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Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1919-11-01

had found no sale for my apples and
had shipped them to an adjoining town
so miles away, where they were sold
at price, which, after deducting two
commissions and the additional freight,
left me 80 cents bushel
Naturally this took all the fight out
Of me and the rest Of our crop was
marketed through the jobbers. The
total sales for the 5000 bushels were
$4,000. But these apples cost the
consumer more than $4,000.
had a new scheme for the ensuing
year. / advertised in the papers of
several towns that we would deliver
fancy No. apples to the homes of the
people, with the privilege of inspection
before paying. express prepaid, for So
bushel. At that same time the usual
retail market price was more than "a.
We also sent circulars to the people
whose names appeared in the tele-
phone books. AS a result Of this cam
paign we sold less than 600 bushels,
which did not pay for the cost Of the
advertising. Evidently the housewife
she has little faith.
Since then we are going on raising
the best apples we know how to pro-
duce. We prune and pillow and fer.
tilize. We spray carefully. We pick
by hand with the utmost solicitude.
Our apples are large and free from
bitter rot and other blemishes.
But we sell them through the job
bers, and we receive an average of
50 bushel even now with the prevail
ing high prices, and these same apples
cost the retail dealers twice that sum.
The difference goes into the rapaciOus
and never-satiated nav Of the men
who do nothing to raise fruit or to
sell 1t or to put any real value into 1t;
but who live on the efforts of the other
two real laborers. l think that they
ought to spell their names with an mi
tial r instead of ].
But they have on their side antiquity
and religious prestige. For even way
back In the time Of the Garden of
Eden there was there an apple tree.
Eve tended this tree and watched its
fruit. When 1t was ripe she presented
it to Adam. Thus Eve was the pro-
Queer and Adam the consumer. But
that was not all. Even there was to
be found the middleman; the Bible
calls him by q more characteristic
name.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1919-11-01
US and upheld by affidavits. For this
carload we got S160.

us and upheld by affidavits. For this
carload we got $160.
During the winter formed a new
campaign. / moved to the city, leav-
ing the farm in charge Of my tried
and true assistant. The week before
the Jonathans were to ripen l visited
every grocery store in the city. large
and small, and offered to deliver to
them such apples as l showed as sam
pies, for $3.50 bushel box, prepaid.
AS that grade of apple was then sell
ing to the retailer by the jobber for
$3.50 at the least, they were pleased
by my offer, and within three days
had sold three carloads, 500 boxes.
l wired to the farm to ship them, and
gave the express company the names
and addresses of the consignees.
About ten o'clock In the morning Of
the second day the express company
teiephOned me to come down at once
did so, and there found all my ap-
pies but 100 boxes, piled in the hot
depot. Every shipment except one had
been refused by the dealers. They
had not even opened them for inspec-
ton, and In most cases had refused to
let them be unloaded from the delivery
wagons.
| started out to learn the cause Of
this extraordinary behavior. My first
inquiries were unsuccessful, the deal
ers esading answer. But after while
found an old German who was will
ing to talk, and he told me that the
iobbers of the city had sent an agent
to see them the day before and told
them that If they took my apples as
agreed, the jobbers would refuse them
further "courtesies"-which meant
they could buy no more fruit from
the regular Wholesale dealers. In self
protection, therefore, the retailers had
to decline my shipments. The one who
had dared to disobey this drastic or
der from the overlords was the
largest retail firm in the city, which
also conducted a wholesale depart
ment, and had taken the apples In that
side of their business.
Still unconquered, but feeling mighty
[.
The first man who learned my name
turned on his heels from me and
slammed the door of his office in my
face. The next one told me with an
oath that he couldn't do business with
me. So 1t went along the row till at
last by giving a fictitious name and
even denying that l was myself,
found two jobbers who would take the
apples, to be sold on the morrow on
commission.
The next morning I attended the
sale of my own apples on the sidewalk
In front Of the wholesale house. I
saw the apples sold at prices ranging
from $3.50 to $3.50. and 1 felt quite
reconciled to my fiasco But when I
came In for settlement their books
showed that no box had sold for more
than Sl.50, and their clerks all de-
clared that to be the case. I was Of
fered and had to accept that sum, less
their commission of IS per cent.
The other dealer reported that he
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1919-11-01
'Twasn't a Bird

Something had gone sadly wrong in
the postoffiee. and various employees
hustled hither and thither and knitted
their brows in attempts to ascertain
what was what and why.
Mr.. Springsteen. postmaster, lost
Just a trifie of his customary calm as
he queried among messengers, car
rters, clerks and others to learn how
it might be that poor little oriole
was injured while in transit by parcel
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1919-11-01

Two Terre Haute school teachers,
both college graduates, spent a week
recently clerking In a Chicago bakery.
One day they sold several articles to
two customers. The bill came to ex-
actly 90 cents and both were elated, be-
cause of the size Of the sale. They
were further elated when they heard
one Of the women remark to the other
one as they left the store: "They
must have educated clerks here now.
Did you notice that they counted up
the bill In their heads instead of u.s.
ing piece of paper as the old ones
did,"
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1919-11-01

post from his office. And furthermore,
he must learn how 1t happened that
the little oriole had not been duly in
sured as directed by the owner and
consignor.
Indeed" said Mrs. M. (said owner
and consignor), II surely told that
man to insure the oriole, and now /
ought to be paid"
81 certainly am sorry the poor thing
got hurt" humbly replied the post
master.
"You know what an oriole is, don't
you, Mr.. SpringsteenT
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1919-11-01

"Oh. yes. know, it's a bird" came
the proud reply.
mo 1t isn't either" said Mrs. NJ.
1T is one Of those baby carts that
fold up"
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1919-11-01
Strangers Prepared For.

docs this dog growl7" asked the
lady Of the dog dealer. "Oh, yes,
ma'am," was the answer. swell, /
want dog that doesn't growl." Don't
you want something that will growi
when strangers come aroundY" mo.
My husband will attend to that"
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1919-11-01


ident owner and very shiftless tenant
1t had been allowed to degenerate TILL
1t was almost valueless. / took pos
session In July and the gross receipts
for sales that fall from the entire
farm were less than $80-less than
dollar an acre in income.
1 had moved to the farm with my
family and I devoted that winter to
studying apple culture. I procured
and read all the pamphlets issued by
the national government and the state
on this subject and correspondent with
successful apple growers. By spring
I felt myself competent to assume con-
troll. Under my direction we pruned
and plowed the orchard and sprayed
at what we thought the proper time.
We had large crop-or what seemed
to me a large one-plcking more than
1000 bushels of apples. They were,
however, of poor grade and affected
with bitter rot and San Jose scale,
while the cuFculio moth made heavy
ravages. My net income was $500.
l realized now that it was neces-
sary to appeal for help. l did so.
Upon the suggestion of the state
board of agriculture I secured the serv-
ices Of young man just graduated
from the college Of agriculture, where
he had spent four years in studying
fruit raising, particularly apples. He
came to the farm In January and I
at once put him in complete charge.
He knew his business. believed in
him from the start. To watch him
prune the trees was an inspiration. He
took the utmost care not to infect
sne tree from another, using aseptic
solutions with his tools. He cut the
frees till 1 feared there would be lit
tie left. But most Of all to be adj
when and how to spray. From the
various trees he cut cultures which he
forced to grow in fruit jars, and
watched them for the development of
the various kinds Of diseases. With
this knowledge he set his time for
spraying, and mixed his ingredients to
At the special cases.
The result was astounding; that very
year we harvested more than 5000
bushels Of apples, and more than three
fourths Of them were Of first grade.
Ny old farmer neighbsrs who had
laughed at the college feller' who
ran my orchard, now came ana admit
ted that he was right and asked him
to give them suggestions with their
own fruit.
But not yet had succeeded; for ]
learned that It was not enough to
know how to raise superior apples. 1
must also learn how to market them.
We ssld them through the usual chan
nels OF the jobbers in the large cities,
and our income for the whole season
was but slightly more than $1,000
Just 20 cents a bushei on the average
for frst-class fruit.
The tobbers reported to us that our
shipments came at time of glutted
markets. or were 80 badly damaged on
the way that they had to be sacri-
feed. One carload of Jonathans
which, had carefully selected and
packed myself. knowing that not a
poor apple went into the boxes, was
turned into vinegar as being too small
and too poor to be sold for eating !:
at any rate that was the report sent
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1919-11-01
BY JAMES p. RICHARDSON.
(Dean Of the Prose- Preparatory
School, Houston, Tex.)

EVERAL years ago, In re
spouse to the urge then
prevalent of Back to the
Farm" / traded my large
city property for an 9p-acre
apple farm In the Ozark
mountains. This farm had
once been exceedingly val
nahIa hut Under q nOn-reS-
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-01-07
ROOSEVELT

In pioneer days when timber was an obstruction and an
embarrassment, the practice of "deadening' trees was followed
by those who cleared up land. A circle was cut around the tree
so that the sap could not rise, and the tree began dying from
that moment. Not so unlike human beings, who begin dying
as soon as they are born. Some OF these "%deadened" trees fell
piecemeal, but the great monarchs OF the forest often detied the
elements for long and when finally falling created a noise and
a crash that attracted widespread attention.
So it is with human beings. They decay and pass away
silently and without attracting any attention, until the great man
falls, and then the country and the world pause to mediate
upon the majestic ruin.
The death Of Theodore Roosevelt will cause a momcntary
halt in every civilized country in the world, for he was known
everywhere, and everywhere respected and honored as a great
American,
He was not typical, but rather sui generis. lie seemed sent
to show to what greatness an American citizen can attain with
out the adscitihous aid of war, accident or the shedding Of
blood. Roosevelt was 100 per cent American. He was a mar
velous mana powerful man. He threw off rays of energy
which penetrated far and near as the sun sends rays of energy
throughout the universe.
He was we'll born and his people were blessed with abun-
dant revenues-what most people esteem great wealth. He
enjoyed every advantage, and chill perjury never froze the genial
current OF his soul. He was always a man Of action. a doer of
things. He DETECTED at times from what people call the straight
line, but that was because OF the velocity at which he travelled.
His ideals were lofty, and the chastity of his purposes never
received or bore a stain. He was morally and physically
courageous, and what he thought he said, and he wanted the
world to hear. He was most fertile in invention and a gour-
mand for work. The amount OF business he could dispatch
IN a given time was marvellous, He could instantly grasp
situations, however big and complex, and master them, and his
decision OF character was such that one could not credit him
with waiting for the operation of his mind. He seemed to be
guided by intuition and propelled by sudden impulse.
lie was a voluminous writer, and if his works in this field
were assembled people would wonder how he found time to do
SO much, engaged as he was in other exciting and exactinp
activities most of the time.
If an autopsy could be held it is probable that in bs brain
and in his heart would be found dreams and hopes and desires
Tor the glory and greatness Of his country in the realization Of
It's potential service to mankind.
After lfes fful fever, happy his end, Reinc oc,ro1 ho
ssnpped INTO a quiet slumber, and woke up, let us hope, in para
By shutting out his majestic figure from view. death has
comparison. ""N "
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-01-07
HELP FOR

"A pressing call has been made upon the pconle If the
united States tor relief for the destitute, prosecuted and .st,rye
ing people OF the Near East, who fought with the allies dur;nc
the war. ' N'"S
A campaign for their relief will begin Ian. u and extend
I jan ~ The United States is expected to raise $3OOnOm
is $4,000. ' N"' N0""yS part
The campaign in Memphis and Shelby county will be under
the direction OF David Fentress. The cause is no less worthy
and certainly more urgent than some to which the beonlc have
contributed with their accustomed liberality.
More than a million of these people have been exterminated
by the Turks, and at present it is estimated that no less than
100000 are starving and destitute.
The funds asked for are merely to carry them through the
winter, and to appease their present hunger, The amount NAV
appear large, but when it is considered that it must serve for
the rehet OF millions it is in reality insignificant.
1t must be remembered that these people accepted the allies
rather than their ancient enemy, the Turk; that they fought, snf-
tered and died for the cause to which this nation pledged its last
dollar and its last man.
President Wilson has asked for a generous response TO the
solicitation, and Gov. Rye has issued a proclamation asking the
people to again demonstrate their hberahty and generosity as
they have done on so many occasions in the past.
With a more humane rule promised to those PEOPLES and an
opportunity given them to do something for themselves there
will be no necessity for an appeal in their behalf again. They
are thrifty, energetic and %abundantly able to take care OF them.
selves under any halfway favorable circumstance But in the
present instance they are helpless, emaciatcd, ragged and hungry
1t is not much to ask that we put those people on their feet
and the TACT that they are halfway around the world from us
should not count, as charity knows no limitations. and generosity
cannot be bounded by national lines.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-01-07
Mrs. Wilson WOOdrOW'S Article
BY MRS. WILSON WOODROW,
The world famous writer on vital subjects,

Lots of people will not admit that
they make New Years resolutions, but
every one does.
And the reason why? Because In all
OF US is the instructive longing TO wipe
the slRte off clean and begin all over
again,~ We want to do things a little
better and a little differently from the
way we have been doing them.
OF course there are always the Gym
ical lei who sit in the seats OF the
scOrnful and say New Years resOlu-
tons What do they amount to2 They
are as brittle a. piecrust. You only
make them to break them. And what
Is the use Of littering up the New year
with the rubbish Of broken RESULT
tions?'
Let the scornful rave. We win and
they lose: for whether we keep our
good resolutions or not, we have III
the mere process Of making them given
our souls a muCh-needed bath.
| suppose everyone has some little
superstitions which gre dear to him,
some little customs which he unfailing
~ observes, !, for one, viii confess
that no matter what the weather ! al
ways open the windows wide at mid
night on the 3lst Of December to let
In the New Year, and / also burn a
candle to light its way,
Who could fail to welcome 1t, that
perfectly SplCk anu span NtN ltdIi
without a blemlsh or n scratch on Its
shining surface? If there even was a
thing to welcome. and rejoice over, II
Is the New Year.
why shouldn't we believe that It's
going to be TO us all that we want or
expect 1t to be? We may have nc
grudge against the old year, but we
are tired of the monotony of II. And
since we expect the New Year to bear
,,a ,rIft, ytn NuIeh fhn most wa hlEtnU
to offer citations before it. We say IN
effect!
ooh, New Year, We are going to he
so good for the mex T. months that
you with simply have to reward us by
granting all our wishes and giving u.
the desires of our hearts,
The arrival OF the New Year is a
| great adventure; 10 why regard 1t as a
commonplace happening An adven.
ture is considered by most people to bt
an exciting, unusual event which come,
quite suddenly and Unexpectedly int
our lives.
But why shouldn't we find adventur,
In the usual3 A sunset Is always al
adventure, although 1t occurs every
day The dawn is an adventure. VIII.
should we get up today and wearil,
| clothc ourselves in the suilcd garment
Of yesterdays Eriefs and regrets AM
mistakes and failures? Today is Away
another day,
And II is never the event itself whicl
encourages us and makes us miserable
II Is the way we lake II,
For instance, a girl told me Of heinI
caught out in n pouring rain the otha
evening. Neither she nor the frien
who Was with her had umbrellas. The
were drenChcd to the skin. There wa
not q a in sight, nor a taXicah With
hail; and they were far from home,
As they trudgcd along unsheltere
and grouching through the storm, the
began to imagine circumstances undc
which they could possibly find this ex
p%erience agreeable,
They pictured themselves as havin
endured a long sojourn in an exception
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-01-07
Just a Moment
DAILY STRENGTH AND CHEER.
Compiled by John G., oulnlus, the
Sunshine Man.

How bounded every life seems, judged
as we judge; yet the results are for.
ever.
Our best blessedness can only be
shaken to the center by ourselves. Life
Is what we make TT. w. r.
A man can not be the best kind OF
Christian without being a patriot. II
you never TO yourself have said, This
Is my own. my native land especially
should suspect the g~enuineness OF your
religion. as well as your love OF coun.
try,
On the Fourth OF July let every Amer
lean Endeavoror dedicate himself anew
TO his country as well as to his Lord,
to God and home and native land. Re
ligIon and Patriotism,
In prayer we come nearest to God.
We realize His presence. Our Wills
Gene into harmony with His will. We
almost see His face and hear His voice.
And we carry away this consciousness
Of God to 60 with us through the day,
Prayer Is the school in which we
learn the mind of God. We not only
speak to Him, but He speaks to us.
Prayer should be as much listening as
talking, What a privilege thus to en-.
roll ourselves as pupils in the school
OF the greatest Teacher,
Prayer gives us confidence and cour-
age, II places at our side the all DOW.
erful One. 1t takes our burdens from
our shoulder and places them upon Him
II puts weapons in our hands, II clothes
us with armor which cannot be pierced
Amos r. Wells, in Christian Endeavol
World.
Dayton, Ohio.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-01-07

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=. W. Hohenzolern will soon resemble Napoleon in one way, at least
Reginald: You can never hope to be a writer until you have a
good middle name-something like Reginald Chilingsworth Higgins.
Note Algernon Wiggleton Hawkins, Lorenzo Hammersley Butts, Rufus
Northcliffe Smith and Lycurgus Cruikshank Proudfoot. William Shake
speare, Samuel Johnson, Henry James, Oliver Goldsmith, Maurice Mae
terlinck and Anatole France never had middle names, and look how
they all struggled in vain for recognition.
Butter is Sass a pound in Germany, but it makes no difference
there, as nobody ever buys it.
Beauty and work never seem to establish a entente cordhe. They
seldom get together on anything worth while.
A learned New Jersey Judge says: Judging by the number of
divorces, the average marriage certificate seems to be a mere scrap of
paper"
Some scrap, we'll say.
Bill Allen White says: "In some ways the times are growing bet
ter. Fewer families keep photograph albums or buy crayon enlarge
ments of ma the year the folks moved to Kansas, or of pa before he lost
his front hair
How monotonous it must be to be a Teuton and have nothing to
An illuminated sign in front of a movie theater announces the fol-
lowing; ION Account of a Woman and Fatty Arbuckle''
When good old Queen Lii of Hawaii passed away she said: THE
Yes, she got even, all right. She wished the ukulele on us for
keeps.
A Jersey grocery store was robbed of five sacks of wheat flour the
other night. The next night it was robbed of five sacks of cornmeal.
The 'grocers explanation is that the burglar, upon finding that he had
not rest until he had conformed to the food administrations ruling
that one pound of other cereals must be obtained with every pound
His not to question why,
His not to make reply.
His but to buy and buy
Poor Ut Consumer.
A New York man has just invented a new rooster for turkeys. In
our humble opinion, his is a nonessential occupation,
Queen Mary will accompany King George to Paris. Wives gem
orally do that little thing.
A good many young men are taking Cooks tours of Europe this
season. They are in the kitchen police.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-01-07

ally arid desert where the sun had
baked them and the Dust had choked
them and the sky had blinded them
with It's hot glare, For days and months
they had sighed for rain, with never
a cloud the size Of a mans hand on
the horizon, And her they pictured
what this driving rain through which
they were walking would have meant
to them. with what ecstacy they would
have welcomed 1t.
They kept up this game until they
reached home, laughing, joking, amused,
Their experience was no longer a dis
agreeable occurrence, nut a real ad-
venture because over the circumstance
they had thrown the fairy glamour OF
make-believe.
The people who rush about trying to
find things that are going to please
and interest them never succeed In dis
covering them, The blue bird Is always
Just spreading his wings In flight as
they arrive on the scene, Consequently,
no matter how madiy they pursue II,
their lives are spent in a monotonous
and intending quest,
But the real Adventures find adven-
ture everywhere, because for them the
commonplace is always ~camouflaged
with the rose color Of a