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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-28

years the farmers would have been bank
rupt. and it is quite certain that unless
some great change comes over the condl-
remained stationary during the last ten
hard set TO feed itself
DR.. Clarence j. Owens. managing d.
rector of the Southern Commercial Con-
gress, and other officers of the congress
received the guests upon their arrival at
the hotel, an informal reception being
held prior to the banquet.
Guests at Banquet.
Those in attendance at the banquet
were: The President of the United States,
Sir Horace Plunkett, NJ. p; Sena-
tor Duncan =. Fletcher. Senator Francis
G.. Newlands. Nevada; Senator Hoke
Smith, Georgia: Senator AISLE j. Gronna,
North Dakota: Frederick Allen of New
York. Charles Carroll of CarrolltOn. Sena-
John II. Bankhead. Alabama: +. Dana
Durand. director of the census: DIR.
Wickliffe Rose. Representative Henry ID.
Clayton. Alabama: Representative Ralph
L. S. A.: A. II. Baldwin. Senator Atlee
Pomerene. Ohio; Senator Nathan p.
Bryan. Florida; Representative A. +.
Lever. South Carolina: Edwin Warfield.
Maryland; J. Seiwin TAFT, DR.. Clarence
J. Owens. Senator c. \. Culberson. Texas:
Maj. T. l.. Rhoads. L. S A., aid to the
President Senator Thomas S. Martin.
Virginia; Senator James A. oGorman.
New York: Representative Robert F.
Broussard, Louisiana, a. +. l.. Leckie.
Washington: Charles A. Douglas, Carl
deGroat. Representative Louis l.. Morgan.
Harry SnOwden Stabler Dr. John Lee
Coulter. Col. George A. ArmeS, L. s. A;
G. GrosvenOr Dave, Representative c. l..
Bartlett. Georgia: Arthur Willert,
NJ. Y. Richards, Industrial commissioner.
Southern railway: William Ii. Saunders.
Representative T. L. Sisson, Mississippi;
Representative Joseph r. Knowland Cal
ifornia; Col ]. D. Mcdonald, L. S. A:
Charles Hall Davis Virginia: Elliott II.
Goodwin, Richard B. Watrous, Robert
Dougan, W. 3. Lamar, Florida; Repre-
sentative William d. Stephens. CAL
ifornia; Representative Charles II. Sloan,
Nebraska: Wade H. Cooper Commander
J. S. Mexican, L. S. N: d. A. Skinner,
Representative Everis A. Hayes. Cali
fornia; G. A. Mattingly, Representative
G. n. Haughen, Iowa; Lieut.. Bernard II.
Camden, L. S. A: S. A. Thompson. Ru-
dolph De Zapp. John II. Ffnney, John l..
Martin, Gibbs l.. Baker Washington
Rufus Choate, California: Capt. J. F.
Knapp, L. S. A.: Col. H. T. Allen, L. s.
A: Commander Victor Blue, L. S. N:
Commander III. ]. Zeigemier, I. S. n.
w. S. Crosley, T. s. N;
Commander T. T. Cravens, L. s. n;
Capt. f. n. Johnson, L. S. A, and Will
liam Kettner.
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A DRUMMER'S TALE.
They Sometimes Tell True Ones.

\ quarter of a century ION the road
gives one some knowledge of hotel life
and the old drummers experience with
food is worth listening to.
After - years service as commercial
traveller with it's vicissitudes l found
myself about year ago very much the
worse for wear.
AT that time I was suffering from
nervous dyspepsia, my appetite was poor
and / could not sleep, finally reaching
state bordering on complete breakdown.
LAS medicine had failed utterly to help
me l was forced to look into the diet end
of it and what I learned induced me to
try a course Of Grape-Nuts and cream.
When it was not on the bill Of fare
l asked for 1t. and usually got it; SO for
several months i made my complete
breakfast on Grape-Nuts. with now and
then bit of toast.
Improvement commenced immediately
and has kept up steadily. and now my
general health is fine, better than it
has been for years. and i attribute the
Improvement to the use of Grape Nuts.
Il have proved in my own case this
food is perfect for stomach and nervous
troubles. and can recommend 1t to all
my fellow commercial tourists
Name given by Postum Co.. Battle
Creek, Mich.
Although Grape-Nuts is not always on
the bill Of fare nearly every hotel has it
in the kitchen and the guests can get it il
called for.
There's a reason why Grape-Nuts re-
stores health and strength.
Look in pkgs. for the famous little
book THE Road to Wellville."
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RENEWAL OF CONTEST.
Rival Bills in Interest of Agriculture
Before the Senate.

The fight in the Senate over the passage
of one of the rival agricultural extension
bills will be renewed Wednesday, All day
yesterday friends of the Smith Lever
bill. which has passed the House. and of
the Page BILL which is more extensive,
discussed the relative merits of the two
measures.
Senator Page introduced a revised form
of his own bill as anamendment or sub
stitute for the Snith-Lever bill. Embrac-
ing many features of the House bill, it
includes plans for federal aid in voca-
tional school training on a much larger
scale. Senator Page warmly defended his
substitute, and Senator HOke Smith re-
piled to him in behalf of the House bill.
One of the features of the day was the
presentation of a protest by Senator Root
of New York from Henry S. Pritchard
of the Carnegie Foundation, New York.
declaring that the Page measure would
commit the government to such extensive
educational work that it might result in
an endless demand for federal assistance
for local schools.
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WILL PROBE LAND DEAL
Texas Legislature Thinks Syn
dicate Got Too Many Acres
for Building Capitol.

AUSTIN. Tex, January 2S.-An inves-
tigation of the report that through mis-
take or fraud" the state of Texas decided
100000 acres of land to a Chicago syn
dictate which erected the state capitol. in
stead of the 100000 acres provided for
in the contract. has been ordered by the
lower house of the Texas Legislature
The resolution recites that in the sec
ton of this state where the land is To-
Gated it is currently reported and be-
lieved that the syndicate received 100000
acres more than was intended" and the
state land commissioner is asked to fur
nish data for further investigation il
necessary
The state capitol was erected by a syn
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-28
|GETTING GRAY? USE Sage TEA TO
RESTORE NATURAL COLOR OF HAIR.

ready-to-use preparation. called
"Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Hair
Remedy Customers like this best
because il darkens so naturally. So
evenly. that nobody can possibly
tell it has been applied. Beside, it
contains ingredients which take
off dandruff. stop scalp itching and
falling hair. No. it isn't dye or
even like IL You just dampen :
sponge or soft brush with
"Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur and
draw it through your hair. taking
one small strand at a time. BY
morning the gray hair disappears:
after another application or two
it is restored to its natural color
What delights the ladies with
Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur l. that
besides beautifully darkening the
hair they say it brings back the
gloss and luSter and gives il an
appearance OF abundance. Agent
James O'Donnell. Druggist. po4 l.
It. NV.
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ENGINEERS USE THE TIDES
FOR PUSHING CANAL WORK
Heavy Seas Help to Shape Panama
Breakwater and Prisoners Are
Building Highway.

Instead Of being discouraged by the
heavy seas that are pounding the At
lantic approach TO the Panama canal
the engineers under Col. George w
Goethals have harnessed the tides and
are making them aid in advancing the
work, according 10 advices from the
Canal Zone. The sea is assisting ma
terially in shaping up the giant break
water that will guard the Atlantic en-
trance to the canal. by beating the
seward slope Of the trestle work into
the angle desired by the engineers
The trestles, extending 11,700 feet
from the shore, are now completed.
and the work of filing them with
heavy rock is proceeding rapidly. Some
difficulty was experienced in placing
until the gigantic power of the ocean
was utilized.
No idle hands in the Canal Zone" is
the watchword adopted by the army
engineers digging the Panama canal.
who have put the prisoners Of the An
con district to building a macadam
road, sixteen feet wide and nearly two
miles long. from the Corozal-Diablo
from the Canal Zone say the highway
is entirely within the zone, and will
provide an important link in the mill
tary highway system that VIII be COM
pleted simultaneously with the open
ing of the canal The prisoners are
stationed in stockade near the Coro-
Zal police station, and rapid progress is
being made in the road construction.
Il ha -
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dictate known as the Capital Syndicate.
and also as the FarWell Syndicate APP
proXimately 3.Ho.u0o acres OF land were
decided to the syndicate in 1876 in cOnsid-
GRAFTON Of the erection of the present
Capitol building. The land was appraised
at 80 cents per acre. but now is said to
be worth from So TO $50 per acre. II is
located in the plains country Of the pam
handle.
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what should he sec just ahead of him
but the head of Danny Meadow Mouse
pop out of one of those little round door
ways ReddyS mouth Watered and he stole
forward more softly than ever. When
he got within jumping distance he drew
his stout hind legs under him and made
ready to spring. Presto. Danny Meadow
Mouse had disappeared, Reddy Fox jump
ed just the same and began to dig as fast
as he could make his paws go. He could
smell Danny Meadow Mouse and that
made him almost frantic.
All the time Danny Meadow Mouse was
scurrying along one of his little tunnels.
and when finally Reddy Fox stopped dig
ging because he was quite out of breath,
Danny popped his head out of another lit
tie doorway and laughed at Redjy. OF
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Peace Efforts Recognized.

Dr. Estrada Cabrera. President of
Guatemala. has been promoted from the
rank of knight commander to the rank
of grand officer of the Legion of Honor
That action was taken by the French
government in recognition of the efforts
OF the Guatemalan president to advance
the causes of peace and progress in South
America.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-28
Says Sage and Sulphur
Darkens Hair Beautifully
and Ends Dandruff.

Hair that loses its color and
luster. or when it fades. turns gray.
dull and lifeless Is caused by a
lack of sulphur in the hair. says
we'll known local pharmacist. Our
grandmother made up a mixture
of Sage Tea and Sulphur to keep
her locks dark and beautiful. and
even today this simple preparation
has no equal. Millions of women
and men. too. who value that even
color. that beautiful dark shade of
hair which is SO attractive use only
Sage Tea and Sulphur.
Nowadays we are not bothered
with the task of gathering the sage
leaves and the mussy mixing at
home. Simply ask at anv drug
store for 5o-cent bottle of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-28
FOR BETTER SYSTEM
Improved Farming Methods
Urged by President Taft.
NECESSITY, HE DECLARES
Makes Address at Banquet in Honor
of Irish Statesman.
VALUE OF SOIL EMPHASIZED
Remarks by Honor Guest and by
Senator Fletcher - of Southern
Commercial Congress.
VALUE OF SOIL EMPHASIZED

That the United States is reaching the
point where unless something is done in
the way of improving its methods of ag
ricuture. it must begin to calculate upon
importing much of what it's people cat
was the declaration of President Taft at
banquet given by the Southern Com
merciail Congress at the Shoreham Hotel
last night in honor of Sir Horace Curzon
Plunkett of Ireland
Senator Duncan L. Fletcher. president
of the congress, who presided, announced
that the American commission which is
to sail for Europe April 70 for the pur-
pose of studying. cooperative rural cred
it's will enlarge the scope Of its inquiry.
examining into the business organization
of agriculture in Europe. Sir Horace
Plunkett. originator of the financing of
agriculture in Ireland, will accompany
the commission.
The honor guest was presented by Sen
ator Fletcher He had begun a descrip-
ton of Ireland rural credit system when
the President arrived. shortly after 10
o clock. He announced that he would con-
clude the speech after the President had
addressed the gathering. President Taft
spoke in high terms of what Sir Horace
has accomplished for the farmers of Ire
land. and referred to him as a real pro-
EreSSiVe,
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Meadow Mouse and yet seemed to be
asleep. Danny watched him for a long
time. Then he chuckled to himself and
dropped out of sight.
No sooner was he gone than Reddy Fox
stole over close to the little doorway and
waited He'll surely stick his head out
again to see if I'm asleep and then I'll
have him." said Reddy to himself. So
he waited and waited and waited. BY and
by he turned his head. There was Danny
Meadow Mouse at another little doorway
laughing at him.
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course, Reddy saw him and, of course,
Reddy tried to catch him there and dug
frantically just as before. And. of course,
Danny Meadow Mouse wasn't there.
After a while Reddy Fox grew tired of
this kind of a game and tried another
plan. The next time he saw Danny Mea-
dow Mouse stick his head out freddy pre-
tended not to see him He stretched HIM
self out on the ground and pretended that
he was very tired ard sleepy. He closed
his eyes. Then he opened them just the
tiniest bit so that he could see Danny
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-28
President Taft's Address.
He spoke as follows:

He spoke as follows:
''In our workaday politics one some
times gets just little bit tired of the
use of the term progressive by gentle
men who make no progress except in its
use for platform purposes. and therefore
when YOU meet a man who has really
made the progress for his people that We
are all seeking he is entitled to our sin
cere tribute OF respect.
There is not anything that the South
ern Commercial Congress has done that
shows the sincerity of its purpose more
than this honor to Sir Horace Plunkett.
He has been engaged in a country in
which the Accommodations of mistaken
legislation had produced such condition
that it needed almost the surgeons knife
to bring about betterment, but the his
tory of the land Legislation of Ireland is
one that now, with its successful result,
we ought to study for the purpose of en-
abling us to see whether we cannot take
something from that experience to help
us on.
1T is true they have no constitution
in England or IN Ireland that is written.
and parliament iS absolute and there
were good many things done with re-
spect to land in ireland that we could
not do here under our Constitution, and
that would not have been justified, except
for the evils that had grown out of par
Iiamentary legislation and of miSstate-
mentor a misunderstanding certainly
of the necessities of Ireland.
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Conditions Analysed.

what is it which has brought the
condition Of your agriculture into fore
most position among the questions of the
dave / think the answer is plain. The
farm lands of the United States are not
producing anything like the amount of
food which the rapidly increasing popula-
ton of the country demands. The best
experts are unanimous that the yield per
acre might be enormously increased with
ont any serious difficulty. The American
farmer has now, through the Department
of Agriculture. the agricultural colleges
and universities and the agricultural
press, all the educational facilities and
information which are needed for an ad-
yanced husbandry. Transportation facili-
ties are ample. and freight charges are
low, compared with European rates. The
price of agricultural produce has gone up
some so per cent in the last ten years.
'.In spite of all these advantages. the
actual amount of food produced has not
increased nearly as rapidly the pop
ulation Of the country, and it is album
dainty evident that for some cause or
other the farmer is not rising to his OPP
portunities. 1t loo6s as if, had prices
remained stationery during the last ten
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-28
Achieves Great Success.

Now Sir Horace Plunkett has worked
in that field and he has made a great
success: and it is certain that the South
ern Commercial Congress in looking to
the Improvement of the south, and the
Improvement of the agricultural methods
and the Improvement of those methods
with relation to the Improvement of the
people engaged in agriculture. has done
something that can he of great assistance
to them Now ] came here to say that,
and that only.
The subject of credits, and the neces-
sity for improving the method Of the Sc
curing of better credit to the farmers, is
one that | have discussed. taking much of
1t on credit because / haven't had the
personal experience that justites me in
speaking with any authority. The results
that we have seen in Germany and IN
France and in other cOuntries-dOubtless
i'm Ireland-make me think that we would
be without our usual willingness to adapt
everything good that We see unless we
take up this subject, study it. as you pro
pose to study 1t. through your commits
sion and then adapt ii through the states
i'm so far as it may be adapted to our
civilization and our people
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-28

Rev II. G.. Bond Of Liberty. Kan, mas
accepted the call to the Central Christian
Church of Bristol Va.
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and cream.
and cream.

His health began improve for the that
in a while will reach place where the system
becomes clogged and the machinery doesn't work
smoothly.
change OF this kind puts aside bulky food OF low
tve value and takes up food OF the highest valuepart
ly predgesed and quickly changed into good rich blood
and healthy tissue.
a few weeks use OF Grape-Nuts food gives de
gree OF nervous strength and comfort we'll worth the
trial
"There'S a Reason"
Read letter to right.
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Confronted by Necessity.

I'VE used to think that we could not
learn anything about agriculture from the
other side; that were SO rich and that
over to England, where they had to cult
vate down to the last foot, was to do
something that indicated a retrogresSiOn
rather than a progression: but now We
are reaching a point where We can cal
culate that unless we do something in the
way of improving our methods of agri-
culture we shall be at point where we
shall have to import what we eat. and We
shall become dependent other coun-
tries, rather than to feel the independence
which has swelled our heads to point
We have a great deal to learn, and L
doubt not that from such authority as
Sir Horace Plunkett we can learn great
deal.
THE south has a great deal to learn.
She is learning. She is learning rapidly
in her exchange of cotton for a diversi-
fed planting.
by way of suggestion to your commission,
and that is that you study the question
unless you think it is too ambitious-of
how they unite water transportation by
canal with other methods of tranSporta-
ton so that you can make what seems
to be an economical method Of trans
porting foOdstuffs really so, so that the
use Of your waterways. of which you
have so many in the south may be really
practical and not destroyed by the ex-
orbitant cost of reShipment and OF the
terminals 1 think that might be a sub
ject that we could all study to great
purpose, and certainly the farmers The
farmers of the south are much interested
in solving that question Of terminals.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-28
Plans of the Commission.

Senator Fletcher. before introducing the
speakers. told of the plans of the commits
sion which is to go abroad in the spring.
to make an exhaustive study of the bust
ness organization of agriculture in
Europe. He said the commission will
examine into the methods employed by
progressive agricultural communities in
production and marketing and in the
financing of both operations.
Senator Fletcher said in part:
every governor in the Union, except
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-28
Change the Vibration
1t Makes for Health

A man. at odds with his stomach, tried leaving off
his usual diet, and adopted a breakfast OF
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-28
Improvements and Economy.

ut is all right to talk about making
waterways deep. but You have got to give
the business to be transported on that
waterway, and YOU have got to make
that transportation more economical than
by railway. That is the problem we have
not solved. They have solved it in Eu-
rope in many places. They have solved
ii is some ways, ] think, by the fact that
the government controls the use of the
waterways and assigns certain classes
of goods to the waterways and certain
classes of goods TO the railroads, and in
terferes with that competition which now
gives to the railroads the opportunity to
make your river transportation practical
ly useless by such "a sharpness of COM
petition and a reduction of rates that it
discourages the investment of capital in
river terminals and river transshipments.
But l had not intended to go into that
subject. l only came here to express. on
behalf of the whole country, the pleasure
we have in the presence Of gentleman
who has shown by what he has done-not
by what he has said-and by what he has
brought about that he is a progressive
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-01-25
Senate Notes

The state textbook commission Is In
creased from five to seven members by
tho addition OF two SuperinteDdents OF
schools to be named by the stale board
OF education In a bin introduced ycster-
day by Senator Joseph EckcrsJey OF
Wayne The bill also provides that the
state shall furnish free OF cost. instead
oil III actual cost as at present. the
number OF courses OF study ordered by
the superintendent OF schools
Senator George j. Kelly OF Weber yes
terday introduced a bill facilitating the
method Of securing the release CT q
prisoner from the state pcnitcntiary
when he is suhpoenaed AS witness,
Under the present law it Is necessary TO
secure q writ OF habcas corpus. Under
the proposed law all that VIII be neces-
sary is an order from the court, the
order 10 be served by the sheriff OF the
county in which Il Is issued
Compensation for expert witnesses. the
amount to be nxcd by the court, Is pro-
vIded In bill introduced yesterday by
Senator Kelly OF Weber, The bill pro-
Yides that the eSper, witnesses may bc
allowed such compensation for their serv-
ices as may be Just and rea sonablc. IN
connection with this bill Senator Kelly
introduced another measure, which ap-
propIiates 500 each 10 DIS. a. So Con-
don and q. w. Groeu for professional