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The Republican journal., 1915-12-02
The Farmers Union.

tn TUE EDITOR OF The JOURNAL
war since the Farmers Union Oh Manie
vss organized there has been tendency
=, ret off wrong with the real interest OIL
me farmers. There is point OF differ-
er,a between Mr.. c. E. Embree, Mana
c-r Of the State Farmers Union and our
5mmissioner of Agriculture, Mr.. WIN.
T Guptil, that ought to be better unoer-
stood bv the farmers. | was present at
he Springfield meeting where these two
men first met in open public dispute and
ne,r recent appearance before the gov
-r7or and council, reported in The Jour
"a Of Nov. 18th, was in part the same
/ natter brought out at Springfield. The
-osr important foundation facts that
| mrcerr the farmers have not been sutfi-
GENTLY published.
Several "un1on :" efforts have been
ale to improve the selling end of farm
L wlllcts, practically all of which have
A ged and failed generally because OF
z1-ldling and generally weak meddling
4 with the organized and trained brokers
4 and commission merchants of the cities.
~ nave no more right to try to displace
H. Of them than they have to put farm
] nut of business.
u Brokers, commissioners and whole
A rs have a right to turn down farm
1 -5acts that are not properly grown or
j perly presented for market. In turn,
z farmers have right to blacklist
Icy swindler. These two fundamental
&rg,ts must BE- accepted by the farmers
d l-1n and acted upon before the relations
q ,=-Ween the producer and consumer can
u Be aljusted.
d The temptation to swindle is very great
n 10Th sides, and both sides are trying
d eaeat to surprising extent. lgnor-
D. on each side of the real conditions
the other side also plays very large
15stt in our unsatisfactory dealings. No
Il man alone, or small number of men or
5ne1 unorganized, can remedy the evils.
H. Embree has put one or more farm
Eg in the city to conduct the city end
n marketing without reserving the
slower to blacklist in case of his ignor-
HMce or misconduct.
q Mr. Embree has made fertilizer con-
tracts, grain buying contracts, and pro-
nee selling contracts, none of which
3a1Jracts the farmers are allowed to see.
aF Guptil's contention in part is that he,
n Commissioner, should be allowed to
f. the contracts, and partly, too, be-
suse Mr.. Embree is employed by him as
H. States "Chief of Marketing and
2lpFiles' for farmers. And in part be-
suse Mr.. Guptill contends that contracts
'tended for the good of farmers in gen.
Ia ought not to be kept as secrets but
AAght to be spread upon the pages of our
Zgncutural reports. 1t is only necessary
state this part of the controversy be-
Feen the two State officials. No more
necessary to enable any farmer to de-
Atfmine which side he wants to support.
When the farmers are as well organ
Nl as the city buyers and we can eff
ectually quote our daily selling prices as
4ey are quoting the daily buying prices
The Republican journal., 1915-12-02
NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS AND Ma.
TIONAL REVENUES.

| WASHINGTON, D. c., Nov. q, 1915
National preparedness and nationa
revenues are two problems that go hant
in hand.
1.-The Democratic administration pro
poses the one when it has utterly failed
to solve the other"
| These are conclusions reached by Rep
resentative Frederick H. G;llett of Massa-
chusetts, ranking minority member of
| the Appropriations Committee. His
statement has greater significance when
1t is remembered that for weeks Mr..
Gillett has been in daily conference with
both Democrats and Republicans of the
House in an effort to improve the pres
ent system of financing government ap-
preparations.
The question of revenues is the most
difficult problem the Democratic party
must face when Congress meets" said
Mr.. Gillett. Republicans have always
claimed that lack of business efficiency
was an inherent and inevitable defect in
every Democratic administration. That
theory has been abundantly illustrated
since March 4, 1918.
"Dilatoriness, vacillation, change of
plans and deficits have marked the Demo-
cratic fiscal policy. A constant excess
OF expenditures over receipts has been
shown by Treasury statements. Further
more, the sudden change in the form of
statements adopted on the first of Octo-
Der, whether made for that purpose or
not, had the effect of preventing easv
comparisons and unfairly swelling the
apparent Treasury balance.
Now the President is going to recon-
mend enormous appropriations for the
army and navy. The serious problem
will be how to pay them. In the past
Republicans have been allowed no voice
In these matters. Plans have been for
mulated by Democratic subcommittee,
endorsed by Democratic caucus, and
passed by Democratic majority, kept
solid by the pressure of party tyranny
and administration patronage.
whether the same system will pre-.
vail in the coming session will depend,
| suppose, upon the harmony in the Dem
ocratic ranks and the necessities of the
administration. At all events | think
the funds necessary for the program
should be raised by taxation and not by
the sale Of bonds. The proposed expendi-
lures for national defense should not be
shifted on to our successors, but should
be paid from current revenues.
This involves cutting off our luxuries
and pruning down our necessities on the
one hand, and increasing our income on
the other.
1T involves surveying the field from a
business and not from a political or sec
tional viewpoint, and that is where l fear
Democratic failure. Unless the party
can meet the situation with better bust
ness foresight and efficiency than it has
so far displayed, the current drift toward
the Republican party will become land
slide
The Republican journal., 1915-12-02
PITTSFIELD PERSONALS.

Mrs. Hattie Larrabee visited friends
in Newport Friday.
Mrs. Robert Martin left Tuesday to
pass Thanksgiving with relatives.
W. B. McGilvery has returned from a
few days business trip to Boston, where
on Saturday he witnessed the Harvard
Yale game.
Mr.. ana Mrs. F. A. Noble spent Sun
day in Burnham with their daughter,
Mrs. Vesta McAllister Pittsfeld Ad-
vertiser.
The Republican journal., 1915-12-02
The China Schools.

The village Primary and Grammer
schools closed Nov. 10th after period
of IL weeks A fair and entertainment
were held in the Grange hall, but the
sudden storm prevented many from at
tending. However, a small sum of
money was realized from candy sales.
Those not absent nor tardy IN the Pri-
mary school were Marjorie Fletcher,
Loris Kitchin, Beatrice Farris and Lila
Washburn, Dora Kitchin, only one-half
day; Orave Kitchin and Cecil Went
worth, absent only one day. Ivy Went
worth not absent or tardy, Dorothy
Farnsworth and Fife Wentworth, one
day.
The Republican journal., 1915-12-02
THE CAPE ROSTER Zinc MINE.

Work is being pushed in the develop
ment of The zinc mine at Cape Roster,
which has been taken over by New York
men. A new shaft has already been
sunk, and rich vein of zinc found. Ma
chinery for the operation of the mine
has arrived, and day and night shifts are
being worked. The condition of the zinc
market makes the prospect bright for
the profitable working of the mine, and
a busy winter is anticipated.
The Republican journal., 1915-12-02
FARM NOIES,

On the average farm flock of 100 to
$50 hens is more easily made profitable
than one of a thousand.
Farm surveys show that the families
living on their own farms generally con-
sumo more food per year than do fam
lilies living on rented farms.
An average days work with a two
horse walking pillow is little less than
=! "a acres, while an average days work
for a three horse sulky pillow is between
and 1-2 acres.
The Republican journal., 1915-12-02
A Head Full
of Ache

There are many forms of headache,
but the sick headache is about the
worst ever. When it once fastens on
you, it lasts a good while, unless you
know how to get rid Of it. Sick head
ache usually comes from the stomach
or liver, and you must help these or
gans before the head can be relieved.
A few doses of Il. F." Atwood's Med
lclne Will put your stomach to rights
regulate the bile, and act on the bow
els. AS soon as good order is Sc
cured, the dizzy feeling and naeg;np
PAIN will leave your head, and soon
you will be as we'll as ever. No medi-
cine is better for sick headache or
blliousness.
Buy 35c bottle at your nearest store,
or write to-day for free sample.
L. F." Medicine Co, Portland Me.
The Republican journal., 1915-12-02
Belfast Savings Bank

Notice is hereby given that Savings Book
Book No. 1884, issued by this bank, has been
lost and application has been made for a dupli-
cate book according to laws regulating issuing
new books.
WILMER J DORMAN, Trerasuer
Belfast, November II, 19l5.-3w46
The Republican journal., 1915-12-02
Good Will Farm Bequeathed Sc, 500.

STAMFORD. Conn, Nov "a. To the
Good Will Home in Fairfield. Me-, is
bequeathed Sc, 500 under the will of John
B. Tracey, former shoe manufacturer
of this city, filed today which provides
for charitable bequeaths totalling $50, :
600.
The Republican journal., 1915-12-02
Molasses for Fuel.

A big Hawaiian sugar company is ship
ping fuel molasses to the Pacific Coast.
This is waste product and will compete
with California fuel oil. Farm and Fire
side.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-09-03

closure placed her in an altogether
new light. His mother told him then
that she had always loved him; freed
! by the approach of death from the
conventional silence that is laid upon
women, she revealed the little secret
That the younger woman had confided
TO her. Kane was deeply touched.
The day after the funeral he asked
Evelyn to marry him. And when she
laid her head upon his shoulder and
began to cry softly, from sheer happi.
ness, Kane suddenly discovered the
world of love In his own heart.
I thought you loved Marston," he
said.
Il never cared for Marston." she
answered, looking at him with q won
derful light in her eyes.
So the gossips had wronged her,
then, when they had announced her
approaching engagement to his fellow
clerk. the man who now came for.
ward SO smoothly to congratulate him
upon his forthcoming marriage to the
woman whom he himself had courted
unsuccessfully for three years.
She had been all but in love with
Marston, though: so much Kane
learned from little Benny, the small
brother whom Evelyn adored and pet.
ted and scolded and played with and
Instructed during her evenings. Yes.
and Marston had loved her desperate
ly. Kane felt an insensate jealousy
or this fellow, whose character he
knew, and who had the effrontery to
continue his visits under the plea of
old acquaintance
Then came the fatal evening when
Kane, approaching Evelyn's house
later than usual, after the shades
were drawn. stopped suddenly as he
saw Marston's face upon the blind.
and Evelyn's. They drew near to each /
other and their lips met. Then the
shadows danced away and the lamp
light Illuminated the blind again.
Kane turned round He went home
and sat motionless in his room for a
long time. The marriage was to
nave taken place in about three
weeks and since he had nearly four
hundred dollars and his prospects in
the bank were small. it had been
agreed that they should go west in
the hope of achieving success. At
mat moment Kane had two tickets for
oenver in his pocket. He wrote q
'rief letter to Evelyn. explaining that
ie mao Unexpectedly discovered the
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-09-03
REVEALED BY FINGER NAILS
How observant Person May Judge
With Absolute Certainty the Char
acter Of His Nelohbor.

1t is always amusing to speculate
on the character of ones neighbor. A
very simple aid in so doing 10 to
watch the nails. II a mans or wom-
ans nails are long and slender, you
may be quite certain that person is
not SO robust physically, as the posses
sor of short, broad nails.
Whereas men and women with the
long, narrow type of nails are invet-
crate Missionaries, those having short
nails are almost always conspicuous
by the strength Of their logical pow.
ers. 1t Is the latter who make the
best and most reliable critics.
A further and almost certain char.
acteristic of long nailed people is
their intense depreciation of them.
selves and their own efforts in any
branch OF work. The feeling almost
amounts to pessimism with them.
Such point Of view however. seldom
worries those possessing short nails.
In fact, more often than not rather
the reverse is the case; they are in.
clined to be oversure of themselves.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-09-03
PENTION FOR ROAD
ACROSS STATE

Petitions were circulated on the
streets of Miami yesterday by l.. T.
Highleyman and J. F. Jaudon, men,
hers of the Miami-Marco Road and
Canal commission, recently appoint
ed by the board of county commits
sioners to work in conjunction with
the Chamber Of Commerce Tamiami
Trail Commission.
The petitions had as their object
the building of road from Miami
on the east coast to Marco on the
Gulf coast of Florida, and the neces.
sary issue of bonds to the extent of
two hundred and seventy five thous-
ana dollars and the creation of a
special road and bridge district. re-
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-09-03
Back Broken, Walka

waldorf Miller of New Rochelle. N,
T., who contrary to the prediction OF
physicians, has lived for nearly Is
months with a broken back. cele-
orated his Christmas by going out for
MS FIRST walk in the streets since july
), 1911, when he received the injury
while driving. His case had received
SO much publicity that victims of sim
liar accidents in all parts of the eoun.
uy sent MIN letters, to which he re-
pied with Christmas greetings. A
neighoor prepared an unusual present
ior MIN In the shape of a silk Quilt
with the names of 400 young women
embroidered on it, Each girl en-
oroidered her own name, and paid ten
cents for the privilege. the money be-
ing given to Miller with the Quilt
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-09-03
HE THINKS JUST THE OTHER
WAY FROM ROOSEVELT

Hillsdale, Mich. Sept. 3-Col. La
fayette Young, publisher of the Des-
Moines Capital, former United States
senator from Iowa, who recently re-
turned from the European zone
can find no sympathy in his mind fo-
the attitude of Col. Theodore Roose-
welt on tthe Aravic incident. Col.
Young spoke at the ChautauQua
here on -Four Months in the War
Zone"
interviewed after the lecture with
regard to Roosevelt's attitude and
What he Thought about the Arabic
case, Col. Young said:
Col. Roosevelt of course is en-
titled to his opinion. For my part
! believe that every American who
loves his country should do all in
his power to keep America out of the
war. l would not want the United
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-09-03
A LOVERS FOLLY
Allows Simple Trick Of Sweet
hearts Brother to Turn Him
Against Her.
BY HAROLD CARTER.

It IL not only the murderer who
comes back, drawn irresistibly to the
scene Of his offense against the human
law. Everyone who has done wrong,
everyone who has been unfortunate.
everyone who has suffered, even, 70
turns some day to the place where
the event occurred which marked q
black bar in the spectroscope Of his
life. It was 90 with Arthur Kane.
Five years before he had stood in
the same spot, at the same time Of
day, on just such an evening, outside
Evelyn's house, at the foot Of her
garden. Then he had been poor: nov
he was wealthier than he had ever
expected to be; but then he had been
happy. and now, Of all men, he was
the most miserable. And on the very
day Of his return to the place Of his
birth he had come back, drawn thith.
Or irresistibly a. he had always known
that he would be.
1t was summer then and 1t was sum.
NOR now; the same rose bushes were
blooming, the same moon was rising
over the house-tops; nothing had
changed except his heart. The years.
which had meant so much to him,
seemed to have left everything but
much as It had been.
Five years before Kane had been an
underpaid clerk in the Fourth Ma.
tional bank, seven blocks away, In the
heart Of the business section. And
Evelyn had been a stenographer in the
same town. She lived with her
mother and her little broth. /,
Or Benny. Arthur had always known
Evelyn, but their engagement had
come about quite suddenly and sim.
ply. He had discovered unsupported
1epths of tenderness in her nature
when his mother died. She had
Jared for her all through her lingering
Illness. The night before she breath
ID her last she said to Arthur:
Il want you to marry Evelyn"
The thought had not occurred to
lin. He had not known that EVELYN
owed him. The dying woman's dis
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-09-03
Fla. Dasheens Coming Out
AS Great Breakfast Food

Crystal Springs, Fla, Sept. 8
within the last few years the
United States Agricultural Depart
ment has been experimenting in
Florida with plant grown in other
semi-tropical parts of the world and
used In such places to considerable
or great extent as food product
1t has been found that this plant
thrives in Florida 1t has been
found that it is palatable and
nutritious; that it can be served in
rot only every way that one of the
great staple crops of the whole
United States can be served, but that
1t can be used in even a greater va
rlety of ways, owing to its distinc-
tive flavor and other qualities II
ras been found that flour and other
mill products can be manufactured
from 1t and that such -four is, in
many cases, most satisfactory and
agreeable substitute for wheat -four.
1t has been demonstrated by actual
production here in Florida that this
plant will produce from one hundred
to five hundred or more bushels of
food product to the acre, equal in
value at least to like amount of
POTATOES.
These things have been demon
strated-and yet it is safe to say
that not one person out of a thous-
and in Florida has ever tasted this
food product and that probably at
not more than half dozen hotels
within the State could a person &c.
a serving of it if he should call for
il.
The plant and food product refer /
red to is the dasheen, a lilylike
plant producing a bulk of tuber
somewhat similar to the Irish Do
tato.
Brooksville was the seat of the
Agricultural Departments exper..-
ment in the raising of dasheens. and
probably more of the tubers have
feen produced there than anywhere
else in the State But the expert
ence of settlers at Crystal SPRINGS
and elsewhere has shown that they
can be produced not only on ricn
hammock lands, such as most Of the
experiments at Brooksville were
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-09-03

made on, but on the fiatwoods pine
land, and that the yield on suct
land will run up to four hundred
bushels to the acre.
What has already been done iE
the production of dasheens in Flor.
ida tends to show that they can be
produced profitably lat least as d
crop for home consumption) in a
great many localities in the State
probably no vegetable can be grown
nore widely in Florida than this
one.
There seems to be wonderful pos
sibilities for Florida in this new
vegetable.
And yet almost nothing is being
done in Florida to advertise the
Gasheen to the residents of the State
or to the people that come to visit
ii.
II is custom all over the world
for the hotels and restaurants in any
particular locality to make a spec
ialty of the food products of that To-.
cality, particularly those that are
peculiar to it and not usually to be
had in other places. Such a prac-
tice is valuable advertising feature
for thehotel or restaurant, and, no
doubt, it has much advertising value
for the locality producing those pro-
ducts.
1t would seem that the hotels and
restaurants all over Florida should
be serving dasheens as special
Florida dish. There are SO many
aDpetizing ways in which this vege-
table may be served that it would
rake valuable addition to the
menu of any hotel. And within a
short time, if the Florida hotels and |
restaurants were serving daheens |
'egularly, the vegetable would be |
Known and talked about all over the
-nited States, and the demand for it
v Guild be increased a thousand fold |
within short time. In this way
he hotels and restaurants could do
ne State real service, for certainly
is service to help to create
market for product that can be
VI oduced to the value of millions of
dollars annually by the people of the
state.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-09-03
Paid s1.575 for An Eco eo,,.,.

AT sale in London last week of the
tate Lady Caroline Lindsay's tapes.
tries. furniture and objects Of art
CHARLES Davis gave s1,575 for a Cey.
res egg boiler. 1t is painted with
landscapes and small figures, and has
git scroll borders on gros blue. II
was made by Gomery in 1859. The
same purchaser gave 1892 for an
ormolu-mounted Louis XVI. mahogany
secretaire with a revolving cylinder
'front.'
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-09-03
States to fight Germany

States to fight Germany fl.
thing. We don't want va,
country, and none of us sbon,
think war until the very To-.
Il say the same thing aha
Arabic incident as about II,
tania. Germany is trying :.
America into a war"
He bitterly opposed tbosA
cans who have gone abroad ,
after earning their money +,
country and yet retain tbei,
can citizenship papers and
shout: II am an American Il
you can't touch me-" when ~
into trouble abroad.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-09-03

proof of her faithlessness, and tool
the train west next morning. In five
years he had made a comfortable for
; tune. Now he had come back.
He meant to spend only day in
the town, to learn of Evelyn and
Marston, to rejoice in their happiness
and then depart as quietly as he had
come. But when he learned that Eve
Ign was still unmarried. and that
Marston had left the town. the old
love surged up in his heart again and
the old impulse drew hin against his
will toward the little house where
Evelyn still lived.
AS he stood BY the gate tall boy
suddenly came in from the street. saw
him, stopped short, and accosted him.
"Mr. Kane!" he exclaimed.
Kane turned. why, Benny" he
said, taken aback. How you have
grown!" he added lamely. Il would
never have known you"
II heard you were back" said Ben
ny shyly. i've been looking for you
all over the town. Won't you come
in?"
mo, thanks" said Kane, beginning
to lose his self-control. Il have to be
leaving again this evening"
Mother and Evelyn won't be home
till late" said Benny. SAY" he con-
tinued. Il want to show you some
thing I'm awful sorry 1t was my
ble."
your fault" exclaimed the other.
Yes. Mr.. Kane. It was an awful
blow to her when you went away
She just cried and cried for days, but
she wouldn't let anyone write and tell
you. But it was all my fault. Say"
he said confldentially, come in just
a minute. want to clear myself
won't tell her if you don't want me
to-"
Kane's feet almost dragged him
against his will into the little parlor.
was changed-only his heart
Benny put out the gas and stood the
lamp in the middle Of the table.
You thought she was kissing Mar
ston," said Benny. awkwardly. Look!
1t was this way-just fun. She was
amusing me-"
And, passing behind the lamp. he
twisted his hands until a shadow like
Marston's head appeared upon the
wall
That's Marston," said Benny "You
IAN tell him by his big nose Now
his is Evelyn-see? That's her hair,
lone like they used to wear it five
'ears back. Now, when l bring my
lands together they kiss-see?"
1t was very creditable kiss. It
vas just the same kiss that Kane had
cen five years before upon the shade.
Kane staggered out Of his seat.
Benny! I've been a fool!" he NUT.
cred, and caught the boy by the arm
See here. tell me If there's any
nance for me-" he shouted. where
she? I've got to see her. She's
ot to forgive me at once. She's got
0. because I'm going to make her"
Benny hesitated you won't be an
ry with me. Mr.. Kane?" he asked.
She's In the house. l had to bring
GU in somehow" He pulled the 9TH
by the arm and drew him into the
all. "She's-she's-" he stammered.
She was standing under the hall
imp. She was trembling She was
'oking at Kane. but neither saw the
Their because Of the sudden dimminx
vision-they only felt each other
cart to heart and lips to lips.
Copyright. 1913. by w. q. Chapman)