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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-06-21
tEDERIC1< COUNTY TELLS
OF GOOD WORK BEING DONE

C. e. Koontg. the local agent OF Fred
erick County. was also asked 10 tell
about the good work in his county. He
is not quite 40 brief. and. therefore.
less attractive: but he tells some
things worth knowing. He says:
Since the work was started IN Fred
erick County. 1000 acres have been
seeded TO alfalfa and mixed grasses.
Success was had from the start. One
fve-acre field gave twenty-ninc tons
OF cured hay within thirteen months
from seeding. y large number of al
falfa fields made four tons the first
season and two to three tons were had
in most every instance. The first crop
has been made for this season. and re-
ports show from ono and three quarter
to two and three quarter tons for this
crop. In general, tho one -ycar-old al
falfa Is not so good AS that two years,
and most OF the two-year old Is bet
ter thau II was tho first season.
Over nifty acres In orchards OF diff
fercnt ages have been seeded to al
fRlfa, and more Will DO seeded this
August. This idea IL In the expert
mental form In the East. and II 1t can
he proven that AN orchard and alfalfa
VIII go we'll together for even period
Of five or six years 1T some stage of
It's development much expense and la
Dor can 10 saved. So far as the al
falfa goes It Is success. with tho
proper fcrtilizing, mulching and har-
rowing with the Imperial alfalfa har-
row. 1t IL hoped that the experiment
VIII provo a success.
Alfalfa hay is selling for sl5 per
ton from the Held. when delivered to
those wanting il for their horses,
cows or brood sows during tho win
ter Last winter fifty brood sows were
fed alfalfa hay. and little corn UNI
til a month of narrowing. when Il spe-
cial brood sow rotation was substitut-
ed for the corn. Tho hay was fed in
n self feeder
one very poor piece of old alfalfa
was given a good dressing OF lime
stone and acid phosphate August. 1912.
and after the first cutting last sea-
son It was narrowed both ways with
AN A-31 Imperial alfalfa harrow, which
took out tho bluc grass. foXtal and
other tibrous-roo plants which were
giving trouble. This season ii looks
like n new seeding, making an excel
lent yield OF nice, clean hay. Threo
alfalfa hnrrows are in use now In
Frederick County. They arc used first
after the first cutting I'm the second
year.
ONE SEEDING a DWARF
VARIETY, HOMEMADE; SEED
OF all the seedlings in Frederick
County only ono was OF Il dwarf varic-
~ OF alfalfa. This, OF course. Inado
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Just a Genius.

]. Il. Brame. OF Meclslenburg Coun-
iy. has missed his calling. 10 Is tho
local farm demonstration agent FOR
that county, and is doubtless doing
splendid work, but the good Lord
made Bramc for twentieth century
newspaper man. Tho demonstration
agents have been invited 20 tell OF
their good work through tho columns
OF tho Industrial Section, ami they arc
doing IL right well. Tho only trouble
is that their enthusiasm leads them TO
he too lengthy as n general thin.,
Hran:e hns all of tho enthusiasm nee
essary. and he also has tho knnck OF
saying great deal in very short spoc..
lie tells the whole story OF Mecklcn-
purg county demonstration ip less than
-FOUR inches of space His lcttor in
another column IS n gem. Other cor
respondents and special writer's can
we!l take noto OF this gcm. and act
ana govern themselves accordingly.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-06-21

Roanoke. Va, June 2c.--The Norfolk
and Western Hallway Company has In
contempia ton the extension OF sew
cral OF It's passing sidinGs At an es-
timatcd cost Of about $1,000. The sid
ing At bedford is to he extended east
about 1000 feet. to make il a doubIs
lc0-car-capacity siding; that at Bon-
sack s to be extended west about
siding westward and "a seventy-cnE.
capacity siding eastward. Lowry sid
Ing Is to be extended abovt $500 feet
west, and tho croSSovers are 10 bn
relocated. so as to make a double 1O1s
car-capacity siding. AT Montvalc tha
siding Is TO be extended east about
200 feet, 10 make n single I0O-cnrS
capacity siding. Walton passing sia
Ing Is to be extended east 2.2Oo feot-
to make Il single 100-car- capacity passSs
ing siding. SS-sS-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-12-18

sources, was trying run the town
business and lay a foundation on
which to build a creditable National
Capital, without help from the ma
ton. Of course, that effort was
more than the local revenues could
sustain, just as the projection of
that effort into the future would be
more than the local revenues could
stand. In that older generation, the
local community went broke" under
the burden, and the National Gov
eminent stepped in. Then the part
nership arrangement of 1873 was
adopted by Congress. That arrange
ment has made possible the SPLEEN
did development of the city in the
last generation. II has seen the city
debt almost extinguished; it has seen
the difficulties of earlier times set
tied and a sound, businesslike syS-
TEN substituted. There are people
who would return to the old system
that was responsible for this very
incident in the old days of combined
poverty and extravaganza; but it is
not likely that the decision will be in
favor of such a retrogresSion.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-12-18
A COMMUTERS VICTORY.

The Interstate Commerce Commits
sion has evidently been moved by
the arguments which the organiza-
lions of Washington commuters and
The Washington Times have insist
emily pressed, in opposition to the
sweeping increase of rates an
nounced by the railroads here. At
any rate, the commission has sus-
pended the effectiveness Of the new
schedules, which without this order
would have become effective this
week.
Under these proposed rates, the
180-trip ticket would have been with
drawn, and the very much more ex-
pensive monthly ticket would have
become the only communication ticket;
and its price would have been made
higher than heretofore; so that at
some points the increase would have
been well-nigh 100 per cent. The or
der Of suspension issued now relates
only TO the metropolitan branch of
the Baltimore and Ohio; but this
may be regarded as extending hope
that other lines on which commuta-
tion service and rates have been
maintained will get like considera-
ton.
The order of suspension makes it
impossible for the railroads TO put
the new rates into effect before April
ID. Meantime there will be hear
ing amounting to trial of the whole
case on its merits. 1t is quite i'm
possible TO believe that the commits
sion will finally permit the general
advance to become applicable.
This is one Of the clearest cases
imaginable Of the railroads trying
TO tax the traffic more than it will
bear. The commission will give
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-12-18
EGYPT AND BRITAIN.

If ever our old friend Manifest
Destiny was entitled 10 be invoked
as a justification for a great politi-
cal development, it is in connection
with the announcement from the
British foreign Office that Egypt has
been formally taken over as Brit
ish possession. "ProtectOrate," it
pleased the foreign secretary to
call it; but that is quite immaterial
The point is that the announcement
declares that Turkish suzerainty is
ended, and that Great Britain will
take necessary measures TO protect
the country and its people.
France and England co-operated
originally in the business of taking
Egypt under the guardianship of
western civilization; but when the
time came for vigorous insistence on
that policy even TO the extent of
risking war, France withdrew her
forces and the duty was taken up by
Britain alone.
If ever the results of such an ad-
Venture provided a complete case in
favor of the action taken, they have
done ii in the instance of Egypt. The
seat of the earliest civilization had
fallen, under the Turk-as every
thing seems to fall. under the Turk
into a pitiful condition of deca-
dence. The people were ignorant,
degraded, abject in their poverty,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-12-18
Do YOU SHARE IN THE
"A OPPORTUNITIES?
What Part Have You in Show
ing Civic Pride in Christmas
Charity Measures?
Continued from First Pag-

fAO4lllNu'u from ISL IdE..t
greatest possible civic pride, the civic
pride which says that In such COM
p7ratively small and prosperous COM
Inunity there should be no poverty. and
cold and hunger should be eliminated.
II Washington can send in to the As
ISOLATED Charities the sum of $3.G5s. the
sum needed to complete the Opportuni-
ties. SS32 having already come in. they
WI have, indeed, proven that they pos
scss in no small degree the proper kind
OF civic pride. and that they have a
most practical conception OF the mean
ing OF that phrase.
Opportunity No. . has been closed
and opportunity No. Is nearly half
subscribed. One gentleman. who, per-
haps. didn't rank his contribution under
the head of civic pride, but who was
prompted, perhaps. by it, sent the full
amount for the young wage Garner Of
fourteen. who is attempting to be A
father to his invalid mother and mis-
young brother and sister.
The intelligence of the present Eys-
TEN cannot help but have its deserved
success. In the preservation of the home
lie of the child, there Is a plan OF
stupendous practical and sentimental
value.
Every person in Washington should
do his or her part in completing this
liz, of opportunities. Surely no greater
proof OF civic pride. and interest in the
fundamentals of citizen and city build
ing could be offered.
Contributions. small and large. NAV
be sent to The Times or direct TO the
Associated Charities. 500 II street north
west. and will be publicly acknowledged
If the name and address Of the donor
are sent
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-12-18

good service to the railroads, as well
as their patrons, if 1t refuses 10
permit the increase Of these rates;
for that increase would be certain
greatly TO cut down the volume OF
traffic and ultimately to reduce the
aggregate of revenues. Moreover, II
would impede development of rich
section that is now in its infancy as
a provider OF traffic not only in pas
sengers but in freight as well. Pop
ulation makes business, both pas
senger and freight. The immense IN
crease in the freight business Of
these lines on which the commute
ton business is done is entitled to
be given full consideration in con-
nection with the decision of the case.
Opportunity is now assured for a
presentation and consideration of all
the facts. That is all that the COM
muters, it is all that the business in
terests of Washington, have demand
ed. At least one railroad hauled a
vast tonnage of freight at half rates,
in order to encourage people to build
homes and develop this territory, in
order that they should become
patrons of the Communication and
freight services of the roads. 1t is
time to settle, once for all, whether
u railroad is hound nv such acts
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hopeless of their future. The gov
eminent, through satellite of the
porte, was corrupt and hopelessly
incapable.
Britain took Egypt, nominally as
a guardian of the country and the
canal, leaving shred of the old
Turkish allegiance; but giving Egypt
in fact a British colonial govern
ment. The khediye, representing
Turkish sovereignty, was maintained
as figurehead; the real government
was headed by the governor sent out
from England; and that government
for a generation, meant Lord Gro
mer. Under him a work of rehabili-
tation was done that teStifies to the
fact that any community of people,
given a fair chance, is capable of
lifting itself out of the slough of
degradation and ignorance, and to
be reconstructed into a civilized and
efficient nation. Britain helped Egypt
do things for herself, quite as much
as she did them for Egypt. The Ag-
ricultural Bank of Egypt is an illus
tration; it has become splendid,
powerful financial engine for the re-
Mobilization of the magnificent agri-
cultural possibilities of the valley
that from the Pharaohs and Joseph
down to Rome and the Caesars, then
thence on down even to this day, has
been one of the granaries of the
world. The Nile of tradition and
fable, the Nile as nature made it,
had been the guarantee of Egypt's
everlasting productiveness. But
British vision saw ways to improve
on nature, to conserve much that
nature allowed to be wasted; and so
the great dams and reservoirs were
erected which have added so much
to both the production and the GER
tainty of the production of the coun-
try, and have reclaimed vast areas
from the desert.
The people of Egypt, despite their
religion, their tradition and their
race, have not been able to refuse
recognition of the service done for
them by Britain; and so when the
present war broke out there was in
significant response to the appeal
from Constantinople for an Egyp-
tian uprising against the British
regime. But there was enough of it
to provide the London government
with excuse for the step it has now
taken-a step that for generation
has been obvious destiny. 1t is the
looping off of one more rich terri
tory of the crumbling old corruption
that calls Itself the Turkish Empire.
1t is one more long step toward the
REDEMPTION Of the East.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-12-18
THE COUNTRYS INSANE

! common fallacy, as the Census
Bureau points out in its recent re-
port on the subject, is the reproach
rhat this country is going 10 the
dogs because its insanity rate is in
creasing twice as fast as its popula-
lion rate. In 1904 there were 15O,151
insane persons in institutions, as
compared with 187, 791 in 1910, an
increase of % per cent. In the same
period the population increased II
per cent.
But this does not take into con-
sideration the fact that we are
steadily improving in our treatment
of the insane and becoming more and
more insistent that those who are
mentally Ill shall be kept under re-
straint.
Where there were 32S asylums
then, there are 36S now, and the
average number of patients has gone
up from 45S to 512. But there is no
cause for alarm in these figures, any
more than there would be cause for
alarm if the total of arrests in New
York city should show marked in
crease in the year. That might mean
simply that the police were doing
their duty. The increase in the
number of commitments to insane
asylums means simply increased Wig
lance in this field.
An interesting feature of the m
sanity statistics is the proportion of
insane in the city as compared with
the country. On the face Of them
the figures show more than twice as
many insane committed to institu-
tons from cities as from rural dis
tricts-S6 in the 100000 compared
with IL to the 100000, to be exact.
But these figures, too, should be
accepted with reserve, for they are
open to the same criticism. II is
much harder to keep an unbalanced
person in family household in the
city than it is in the country, and
much easier to arrange for his keep
ing in a sanatorium, and doubtless
this affects the ratio.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-12-18
RATE ADVANCE AL
LOWED.

With Commissioner Clements fiat
ly dissenting, and Chairman Harlan
protesting against the manner if not
the conclusion, the Interstate Com
merce Commission today allowed the
per cent advance of freight rates
in official classification territory;
that is, east of the Mississippi, north
of the Potomac and Ohio.
Last July this advance was denied
save in Central Freight Association
territory. Now the commission is
moved to grant the advance, except
on coal and coke, iron ore, and lake
and-rail, rail-and-lake, and rail-lake-
and-rail business.
Anthracite and iron ore rates are
before the commission for considera-
ton in another case. Bituminous coal
rates are held to be high enough al
ready to earn fair remuneration. and
the chief bituminous carriers are
held to be in such financial condition
that their necessities are not press
ing.
These exceptions have generally
been expected, even by those who ex-
pected that the advance in general
would be allowed. The notable fact
is that the advance otherwise is
granted. The commission finds that
it knows more about the conditions
of the roads than last July, because
since then it has been possible to get
data from the reports of the roads
for the completed year ending July
l, and also because the European
war has imposed entirely new finan-
cial conditions, increasing the diff
culties of handling the fiscal opera
tions of the roads.
The decision of the commission
will be accepted as a large contri-
button toward settling business con-
ditions and restoring confidence. Yet
-
the admission that the amount of
additional revenue which this ad-
vance will provide, is likely not to
be adequate to the needs of the
roads. This concession suggests
that the commission may be ex-
pected TO adopt a considerable general
attitude toward the roads and their
needs for considerable period in the
future; certainly so long as business
conditions may be depressed and the
war may continue 10 demoralize
financial affairs.
The business community will be
cheered and encouraged by this evil
derce that regulation by Govern
ment is not to be made 50 literal and
rigid as to admit no recognition of
obvious and highly important condi-
lions which no legislation could pos
SiDlv revise.
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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-12-18
The Silver
Lining
Edited By ARTHUR BAER.

Commander Stirling states that We
have but one submarine fit- New stun.
Must be the aquatic branch OF the
epileptic
Although interest in the war NAV
dwindle and wane, it never will fall
below six per cent.
The proletariat thought that Walter
johnson had signed some considerable
contract. until one Charles VI. Schawb
started in to sign some.
a thumb nail sketch of some public
mems careers could easily be sketched
on a little finger nail.
Some men are born famous. some
achieve fame. and some Just naturally
know which street car seats have the
radiators underneath.
Admiral Straus has a gun that Will
shoot 700 feet into the air, OF exactly
5000 feet too low TO hit the high cost
OF living
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-12-18
Opportunity No. 6-Our Friend Mrs.
Wigs Again. $3.50.

do-you-dO. my dear" IS the
CHEEKY greeting 10 all cCmers OF "a
dear old grandmother. who has un-
dcrtakcn TO bring up her two orphan
children. piEbUrsing sunshine ana
good will. after the fashion OF Mrs.
Wigs OF the Cabbage Patch. this
faithful old soul refuses to be any
thing but kind and hopeful IN the
midst OF adversely. The grdndChIl-
drrn have caught her spirit OF in
dustry. The little girl Is mOthcrinE
her dollIeS OF busiIy sewing for
them, while her little brother -
busy with his tools or living with
TN. heroes 81 yesterday, in whom ne
takes great delight.
How this good soul can make IN"
g. pcs week. which il asked for hog.
20 50 tar. no one can tell. Total
AMOUNT for the car...-..----.-....>-aH
Contributions: Previously aokI0wl-
edged. So Miss G. - c.. e. In
Memory uf one Gone Before" s.
sin needed SIS
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-12-18
THE GERMAN VICTORY.

This is Germany's week in the
Great War. No doubt of that. Last
week was Servia's. Next week may
be the week of the allies in the west.
There are signs that they intend to
force a great offensive in that region
soon. But in general it is to be said
that they have not made the gains
that might we'll have been expected
of them, considering the great num-
bers of German troops that have
been withdrawn for service in Poland
and Galicia.
London hears that nine army corps
have been sent from the west to the
east in the last month; corps at
full strength being 10000 men. At
the same time it is stated that Aus
tria withdrew three corps from the
Servian campaign, and that this
weakening of the line on the eve of
the great smash at Servia was really
responsible for the crushing Aus
trian defeat in that quarter.
Thus the record of a very few days
shows how terrible is the strain of
such war. Germany has gained a
victory in the east; but to do it has
had to weaken her western and Aus
tria's southern campaign. A defeat
for Austria and series of losses of
ground by Germany in the burrowing
campaign of France and Belgium are
the prices paid for the eastern adj
vantage.
The wars of other generations
were leisurely and rather genteel
affairs compared to the terrific rush
in this day of speeded-up campaign
ing. The swiftness Of the perform
ance demands smashing blows in one
quarter, followed by withdrawal and
new smashes in another direction. In
this game Germany has demonstrat-
ed a readiness and skill that mark
her the greatest military gladiator of
the ages.
1t is not safely 10 be assumed that
the recent German victory in the
east is by any means, as an enthu-
siastic Berlin newspaper suggests,
practically decisive Of the war in the
eastern region. Official Germany en-
tertains no such optimistic views. 1t
knows far better. Germany dare not
advance into Russian territory very
far, in pursuit of the Slavs; because
if she did so, she would lose touch
with the railroads by which troops
might be hurried back 90 the Franco
Belgian border in case of need. Ev-
cry mile that the RUSSIANS retire
from the German frontier strength
ems their position and weakens that
Of their opponents. So long as fight
ing was along the boundaries, the
Germans had the advantage of a
perfect system Of military railroads
at their back, while the Russians had
nothing like il. As the Russians are
driven back conditions are equal
lied: both sides are in a region COM
paratively destitute Of railroads and
even first-class wagon roads.