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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-01-28
Points for Growers.

FQIuCS lOF OIOWcISs
In discussing potato growing and tho
points to be- understood by the potato
grower. Mr., Boyle placed practical knowl
edge gained by actual experience first.
He emphas sized the need OF good soil,
early watering where there lis SUBJ irriga-
tion and the need OF late water where
only surface irrigation IL employed, He
advised the use OF good seed from Vigor-
Gus stock and told OF means for promot-
ing early growth. He advised growers
who used machine planters 10 let their
sets dry n little before putting them into
the machines.
Mr. BOYLE said that much time was
wasted by the old method of cutting seed
by holding a knife In the hand. He told
of his system of dumping the seed po-
tatoes on table and fastening knife
in an upright position TO the near side
oi the table. The cutler then can work
with both hands simply drawing the po-
tatoss toward him and across the knife
blade and then let the sets drop Into a
basket He advised the use OF snla Her
pota toes. which only need TO be cut once,
from seed to stem end. He said this
type of set had less waste and was a
better set. He said by using such seed
and his cutting method six men on his
farm cut 5000 pounds of potato seed in
one day last spring He advised straight
rows, plenty OF narrowing, the use OF the
proper variety OF the soil and climatic
conditions, the applica ton OF all prevent
ative methods for diseases, the use of a
seed pa tch and a good practical system
of accounting by which the farmer could
tell Just how much each operation in the
growing cost him
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-01-28
Auditing Essential.

There is no such thing as scientific
management OF n business or "A farm
or any other institution that Is not
based on good accounting. There
must be n good system Of keeping
accounts in any successfully managed
business. And a good system OF ac-
counting requires supervision or re-
sponsbility TO someone or something
higher up. We must have someone
or some principle to set our stand
ards. In the German rural credi,
system there Is system OF auditing
OF accounts OF all cooperative loan
Ing associations. There must be this
auditing OF accounts TO soundly main
tain the credit system. l would urge
you TO wash your hands of any CO.
operative society that does not pro-
vide for auditing from a higher au-
thority.
There is an idea prevalent that CO.
opera ton necessarily economies and
eliminates profit. There is no greater
mistake. The storekeeper eliminates
salary by doing the work himself.
but he gets a profit. In the co-opera-
tfye organization a manager Is en-
ployed. The profit is eliminated, but
Is counter balanced by the salary OF
the manager. II the profits OF the
store-keeper arc abnormally high
there is occasion to believe that CO.
operation might reduce prices, but not
otherwise
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-01-28
STRIKE CONDITIONS
WILL BE INVESTIGATED

WASHINGTON. Jan 2T.-A sweeping
Investigation OF strike conditions IN the
coal fields OF Colorado and the copper
district Of Michigan was authorized by
the house late today. BY a vote OF ISL
20 l5,. the house adopted the resolution
OF Representative keatlng OF Colorado
empowering the mines and mining COM
mittee 10 make inquiry as TO conditions
In Colorado and Michigan in which the
federal government might be concerned.
Hearings Will be conducted in the
strike regions by subcommittee or sub
committees. which will start west as soon
as arrangements can be made The reso-
iution carries authority 10 subpoena wit
lcsses for testimony under oath and TO
'ecuire the production Of records and pa
)ers.
The investigation Will be confined to
he coal fields Of Colorado In the counties
II Las AnimaE, Huerfano. Fremont,
Grand. Routt, Boulder and Weld and 10
.lle copper mines OF Michigan in the
,ounties OF Hough,on, Keweenaw and
Ontoua gon.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-01-28
Sends Radishes to Bryan.

MOBILE, Ala. Jan 27.-S. Imura. a
Japanese gardener here. today sent to
William Jennings Bryan, secretary OF
state at Washington two radishes.
weighing thirty and twenty-eight pounds,
respectively. His action was prompted
by the report OF California farmer send
ing Secretary Bryan a radish Weighing
twelve pounds.
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are either unable or unwilling to subdue
the disorder"
Representative Kelly OF Michigan op-
posed the resolution He said that II the
investigation was TO be made il should
be conducted by the industrial commits
sion. which had ample authority 10 in
quire into the conditions Representa- tives
Hardwick OF Georgia and Garrett of Ten
nessee contended that congress had no
authority TO make the investigation.
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Seven Subjects of Inquiry.

Seven subjects Of Inquiry specified IL
he resolution are
Whether the postal services are
lnterfered with.
Whether the immigration laws are
being violated
Whether citizens have been ar
rested and tried contrary 20 the con-
sutution or laws Of the United
States.
Whether conditions have been
caused by agreements and combina-
lions contrary 10 law for controlling
the production. sale and transporta-
ton OF coal or copper
Whether arms or ammunition have
been shipped into the fields for the
purpose Of excluding the products of
the mines from competitive markets
in interstate trade.
Whether peonage exists OF has
been maintained
II any or all OF these conditions ex-
ist, what causes led up to these con-
dittODS?
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Grant Letter Brings Sslo.

NEW YORK. Jan. 27.-The letter writ
ten oy General L. :. Grant 10 his father,
in which he announced his determine tion
TO enlist. was sold here yesterday dur
ing the auction or the rare autograp ph
letters In the Remsen Lane collection
j. Ewing. '' '"
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-01-28
Wednesdays Programme.

Today's programme for the Roundup is
as follows:
IRRIGATION DAY
9:3ol1 90 n. Irrigation Practice In
Utah. Professor w, w Mclaughlin
United States department OF agricuI-
ture: Irrigation on New Government
Projects" l. ID. ODonnell, supervisor
OF irrigat ton, uaited States reclamation
service.
IDOL p. m.-'Irrigation as "A National
ISSUE" f. Fl. Newell, chief United
states recIa nation service; Problems
In Management"
200 p. m.-"IIrleation Science and the
Future OF Utah" President John a
Widtsoe: "a Programme OF Reform In
Irrigation" DIR. Samuel F'ortier. chief
OF irrigation, United States department
Of agriculture; discussion led by L. NJ
Winsor, u. A. c.
400 p, m.-Inspection of pumping exhibit
500 r. m.-Reception to farmers and
housewives; music, dancing. and re-
freshmeuts: Thomas Smart gymnasium.
II is possible that Mr.. Newell and DR.
Fortier may not reach Logan In time for
today's programme both having been de-
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drinks or is addicted to other vices
which make him known as immoral.
"A neighhor who is very careful about
his rights and your obligations is
hard man 10 get along with Two
men of that sort or community OF
men of that SORT Will not get along
very well and viii not work together
But they who are careful or their
own obligations and the rights of
other people always get along all
right.
There are two types OF leaders who
make two types of appeals. One
leader talks 10 the people about their
rights. The other talks a great deal
about the peoples opportunities.
The first kind who always talks
about peoples rights and wrongs and
grievances, doesn't do any good II
is the man who tells his people about
their opportunities and responsible
ties that is the best citizen,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-01-28
Need of Mutuality.

a better understa nding between tn
factory owners and the farmers. he said
was most desirable. and the factory foil
will go far 10 secure it.
In his afternoons address on rural or
ganization, DIR. Carver spoke in part al
follows;
Cooperation as a name should not
be used unless a society Is really CO.
operative. One principle OF co-opera-
ton is the "one man one vote" plan
The voting power should not be based
on the amount Of shares held, hut
one vote 10 each shareholder An
other principle is that the dividends
be calculated on the amount Of busi-
ness transacted through the associa-
ton by an individual member and
not by the number OF shares he
owns,
Usually it is easy enough TO raise
the capital for one of these con-
Germs. The success of the enterprise
depends on getting the farmers to do
business. with the concern Do this
by offering reasona Bile rate OF In
terest on the investment without Civ
ing the stockholders absolute con-
troll, Merely pay them fixed wage
on the capital. say 6 per cent, the
TO your farm hand. This wage
should not vary. regardless OF the
profits. or losses of the association,
any more than your farm hands
salary would vary with the profits or
losses OF your farm, The essential
thing Is to see that the organization
is run not In the interest of the
shareholders. but In the interest OF
the farmer,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-01-28
Restriction Required.

Every cooperative credit associa-
tion must lend only for productive
purposes. I am more interested In
the man who wants To begin or con-
tinue farming than the man who
wants TO Rilt farming We must fa-
vor the man who wants to continue
farming In any rural credit system
which we establish. II the money Is
made available TO the man who wants
To buy lands for specula tive purposes
the prices of land Will go up and we
aren't helping the man who wants 10
produce But II the credit system ia
vors the farmer who wants to pro-
duce IL will not send up the price OF
land.
believe that in the next year leg
islation Will probably provide Tor a
system OF cooperative rural crecll
plans. There are number or sys-
TENS. For instance, one that Is used
in Iowa provides that the farmer give
"A mortgage on his place and receive
for 1t bond OF the same amount
He paws for this bond on the install
mcnt plan and when he has paid for
the bond he exchanges 1t for his
mortgage. .Hr s.
Land is poor security for the right
kind OF "A money lender. The kind OF
a money lender you want in your
community Is the one who doesn't
want 10 ferclose. The good lender
doesn't want the Ia nd. He wants TO
loan money on a sound and business
like basis And TO such man the
land is not good security; the
man who will care for his land In the
wav which will insure the payment OF
his mortgage is the security,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-01-28
CONSIDERING
CONSOLIDATION
Of BIG UNIONS
Committees of United Mine
Workers and Western Fed
Grafton of Miners VIII
Hold Conference.
LABOR INTERESTS
MAY BE UNITED
Samuel Gompers Celebrates
Sixty.fourth Birthday; Dis
tinguished Guests Hon
or Him at Banquet.

INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 27.-Tbe prop
osition for the consolidation Of the
United Mine Workers of America and
the Western Federation of Miners was
placed on working basis by the mine
workers convention today.
The international executive board
was empowered TO appoint committee
TO meet with committee from the
Western Federation to discuss the ANAL
ganation and if a plan should be agreed
upon to submit it to the miners for
referendum vote
The report of the committees must be
submitted to the next biennial conven-
tion,
Other Important Resolutions.
Two other important resolutions were
adopted by the convention. One was
substitute offered by the resolutions
committee refusing to indorse the I'M
migration bill introduced in the United
States senate by Senator Dillingham;
1t was set forth that the Dillingham;
bill was too voluminous to be read or
considered by the convention, The sub
stitute requested the International Of
icers to work in conjunction with the
legislative committee for some bill
which would stem the tide OF immlgra-
tion, so that the large number of un-
employed already in the country could
be given work.
The second resolution recommended
that the subject of establishing CO
operative stores be referred back to the
various districts with instructions that
q campaign of education be carried on
so that the miners could take steps at
the next convention toward establish
ing chain of cooperative stores.
Movement Is Defeated.
a movement TO eliminate the interna.
:ional executive board and substitute a
committee composed Of the presidents
Of the various districts, urged by the
constitution committee, was defeated.
An attempt was made to curtall the
7ppointive power of the International
president. but the delegates became un-
ruly during the discussion and adjourn
ment was taken before the subject was
voted on.
At present the constitution provides
that the president shall appoint the or.
ganizers and the travelling auditors and
il was sought to amend the organic law
to make these officers elective. The
discussion will be continued tomorrow.
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CITY'S LURE TO FARMERS
EXPLAINED BY SPECIALIST
Continued from Page one,)

acres to potato raising at present and the
annual valuation of the crop Is about
81. .000. 900 Production and consumption
In Utah Just about balance each other.
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Salt Laker in New York.
Special TO The Tribune
NEW YORK, Jan 27--ImperiaI. H. C,
Edwards
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banker protects his signature or the gov
ernmcpt the stamp OIL the coins Make
IL alY'aNS rclia BILE.
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"Hot Air" Is Pest.

Many farmers want the right kind
of capitalists to come into their COM
nunities and loan TO them. When
they don't come. the farmers cuss
them. That doesn't do any good, The
worst pest in some parts Of the west
is oratory or hot air, The good lend
er will coma when you offer him sut-
isfactory inducements.
While the discussion of Potato Rails
ing in Utah." by Louis f. Boyle. was
largely OF a technical ma ture. intended for
the grower, there were many interesting
facts OF general Interest In the talk. Mr..
Boyle predicted that when the farmers
OF Utah realized what could be made
from potatoes by proper methods OF
growing and marketing, that the produc-
ton In Utah would increase greatly and
the state would export large amount Of
potatoes instead of consuming as many.
and sometimes more, than it raises. as is
the case at the present time.
THE potato Is % per cent OF the food
OF the human race,Y said Mr. Boyle. 1.-The
rate OF consumption In the United States
is from three 10 four bushels per capita
while In some parts OF Europe Il is as
high as twenty-seven bushels per capita
each year. The yield OF potatoes In the
world Is about five billion bushels annu-
ally. In Utah we devote about so, 600
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-01-28
Farmers UnwisdOm.

He said that while the farmer had big
advantage over the city man-bad plenty
OF fresh air and open space-the average
farmhouse In winter was closed ND tighter
than Il drum. He said he had seen very
few that were ventilated at night; that
the occupants slept In tightly closed
rooms,
This accounts partly for the high
death rate from pneumonia. influenza and
other lung diseases In the country" said
DR.. Paul. at may cost less to heat the
poorly-ventilated house. but the cheap
ness Is bad policy. 1t is less expensive
to buy fuel than to pay doctor bills and
care forsthe sick"
DR.. Paul warned farmers to protect
themselves from the files He advised
the housekeepers to especially protect
the milk supply Here he criticised the
farmer who Is careless with his milk
cans. "He viii throw his milk can on
Its side In corral or yard. but he would
never think OF throwing his frying pan
there he said.
DR., Paul concluded his address by adj
vising the farm woman on house drain
age and such matters. He was uues-
toned for some time by his auditors
after lie finished.
Tonight the department of music OF
the Agricultural college entertained the
Roundup and conference visitors with a
musicale In the tahornncla
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-01-28
Basis of Success.

To take up the subject OF market
ing. Any marketing organization that
thinks II can sell n poor product at
good price is doomed to failure.
Also any orga niZatIon that thinks IL
can sell one mans good product
with another's poor one is doomed To
failure. There is n dangerous over
enthusiasm in cooperative marketing
and we should start on sound prin-
ciples There are four things which
cessful. 1t should improve the prod
uct, IL should standardize the prod
uct, II should brand the product with
sta mp or trade mark, and. lastly,
should educate the consumer to what
that brand means. The organization
which Will do these four things con.
sistently will have very little trouble
The producers ought to be able to
improve the product by meeting in
cooperative organization and dis
cussiDg the best methods and ex-
changing ideas and experiences
DIR. Carver then went on to give ex
amples of Standardization He told OF
hotel man who bought apples withou
looking IN the boxes, simply because h
knew the brand he bought, and alway
insisted on that brand because he kne,
that the apples would be perfect. II
told of how bacon and butter had bee
so standardized In Denmark that an
falling below that sta ndard was almost
national issue.
The stamp on the twenty-do!ar gol
coin Is what. gives 1t its valuation h
said. yet the gold piece Is just as val
identifies without examlnation Just wha
the coin Is worth. The same principl
applies TO the brand on desIra ole prod
ucts, The brand will sell your potatoe
II II represents a standard, and you mus
protect your brand just as carefully as
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-01-28
Woman Question.

There Is, too, the everlasting woman
question. She wants schools for her
children, sanitation, recreation and
beauty The grandmother Of the present
day farm woman lacked many OF the
conveuicnces we have today. In spite OF
the labor saving devices, however, the
average farm woman today works a IS hard
as her grandmother did. The farm wom-
an today spends her money largely Tor
things that other people have. We are
not quite able to set our own standards.
Farmers of today want to be city peo-
pie living In the country, and that is
expensive, Whenever YOU hear country
people apologizing for having dinner at
noon II signifies that they are a little
ashamed of country life And that is
a symptom OF decline in our country
life.
If women can get together and do the
things they like, through an organ!za-
tion by which they can set their own
sta andards. it will solve this problem The
biggest movement today is stopping the
devastation OF our country life by tho
cities. And that is the goal OF the rural
organization work In his talk on rural
sanitation Dr.. Paul said that sanitary
conditions in the city were usually better
than in country towns. He said that
while the farm well had been condemned.
he saw no rea son why it should not be
safe Il OF sufficient depth and properly
located as TO drain He said more dan
ger lay in the streams and springs,
where everything should be done TO pro-
tect the water from pollution,
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Turkeys Entrance.

Turkeys final alignment the side Of Ger
many in the present war has seemed Inevitable
from the first. While II throws the sultan
against his old allies in the Crmean struggle.
France and England. It affords him another ex-
cellent opportunity for that long coveted ven
seance on bis ancient enemy. Russia whose aim
always has been the Turks expulsion from
Europe. Turkey does not forget how perilousy
close TO the realization OF that aim Russia
came during the last Balkan war. Germany, in
the meantime, perfected it's compact with Turkey,
SO that this alliance has been discounted since
the present war began.
II would not be strange II Turkeys action
led TO another Balkan uprising That is II It fired
other Balkan states into action with the allies.
But IL has a graver significance even than that,
namely, the possible effect on the cause OF PAN
Islamism. All along speculation has been rife
as TO the possibility Of anti-Britsh revolts in
Egypt and India, such as already darkeus the
horizon in South Africa. True. British-Indisns
are fighting valiantly for the allies cause at
present, but once the sultan, as the read Of the
Mohammedan church emblazOns the Crescent
and calls on Moslems everywhere to rally to the
holy cause, there, is no telling what might
happen. OF course, in addition TO the Turks OF
British India and Egypt, there are those OF the
African provinces Of France and Italy, who might
also respond.
Such contingency cannot now be viewed
as more than possibility. yet such IT must
not be too meanly disregarded. Everything be-
ing fair in war, as in love, Germany may be ex-
pected to exercise its tactful influence toward
helping along any plan calculated to fire the
flame OF Pan-IsHamism in the boom OF all devout
Moslems. With the sultan, himself. waving the
Crescent, II is Questionable IL any other influ-
ence would be necessary. II all Moslems In those
countries did respond 1t would entail additional
burdens upon the allies. Britain especially, al.
though 1t might not necessarily form determin-
ing factor. There Is this hindrance to the PAN
Islamism shibboleth, that Germany. no less than
Russia or any OF the allies ranks with the "in-
believers" I'm the Mohammedan's eyNs. Yet IL
must be remembered that English, French and
Sandman support OF Turkey in the Crlmea did
not serve to disparage the holiness of that strug
gle by the sultan.