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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-03-15

ABOR men and particularly the
Officers and members Of the United
- Mine Workers OF America, are
gratified that president Wilson recog-
uized one Of their number by appointing
w 3. Wilson Of Pennsylvania. secre-
1ary Of labor Mr.. Wilson worked in
the anthracite mines Tor q number OF
years and later became secretary OF
the United Mine Workers At one time
he lived in Indianapolis, and during his
connection with the miners OrganiZa-
zion Travelled over the state and became
acquainted with a large number Of
miners. M Wilson served as secre-
Lary while John Mitchell was president
There IS no better union man in the
United States than Wilson" said John
p. White, president of the United
Mine Workers of America. He had
good record as secretary OF our organ
1zatiOn and he viii make a good record
as secretary Of labor"
1t is not generally known that the
new secretary Of labor is a poet, but
his friends say he is a good one He
issued book Of his poems and his
work was favOrably commented on by
newspapers throughout the country.
Printers Wages in London and
New York
According to the. London Scale of
Prices for COmpositors' Work, pub
lished by the London Society OF Com
pOsltOrs. the minimum wage scale for
nanu L4peSeLLerS IN that city IS 80
shillings per week of fifty hours. This
IS equivalent to nearly $3.50 per week
in our money, or a little less than -
cents per hour In New York the min
imum scale for the same class Of work
is 50 per week of forty-eight hours,
or so cents per hour
The London scale for linotvDe on
orators is 45 shillings per week Of As
hours, which is equivalent 10 nearly
"A cents per hour in our money The
union scale in New York is SOS Der
week OF 48 hours for day work in hook
and job offices, and $50 per week for
day work In newspaper offices.
school Houses as Employment Offices
Prof John r. Commons. member Of
Wisconsin Industrial Commission in
a recent article in La FOllette's dis
cussing the use Of school houses as
employment offices, makes these Der-
tinent remarks
If each school house has a director
OF its social center service, he could
be supplied with blanks from the main
employment office A workman. bv
going to the school nearest his house
10 register. could be Immediately con-
nected with the whole organized labor
Of the state The fact that he is OUT
OF d job and the kind Of work he can
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-03-15
Zoo - For store GirIs

one of the largest department stores
at Spokane Wash, has announced a
minimum wage scale of 50 per week
for its salesladies and the manager Of
the establishment declares that he
will do all in his power to make this
scale nationwide. In a letter to the
Spokane trade unions, the manager
writes: 1--WE have done our duty only,
and in this initiative of ours we be-
Iieve that organized labor and others
viii take up the cause Of womanhood
and the question Of better living wages
and let it be known that Spokane,
through its organized bodies has
started a real movement which should
not end until il has grown nation
wide and until our women clerks are
paid wage which viii at least keep
them from want and the dangers that
beset them. So far as We know, ours
is the first establishment in America to
advocate or inaugurate minimum
wage"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-03-15

nan IOuIn, pr0sI0oUt OF INC t0TUs--r-
, An official report, says a per capita
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-10-23
STRIKING COMPARISON.

Comparisons are never odious when
they show things up in a way to
bring out the right side of question.
Note the following conditions in dry
Kansas and wet Missouri.
The per capita assessed valuation In
Missouri is $500; in Kansas 1t is ST.
$50.
Kansas per capita bank deposit is
500; Missouri's Is $40.
In Kansas one farmer IN five owns
an auto; in Missouri one farmer in 100
has one of the buzz wagons.
In Kansas the common laborer
draws $14 week; in Missouri, IS.
In Kansas there is hardly a town of
1900 population but has electric
lights. water and sewer systems; in
Missouri numbers Of towns OF 1000
to 5000 have no paved streets. electric
lights or water system.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-10-23
PRODUCTIVITY OF
SOIL MAINTAINED
Most important Object of Green
Manuring Is the Addition of
Needed HumuS.
CBy R. G. wEATHERsToNE)

Green manuring, or the blowing
under of green crops, is one of the
Oldest methods used to maintain or to
increase the productivity OF the soil.
The effect of green manuring varies
according to the original character of
the soil In general, sandy or gravelly
soils are made darker in color and be-
come more retentive of moisture.
Clayey soils are made more porous and
friable, so that they are less likely
to puddle or bake, and are less subject
to washing. Loamy soils are less
noticeably. affected than others.
The most important object of green
manuring ls tho addition Of humus to
the soil Other things being equal, the
best green manure is that which fur
nishes the largest amount of material
which will readily decay in the soil
and thus form humus. There are.
however. additional ways in which
such a crop may be beneficial.
Deep-rooted plants are decidedly
preferable to shallow-rooted, because
they penetrate into the subsoil In
LHlS way All anu water hhA NAAN' ohNDs
especially after the roots decay Thus
in a way every deep-rooted plant Is a
subsoiler 1t is also supposed that
such plants, especially when plowed
under, tend to enrich the surface soil
with potash and phosphorus from the
subsoil. thus bringing these substances
within the reach OF shallow rooted
plants.
Leguminous plants are more valu-
able for green manuring than others,
because they not only provide humus.
but also have the ability to use the
nitrogen OF the air, which upon decay
ing they add to the soil, For this rea-
son green manure crops should always
be legumcs IL such are adapted to the
particular locality where needed and
can be sown at the time desired.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-10-23
Bout of the Money Germ.

One of the marks OF the amateur
in counting bills is an unrestrained
habit of wetting his fingers with his
tongue. This has long given experts
the fidgets and has caused a general
installation of sponge cups. 1t is not
a tidy act nor fair to look upon. While
not distressful, it has been classed as
a waste of natural resources which
might be conserved against the ad
hesion of couple of hundred stamps
Now, however, DR.. Rucker (of the
national health service) declares that
the danger of infection is so slight as
to be hardly calculable. 1t appears
that the ink which the notes are print
ed is germicide; bacteria may
swarm over our money to their con
fusion-that is, over the money that is
subject to invasion.
News of the bacillus-proof issue
should be actuating. Let us get more
of 1t, seeing that its reputation as a
germ ambush is false. The opportu-
mites for health increase with the rout
of this fanciful foe. On, then, for
more money, and let us lick 1t II 1t re-
gists!
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-10-23
EXCELLENT METHOD
OF FILLING A SlLO
There Is Greater Danger of Put
ting Up SiIage Too Dry Rather
Than Too Moist.
CBy WALTER p. LEUTZ.)

Corn Is ready TO be cut for silage
when the grain is in the dent and
glazed. but cen still be broken with
the thumb nail At this stage, under
normal conditions, the two or three
bottom leaves will be turning brown
and the shuck will be turning yellow
at the end There Is greater danger
of putting up silage too dry rather
than too moist III a stave silo. the
slaves should be frightened up to ex.
clude the air and generally loosened q
little after the silage swells the slaves
The inside wall Of concrete silo
should be washed with a thin mixture
of cement and water every two or
three years. This fills the pores and
keeps the air from the silage
II will take at least six teams to
keep the average silage cutter busy
Corn should not be cut down too far
ahead or It will dry out too much.
Two men should work In the silo dis.
trtbuting the silage with forks. Where
a silage distributor is used one man is
sufficient. They should keep the silage
higher at the walls than in the center
and should continually tramp the sill.
age next to the walls. The tramping
is especially TO keep out the air. When
possible allow the machine to stand
two or three days and refill TO make
use of all the capacity. Finish filling
the siho by running in load of grass
or weeds. This will rot and seal the
top and prevent having to throw out
the same amount OF spoiled silage.
The silage should feel wet after 1t
IS cut in the silo. If the corn is very
mature when cut, and is therefore too
dry, add water. A small stream may
be run into the blower from barrel
or tank, It is especially important
that the silage be well tramped. The
blower should be run a few minutes
every morning in order to clear the
atmosphere before any one enters the
silo.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-10-23
(By c. S. MILLER.)

CBy c. S. AIILLER)
Time was when it was generally be-
lieved that good sweet potatoes could
only be grown in a certain section OF
New Jersey, and owing to this belief
people are yet buying Jersey
Sweets" most of which are grown in
Delaware, Virginia and other southern
states.
The Jersey potatoes are of very
fine quality, but those grown in Della.
ware. Georgia, and some parts of
Texas are almost if not quite, az
good.
Climatic conditions do not appre-
ciably influence the quality of sweet
potatoes, that is due, very largely to
soil and methods of culture. This
potato requires a sandy soil, with
very little clay in the first six inches.
The soil should be rather compact,
high, dry, and well-drained. II can be
used for sweet potatoes for from six
to ten years without any rotation, but
growers find that after the first and
second years the crop improves on
the same land.
If the plot is clean we do not pillow
the land, but cut it up with the har-
row three to four inches deep, thor
oughly pulverizing and leveling it, In
order to have the proper size, shallow
preparation and culture must be OBJ
served.
We use slip-seed for bedding pota-
toes from which to grow plants, which
Is the first crop from the vines, or
slips cut off the growing plants and
set out about the latter part of July.
Our potatoes grow from three to four
inches long, and about one and half
inches in diameter.
To assure success in bedding they
must have kept perfectly, and there
must be no rotten ends or black spots
The sprouting is done in the hot bed
either with manure or fire heat, so as
to raise the temperature of the soil to
good summer heat About three
inches of good loan is placed in the
bottom, the potatoes laid carefully on
this and covered with three inches
of clean sand When the plants are
from four TO six inches long above
the sand they are ready TO set out.
We plant in ridges three feet apart,
four inches above tho level of the
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-10-23
FOUND HER ORDERS OBEYED
Trained Nurse Knows Now That Chi
nese Are Literal, and Trait Docs
Not Appeal to Her.

I've always heard that the Chi
nese were literal" said a trained
nurse. Last week / satisfied myself
on that subject. AS l was hurrying
off for few days rest I made up two
brown paper parcels, which happen
ed to be about the same size. In one
was a bunch of collars and cuffs for
the Chinese laundry. l was to leave
this on my way out.
The other package contained a
yard of blue velvet and two hand
some feather ornaments. My mil-
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-10-23
How Famous Hymn Was wrl,,,,

AS Tennyson's nurse was sitting one
day at his bedside, sharing to a de-
gree the general anxiety about tho
patient, she said to him suddenly:
You have written a great many
poems. sir, but I have never heard
anybody say that there Is a hymn
among them all. wish, sir, you
would write n hymn while you are ly.
ing on your sick bed. 1t might help
and comfort many a poor sufferer"
The next morning. when the nurse
had taken her quiet place at the bed.
side, the poet handled her a scrap OF
paper saying: Here ia the hymn you
wished me to write"
She took is from his hands with ex.
pressions OF grateful thanks. It
proved to be Crossing the Bar" tho
poem that was sung in Westminster
abbey at Tennyson's funeral, and
which has touched 80 many hearts.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-10-23
RANGE LIGHTS.

a hundred years ago the hands of
ancient privilege were at the throat
of the republic. Our ships were
seized and searched. American citi-
zens were impressed into an alien
service. Our capital was burned De-
spair was clutching at our hearts.
The British guns were not our great
est peril, but the love of money in
the seaboard states. Six thousand of
our men were enslaved in British
ships, but the patriotic indignation
that stirred the rural communities did
not touch the heart OF the states that
made their money on the sea. The
sense Of brotherhood was smothered
In the love OF money
Now, as then, the love of money
flouts the love Of men. The yellow
patriotism Of gold sneers at the strug-
giles of the people for a fair chance.
Let them be wretched; let them be
drunken, 1t says, while / exploit their
savings for my own use and turn
their earnings into my own tills.
This. too, will pass-is passing.
This will be the land OF the fair deal
This is the land of opportunity.-John
G. Woolley.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-10-23
ALCOHOL PROBLEM IN EUROPE.

ALCOHOL PROBLEM IN EUROPE.
Replying to misleading statements
made by James Creelman with re-
gard to intemperance in European
countries, Mrs. Martha NJ. Allen. SUI
perintendent of the Medical Temper
ance Department of the Worlds and
National w. c. T. u, calls attention
to the following facts:
1T was in Paris that the municipal
posters warning against alcoholic
liquors OF all sorts originated. These
posters were prepared by physicians
connected with the municipal govern
ment and were placed in conspicuous
positions throughout the city, even
upon the outer walls OF the Hotel de
Vile (City HalD. These posters warn
specifically against wine, beer and CT
der as leading to alcoholism as surely
as brandy so violent was the oposi-
ton of the liquor trade to the posters
that they were withdrawn, but other
countries took up that method OF
propaganda against alcohol, notably
Germany, England and Denmark.
iHo' 'here Is an acute diconoiic
problem in Europe may be readily
seen from the holding every two
years OF a congress on alcoholism,
whose delegates, appointed by the
governments of different countries,
meet to discuss methods OF reducing
the drink evils which are injuring the
health and efficiency of the people.
Is 1t likely that such meetings would
be held were there no drunkenness,
or crime resulting from drunkenness,
in these countries?
1T is far from correct to cay that
the use of the lighter drinks drives
out the stronger drinks"
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-10-23
LAWYERS TAKE NOTICE,

Let the graduates of law schools
take notice and keep away from
Yates county. N. Y, II they want to
earn livelihood by practicing their
profession. At the June term of
court there was not solitary civil or
criminal case on the docket, neither
was there criminal case in the
county undisposed Of Such a state
Of affairs in county with an area of
800 square miles and having a popu-
lation of over $4,000 requires an ex-
PLANTATION. Attorneys in the locality,
says the New York World, can recall
no similar conditions in the past The
paper in calling attention to this
most unusual instance fails to note
that Yates county has been for four
years dry territory.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-10-23

liner was to call for these and have
my hat ready for me on my re-
turn.
Starch stiff ! said to the China
man as I pointed to my package and
hurried out. Four days later, on my
return, l stopped on the way from
the station, presented my check, paid
A cents, and came home with my
package.
There was my millinery parcel still
uncalled for! l decided to fasten the
trimmings on another hat and open
ed the paper, only to have fall out
my collars and cuffs, which l thought
had been at the laundry.
Naturally, it took but few min
utes to open the package Id just
brought from the laundry. Yes, the
Chinese were literal! My velvet and
my two feathers were starched as stiff
and ironed as smooth as though they d
been the shiniest Of linen! They
were ruined past hope!
81 took them to Mn Laundryman.
He shook his head sadly but firmly.
you say, 'Starch Starch stiff he
repeated. My A cents was gone and
my velvet and feathers ruined. But
| had fully proved that the Chinese
were literal!'-New York Times.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-10-23

rcd hot stoves all winter ma cou,o
20 oacK TO 1t any time. Some of EN-
WIZ nave to go back, but 1t won't be
because they want to- They're aching,
LOT chance to work--for honest toll
coilecting for ports, representing I'm
foreign countries, registering in land
ohces, handing out mail in postof.
ices-any old thing just SO 1t gives
them good hard work and lots OF It.
10 tney want to loaf? Ask 'em.
NO, Nels, there's a thousand or
TWO OF em would be glad of your lob
IL they could get 1t, and they wouldn't
make no roar about the hours or the
work All they'd ask would be a
decent salary and a half a dozen
husky deputies. And them amt the
only ones. Look at all these fellows
you see playing golf and riding around
In automobiles and buzzing the merry.
merry and smoking cigarettes and
drinking cocktails in the clubhouses,
just to pass away the time. They
haven't got any job and what's the
result? They're miserable. or course
they are. Nothing to do. Look at me
and you, we're happy. We're honest,
horny-handed sons Of toll and our
hearts are light and we eat our chuck
with relish. Wheel me back about
yard now and fix them fires. Holy
smoke! Look at the gauge. Get a
wiggle on, now"
The assistant did as he was re-
quested and then wheeled his supe-
rior back in accordance with further
instructions.
But all said and done" remarked
the janitcr the horny-handed is most
generally the bone-headed."
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-10-23

land. To insure a full crop we plant
between May LIST and the 18th. The
plants are set 16 inches apart in the
row. 1t is rather slow work planting
by hand, but with a machine, a steady
team OF horses, man to drive and
two boys to place the plants, we can
plant about $4,000 or FIVE acres q
day.
While the plants are young cultiva-
ton and hoeing should be very shall
low. and just often enough to keep the
soil clean and loose. If cultivated
deeply the potatoes will be stringy.
long and OF poor quality. Then again,
shallow cultivation permits the soil to
dry out more quickly after hard
rain. and dryness is so essential to
quality that every effort should be
made to insure It.
The only manure we use is a min
eral fertilizer. applied in the row at
the rate OF 1000 pounds per acre.
This contains per cent. nitrogen, 7
per cent. phosphorus, and per cent
potash. We use find ground fish or
tankage, nitrate of soda, acid phos-
phate, and sulphate OF potash. We
mix our own fertilizer
The nitrate of soda is applied when
the vines are from 6 to 20 inches
long, at the rate of 200 pounds to the
acre. and 1t is placed on the row near
the plants. This gives the plants a
quick start, causing the crop to set at
one time, and makes the roots of uni
form size, with few small ones.
Thus, in connection with the min
eral fertilizer we use, and in the abb
sence of organic matter, we prevent
the tendency sweet potatoes have OF
setting all through the season, which
is very detrimental to successful crop
ping.
Proper handling is just as impot.
tant as cultivation. For the first saIes
In August we do not take the potatoes
out OF the ground any faster than We
can sell them. When stored in shedA
and barns the exposure to the light
and changes in temperature quickly
ruin the product.
Proper grading is also important.
We have three grades. The firsts are
prime, the seconds are good. but of
Smaller size, and thirds are too small
for food. and used for stock feed.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-10-23
The Basement
Philosopher
10 KENNETH HARRIS

1co,yd.hl 1918. by W. C. chapman)
,snitor. having improvised a
y s,ne couch by spreading half a
burlap sacks in his wheelbar-
n his pipe and disposed himself
| '.,tably with his extended legs on
| harrow handles.
IN cali it a day." he said tn his
siroyian assistant. III there's
fS,,g else to be done, I'll let you
pon't thank me; it's no more
my duty. What's thatY You
~ going to? Well, I'm not sur
n A man who looks for graft
|. from a guy he's trying to help
/. ,ot the knowledge OF human ma
/ hat I've raked together In the
|. tir;y years. But you had ought
\ grateful just the same.
|T,s trouble with you, Nels," con-
.s5 the ianitor, lis that you've al
= boeu used to work and you don't
i,e its blessings. I'll bet a bottle
brass polish you've done your
,ssn hours a day steady in the
ronptry ever since you was old
I.r,b TO chew on q hunk of rye
Iii and If there was any rush, you
II another six hours and didn't
In nothing Of it. 1t got so 1t wasn't
PARTICULAR treat to you, didn't It?
!, thing! And all them other
I,eheads around you was working,
I ,be same way, so you never felt
was any ways privileged. There
N seem to be no special dignity
HI It. Amt l right?
Igen, I'm here to tell you that the
that eats his bread in the sweat
h brow is the king-pin of the row,
J any politician will tell you the
b The honest toiler can lift up
head and look the whole world in
face and If the whole world
INIT like it, it knows what it can
OF course in some trades that's
h so than it ls in others, but
his no getting around the fact that
BIS the whole thing. 1t may get a
knocks in the federal courts
IN q while, but you'll see 1t wipe