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Evening star., 1916-08-04
NEW HIGH RECORD FOR
CONSUMPTION OF COTTON
Secretary Testers Annual State
ment at New Orleans Shows
Marked Growth for Mills.

NEW ORLEANS, August 4.-Con-
sumption of cotton by southern mills
reached a new high record during the
season ending with Monday, accord
ing to the annual statement by H. G.
Hester. secretary of the New Orleans
Cotton Exchange, which has been
made public. According to these sta
tistics the mills of the south consumed
during the twelve months ending with
July 81 4.046,555 bales. approximately
equaling the consumption in England
always has been regarded as the most
important cotton manufacturing sec
tion of the world.
Compared to last year. consumption in
the south increased 8S3,167 bales, the
greatest increase on record.
The previous record increase for any
one year was 324.773 bales made during
the season of 1911-1912.
The statement by Secretary Hester ex-
planned that of the total consumption
sol AS bales were linters, of which $685.
900 bales were used for war material or
presumably for the manufacture of ex-
plosiveS. The great increase in the de-
mand upon the south for war clothing is
one of the reasons given for the large
consumption figures.
The total commercial crop for the past
year was stated by Secretary Hester as
amounting to 12,93S.256 bales.
Evening star., 1916-08-04
The Farm Market Problem.
By Frederic J. Haskin.

few days ago President Wilson
signed the rural credits bill, and plan
to meet one of the greatest American
agricultural problems was formally
launched. There still remains another
question which must be solved before
American agriculture is really on
sound and logical business basis. There
is an important bill, now in the COM
mittee stage of it's life. designed to an
swer this second question by means OF
an official organization of all the 6,ooo'-
600 farmers in the United States.
The rural credits bill Is designed to
supply the farmer with cheap long
time money, which will put him In a
position to develop his land properly
and own 1t when it is developed But
the financial problem is only one OF the
farmers problems. The problem Of eff
cient production is another one; but In
meeting this the American farmer mas
the assistance of the federal Depart
ment of Agriculture, perhaps the most
elaborate and efficient organization IN
the world for the study of problems OF
production. The farmers third prob
lem, however, brings up another story:
1t is the problem of marketing, OF
finding a buyer. and 1t is the concensus
can agriculture is in a bad way, both
absolutely and as compared to other
nations. The bill introduced into House
and Senate proposes to remedy this
state of affairs by the creation of new
and elaborate organization which will
link every farmer with every other
farmer and every buyer.
Evening star., 1916-08-04

the next tree and did the same thing
1t was surprising how rapidly he could
examine each tree. Buster Bear fol-
lowed along beneath. They had gone
some distance before Drummer found
tree that had hollow in it. When
he did find one he stopped to drum.
Rat-a-tat-tati Rat-a-tat-tat! Drum
mer's red head fairly flew as he beat
his long roll.
One" said he. looking down at
Buster
Fine" replied Buster. Now for
another"
So Drummer went on from tree to
tree. Every once in while he found
one with a hollow in it, and at the
sound of his rat-a-tat-tat Buster would
sit up and stare at where Drummer
was drumming. and in his face there
would be the most eager look. When
Drummer found particularly nice
sounding hollow he would stop to drum
just for his own pleasure, for you know
the sound of his drumming is music TO
Drummer the Woodpecker. Buster
Bear would get terribly impatient, but
he took care to hide his impatience and
pretended to enjoy the drumming
So they went on farther and farther
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uI1IILEG!0R!E!s uI1IILE
IrBEGDTInTE rBG
BY THORNTON w. burgess.
Copyright. 1915. by T. W. Burgess,
Drummer Hunts for Hollow
Trees.

If Drummer the Woodpecker won
dered why Buster Bear was SO anxious
to find hollow trees he didn't say any
thing about it. Probably he didn't
think anything about it. You see he
was so fattered by all the nice things
Buster had said that he was as eager
to hunt for those hollow trees and show
Buster what he could do as Buster was
to have him.
How many hollow trees do you want
me to fnd?" he asked. And where
shall l begin?"
Begin right here and go in a straight
line in that direction" said Buster
pointing in the direction in which he
had seen Busy Bee disappear. Find
as many as you can"
"All right replied Drummer, nod
ding his red head. Here 1 CO."
With this he flew to the next tree,
and, beginning half way ur went
round and round, all the time climbing
higher and higher. and tapping with
his stout bill as only Drummer can.
When he reached the top he flew to
Evening star., 1916-08-04

into the Green Forest Most Of the
hollows which Drummer found were
small ones. Each time Buster would
sit up with that eager look on his face
and then as Drummer drummed that
look would change to one of diSappoint-
ment. and he would sigh as he waited
for Drummer to go on to the next.
Sammy Jay went along too. OF course.
Sammy is smart. He knew that Buster
had some particular reason for want
ing to know which trees were hollow.
and he meant to find out what that
reason was. He saw that eager look
in Busters face every time Drummer
found new drum, and the look of
disappointment which would follow
after Il minute or two.
Buster wants to find one particular
hollow" thought he, shrewdly. Now
wonder why. 1t must be that Buster
knows of something hidden in some
hollow and wants it, but he doesn't
know where that hollow is. and so has
got Drummer to find it for him. What
can it be?'
Sammy scratched his head and
thought and thought, but for the life
of him he couldn't think of anything
hollow tree which would be likely to
interest Buster Bear. 1t made Sammy
so curious that it was on the tip of
his tongue to ask Buster Bear what
he was so anxious to find, but he wisely
kept his tongue still and silently fol-
lowed Buster and Drummer.
BY and by they came to great big
hem1ock tree. Half way between the
bottom and the top on one side was a
long gray streak on the trunk where
there was no bark. Some time or other
lightning had struck that big hemlock
tree. and that long gray streak was
dead wood where the lightning had
struck. Drummer saw it at once and
flew straight to it, for he knew that
such places are quite likely to be hol-
low. Rat-a-tat-tat! Rata -. The
drumming stopped right in the middle,
and in it's place there was faint hum
ming that grew and grew, and it was
a note of anger
Bees cried Drummer and without
waiting a second flew as hard as ever
he could to a safe distance
Evening star., 1916-08-04
consumer by relieving any local scar
city with its consequent imitation Of

consumer by relieving any local scar
city with its consequent imitation OF
prices.
The bill is based in large part on
the Investigations made by the Ameri-
can commission in Europe recently. and
IS approved by Mr.. David Lubin. the
American delegate to the International
Institute of Agriculture. 1t is also
indorsed by the National Association
OF Commissioners of Agriculture. re-
cent organization whose membership
consists of the forty-eight state COM
missioners of agriculture. with DR.
Clarence j. Owens. who directed much
of the work of the European investi-
cation. secretary.
The bill has been criticised for ap-
preaching the problem too exclusively
from the producers end, without suftl-
cient provision for the convenience of the
consumer. and. also as not making sufh-
cient use of State and local marketing
organizations already existing. as well
as of the bureau of markets in the Do
partment of Agriculture. But while it
may emerge from committee somewhat
it seems to have the vitality
that assures that 1t will emerge, and
come up for an early vote.
Evening star., 1916-08-04
House and Senate
Propose q Solution.

bill now before Congress, introduced in
the Senate by Senator Sheppard and in
the House by Mr.. Goodwin, proposes to
solve the problem in this fashion:
1t provides for the establishment of
a national chamber of agriculture This
chamber is to consist at first of nine
members appointed by the President
at least six of whom are practical
farmers. The national chamber would
be organized as a corporation in the
District of Columbia, over which Con-
gress has direct Jurisdiction, and as
such would operate in all the differ
ent states.
The real unit of the national cham
Der. however. as designed in the bill,
would consist of the farmers of each
individual township in the United
States. When twenty farmers in a
township should organize. they would
be granted a charter by the national
chamber. Each member of the local
organization is TO have one vote and
each local organization is to have its
own officers, and levy what fees and
dues its constitution may provide
W nen four or more townships in a
given county have organized their local
chariher. they are to get together and
apply for charter for a county cham
Der, which the national chamber will
grant This county chamber will in
turn maintain as much of stan as II
hEds necessary and profitable The
county chamber is made up of dele
gates. elected one from each of the
local chambers.
Evening star., 1916-08-04
Fancy Prices Paid
as Food Is Wasted.


while the farmer fifty miles away had
the same article by the bushel rotting on
the ground. The problem is being at
tackled from a dozen different sides by
local organizations. by cities. counties
and sometimes by states, but the evil to
a greater or lesser degree still persists.
There is no blame to be attached to any
particular class. The fault is seen to lie
primarily with the system. and the sys-
tenn is wrong because 1t is bind and
wasteful.
The situation may be summed up by
saving that the consumer pays too
much for farm products and the farmer
gets too little for them. To lay the
blame on the middlemen is an easy but
erroneous way of placing the reSponSi-
bility. The middlemen for the most part
perform indispensable services, and as
for their exorbitant profits, you do not
see the corner grocer touring across
the continent in his limousine. The real
fault rests with a system that works
in the dark, that dumps potatoes on to
market already flooded with potatoes,
that ships carrots to Philadelphia and
turnips to Boston when Boston wants
carrots and Philadelphia wants turnips.
No one is arguing that the system is
not wrong, and critics are agreed that
what is lacking is a good system of re-
ports by which the producer can find
the best market of the moment, not in
his county or his state, but in the
United States of America. The Califor-
mia Fruit Growers Association is often
cited as an example of how an organ
ization of this sort can function. The
association may ship car of oranges
to Chicago. While the car is crossing
Kansas the news comes that oranges
are off in Chicago and up in Cincinnati.
The destination of the car is changed
by telegraph. Instead of going to Chi
cago it goes to Cincinnati. The people
OF Cincinnati get oranges at a lower
price than they would have otherwise
and the orange grower gets a better
price for his fruit
Evening star., 1916-08-04

80 n
ty chambers
Proposed Composition they may
of Various Chambers. app pp-s i'r a
& state chamber, which the national
chamber Will grant. The state cham
ber is TO be composed of one dele
gate from each county chamber, lust
as the county chamber is drawn from
the townships. When twenty states
have organized state chambers the ma
tonal chamber viii automatically
come into being, national officers win
be elected. the officials appointed bv
the President VIII retire in their favor.
and the whole viii be a democratic
organization on "a purely elective basis
What VIII this somewhat elaborate ma
GOnal chamber, with all it's state countv
and township divisions and their respec-
tive STATS, actually do? How do it's de-
signers intend II 10 function? Take a
simple case.
John Stevens. a fruit grower. has seven
barrels Of apples for sale He docs mo,
want TO ship blindly TO some nearby civ
and ne cannot read fifty market reuorts
a DAY and continue 10 prune his apple
trees. He tells the secretary of his touir
ship chamber about his apples and lets
the matter drop from his mind
One provision of the bill is that all
.,I UNITS qi the national chamber shall
provide for the employment OF the
card index. the telephone and the teIe
graph" The local secretary looks in
the card index and sees If anybody in
the township wants apples Perhaps
not. Very well He telephones concern
ing the apples Of John Stevens to the
county secretary. This Official in turn
sees whether anybody in the county
wants Johns apples. Perhaps not.
very wei. He refers them to the state
secretary. who can. II necessary turn
TO the national secretary. and by
morning the whole of the United States
OF America has been canvassed to find
market for seven barrels OF apples.
*
In this simplest of possible cases you
have the scheme OF the whole The Ma
tional Chamber of
Aim Is to Get the Agriculture is to
Best Market. best noss,h,a @ r,ar .n'
ket by letting the whole country know
what he has for sale. and by letting
him know what every part of the coun-
try wants to buy. The law of supply
and demand is to be permitted to func-
tion freely. While the arrangement
would assure the farmer of the best
i market price. it should also protect the
Evening star., 1916-08-04
Sues Capital Traction for 5000.

Harry c. Douglass today filed suit in
the District Supreme Court to recover
81, 1000 damages from the Capital Trac-
ton Company for alleged personal in
jury. Mr.. Douglass says he had board
ed a car near the Peace Monument
April last. and before he could leave
the platform to enter the vehicle
rapid motion of the car around a curve
threw him against a bar on the plat
form and caused him to sustain serious
injury. He is represented by Attor-
neys w. II. Holloway and Thomas II.
Patterson.
Evening star., 1916-08-04

Lee Statler committed suicide by
hanging himself from walnut tree in
the yard at his home at Alpine. near
Hancock, Md.
Evening star., 1916-08-04

1t Is hardly worth while to cite cases
from the sheaves available where the
Evening star., 1916-08-04

As soon as one-third Of the countie.
in a single state have organized coun.
Evening star., 1916-08-04

Something like this. but much
broader and more comprehensive than
Evening star., 1916-08-04
Boys Pajamas; NJ
Exceptional Values, at fe

Made of good quality fabri
stripe and plain effects and
med with frogs.
Evening star., 1916-08-04

In this simplest of possible cases you
have the scheme Of the whole. The Ma
The Holbrook news., 1916-07-28
Primary Election Notice

A primary election is hereby called in the several precincts of Navajo County, under the pro- visions of the law relating to pri- mary elections, on the 18th day of September, 1916, for the pur- pose of voting for candidates for the several parties to be nomin- ated for the following offices:
 FEDERAL OFFICERS: l United States Senator, 1 Representative in Congress, 8 Presidential Electors.
 STATE OFFICERS: 1 Judge of the Supreme Court, 1 Governor.
 1 Secretary of State. l Auditor,
 1 Treasurer.
 1 Attorney General. Superintendent of Public In struction,
 1 Mine Inspector, 1 Corporation Commissioner, 1 Tax Commissioner, 1 State Senator, 1 Member of the House of Re- preSentaLiVeS.
 COUNTY OFFICERS: 1 Sheriff,
 2 Members of the Board of Su- pervisors.
 1 Treasurer,
 1 Recorder,
 1 County Attorney, 1 Assessor, l School Superintendent.
 PRECINCT OFFICERS: 1 Justice of the Peace for each Justice Precinct,
 1 Constable for each Justice Precinct.
 County Precinct Committee men.
 Board of Supervisors.
 By DEE M. Moss, Clerk. July IA -3w. (SeaI
The Holbrook news., 1916-07-28
Notice for Publication Serial O3O653

United States Land Office. Phoenix, Arizona. July II, 1916. Notice is hereby given that H. H. Scorse. whose Post Office ad- dress is Holbrook, Arizona, has this Il day of July, 1916, filed in this office his application to select under the provisions of Sections 23O6 R. S.. the NJ NW4 sec. 6. T. 17N., R. 21 E., G. & s. R. M. Any and all persons claiming adversely the lands described, or desiring to object because of the mineral character of the land, or for any other reason. to the dls- posal to applicant. should file their affidaYits of protest in this office, on or before the 21 day of August, 1916.
 THOMAS F. WEEDIN.
 Register. First pub. July IA, 1916-5w.
The Holbrook news., 1916-07-28
How's This ,

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall S Catarrh Cure.
 F. J. CHENEY & CO.,, Toledo, O. We, the undersigned. have known F. J. Cheney for the last 15 years, and believe him perfectly honorable in all business transactions and financially able to carry out any obligations made by his firm.
 Toledo. O. Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally. acting directly upon the blood and mu- cous surfaces of the system. Testimonials sent free. Price 75 cents per bottle. Sold by all Druggists.
 Take IIair9 Family Pills for constipation.
The Holbrook news., 1916-07-28

writes Eugene s. Knight. Will mington, N. c. Chamberlain's S tablets are mild and gentle in their action. Give them a trial. You are certain to be pleased with the agreeable laxative effect which they produce. Obtainable everywhere. Adv.
The Holbrook news., 1916-07-28
First pub. July IA, 1916-5w.
Notice to Auto Driuers

Notice is hereby given that drivers of automobiles must not exceed the speed limit of 10 miles per hour when driving upon the streets of Holbrook. All who violate the law in this regard are liable to arrest, and when ar rested they will be prosecuted in accordance with the statutes governing such offenses.
 R. L. NEWMAN, Sheriff Navajo County. Arizona. Holbrook, June g If
The Holbrook news., 1916-07-28

ELISHA LEE, Chairman. P. R. ALBRIGHT, CenT Manager.
 Atlantic Coast Line Railroad. Lw. BALDWIN, CenT Manager
 Central of Georgia Railway. C L. BARDO, CenT Manager,
 New York, New Haven & Hartford Railr0 6. Fl. COAPMAN, Yies-PresideaE.
 Southern Railway. 6. E. COTTER, CenT Manager,
 Wabash Railway. 2. '. CROWLEY, AssL Yiee-P -PresidenG
 New York Central Railroad. c. H. EMERSON, CenT Manager.
 Great Northern Railway. C. H. EWING, CenT Manager,
 Philadelphia X Reading Railway. c. V. CRICE. Assf. 70 PresidsnE,
 Chesapeake & Ohio Railway.
The Holbrook news., 1916-07-28
Constipation and Indigestion

'I have used Chamberlain's tablets and must say they are the best I have ever used for and indigestion. My wife also used them for indiges- tion and they did her good. ".
The Holbrook news., 1916-07-28
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Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-05-05
TWO SCROONERS
ARECHARTERED
TCLOAD Pines
Hawaiian Pineapple Company
Solves Transportation Prob
lem on Big Output

That the output of the Hawaiian
Pineapple Company viii be between
COO 600 aud 100000 cases this year
and that it has been found necessary
to charter two schooners to transport
the product of the cannery to the
mainland are statements made from
the office of the company to the Star
Bulletin. While il is probable that
the higher figure will be reached,
there is wide margin made in the
estimate Of the years output since
crop conditions may change the fig
ures. H.. .' .. .s
Like all other shippers. the Hawai-
ian Pineapple Company is a sufferer
from freight congestion and from the
shortage of shipping transportation
that is now practically Worldwide but
especially affects the United States
and the Americas. To relieve the sit
uation the company has chartered two
sehocners, the Alice Cooke and the
Shasta. The former is nov being
loaded and will carry 10000 cases,
while the cargo shipped on the lat
ter win comprise 10000 cases. Whe-
Their it will be necessary to later make
further charters remains to be de-
termined, but 1t is hoped that with
next fall it will be possible for the
regular steamers to handle all requir-
ed shipments. II --.. ~. ~.
Canned pines and all other, canned
fruits may be exported to soon .ad-
vance in price to the consumer. Such
advance will be neeessitated by the
present high cost of sugar, the adj
vance in tin for the cans and even in
the paper used for the labels, as well
as advances in wages. 1t is pointed
out that practically everything else
has advanced since the outbreak of
the European war and that in self
protection the canneries must follow
this upward trend. 1t is not that lus-
cious pineapple is being served to the
soldiers in the trenches or supplied
to the starving Belgians and Serbians,
but it. is because the articles required
in the preparation of the fruit for the
market have. SCARED In price.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-05-05
VESSELS TO AND
FROM THE ISLANDS

FANNINC ISLAND Sailed, May 2.
s. s. Kestrel. for Honolulu.
NAGASAKd-Sail Apr. q, S. S.
China for Honolulu.
SAN FRANCISCO Sailed, May 5,
1880 p. m. u. S. A. T. Thomas for
Iionolnlu.
VlCT0RIA-Arrived. May 4. p. m, r.
NJ. S. Niagara hence April IS.
Radiogram.
S. S. WILHELMINA arrives from
San Francisco Tuesday with I02
cabin and 30 steerage passengers,
20S bags mail. 50 pkgs express mat.
ter, S246 tons cargo; Hilo-756 tons
cargo.
U. s. a. T. SHERMAN arrives from
Manila at daylight and proceeds to
San francisco at p. m, same day.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-05-05
SISTER ASKS AID IN
FINDING HER BROTHER

If George III. Craig will call at the
StarIBulletin he will find something
to his interest A letter has been re-
ceived from sister, Grace Craig,
reading as follows:
please inform me If my brother,
George H. Craig, is in that country.
He used tosbe In Fort Smith, Arkan-
sas, but / heard he was in Honolulu.
/ have not heard from him for some
time. Any information regarding my
brother will be thankfully received.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-05-05
AUCTION BULLETIN.

There is demand right now for Sec
ond-hand furniture. If you have
ufniture stored away or not in use,
turn it into money at once; ring
up 1912 and we will haul it to the
Honolulu Auction Rooms and sell it
for your account, or pay you spot
cash for it and sell it sure. We buy
all that is offered at fair prices, bet
ter than you can realize elsewhere,
and we sell without reserve, win or
lose; reserves of any kind do not
go in auction. ".. !.
Tuesday we shall sell Furniture and
some large Office Drawer Fixtures,
Piano Players, Pianos, many Pic
lures and sundFies. Jas.<F Morgan
Co., Auctioneers. ]. S. Bailey, man
ager. .-..s :. f. 6467-tf