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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-19

counting by distributing agencies,
BY which every transaction can be
checked up, would be helpful and az
most shipments are interstate, such
e measure is within the pog.r q
congress.
Cooperation among the farmers,
the establishment of associations for
purchasing supplies and for dispos-
ing of their products, will unques-
tionably be found advantageous in
many communities.
In addition, there must be devised
an organized marketing system. ma
tional in scope, which will be able
to solve this problem of economic
distribution
We cry for diversification of
crops, but when the farmer, under
existing conditnons, gets away from
the crop that has a certain market,
he is taking great chance that he
will grow something for which he
will get nothing. Naturally he
hesitates to devote his energies to
producing stuff that may yield no
return-even though without it
people must go hungry.
Plainly there must be some or
ganized machinery that will open
up and establish reliable markets
and direct the distribution to sup
ply will meet demand and create the
necessary accompaniment to pro-
duction.
In England the board of agricul-
ture has charge of production and
The board of trade of distribution.
IN Ireland the department is official
y charged with both duties.
Imports of food products to both
countries areas large as before the
var. while the rates of freight are
Xix and seven times as large.
The demand at home for the pro-
iucts of our farms increases and the
temand abroad for our surplus has
lot diminished.
surely we must see to it that pro
iuction is not stifled by lack of
ome system which will enable the
PRODUCER to reap a reasonable profit.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-19
Mostly Gusss,...,

we eatser bureau ind out what kind 'a :,
s xea.ner we're going to haveqa ars OF
uont' son.'-Philadelphia Puh,,o ,ney
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-19
BUYING BOOKS BY THE TITLE
Two Historic Examples to Show That
This 10 by All Means a Dan.
0erous Practice.

In the titles of books lie at times
pitfalls for the unwary. An almost
classic example was afforded BY John
Ruskin. when, in 1851, he wrote a
snort pamphlet on the text, There
shall be one fold and one shepherd"
This, which treated of the reunion Of
the Protestant churches, was publish.
ed as Notes on the Construction of
Sheepfolds"-a title which. appealing
rather to the agricultural than to the
clerical mind, insured a brisk circula.
ton among farmers-those of the bor.
der especially-many of whom ordered
q copy in the hope that they might
CLEAN therefrom some original hints
and ideas that would be of use to them
in their calling.
The bucolic mind. indeed, would
seem singularly predisposed to iumn
to hasty conclusions, for English far.
mers followed but in the wake of their
Irish brethren-or rather of their Irish
brother, who. an enthusiast on the sub.
Ject of cattle breeding, greeted with
delight the appearance of a little vol.
ume by Maria Edgeworth, bearing tho
title, Essay on Irish Bulls" Although
the name Of the authoress was to him
unknown, the contents would doubt.
less he considered, be we'll worth the
few shillings he SO willingly dis.
bursed; but, alas! although the spir.
tied engraving of rampant Taurus that
prefaced the essay gave delightful
promise, he had but to read a few
lines to find that he had become nos.
sessed of treatise, not on bovine
ruminants, but on that particular
"blunder which is commonly supposed
to be characteristic of the Irish ma.
ton"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-19

Christiania, Norway, Aug. 10
The extraction and marketing of
iodine, which was almost entirely
in the hands of English firms before
the war, has been taken up in Nor
way. For many years the people
along the Norwegian coast have
made business of gathering sea-
weeds. burning them and exporting
the ashes to England, where the
iodine was extrated. The English
firms had such complete central of
the production that it was impossi-
BILE for Norweigians to compete sue
cessfully, but the war increased
prices to such an extent that some
Norwegian promoters started two
iodine factories, with the seaweed
producers as stockholders. In less
than years time one of these COM
panies has earned surplus of 90
per. cent of the capital.
The gatherers of the seaweed have
pledged themselves against further
eeyportations to England, and they
are sending the raw material to the
Norwegian factories.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-19

Too True. ~.
many a small boy whose MOI
.eils him he may some day be pre- :,
lent discovers a few years later "a
ne is better qualified for the posl''
VI lanifor Ia livery stable.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-19

, treasure, had disappeared, There was
a search all over the country. IL
! brought no results. With difficulty the
banker met the great loss. 1t was
| generally decided that robbers hao
! driven the treasure away, stage and
/ all, and no trace of the outnt was
j ever found.
! The sky had darkened while Abner
sat dreaming. A cyclonic gust nearly
! swept him of his feet as he got up
J to make a start for home. A binding
rain of sand cut his face. Abner
walked briskly forward. but several
times In his up and down hill
I progress he went headlong as the
sand slides took him off his footing
This is getting serious!" he ex-
claimed, as he slid nearly the length
Of a hill, to land in a gully between
two towering mountains Of sand. He
tried to reascend. 1t was like breast
ing an avalanche. The cut was filling
up fast. At one time the sand was
up to his knees.
Why! l shall be engulfed! 1t is
like quicksand!" he reflected in vivid
alarm.
His situation was truly critical. He
knew that unless he got out Of what
was a natural funnel for the tornado
air currents, he was lost. He strug-
gled on, came to a turn in the gully,
and dimly made out slanting mass of
gnarled tree roots. Abner ran to it,
slipped, a cavity was revealed, and he
dropped into darkness fully 20 feet.
The breath was nearly knocked out
Of his body, and it was some time be-
fore he could arise to his feet. He
stood on sandy foundation, appar-
emily of some large sheltered void.
1t was SO dark he could not make out
its extent. Cropping along, he land
ed against post. Then it occurred
to him that he had come upon one of
the many sand submerged houses
swallowed up in some tornado years
before. Once he had stepped into a
chimney, all that was left visible of
one of these engulfed structures.
Abner was a smoker. He therefore
pocket for one. drew it forth and
f1ared it. Then, transfxed, he strain
ed his gaze, wondering if some Alad-
din touch had suddenly created fairy
scene for deluded senses.
Before him was an open shed sup
ported by posts. Back of it was a
great, numbering old fashioned We
hicle. Attached We're the skeletons
of team of horses. Thrilled, amazed,
in almost a shout the electrified OBJ
server gasped out:
The lost stage coach."
Yes, it could be no other-it was
no other. Like lightning through his
bewildered brain ran a theory eluci-
dating all the mystery of 40 years and
more
To this shelter on the night the
bank was moved the horses had
strayed, to be enveloped, swallowed
up in the great winding wreaths of
sand, past rescue and sight until now,
More matches. closer inspection,
and there, intact, just as they had
been originally slowed, were the iron
boxes. Abner found the bank treas
ure-his by right of discovery, his by
right of legal inheritance.
So all the dark Glands passed away.
Dropping root ends enabled the ad.
venturer to regain the open air when
the sand storm was over, and the fam.
lily roof was saved, and soon there we're
two joyful weddings.
Copyright. 1918. by w. G. Chapman)
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-19
Would Not BE an Actress.

Little Mary, aged sweet fifteen and
stage struck, laid down her knit.
ting with a sigh one night and
said:
All, mother, how I'd like to be one
OF those great actresses or singers on
the stage!"
would your? said the mother un.
easily. Il don't know. It's an un.
healthy business, isn't it?"
why is it?" asked the daughter.
1t must be- said the mother
Don't you always see their names in
the paper telling how they've been TAX.
ing tonics and patent medicines and
SO on?"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-19
(Senator d. U. Fletcher in
Times-Union)

TimeS-Unl0n)
Ten carloads of tomatoes went to
market out of Florida last month
and the report on the entire lot to
the grower showed a loss of six and
oEe-half cents per crate over pack
ing and selling charges.
A few days ago fifty barrels of
fine head" lettuce went from New
Jersey. fifty miles to New York; the
ret proceeds to the farmer were one
dollar and sixty cents-a little more
than three cents barrel.
Were tomatoes in demand last
month? Did the consumer in the
markets to which these went, buy
tomatoes last month and did they
set them any cheaper?
Was nice, new. head lettuce in
demand in New York a few days
ago? Did consumers get lettuce
any cheaper than formerly?
Often Growers Labor Without Re-
ward
There is no complaint in either
case that the transportation charges
were excessive. Here the growers
must prepare the land, set out the
young plants, fertiliZe the soil, Gull
tivate the crops, contend with the
hugs, fight AGAINST the seasons and
their consequences. gather what is
produced all at great labor and
considerable expense, make up the
crates, carefully pack the vegetables
aud haul them to the railroad sta
ton, properly marked-then pa
tientlr await the returns with fer
vent hope that all their toll and
outlay may not have been in vain.
Eventually, perhaps after sever
al enquiries, the distributing agency
sends in short statement every
word abbreviated Titus: ''cr.
TOM Co.. fri. S., cartg. $
CONS. S, Balance cents"
Expectations are blasted. The
farmer is discouraged The bo'
who helped grow these vegetables
begin to look around for some oc-
oupation in life that offers some
thing more than hard work, sun
shine and air
These are not Exceptional cases
i wish they were This expert
ence is not confined to vegetable
growers - am sorry to say. Bad
as that would be farmers mieht qr.t
growing vegetables for while.
The Course of American Agricul-
ture.
These instances only illustrate
what is takine place all over the
country. They are examples of
what those people who live nearest
the fountain of life in the Divine
Economy, the producers of our food
are obliged to undergo in the cir
cumstances obtaining today. If
this be half true something is radi-
cally, wretchedly wrong.
If these were isolated cases, in
frequent and more or less accidental
we could afford to be patient with
conditions, philosophize a little,
hope for better luck next year, but
even then we would feel that il it
We're possible to avoid such losses
and disbursements it ought to be
done
When, on the other hand, they
are simply illustrative of quite COM
mon experiences, and show condi-
tons generally existing throughout
the country, every man, whatever
he be, producer of consumer, or dis
tributor, is summoned to the duty
OF devisinc a remedy. Otherwise
there is no hope for agriculture
The tillers of the soil much confinc
themselves to producing only what
they need. No surplus products
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-19
POUND STERLING YIELDING
TO AMERICAN DOLLAR

Recent events have shown that
the pound sterling is losing its
place in the world and that the al.
mighty dollar is becoming almost
as powerful as its name.
For ages, past, or at least sin &C
there has been anything that re-
sembled a scientific system of ex-
chanee between countries, the
pound sterling has been the unit.
the standard by which exchange was
effected.
But things are changing. Amer
lea has been selling foreign coun-
tries vastly more, in the past wear,
than she has been purchasing
abroad. This means that the time
is arriving when this country will
owe no other country, and that
about all other countries will owe
this. 1t is said that the purchase
OF American securities since the war
began has reduced the income from
American stocks and bonds hereto
fore held in Great Britain, some
thing like three hundred million
dollars. That is one result of
liquidation. not so much of our
money has to go abroad to pay in
terest.
The allies, especially, have been
purchasing immense quantities of
supplies in this country and these
must now be paid for. In ordinary
times this country, or rather the
people thereof. would owe enough
in those countries to pay the bill
Wrhout receiving gold in exchange.
But the people of this country do
not now have great debts in Europe
or England. consequently, those
governments that have been lavish
ly buying here must make some pro-
vision for payment, for our people
are beginning to want to see the COL
or OF their money.
And that is just where the dollar
comes in. The debtor government
must provide credits in this coun-
try. If they can send us dollars
sufficient their bills will be paid.
but to get that dollar now in any
foreign country costs the one who
wants it something more than one
cents in gold. Yesterday,
according to rates of exchange, the
pound sterling had deprecated
twenty-three cents, and the Ameri-
can dollar was worth one hundred
and four cents. and that is why this
war has brought the dollar into its
own.
1t is probable that when this war
is concluded the debt of Europe to
this country will be so large that
the dollar will for a long time be
theunit of exchange and this coun-
try become the creditor nation of
the world.-Miami Herald.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-19
The rundown,

One of the latest fads is for q young
woman to wear the name of her fiance
embroidered on the ankle of her stock.
ing. And l suppose if they ever fall
out she simply turns the hose ON him.
Youngstown Telegram.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-19

One trouble out our way" said
Uncle Eben, lis dat it takes an intire.
ly diffunt kind o. smartness to Kit a
political job FUN what it takes To
all de office creditably."
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-19
WantOn Waste In
Marketing Methods

must go to the great market places
1t may be argued that this need not
apply to wheat, corn and meat. But
what will the millions in the cities
and towns do with only flour, meal
and meat as their constant and un-
charging food supply?
Waste That Benefits No One
t What is wrong? Undoubtedly the
trouble is with our present miser-
able, inadequate, unscientific, waste
full methods of marketing our pro-
ducts. There is no systematic
handling of theproducts The waste
that is taking place does not in sure
to the benefit of the consumer-it
benefits no one-it is simply waste.
The farmers loss is nobody's gain.
The transportation people would be
better off if the farmers returns
were satisfactory because there
would be more stuff to haul and a
possibility of better rates. The COM
mission man would get more if he
received higher prices, his earnings
being a percentage of the total sales.
The farmer would be able to con-
tinue his work and increase produc-
ton if he received fair value for
his products-just what the con-
sumer is willing to pay and does
ray-less the necessary freight and
other charges.
In fact, if the avoidable waste is
eliminated the consumer could pay
less and the producer receive more
than at present.
Yesterday, in New York. paid,
az breakfast, thirty cents for half
grapefruit. This is about $50 a
box; the grower never got $50 for
that box. At dinner | paid thirty
cents for half cantaloupe; the
grower did not receive five cents for
that article. OF course, the hotel
CIV 'hN IlOIt tudH
the grower received, but no great
The outrageous price the
ultimate consumer paid there went
rainly to the hotel. The producer
never gets any of these high lprices
the consumer pays. The con-
sumers in their own homes pay
rood prices, ordinarily, prices that
would amply compensate the grower
If he got his share. | understand
that much loss occurs with perish
able commodities by reason of bad
order" arrivals. and because the
vegetables or fruit will not keep
but that would not happen if the
shipments were made to the right
places at the right times.
The Remedy Suggests Itself.
80 ~ s"nc system of marketing must
be devised The vital matter of
food distribution must be taken out
of the realm of chance. This waste
full, haphazard method, lack of sys-
TEN, lack of organization, where the ,
producer is at the mercy of distri5-
utors and agents who have nothing
at stake except commission on
what they sell; where handlers of
q ]icate iaradrets care nothing about
the DAMAGE done by throwing them
about, roughly and carelessly;
where there is ample demand and
real need in certain places, while all
the supply is piled up elsewhere;
where the man who tolls most of the
hours in the twenty-four takes all
the chances, endures all the hard
ships. gets the worst end of all
receiving the least re
while the consumers
continue to complain of the high
cost of living, must have an end.
A National Organized Marketing
System
A law requiring detailed ac-
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-19
American Hospital In China.

Che-Foo has an American hospital
which is stated to rank with the best
In the larger cities of China. 1t stands
In four acres of ground on Temple
hill, overlooking the city and harbor
OF Che-Foo and cost $4,000 gold.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-19

The photograph is a great inven.
ton. but as a musical instrument the
stock ticker has the sweeter voice..
Boston Transcript.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-10-29

'Wnat, mademoiselle, soon you do
me the honor to follow me-perhaps
you did me the honor to take into pos
session something of my property.
Prithee-come down, my dear"
Il will not" rejoined Kitty-''if
choose to stay here tits none of your
business"
The dark flush of anger came II
Count Sachio's swarthy features.
Listen, my sweeting," said he. II
have no time to waste words with you
or anyone. You have what is mine,
and what l want Come down--you
must-either alive or dead. One day
you will find that Count Sachio is not
one with whom you can idly trifie.
Quick now, the paper"
Pale and terrified, for a moment al.
most unnerved, the unhappy girl made
no answer.
Ready, guards" commanded Sachio
to his men. Take aim. You, there
drag her out of yonder tree"
GRO BE CONTINUED1
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-10-29
Art Of JAPAN.

A certain fastidiousness, certain
love of scrupulous and clearly order,
belongs to the Japanese character; we
find it in their manners, their habits.
their furniture, in all their workman
ship. The word exquisite, so often
vaguely misapplied, is an epithet truly
applicable to the art of Japan. The
faults Of this character are tendency
to the smallness which often goes with
neatness. The Japanese do not work
under the pressure Of abundant ideas
and torrential emotions; they do not
fall into the excessive extravaganza
which sometimes besets the Chinese.
But their unfailing sense OF style COM
pensates in great measure for their
lack of more genial exuberance.
Taste with them, as with artists like
Velasquez and Whistler, becomes no
mere negative avoidance. One might
well compare the Japanese genius in
some aspects with the Latin genius,
as it is shown in much OF the poetry
Of the Romans and of the French,
where a telling economy of words and
fineness of handling are made to com.
pensate for slightness or even COM
plete absence of matter-Laurence
Binyon, in the Atlantic.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-10-29
TELLS OF PREHISTORIC EGYPT
scribes Face Paint Found In
Ancient Graves.

Mr.. Handbook has just delivered
lecture ON prehistoric Egypt ar the
British museum, the first of course
of four lectures.
After a detailed discussion of the
dynastic Egyptians on the one hand
and the prehistoric aborigines on the
other, in the course OF which he
showed a large number of ivory, slate,
bone and clay fgurines recovered
from early Egyptian graves, together
with number of skulls, he proceeded
to examine some early ceremonial
slate palettes, which are illustrative
of the fauna of the country at that
period, as we'll as of the artists skill.
These palettes were used for toilet
purposes, the malachite which was
used for face paint being ground upon
them, and it is interesting to note that
traces of paint are still visible on
some of them.
They are Of further importance, in
asmuch as they illustrate pictorially
the traditional conquest of the North
by the South prior to the unification
of all Egypt under one monarch, the
| legendary Mona, one whose histori-
cal counterparts would appear to have
been Aha-Men.
The early predynastic Egyptians
were Neolithic, and the flints of their
workmanship are the finest wrought
flints in the world, but later on copper
came unto use.
The Semitic element in the Egyptian
language proves conclusively that
there was Semitic element in the
blood of the dynastic Egyptians, but
this fact does not seem to have much
bearing on the connection between
the early Egyptian and Babylonian
civilization as illustrated by the use
Of cylinder seals and similar shaped
mace heads in both countries in the
very earliest times, for at the period
in question the Sumerians and not the
Semites were in all probability the
ruling factors in Babylonian civiliza-
ton. Mr.. Handbook concluded his lee
ture with some remarks on the paint
ings on early Egyptian pottery, which
showed that they knew how to build
and navigate sailing boats as well as
rowing boats from the earliest times.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-10-29

city? We have been together in more
than one peril-we have well-nigh per-
ished together score of times-and
together we have avenged ourselves.
Do you find no augury in that? Sol
diers who fight together and who win
to safety together usually are friends
why should not we be friends?"
He advanced toward her now, his
arms extended, in his face all bis
awakened passion as he saw her once
more so close at his side.
"What!" exclaimed Kitty, pushing
him back. "Surrender-you ask me to
surrender! Why should /? We are
but now out of situation which
leaves me disposed for anything but
light matters. Why should think Of
you at all, monsieur lie comte, who
have been indeed the cause of SO
many of these perils which you men,
ton now. Until I find the missing
half Of my coin have another mis-
sion in life, and other matters to con-
slider, than to talk of such things as
these you now suggest"
She turned from him. He stood look
ing after her, baffled and unhappy,
smiling sadly as he saw her go.
"One time, mademoiselle," said he
to hinself-"some day! Tomorrow
may bring another day"