the
high cost of living was the theme of
discussion by many speakers of ma
tional prominence. Amos Pinchot ad-
vocated the eurbing of monopolies by
national law. Albert Shaw thought
that the farmers were wasteful and
that their productivenes could be
greatly increased. Martha Van
Rensselaer, suggested the training of
women in economy. Dean Lewis of
the Pennsylvania University Law
school spoke for the minimum wage.
Mrs. Julian Heath. organizer of the
Housewives League, urged the elm
ination of the middleman.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-16


The agitation for better rural
ing demand that will be superseded
by something else next year. 1t is
fundamental to permanent system
of agriculture. With an investment
of over $4,000, 100000 in agriculture
and an Indebtedness of over $4,000
100000. American farmers are begin
ming to awaken to the fact that they
are paying from s1G0,000.o00 to $12a.
cocoon more interest eacn year than
would be necessary if they had their
credit system properly organized We
talk about economy in marketing and
distributing farm products. But where
is there the opportunity TO make the
saving that there Is in marketing
farm securitieso There Is no better
security than arabic farm lands. but
until the mortgages are converted
into negotiable securities the farmer
making loan on his farm mortgage
is handicapped just as much as
farmer a hundred miles from ship
ping point is in marketing his wheat
crop He is too far from, the market.
1t costs 100 much to get into the chan
mel of trade.
What American farmers need is not
government loans or any special con-
cession from bankers it is simply TO
organize their securities so that they
will he desirable collateral for aav
kind Of a loan 1t is because rural
credit is not organized in this coun-
try that farmers pay from two to
three per cent more interest than
other Industrial enterprises do on Sc
curity that is not SO good as the farm.
err offers,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-16
lAPAM,s PRoTEsT.

The so-called yellow peril is again
disturbing the California public and
incidentally making diplomatic
crisis between the United States gov
eminent and that of Japan Atten-
ton of the whole country was called
TO the pending bill in the California
legislature to prevent aliens from
holding land by the announcement at
Washington that the japanese am
hassador, Baron Chinda, had called
on Secretary of State Bryan, and filed
the formal protest of his government
against the proposed legislation. Next
day six of the California members of
congress called on Bryan to tell him
that the people of that state were
unanimous in the demand that the
Japanese be barred from owning or
leasing farm lands there, that the
japanese coolies We're rapidly taking
up the. farm lands of the state, and
that their ability to live cheaply en-
abled them to compete with all COM
ers in the prices at which they could
Sell luSlr pIOuuCtS. IL Is SdIu ludt
the Japanese farmers have increased
coo per cent in the last ten years.
President Wilson has now taken per-
scnal charge of the question. and it
is intimated he will not interfere with
the passage of the bill. holding that
its bearing on treaty rights will have
to be decided by the supreme court.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-16

The pearl button factory at Column
bus Junction has shut down. The
Fairfield Ledger. in recording the fact
takes occasion to say:
The reason assigned is that there is
little demand for the Iowa product in
the face of revision of the tariff and
the prospect of surrender of the
home market TO the foreign button
maker. The Iowa button is SO good
and so cheap that the slight duty
upon 1T cannot materially affect the
cost of living but it is possible that
the industry may be ruined by free
trade congress.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-16
Now Remember This.

Galesburg Observation-Disclosures: IN
this country when all The factories
are running full and when the rail
roads are all carrying their goods,
times are good Much depends on
keeping UP his status.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-16

DR.. Howard NOVEL; of the Boston
University announces that he has by
a chemical process produced cancer
in healthy rabbits, and from them has
evolved a serum that immunizes the
animals. He now proposes to try it
on human patients
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-16

The bin appropriating $4,000 to send
survivors OF the battle of Gettysburg
to the fiftieth anniversary of that
conflict next July has been fayorably
reported by the house committee on
appropriations at Des Moines. The
bill has already passed the senate IT
provides that all union and confeder-
ste veterans who are survivors of the
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-16

Despite the expressed wish of the
President that the tariff measure be
left to free and open discussion in the
house. the Democratic leaders have
held to their own policy of having the
measure read and adopted, section by
section, in a secret caucus of the
party. This demonstrates that the
Underwood leadership is in complete
control.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-16
How to Dispose Of GARBAGE.

DIN A Evans in Chicago Tribune.
Ihe least important part of the gar
page problem is garbage disposal, yet
IL Is the part on which most thought
has been put Aside from the fnan.
clal end Of the question nobody is in
teressed much In garbage disposal ex.
cept the people who live near the 10.
cations where the garbage is disposed
of.
They sometimes object to being
made dumping ground for the bal.
ance of the community. They say it
ruins the value of their property. that
1t breeds flies; that it causes foul
odors, and that it raises their sickness
rates. They work themselves into hys.
terics. To them garbage disposal has
vital interest. To the balance 81
the community it has only financial
interest
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-16

Printers are interested in a new in,
yention which melts linotype metal
by electricity instead of gas, recently
given trial at the government print.
ing office. It is stated that the pro-
cess handled the days melting with
out break and turned out solid
slugs.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-16

Six methods of garbage disposal
are made use Of:
l. Garbage dumps are the least to
be commended. and at the same time
are. most frequently made use of
There is some advantage In filling In
low places. Sometimes such places
become pools of yater In such pools
mosquitoes may breed and children
may drown There is a wee bit of
usually farfetched argument in favor
of filling in such low places. But
they can be filed in with household
rubbish and, particularly, with ashes,
cinders, sweepings, and excavation
dirt with economy and advantage and
no harm result from such procedure.
A scientific study of levels and the
use OF city wastes other than wet gar
bage in relation thereto would be we'll
worth the while Of any community. A
city could save millions by buying up
gullies, clayholes. and marshes and of
fering builders. rubbish collectors,
and producers of ashes free use use
OF such spaces for dumping purpose.
and make millions thereby. Bos.
ton has tried It: Cleveland has made
gullies and washes" into school sites
and hospital grounds to great advan-
tage
On the other hand, garbage dumps
are always fringed by half mile or
more Of territory in which the baby
death rate is scandalously high. Car
bage dumps seem somehow to breed
scandals Of as many hues as Joseph's
Goa. Graft Is thick in, on, and around
them They are about as harmful as
graft breeders as they are as fly
breeders
The men who advocate garbage
dumps say that flies can be kept down
with antiseptics and black dirt II
has been proved that fly larvae, ha. CHI
ing out under six feet OF black dirt
would burrow to the surface. The
layer OF black dirt or sand over gar
bage is never more than few inches
thick
The fly killers and fly repellants
used on garbage dumps are ineffec-
tive. Even If results could be accom-
plished with these chemicals the
amount used would make the cost
prohibitive.
Why speculate The swarms OF
flies that hover around and are dis
seminated from dumps constitute the
best possible evidence thai dumps are
fly breeders. The odor from dump
is of no health consequence. There
Is nothing TO he said in favor of gar
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-16

Abe Martin declares without fear
OF successful contradiction that the
man who is through with the Repub,
lican party is getting to be as big a
bore as the self.nade man.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-16
ocrastlnatIon.

0elwein Register: 'Tin the same
old way. The greater part Of the
work OF the Legislature remains to be
done in the last ten days. "Procras
tination is the thief OF time in the
general assembly as well as else
where,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-16

Former Speaker Cannon says that
he now has time for prayer. 'Tis WE'LL,
The prayers Of the righteous availeth
much
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-16

According to Kansas paper hus.
band is mot necessarily a disagure
ment.' From the Iowa standpoint a
good deal depends on circumstances.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-16

A Paris dispatch announces that a
prominent Cubist painter has gone in
sane. That would seem to be about
zero in journeys.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-16
TIE SONG OF The smAT1ER.

THE SONG OF THE sWATTER.
with Apologies TO Hood.)
With muscles weary and worn
And glazing light in her eye,
She swung with vim. and yisage
grim,
And swatted luckless fly.
Swat, swat, swat and switch,
At window and door and chair,
And she sang in voice Of dolorous
pitch,
The while she was swatting there.
Swat, swat, swat, while the flies
crawl in the cream;
Swat, swat, swat, till l swat them
in my dream
There is no Board OF Health
In the realms OF the barbarous Turk
To bid you creep on the fly by stealth,
And swat it at its work.
Swat. swat, swat, till the brain be
gins TO swim
Swat. swat, swat she shrieked
'Ho. Ho, Ho! by George, I've landed
him
Big and little and all,
Fat and skinny alike,
| swat them all, ON the parlor wall,
Wherever l chance to strike.
O, It's well for the Eskimo,
That he lives meath the frozen sky,
In the land of perennial, beautiful
snow,
And never buzzing fly,
On, tbs well for the Hottentot,
That he never has heard OF germs,
And isn't compelled to swat and swat
Throughout the hottest of heaten
terms.
Oh. for one long, lone hour,
To sit by myself and think,
But no. | must swat in the dining
room,
And swat by the kitchen sink.
I've swatted them up the stairs,
And I've swatted them down again.
I've swatted them singly and In pairs
And once ! swatted ten
With eyes that were keen and wan.
She came with cautious tread,
And swatted a fly that had settled
upon,
Her husbands shiny head.
Swat. swat, swat, she stifled his
startled cry,
AS off she shot,
To reach for a fly
With another swat,
This doleful song of the fly.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-16

The Oskaloosa Herald explains that
one reason the minutes fly so fast is
because they are making up time.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-16
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY.

Search for the truth is the mobiles,
occupation of man; it's publication is
duty-Madame de Stael.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-16

It's the first fly that counts into
other flies Swat it,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-16
His Ghost Protector.

5''~ro''' iNNhbitnsI
Knows capricious spring.
The protector on his chest
Is useful thing.
Louisville Courfer-Journal
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-16

battle and living in Iowa may take adj
vantage of the appropriation. No one
individual will receive more than $50.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-08-01
RULES IN REGARD TO
NURSES QUALIFICATIONS

Attorney General Crawford this
morning rendered two opinions in an
swer to requests, one concerning the
duties of the hospital board in regard
to requiring that nurses must be gradu
ates Of training school connected with
an incorporated hospital. The opinion
holds that the hospital need not be in.
corporated, but that it must be "repu.
table" The attOrney.general points
out that the training school at an in.
corporated hospital might be rather
poor, while that at an unincorporated
one might be an ideal school The 9th.
er opinion is concerning the herding of
foreign sheep in Oregon. He holds that
there can be but one conviction for
this offense, and that the offense is
not a separate but continuous one.
The law requires that a license be TAX.
en- out by the owner before herding
foreign sheep in this state, and that
failure to do this can be prosecuted
out once, the fine covering the license
provisions.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-08-01
RICH" MAN CAN'T GET
BAIL AND STAYS IN CELL
UNITED PRESS LEASED wmn.l ]

UNITED PRESS LEASED wmRl
Seattle, Wash, Aug. L." Pomme de
Terre; Corned Beef; Cabbage, Cafe
Non"
This is the way the Kangaroo court
worded the bill of fare WHICH tickel
the palate of Adolph A. Gust, the
wealthiest guest at the King county
Jail today.
Not often has the Kangaroo court
such distinguished visitors, such promi-
nent men of finance, as Gust.
An unsympathetic world says Gust is
worth 100000, but Gust can't produce
$1,000 bonds, says his attorney,
"What property Gust has" says
Attorney saulsberry, "is tied up by
Judge Humphries receivership order
Gust hasn't any cash at all. His prop.
erty is clouded by the divorce decree
awarding Mrs. Gust half of it, and is
encountered otherwise"
saulsberry's application for writ
of habeas corpus in Gust S behalf was
turned down by Judge Humphries yes.
terday.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-08-01
SOME LITTLE JOURNEYS
INTO FASHION LAND

The parasol is an indispensable item
Of the properly furnished sunny day
toilet, and has been brought to that
position by the small hat triumph.
Moreover it is a most alluring affair
and can be purchased in a number OF
editions de luxe, An exquisite affair
is made entirely of satin roses with a
very tall black velvet covered stick.
For smart affairs the handpainted
chiffon paraSol is liked with yelling
of net to emphasize the mystery Of the
work, and for the day steuciling upon
silk is striking, Tall sticks are a fea.
turo Of the new parasols, euamoled to
match the covering Some sticks have
glittering serpents and lizards crawl.
ing over thom--a change after the pow.
dering OF gems that was modish las,
year-and others owe their originality
to their ribbed appearance, in that par.
tcular carrying out an idea expressed
in various summer fabrics.
We are onjioying the hot weather by
wearing flowers great deal; indeed,
at present our hats are like tho par.
terrcs of tho gardens that glow with
the purple Of the iris and tho rich
splondor of the peonv.
Frocks Of voilc and other light ma.
terials for summer wear worn with low
collars, are finished with little posics
of satin flowers, The miniature bunch
fastCns down one point Of tho collar
and is made up Of ono tiny rosebud
one violet, one sprg OF forget ,mc.nots,
cornflowers, lilac or violets and have
a narrow border Of the same color.
Some Of the now hat crowns and
brims are covered entirely with bro.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-08-01
MINE MANAGER NOT GUILTY
OF NUMBERING MISSIONARY


Juneau, Alaska, Aug. 1.-Joseph
Macdonald, general manager of the
Consolidated Mining and Milling com.
pany of Guanajuato, Mexico, and for
mer superintendent of the Treadwell
mine here, is acquitted here today by
the jury that tried himf on a charge Of
numbering N c. Jones, a mission work
er, on May IA, 1902.
The jury was out two hours. The
jurors said they would have given a
verdict without leaving the jury box
if they had known such verdict would
have been permissible.
Mrs. Macdonald, wife of the defend
ant, tainted when the verdict was an
nounced, but was revived later. The
defendant shook hands with the jurors,
and the people in the court room crowd.
ed about him to congratulate him. Mac.
Donald, his wife, son and a daughter
will depart at once for their home in
Guanajuato. A second daughter, who
has been attending the trial will return
to school in Massachusetts,
Macdonald pleaded self-defense, His
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-08-01
DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS WILL
SETTLE CURRENCY BILL.
UNITED PRESS LEASED wIRE.l

Washington, Aug, 1.-The Demo.
cratic members of the house banking
committee yesterday afternoon agreed
to disagree on the currency bill. They
plan to settle all difficulties over the
measure at a Democratic caucus to be
held August IL and notice TO that
effect was issued at the caucus this
afternoon.
Several amendments to the Glass
Owen bill were offered this afternoon.
Glass proposed an "advisory board "
Of 10 bankers, one from each regional
reserve district, to act with the gov
ernment reserve board, the latter tc
remain supreme, Today the committee,
men will vote on the various amend.
ments, Four and probably six reports
on the bill are expected, including two
minority reports,
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-08-01
MoKI SNAKE DANCE TO
BE SHOWN IN NEW FILM.

In "Tbe Snake" film now ready
for release, exhibitors are to be Offered
one Of the most novel and interesting
Indian stories yet pat out by the Bi-
son Company. The chief feature will
be a fight with a rattlesnake by Har-
ry Won Meter as Captain Dan, and Art
Ortigo, "The Snake" an Indian snake
priest.
A huge rattlesnake, one of 65 to be
shown, will crawl back and forth over
the bare arms of Captain Dan and
the snake priest, while rs Indians
watch to see which one it will strike,
The snake will choose the Indian and
will be shown actually biting him.
Another big feature of the picture is
to be Moki snake dance by Princess
Mona Darkfeather, the foremost wo-
man in pictures in Indian roles. With
big reptile in her mouth and Others
clinging about her ankles and arms, she
will dance to the weird beating of
tom.toms.
At Universal City are complete In
dian village and $50 Indians who live
their life before the camera. The hills
and mountains and plains which are
part of the 1900 acres making up
Universal City afford AN ideal en-
vironment for Indian stories, and Direc'
tor Montgomery. has no equal as a pro
ducer of them.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-08-01
sToRK, NOT DIVORCE, NEAR
FOR GLADYS VANDERBILT
UNITED rnrss 1nAsrp WIRE.

Long Branch, N. j., Aug. 1.--Alfred
G. Vanderbilt, who arrived at the horse
show grounds yesterday afternoon,
says there is absolutely no truth in the
rumor that his sister, the Countess
Szechenyi, contemplates obtaining a di-
vorce, A report which was sent by
cable from Paris said that the Petit
Parisien, newspaper Of that city,
had received dispatch from Budapest,
which it published, saying that the
former Gladys Moore Vanderbilt con.
tcmplatod beginning action for divorce
at once. The heavy losses Of Count
Sezchenyi in business ventures was
given as the cause.
II was learned from the most reliable
sources that the count and countess are
now in England, whore a baby is likely
to be born to Countess S2echeuyi some
time next month.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-08-01

try, homeseekers coming into
country, the sage brush land N
and after the arrival Of theh
seeker and generally give a trl
picture of the opportunities and
sibilities Of Central Oregon.
Louis W. Hill is one Of ths h
most of Northwest developers snll
lieves in the motion picture M
widespread publicity to what tN
has to offer to newcomers.
The Pathe people have also Hu,
a reel showing the scenery Of hA
chutes canyon where the HTl d
expended an enormous sum 4 al
to build the oregon Trunk nll
into the Central part Of the state
pictures secured by the Pathe M
are the first of the kind ever hlaI
Oregon and will be shown IN Al d
ing motion picture theaten al 4
the world.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-08-01

man was taken to Burns, in Harney
county, by automobile a distance Of
150 miles. For a week the Pathe re-
preventative toured Harney county
covering more than 1000 miles by au-
tomobile to secure films that will
show to the world the openings for
homeseekers on the free government
lands of Oregon.
While a visitor on the Double o
ranch, owned by Hanley, more than
1000 head Of cattle were rounded up
for the pictures. Motion picture pano-
ramas will show the extent Of the
great valleys of Central Oregon and
the Bitten canal, just completed by
Hanley through the Bitten valley
This big irrigation ditch, formed by
the waters of the Bitten river, drains
more than 100000 acres Of land ant
is forty miles long. The pictures
will show the hog and sheep indus
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-08-01

Oregon will be set in motion all
over the world as result of visit
to the state by Ralph R. Earle, repre-
senting Pathe's weekly, a motion pic
ture record of events which is seen
each week in picture houses through
out the United States and European
countries by more than 2O,OO0,OOO
people.
1t was with the cooperation of Louis
W. Hill, chairman of the board Of
directors of the Great Northern rail-
way and William Hanley, of Burns,
Oregon, that the motion picture man
was enabled to secure some very re-
markable views of Central Oregon
agricultural and industrial scenes.
Making the trip into Bend over the
Oregon Trunk railroad, the Hill line
that has opened up the great Central
Oregon country, the motion picture