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The Spectator., 1914-12-11
DEFEAT FOR THE
 COTTON RELIEF ACT
PROPOSED s25o,oooooo LOAN TO FARMERS IS DEFEATED IN
 THE HOUSE.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
 Washington.-The fight for S250.- 0GO in currency to deposit in cotton and tobacco belt banks to relieve farm. CTS. waged to draw in the last ses- sion of Congress, collapsed in the house Tuesday. Contemporaneously the house supported administration vows as to a trio of emergency bills vhich the cotton filibuster blocked last october. One of these was pass ed by the house Tuesday. It purposes to amend the federal reserve law to authorize the Federal Reserve Board in it's discretion to increase without limit the aggregate amount of accept ances bank may make, based on the exportation or importation of goods.
 The purpose of this bill, now to go to the senate, is to enable many large banks and trust companies which have built up an immense business in financing expectations and .mporta- tions to become members of the fed eral reserve system. They are virtu- ally excluded from this membership
 
 present law confining the volume of banking operations to the amount of one-half of the banks paid-up capital and surplus.
 The senate amended bill to increase use of commercial paper up to 100 per cent of unimpaired capital and sur plus as basis of emergency currency under the Aldrich Vreeland law, was the vehicle of the Henry cotton cur rcncy plan, and motion of Repre- sentative Henry to recommit the bill to the Banking and Currency Commit tee. with instructions to report the bill back with the cotton proposition, was the first unfinished business. The Henry motion was beaten, 1I6 to 51. Representative Glass then tried to withdraw the commercial paper bill because it no longer was desired or necessary, but Mir. Henry objected and and the bill went to a vote and was rejected, 26S to 2S.
The Spectator., 1914-12-11
| Monthly Bills of s115,e63.

State Auditor l.. l.. Coffman issued vouchers against the general revenue fund for $1.3S7,956 between December 1, 1913, and November 30, 1914 This means that the states expenses from that fund each month averages $115,- 663.
 Mir. Coffman does not believe that this represents the normal monthly expenditures, but says that much of the expenditures were for building improvements.
 It is generally believed that the 1915 legislature will decline to make appropriations for permanent build ings because of the rapidly increasing deficit in the general revenue fund. An estimate made at the capitol this week fixed the probable deficit on January 1. 1915, at $540,000. It was more than $39O,O0O at the close of business December 1.
The Spectator., 1914-12-11
FEEDING CORN ON THE.STALK
Unbusinesslike Method of Turning Pigs Into Field and Reckon" They
 Arc Doing We'll.

More corn on the stalk will prob ably be fed to hogs this year than ever before. It is not a great deal of satisfaction to see a bunch of shoats doing well in standing corn and not know what price they are paying for the corn. We wouldn't sell corn as . rule to any man on that basis, but a good many of us seem to be willing to reckon" that the hogs paid a pretty good price for the corn and let 1t go at that. Handy stock scales are too important part of the farm equip ment to be without, considering their cost and the great educators they are. To be able to state in pounds what crops and live stock produce Is just plain business. To be forced to give an estimate in terms of pretty good" or poor" or "fair." or others as indefinite says plainly T am . generation or more behind time."
The Spectator., 1914-12-11
Agents Certificates Taxable.

State Auditor Coffman has ruled that all insurance agents certificates of authority are subject to the special U. S. Revenue tax. This ruling is based upon that section of the law which reads: Certificates issued by state officers authorizing companies or their agents to do business in the state or vesting private persons with author ity to transact business of private nature not under state or municipal control are subject to the tax"
 There are about 21,0OO insurance agents licenses issued here annually, the bulk of them on March l, costing $2 each, and an additional government tax of 10 cents each is now required. Companies remitting for licenses are requested to include 10 cents each for the war tax.
The Spectator., 1914-12-11
] I'VE STOCK
FEED MIXER IS CONVENIENT
Barrel Swung on Pivots by Extend ing Round Wooden Axle Through
 lt-ls Easily Moved.

A farmer who feeds a number of hogs uses several feed mixers. such as shown in the accompanying illus- tration, says Farm, Stock and Home. A barrel is swung on pivots by either extending round wooden axle through the barrel, as at B, or by fastening iron trunnions to opposite sides of same with bolts. The barrel is then suspended in the air in the wooden frame, as illustrated Feed of all kinds that is mixed with water may be quickly mixed in this device, and as quickly emptied in the trough D
The Spectator., 1914-12-11
Calls on Board for Explanation.

Calls on Board for Explanation. Governor Hays has demanded of tho members of the State Board of Chari table Institutions that they make a satisfactory explanation of the charges made by pr. J. l.. Greene former su- perintendent of the State Hospital For Nervous Diseases, on November 2S. or resign. After waiting a week for an explanation, the governor addressed to the board a letter in which he said:
 q feel it my duty as an official of the state, in view of the fact that you receive your appointment through the office of the governor, to demand an immediate explanation of these charges. and, unless this explanation is made immediately following your next meeting, in such way that it will absolutely exonerate you from the charges made, which trust you will be able to do. will then demand of you your immediate resignation"
 The board, meeting again Monday, notified the governor that they were preparing statement of their side of the controversy. which would he submitted to him some time during the week. The committee named to prepare a statement for the public is composed of F. c. Parsons. E., w. Mo Corkle, Dr. w. c. Dunaway and R. c. Love.
 Dr. Frank B. Young has been re. tained as acting superintendent of the institution until April. 1915. Dr. Greene was paid salary of S5000 per year, while that agreed upon for Dr. Young is $3.600 per year. or $500 per month.
 There have been rumors that R. w. Hart would be asked to resign as sec retary of the board, but Mir Hart says he has no intention of resigning. He and his friends claim that at least five of the seven members of the board will stand by him in the fight.
 Medical. civic and other organiza- tions throughout the state are passing resolutions regretting the resignation of Dr. Greene. That there will be a Legislative inquiry now seems practi- cally certain.
The Spectator., 1914-12-11
HARM BY ANIMAL PARASITES
' Manufacture Injurious Toxlns-
 Othero rransmit Disease.

(By H. g. EAKIN. Colorado Experiments
 Station.)
 Too little attention has been given in the past to the importance that animal parasites have in relation to the health and we'll being of our do- mestic animals.
 Very few, if any, animals are ever free from parasites in some form, and many are infested with parasites, of Q very harmful nature. Parasites are found in many different tissues. as the brain, sinuses of the head, air passages. lungs, liver, stomach, in- testines, muscles, blood. etc, and ex- formally on and in the skin, in the ears, etc. Some of these cause me- chanical disturbances. others create or manufacture toxins which are in- furious to the animal infested, some transmit diseases. Some animals may carry one form of parasite which may later infect other animals of different species in a different form. formed from animals to man and vice versa.
 Animal parasites annually cause great pecuniary loss, and for other reasons briefly enumerated above, more attention should be accorded the domestic animals: and should any suspicion be directed to an animal. competent veterinary advice should be immediately secured
The Spectator., 1914-12-11
Another Effort to Save Hodges.

Attorneys representing Arthur Hodges. condemned to die Friday. De- cember IS, for the murder of Constable Morgan Garner at Amity. have filed a brief in support of their motion for a rehearing of Hodges case before the Arkansas Supreme Court. The court denied Hodges the right of an exami. nation as to his sanity in Pulaski County Probate Court.
 ' The chief contention of Attorneys Lewis Rhoton and Grover Owens, rep resenting Hodges. is that the Peniten- tiary Commission should be vested with the authority formerly given to county .sheriffs to postpone the execu- tion of a condemned man pending an investigation of his sanity.
The Spectator., 1914-12-11
COURT SUSTA|NS
 FRANCHISE TAX
COTTON BELT LOSES SUIT RE- SISTiNG COLLECTION OF
 THE TAX.
OTHERS ALSO DELINQUENT
Proceedings Will Be Instituted Soon By Attorney General For the Col
 lection of Unpaid Assessments.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
 Little Rock
 The United States Supreme Court last Monday rendered a decision sus- taining the validity of the Arkansas Franchise Tax law of 1911. The Cot ton Belt Railway had resisted pay ment and carried it through all the courts. Attorney General w. IL. Moose now announces that he will soon in stitute suits for the collection of all delinuuent taxes owed by the Cot ton Belt or any other corporation.
 Suit will be instituted soon by At torney General Moose to recover the state franchise tax from those corpo- rations which have refused to pay 1t. All 6oubt of the states right to collect the franchise tax was removed by Mondays decision of the United States Supreme Court in the Cotton Belt suit.
 Members of the State Tax Commls- sion, through which the tax is assess cd, say that the franchise tax aggre- gates this year approximately $2OO,- 900, and that only very small per cent of the corporations failed to pay the tax. The names of those com panies which failed to make the pay ment were certified to the attorney general for collection by suit.
 It is probable, Commissioner F. E. Brown said this week, that the suits may ask total of nearly $5O,OOO for the four years during which the law has been operating. This sum is ex- elusive of the amount which will be collected from the Cotton Belt. Many of the small corporations which were delinquent in past years no longer are operating in the state, Commissioner Brown said.
 In the Cotton Belt case the United States Supreme Court upheld the va lidity of the franchise tax act The Cotton Belt declined to pay the tax the first year and suit was immediate ly filed by Hal Norwood, then attor- ney general The original suit sought to collect the franchise tax of slight ly more than $6000, plus the penalty of 25 pc cent. The Pulaski Circuit Court awarded the state judgment for the full amount plus interest at 6 per cent. The railroad took the suit to the Arkansas Supreme Court. where the judgment was affirmed, and an ap- peal to the United States Supreme Court granted.
 New suits have been filed each sue ceeding year since 1912, when the act became operative. The Cotton Felt each year has refused to pay the fran chise tax, statement of which was furnished by the Arkansas Tax Com mission.
 No other corporation doing business fin the state has ever opposed payment of the tax.
The Spectator., 1914-12-11
(LV STOCK] E&R0HS-&A
A heavy coat of hair is burden to a road horse

A heavy coat of hair is o burden to a road horse.
 There is no profit in letting the colts lose their colt flesh.
 If the pigs are cold and pinched they can make no gain.
 The sheep is a dual purpose animal. producing both wool and mutton. There is every reason for watering stock before they are full of dry feed. If pigs could talk they surely would say, Balance our rations and watch us pay"
 Hogs are not provided by nature with hair to protect them from cold and drafts of icy air.
 
 Feed that suits one animal may starve another. Study individual taste among the live stock.
 If we could once and for all rid this country of hog cholera what wealthy nation we would become.
The Spectator., 1914-12-11
To Investigate Preparedness.

Westinghouse of the United States for war probably will be investigated by Congress Several bills and resolutions were introduced and an inquiry by congressional com. mittees is regarded as certain. al, though President Wilson told Repro, sentative Gardner that he opposes the investigation by commission. The president said he believes this would be an unwise way of handling "a question which might create very un- favorable international impressions"
The Spectator., 1914-12-11
Admits His Double Identity.

Chicago.-Carleton Hudson, a wealthy lawyer, for years a respect ed churchman and citizen here. and c. H. Betts. who fled from New York in 1894 when he was freed on bond charged with forgery. are one and the same. Hudson, who was arrested Fri day at the instance of the heirs of his former bondsman, admitted his identity in a statement issued by his attorney, Clarence Darrow.
The Spectator., 1914-12-11
Cotton Belt EmpIoyes Divided.

St. Louis.-A vote to strike has been adopted by the conductors and brake men of the unions of the Cotton Belt Railroad employees. while vote against a strike was adopted by the firemen's and enginemen's organiza tions. information to this effect was brought to the office of F. H. Britton president of the railroad, by officials of the various unions. The strike vote is the second growing out of the companys dismissal of conductor for alleged intoxication.
The Spectator., 1914-12-11
Want Strike Continued.

St Louis.-Four of the organiza- tions involved in the strike of shop men on the Hartman lines have vot- ed to continue the strike. according to an announcement made by A. o. Wharton, chairman of the railway de- partment of the American Federation of Labor. The vote of the fifth or ganization involved in the strike has not been received
The Spectator., 1914-12-11
For Penitentiary Commissioners.

T. P. Murrey will retire as a mem. Der of the State Penitentiary Commis. sion March l, next. He is a recep- tive candidate for re-appointment, and among others who are applicants for the appointment are Dr. M. r. Dickin, son, secretary of the Highway Com, mission, Sheriff F. F. Kitchens of Heie ma, w. A. Fike. ex-sheriff of Independ ence county. Judge H. L. B'Shers oi Fulton, and Hardy Anderson of Fl Paso, White county. The appointment is made by the governor.
The Spectator., 1914-12-11
Inspection of the A. N. c.

Capt. A. B. Sloan and w. c. Brad ford, assistant adjutant general of the Arkansas National Guard, are prepar- ing their itinerary for the annual in spection of the Arkansas National Guard, and will start out about the first of the year.
The Spectator., 1914-12-11
Chicago Organ Company Enters.

The Cable Company of Chicago, for merly the Chicago Cottage Organ Company, George J. Bowling, presi- dent has entered the state, naming Fl. V. Beasley of Texarkana, state agent It has total resources of $4,- 960,000. of which about $100000 is to be employed in Arkansas.
The Spectator., 1914-12-11

London.-Nicholas Ahlers, formerly German consul in Sunderland bor- ough. was Wednesday convicted of high treason and sentenced to death Durham Asizes of high treason and sentenced to death.
The Spectator., 1914-12-11
Enaineer of Garfield Train.

Baltimore.-John N. Unglaub. 69. en- gineer of the train which carried Pres. ident Garfield to Long Branch after he bad been shot, and also the train that was used to transport the body of President Mckinley to Canton. O.. died here Monday
The Spectator., 1914-12-11
Pope Urges War Holiday.

Rome.-Pope Benedict is urging that an understanding be arranged bet aeen the warning factions under which a truce will be possible during the Christmas holidays. It is said. how ever. that his holiness has little hope for the success of his efforts.
The Spectator., 1914-12-11
J. K. Mahoney Appointed.

J. K. Mahoney of ElDorado, law yer, has been appointed by Governor Hays as the member of the Board of Trustees of the University of Arkan- sas. to succeed w. H. Askew. of Mag nolia, deceased.
The Spectator., 1914-12-11
Was Former Dean of Radcliffe

Philadelphia. Agnes Irwin. 73. former dean of Radcliffe College, Cambridge, Mass, died at her home here Sunday. Miss Irwin was a great great-granddaugh of Benjamin Franklin.
The Spectator., 1914-12-11
Bank of Casa Closed.

The Bank of Casa failed to open its doors Wednesday morning and 1t was taken over by State Bank Com missioner John Davis. Raymond Brummett was appointed special dep uty commissioner to have charge of the liquidation of the institution.
The Spectator., 1914-12-11
Beautifying the Grounds.

Landscape Architect Frank M. Blaisdell, who has the contract for beautifying the new capitol grounds. began this week the planting of nu. merous evergreens and decorative shrubbery.
The Spectator., 1914-12-11
10000 Acres of Uplands.

c. +. Evans, 3622 Cooke Avenue, St. Louis, has written Commissioner of Agriculture John H. Page, asking him for the name of someone who F 10000 acres of upland for sale.
The Spectator., 1914-12-11

by raising the barrel and tipping tho feed out in the trough. The tipping handle is shown at c, and a water pipe with tap at A. Two men can easily move this device.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-16
CONCRETE FENCE POSTS ARE
EASILY MADE ON THE FARM

Where cement is easily obtained
and proper aggregates are available
which applies practically to the
great part of the United States, farm
ers are finding It profitable to sub
stitute concrete posts for posts Of
wood. Wooden posts are temporary
at best. and in some localities decay
within very few years.
Concrete posts are indestruetible
keep In better alignment than wooden
posts, and, under normal conditions,
cost little more If as much as the lat
ter. In some sections Of the country
they can be made cheaper than a good
wooden post. Their hreproOf and
everlasting qualities make them es-
pecially desirable A simple type Of
post can be easily made on the farm.
A farmer may make his own molds,
or he can purchase them from one of
the various concerns that manufac-
ture molds on a large scale. Farmers
sometimes club together In purchas-
ing factory or metal molds thus re-
ducing expense to the individual
This is a very good plan as metal
molds do not warp or decay.
The easiest and cheapest wooden
mold to make is the straight mold Of
one for post whic hdoes not taper.
Such molds are merely long boxes
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-16
A GARDEN RECORD is A GUIDE
FOR NEXT YEARS OPERATIONS


the vegetables adds to the interest
of the book.
The various items of general culti-
walton, fertilizing, etc. may con-
veniently be recorded upon another
page. except in the case of special
fertilizers, which should be given a
column on the page devoted to the
vegetable treated.
1t greatly facilitates record-keep-
ing If the baskets used for vege-
tables and rry-gathering are
quarts and multiples of quart For
the peas, beans, spinach, peppers,
onions, tomatoes, etc, a basket that
will hold a peck is very convenient.
Quart or two-quart baskets for ber-
ries, and half-bushel peach basket
for potatoes answer their respective
uses, serving to measure the products
as gathered. Radishes, turnips, car
rots, beets may be estimated in
punches without punching them,
merely counting seven to a bunch.
Melons, squashes, cabbage. cauli-
flower and asparagus are more ac-
curately estimated by weight, but
numbering them will answer
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-16

The garden record does not be-
come obsolete with the passing Of the
season. It is a guide to next years
garden operations and, even when
several seasons old, 1t still serves as
a spur to endeavor, whether 1t proves
that ones methods have improved or
grown lax.
The garden record should be in
convenient place. so that daily
facts relating to garden work may
be entered therein. 1t should record
the amount of seed used over a given
space, the expense involved. the
varieties of each vegetable used. the
time of gathering and the quantity
produced.
A convenient size for this purpose
Is an account book eight inches
broad and ten inches long. A page
may be devoted to each vegetable,
and divided into columns for the
items. number and length of rows.
date of planting. variety, cost. date
Of gathering and quantity produced.
with a final column for totals.
At the foot of each page. space al
lowed for notes on the growing OF
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-16

hour. Silage is usually fed twice a
day.
Calves may be fed silage as soon
as they are old enough to eat 1t. 1t
Is perhaps Of greater Importance that
the silage be free from mold or de-
cay when given to calves than when
given to mature stock. They may
be given all the silage they will eat up
clean at all times. Yearling c1iyes
will consume about one-half as much
as mature stock; that Is, from fifteen
to twenty or more pounds a Jay.
When supplemented with some good
leguminous hay. little, If any, grain
will be required to keep the calves
in thrifty, growing condition.
One of the most trying seasons of
the year for the dairy COW is the lat
ter part of summer and early fall.
At this season the pastures are often
shortor dried up, and In such cases
1t is common mistake of dairymen
to let their cows drop off in flow of
milk through lack of feed. Later they
find 1t impossible to restore the milk
flow, no matter how the cows are
fed. Good dairy practise demands
that the milk flow be maintained at
a high level all the time from partu-
rition to drying off. 1t becomes neces-
sary therefore, to supply some feed
to take the place of the grass. The
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-16
WHO'S WHO IN POULTRY
Series Of Articles in Which Enthusiasts Describe the Fowls
They Raise and Tell Why They Like Them.

An orphington enthusiast, who 10
particularly fond of black variety,
tells us this week why he likes them;
No other breed that has been pro-
duced abroad and introduced to the
American poultryman, and 1t Is the
only rival our American made Plym-
outh Rocks, Wyandottes and Rhode
Island Reds have as an all-around
variety for the fancier, the producer
of eggs and poultry for market, and
for the farmer.
The black Is the original Orpington.
Our English brethren are a bit prone
to go to extremes In breeding their
poultry, and the original blacks that
came over were too Cochiny, and in
many instances, 1t was impossible
to see the legs of the hens at all.
Few American fanciers cared for
this extreme type with its 1oginess.
and lack OF egg production, and
gradually we have adopted the true
Orpington type as shown In the best
Bluffs and whites as our ideal for
blacks, and bred toward this end,
thus saving the variety from an
ignominious end. The blacks are
beautiful birds, and l have never
known any person to fail to admire
them, even though they personally
preferred another color for their own
use. Great progress has been made
in eliminating purple, and the color
today equals that of any black
variety; in fact l believe 1t averages
better.
In type, our best blacks are still
longer and looser in feather than the
best bluffs and whites. but there Is
not the difference that marked them
in the early days. Both male and
female are an iridescent black that
has q greenish@ sheen, and Is most
beautiful. The blacks are pre-emi-
nent as a fancier's fowl and as a
variety for small town lots, where
they look good the year round. Per-
sonally, / prefer the blacks as a bird
OF beauty. They are beautiful from
the time they get their adult feathers
until they begin to moult. When
they get their second crop OF adult
feathers my black Orpingtons are
more beautiful than in the pullet or
cockerel year. They stand very close
to the buffs as egg producers when
properly handled.
The white Orpington, when clean
and In good feather. Is beautiful, but.
of course. white clothes soil easily.
and so do white feathers. Then the