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The Green Forest tribune., 1915-04-23
pFp0RT OF EGG
 LAYING CONTEST
,,vrn INCREASE IN PRODUCT. ION SHOWN OVER PREvl-
 OUS MONTH

ION SHOWN OVER PREvl-
 oUS MONTE
 The egg production for the honth of March in the egg lay. nc contest is given below by bens and breeds.
 Pen No. 1, White Wyandottes, 2 hens, 40 eggs; No. 2, Buff brpingtons, 12 hens, 176 eggs; No. 3, White Leghorns, 12 hens, IS eggs; No. 4, Minorcas, F ems, 157 eggs; No. 5, White Orp- hgtons, 12 hens, 131 eggs; No.
 Columbian Rocks, 12 hens, S7 eggs; No. 8, Brown Leghorn, 2 hens, 132 eggs; No. 9, White Rocks, 12 hens, 155 eggs; No. 10, Barred Rocks, 12 hens, 154 eggs; No. Il, White Orpingtons, 12 lens, 134 eggs; No. 12, Buff eghons, F hens, 84 eggs; No. B, White Leghorns, 12 hens, 107 legs; No. 15, White Leghorns, hens. 61 eggs; No. Is, R. I. Reds, 12 hens, 85 eggs; No. 19, Anconas, 12 hens, 80 eggs; No. A. Barred Rocks, 6 hens, 33 ggs, No. IF, White Rocks, 6 lens, 61 eggs; No. IS, R. l. Reds, hens, 39 eggs; No. 20, Barred lock, 6 hens, 67 eggs; No. 21, folden Compines, 6 hens, 82 ggs; No. 22, w. F. Black Span $h, 6 hens, 93 eggs; No. 23, Sil- Ter campines, 6 hens, ST eggs, 10. "A, White Wayndottes, 6 lens, 87 eggs; No. .25, S. L. Byandottes, 6 hens, 135 eggs; O. 26, R. 1. Reds, 6 hens, 104 Egs; No. 27, Buff Rocks, 6 hens,
 eggs; No. 28, Brown Leghorns, hens, 93 eggs; No. 29, Minor bs, 6 hens, 75 eggs; No. 30, White Rocks, 6 hens, 99 eggs; b. 14b, Barred Rocks, 6 hens,
 eggs; 17b, White Rocks. 6 lens, "A eggs; No. 18b, s. c.
 l. Reds, 6 hens, 69 eggs; No. Do Barred Rocks, 6 hens, ST Egs.
 The records show a marked hcreaSe in production over the fevious month. Over 1, 2 % 2ore eggs were produced in [arch than in February. The Eht and heavy breeds produced bout equally for the month. 1 Pen number 25, Silver Laced Syandottes are strongly in the lad for this month. The same fn led for the month of Febru- fy. The highest individual re- Prd for the month was 26 eggs, foduced by a Rhode Island Red It IS also notable that in March, So, several hens produced no 8gS. One well developed hen $ not laid an egg since the ex- rlment began.
 It IS apparent that we should low the record of our breeding Pck, The good producer will worth keeping for next years eedlng pen. A number of ms will not pay for their feed. "A very important thing at eSent is keep vermin in check, peclally lice. This becomes pre- important with the advent warm weather and will have a ge bearing upon some pro- ctlons. The dust bath is lures remedy. It is cheap q effective. Lie e powder ould be used if necessary. ultry with lice are not thrifty. pthrlfty poultry oive no nrnfits
The Green Forest tribune., 1915-04-23
COMMITTEE ON
 RURAL CREDITS
NO RURAL CREDIT LEGISLATION PASSED AS YET BY
 CONGRESS

Many letters received at the departments offices in Washing ton indicate a widespread belief that the last Congress passed legislation establishing 6 system of rural credits under which the Federal Government advances money directly to farmers. No such legislation and no such system is in operation. What the congress did do was to con stitute a joint committee of the Senate and of the House of Rep resenatives to draw up a bill or bills providing for the establish ment of system of rural credits adapted to American needs and conditions. The committee is to report by January 1, 1916.
 This committee will have at it's disposal the information col lected in the course of two years study by the department of the problems rural organization. In 1913 a commission was sent abroad to investigate European methods of advancing money for agricuI- tural improvements; at the same time it was realized that, to make this investigation fruitful conditions at home should be studied, and the department undertook this work in June 1913, in cooperation with certain educational associations.
 The department began by col lecting information on the pre- vailing rates of interest on farm
 a:s7r 5- a country, the reasons for vari ations, and the sources iron which the loans were obtained such as banks, insurance com panies, building and loan associa- tions, mortgage companies. etc. Not only mortgages but short time loans as well were consider ed and the effects of State legis- lation gone into.
 In December 1913, the infor- nation collected was laid before committees of Congress in a series of hearings, but no rural credits legislation was enacted, either then or in the session which closed on March 1, 1915. In the meantime, however, the department took up the question Ot cooperative efeQlb aSsGela- tions and other forms of organi- zation for credit improvement and has given active field assist ance along these lines. The de- partment has also rendered as- sistance to a number of States in the matter of rural credits legislation. At the present time, therefore, its work consists of both investigation and demon stratiou investigation of the ex- isting conditions and the difficult ies to be faced, and demonstra- tions of the ways these difficult
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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-01-23
How Big Are WeP

TTNHoSE Washington statisticians who are
Il trying to hold stop-watch on the growth
pf population to discover the exact minute
when It reaches the 100. 900, 900 limit may we'll
abandon their effort. It is a waste OF time.
No one cares to know the second when that
handsome figure is reached, because in the
next minute IL will be exceeded Babies are
born here with encouraging frequency and
Immigrant ships are landing new residents
BY the hundred every few days, so that no
record stands for longer than the moment
when IT was made.
But while the statisticians have their noses
buried In their tables OF figures the rest of
US can look abroad and wonder at the mar
yelous expansion OF life on this continent
since white men first set foot here. We hold
dominion from sea to sea and we have
builded cities and highways and Industries
that demonstrate what free men can do under
faVoring conditions. And while we are won
dering at the great material progress a little
time could proftably be spent in a careful
searching OF the heart TO discover whether
there has been spiritual progress as well,
whether the driving force OF great ideas is
stin potent.
II sometimes seems as II the little nation
OF 100000. inspired by a thrilling dream OF
liberty 40 years ago, was really bigger than
this great agglomeration OF materialism to-
day but that may be only because OF the en-
chantment OF distance.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-01-23
Blackball or Speller

CPEAKING in favor of the immigration
- bill, literacy test and all, Professor Fair
child of Yale, declares that ''it is illogical to
say to the foreigner that he can get along all
right here without education and demand
that our own children shall be educated
under compulsion." That is just the reason
many men who have been denied educational
advantages come to America, because they
know that what they lack their children will
get. Cases have been known, too, plenty Of
them, in which the foreigner did not wait
for the second generation to learn a thing
or two, but by assiduous work in the night
schools acquired an education of his own.
why have you come to American"
$50 that my children may get an educa-
ton"
"Have you got one yourself?"
"No never had chance"
"Then go back and wallow in your igno-
rance. There is no room for you or your chill
dren here"
Spelling book immigration would never be
effective in keeping out undesirables. and it
could never be anything but un-American.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-01-23

what will we do with an American feet of mar.
chantmen II there is nothing for them to doi
It seems to me that you editors have soft
thing of 1t In comparison to us poor workess
You don't consider that IL your advice ia FOL
lowed in this editorial that 1t will be boom
erang to us.
The Dacia will be sold back to the Hamburg
Line as soon the war Is over, sure, becauta
America cannot compete with the German shps
The same conditions will follow as before this
war started. The pauper labor of Germany can
beat the civilized world. Just think of a me.
chanic working for Sc per week OF 12 hours per
day. This low condition of wages prevails in all
industries in Germany.
II Germany had paid 50 per day there would
have been no war. The war was caused BY
England to knock out these starvation wages
1t had to come, and 1t will never be settled
right till universal wages are more equal Either
we have TO come down to the German standard
of 81 and SO per week or Germany has to come
up to ours of S12 AS the cost of production "a
at least two-thirds Of the cost of manufacture,
figure 1t out for yourself and see where America
comes in. I have been taking the EVENING
LEDGER ever since the first issue. and must
say you have been fair to both sides.
Philadelphia, January 49, 1915.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-01-23
WAR AND WAGES

TO the Edif0F of ths Evening Lsd0eTf
sir-I am a workingman In the textile lima
which Is very slow at the present / have iust
finished the editorial american from Stem 10
stern" Don't you think you are drawing Ii very
strong? don't think you have considered All
that the Allies have done Tor America In ths
way OF favoring our Southern cotton planters
by admitting cotton free 70 Germany therebv
giving our Southern cotton planters an ezra
output. suppose the Allies should IN return.
put back the embargo on wool ana rubber and
stop the cotton exports 10 Germany and stop
the export q cloth both for meas wear ana
importers and merchants and clelhins manufac-
turers get ont II we have no WOOL Ne via
have 20 cloth for The wearing apparel makera
ones Ezes.
France ana England have tie rBmpz. ana
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-01-23
A New Naval Reserve

FTNHE passage by the House of the Coast
i Guard bill. which had previously been
acted favorably on by the Senate, makes GER
tain the merging of the Life-saving Service
and the Revenue Cutter Service. A mistake
was made when the two were separated more
Than quarter Of a century ago. The services
supplement and complete each other. the one
saving life on the open sea and the other
along the coast. One of the most satisfactory
features of the bill is the extension to the
Nfe-savers OF retirement and longevity pay;
another is that It practically creates naval
reserve OF more than 1000 men, who in peace
cr war can be transferred TO the naval serv-
tce by order of the President
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-01-23
what Is a Life !?

A TRAIN from West Chester stopped the
"A other morning, with q sudden jolt. just be-
fore It reached the West Philadelphia station.
when Il did not start again men impatient
d set to their offices went 20 the door Of -the
Ears ana looked out Some Of them got down
on The track, glanced toward the engine,
moved forward and then they waited. In
sew moments. after one or two unsuccessful
allempfa The engine was uncouDled and
pnnsa ahead about It's own length. Then
haif dozen lrain hands bent down over
- eIzs mass that had once been man
1 as1 4 - etreleher Tie passengers
W H ss aea explained the
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-01-23
AMERICAN FROM STEM TO STERN"

To the Editor Of the Evening Ledger:
Sir-Your editorial american from Stem to
Stern" was one of the abest editorials that has
appeared in any Philadelphia paper for long
time and comes a welcome indication that
at least part of our press Is not of the spne-
less sort 1 am glad your excellent paper comes
out strong for America and American rights
After reading the many toady and nauseating
sproutings of Lodge, Choate, "Jellyfsh" Bryan
the discredited Eliot and the un-American Ben
nett 1t takes something to arouse us to re-
alization that we Americans really have some
rights distinctly our own. and some of us are
beginning to wonder after reading such articles
whether we actually have the right of sending
ships even far as three miles from our
own shores (whon some belonging to other ma
tions, all with steam up and ready for action
Just little beyond our three-mile limit,
and would have us believe that America is ter
ribly defenseless; which, were 1t true would be
an awful indictment of some of our former very
able Administrations But they might save
their wind we know It's bluff, when in reality
know the fellow the other side Is the
buffer and is probably already complaining
" ow 'orribly himpudent the Hamericans are
becoming" mistakng our mere expression for
a respect for our God-given rights as impu-
dence.
When any American has the nerve to invest
his good American cash in vessel of any kind
to compete with the carriers of other nations,
he Is merely exercising his inalienable rights,
and there should be question to his right
to sail his ship to any port of any nation in
the world with which we are at peace;
should there be any question of his right TO
load MS snip with the prouuct mot reasonably
contr1band) of our merchants and farmers, more
especially after he has taken every means
to inform our Government as to the details of
tho purchase in acquiring the vessel and which
purchase Government has pronounced reg
uar in every way, open and above board. and
he has registered the vessel, sailing 1t under
the protection of the Stars and Stripes. When
such purchaser, American citizen, has his
rights nterfered with and does not receive our
unequivocal protection, backed up by all the
power nation possesses, 1t surely is an evil
dence of weakness and an asinine act of
which true American desires our nation to
be guilty. Such failure to protect our citizens
and their property is not the experience of our
people to date and should not be now, as Old
Glory has ever stood for independence on land
and must now stand for our rights upon the
seas.
1t is pity cur people must allow to remain In
Office a man of who It is said, acting as Secre-
tary OF State, has written to foreign nation
seeking to compromise our rights to deal where,
when and with whom we deem 1t desirable. All
American citizens should demand full protection
for their fellow Americans and especially at
this time. for the American who has the nerve
to own and sail American ship.
H. A. MEYERCoRD.
Philadelphia January 1S, 1915
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-01-23

y
THE country may well pray for strength
for the "flibusterers." Not In years has
so iniqutous and subty dangerous a propo-
stIon as the ship purchase bill come before
Congress, with such powerful backing. The
menace is the greater because the men be-
hind the movement, including the President
himself, are sincere in their belief that the
method proposed is the only feasible one for
the rehabilitation OF the American merchant
marine.
The arguments and promises supporting 1t
are contradictory. The Government ships
AYERS the President would be used only in
Improbable trade which private ships would
not enter, yet the fact is that the shortage in
bottoms is felt only in the European trade,
in which rates at present are the highest ever
known The Government cannot want ships
for South American trade, for they are not
needed. 1t can want them only for the Euro
pean trade, in which there is no pretense of
lack of profit
The Government cannot buy any sturdy
vessels at fair prices except German ships
which are lnterned. Freight rates are so
high that a craft can practically earn its
cost in one voyage. What neutral vessel,
with the seas open to it, would be sold in
such circumstances? There remain only Ger
man ships, useless to their owners while Eng
land controls the seas. These are the ships
that the Administration is after, as Secretary
McAdoo has boldly intimated.
Yet American shipyards langulshng.
The Administration does not propose to kill
two birds with one stone by building up the
marine and the shipyards at the same time.
It wants to buy from belligerent, because
there is nowhere else it can buy, and it wants
to do this at a time when the conduct Of its
foreign affairs is so muddled that the Dacia,
having been adopted, remains whole or half
orphan.
We shall not have marine until we
have constructive craftsmanship. The Ad-
ministration's idea seems to be that 1t
will buy it's way onto the oceans and keep
the flag ahoat by never-ending streams Of
gold, taken from the taxpayers. 1t cannot
be done, and it ought not to be done, Senator
Lodge and the other gentlemen who are
assisting him will deserve the thanks of the
nation for talking the mad project to death.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-01-23
NOT ONE CENT FOR TRIBUTE
To the Editor Of the Evening ledger

To the Editor OF the Evening Led0T'
Sir-While we sit in innocuous desleIuoe
and look with incredulty at the posslplliy q
war being waged upon u.s. we are preparing
the way for any nation to attack us ,,,s,s uaas
might care to at this particular time nnn'
we are making protests and feeble prom,Ass1 ~
other nations are making demands ana OOla
assertions. u, -
While we are shipping our very lie, Ou.
food supplies, out OF the country, wnlon ss,rs 49,
baIn0 controlled by the trusts. we are roophs
ourselves, so that perhaps before the WAY, y.
is over we will be paying 10 cents loal ~
bread, II not more, and ~ bag tor .,Sa Nst ts,i
For what? Tribute to a foreign nauon p'Ii
is exacting tribute and has been exaeuns
for 40 years or more. and the tnousaiSn in,s. y
which inspired Patrick Henry TO cry 49,
me liberty or give me deathl' and also cNess, =,
that famous remark, I'VE have millions M, sw
defense, but not a cent for tribute y ~ ~.
this country always act az tho catspa" =
ah0'nsF "A' FRANCIS q. BAILEY
Camden January 10.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-01-23
WHAT CAN U S. DO ABOUT 1T?

sir--I notice your paper is once again getting
agtated about rights on the ocean" in an
editorial in todays issue, entitled American
From Stem TO Stern" In which you use your
stock phrase. Cannot and will not" The only
trouble Is you "can" and you do" You were
not going TO be driven from the ocean by the
hogs OF the sea" was, think the term YOU
used. That's a fact. the New York Sun
would say. "wot amt So" because, while not
driven" you simply failed 10 exist on the sea
and practically speaking, you don't exist vet.
Now, in regard 10 this latest case-if the British
permit this ship to sail she win sail, and n
they don't give permission she won't. Really
are you not a trihe childish. because IN any
case, what can you do about IT?
v. h. LETS
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-01-23
Cut the Bylaws From the Constitution

Cut the Bylaws From the Constitution
ATOW that talk of constitutional conven-
IN ton has begun and plans for 1t are TAX
tng shape every citizen interested in the free
government of the Commonwealth should de-
n1and that the revision of the Constitution be
radical
It is now n mass of legislation tying the
hands of this city and of every other con-
siderable community. Regulations intended to
cover local and changing conditions have
been embalmed in the fundamental law Pa
tronage grabs, devised by political machn-
lists, have the sanction of constitutional au-
thority. Petty courts which the city itself
ahould have the power to create or destroy,
have been fastened on this community by the
chains of an amendment to the Constitution.
ALI this sort of thing should be cut out of
the document when constitutional conven-
ton meets. All that is needed Is broad
groundwork of fundamental principles of
government guaranteeing to the people of
the Commonwealth the greatest liberty in
managing their own affairs. The number
OF constitutional offices should be reduced
to the lowest minimum consistent with
proper division of the functions of govern
ment between the legislative, executive and
judicial branches. The General Assembly
should have full power to create such other
of1ceS as the exigencieS demand and II
should have control over the detail of all leg
i islation within the four corners of the prin-
ciples of popular government laid down in a
4 new and simplified Constitution
There are broad-minded men In the State
who understand this great need. There are
public-spirited citizens of Philadelphia who
have had experience with the cramping and
constructing provisions of the present doc
ument when they sought to free the city
from some of the abuses of machine rule.
They are expected to use their influence to
secure a real Constitution and to persuade
the politicians, who seem at present to be
thinking more of revision of the hampering
bylaws than Of drafting a real fundamental
law that they are making mistake from
the point Of view Of their own interests, to
say nothing OF the interests of the Common
wealth as a whole. There is legal ability
enough in the State, and political wisdom
enough. to draft a model Constitution for
submission to the voters. If this ability is
not used in this way the voters themselves
must bear the blame.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-01-23

women should hear. The engine was at
tached to the train again and It moved on,
arriving at the Broad Street station only 10
minutes late. The people disembarked and
hastened to the street to recover, II possible
the time they had lost and for the poor
workman who got in their way time had
stopped altogether.
What is the life Of any man that It's taking
off should make us late to business? The
way the world answers this question is
measure of it's enllghtenment.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-01-23
couNcns, BREAcH or FAITH

To the Editor Of the EvsHiH0 Lsd0sri ,,-..,.,.
Sir-n all the people or the city, i.Ss ~ N ia
other than the older part OF the city (parI =. ~
rendsrloin, Fishtown, lower Kenslngtoh. .--.sd ss'd
OF Richnlond, some OF the district peloW sas,l
avenue, and all parts along the INs. w., "a,
knew the terribly immoral and lMhsail.s M 49,, IA
ditions existing there they would tear uomA .ss.
houses themselves. Although the sahsa's s-st.
ditions are disgFaeeful, the immoraiity .sslyss =
full. And yet men who can met met rnch
and claim to be God-fearing WIN PStn eoru-
sasilv remedled things 10 degrade our isv-
munity Are they human beings me- 90.
makers who refuse TO even listen 70 tns tsoss
nized cry OF the little boys ana snD .,sv' ID
lives may be wrecked ana whose sVu,' snviron-
lost through the immoral and nlthy s-'no3y
ment In which they grow upf We NfS ~. sra
m the eity) are our brothers keepers Ns.saf
responsible to God for the souls OF ~ ~ ,hoss
and the poor. Many OF tne ehiietS. Ne ~ raIehi
dirty districts will become bad men ~h1 IA
nave been saved II they had been r.asss 80 ~
q clean atmosphere. Nine out OF every ,noral ~.
sons who are dirty you viii nnd are SI-t,a
(although every immoral person - ~ orssgl s1f
DO the people OF this city have 20 eiars -.
crinRs 10 those men whom they sent 70 - ~
els Tor the purpose OF making laws t..,ul -
welfare and uplifting OF our eluzens, ~ "A
and futurel DO they have 70 sesHa - X dsplha
the Innocent child dragged down 70 ths sssciis
OF degradation and hell because theso
VIII not help themf =, eo-
Conneliy gives his Views and the resi- - ..ssy
low suit. Who made the psoP'S a.sdsd badly
ionr ago but Connellyf He Is an obstruetlss.s,ss ~
pure ana simple He cares nothing ios
welfare Of the people whom he s"ole ~, ~ "
teet and help. Get rid OF him and We sa.e ~
our bieh-speed transit. You will nnds 1 .et.
in the near future, he viii be putting o1s.%'.
b the path OF that. Cons, fellow cits.17. d
We supposed 10 tcady ana beg q nun ~. .sl.l.
We want. Or y ae spppossay1o 90 :. ~
commando 1aa4
MICHAEL =. RoQhH'
f'hiiaaslDhias 5anuerf Es isis'