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noted, was not only a subscriber but
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water in vigorous fashion. The boat
began to rock; the man in the bow
lost his balance and tumbled into the
lake, where he disappeared from sight
A moment later he rose TO the sur
face. the tackfish still thrashing the
water about his foot, and It was seen
that the fish was caught on the spur
The Jack was a huge fellow and very
strong. and in its struggles for free
dom 1t plunged down toward the bot
tom OF the lake. dragging the man
feet foremost after 1t. His weight,
however. was too much for the fish
and 1t made small Roadway.
The fishermen now went to the as
sistance Of their companion. One of
them struck the Jack with an oar and
stunned 1t. The man was pulled into
the boat and the Jackfish> despatched.
The big fish had jumped for the
gudgeon. fixed its teeth In its body
and had somehow been caught by the
gill on the crane necked spur.
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unfinished condition Is reflected in the
small margin on which they were sold
and low dressing percentages. Thus
the profits they returned were smaller
than for the steers in the other two
groups.
The cost OF gains OF steers on pas
ture is greatly increased by feeding
cottonseed cake. II was found, but the
better market prices received for cake
fed cattle usually pay for the addi-
uonal cost OF feeding cake. and re-
turn a greater average profit than is
realized on the grass fed cattle. One
or the distinct advantages on SUM-
plementing pastures for concentrates
is the fact that steers SO handled can
be finished more quickly and can be
marketed earlier than steers getting
grass alone. Thus the cattle can he
sold before the rush OF grass fed cat
Tie giuts the market and depresses the
price. Moreover, when cattle are mar
keted early the pastures have time 10
recuperate and furnish good grazing
Tor other stock during the fall.
There is only one case. saws the
on1cial bulletin, when pasture alone Is
preferable to pasture with concern
trates' Steers OF inferior quality NAV
return more profit by grazing alone
than by grazing with the addition of
feeds, especially when
they are on good pastures that are
cheap. Scrub steers did not respond
readily to the use OF good feeds and
even when we'll finished do not COM
mand satisfactory prices in competi-
ton with well bred cattle similarly
The better the quality OF the
steers the safer 1t is to give them high
priced fssAa
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ing as a political power to the Demo-
Gratis and the regular Republican or
ganization of Delaware in 1894 fol-
lowing his first really prodigal ex-
penditure Of money for political pur-
poses. When the returns from the
November elections OF that year were
In Addicks had six supporters pledged
to stand by him through thick and
thin out Of total of nineteen Re-
publicans elected to the Legislature.
He had these six votes sewed up tight
when the Legislature convened in
Dover in 1895. He refused to let his
six men go into the Republican eau
Gus and began to fight against the
election OF anybody but himself. COM
ing into the open for the first time as
an avowed candidate for the Senate.
1t was then that he coined and is
sued his celebrated pronunciamento:
NE or nobody"
As happened, II was nobody. He
had not enough votes to elect him
self, but he did have enough, and he
knew how to use them well enough,
to keep the Legislature from electing
H.
most Of Addicks's enmity seemed to
be directed against Senator Anthony
Higgins, Mr.. Higgins stepped aside as
a candidate and his friends offered a
choice OF eight or ten other Republicans
to the six Addicks men who were de-
Tying majority rule in their own party
ana keeping the Republicans from
reaping the harvest OF their election
victories The fight went on from
the time the session opened on the
first Tuesday in January. and finally
Addicks lost one OF his SIX supporters.
The signs were good that he would
loee another, and since the member
ship OF the Joint session was thirty,
only sixteen were required to elect.
To lose a second man would have
been disastrous. and the Addicks man
ayers began casting about for some
way to Offset the loss.
Fortunately for the political schemes
OF Addicks, Gov. Marvel Of Delaware
died on April s. and Senator Watson.
Speaker OF the Senate, retired from
the Senate and became acting Cover
nor. He was a Democrat. On Nav 8
Col Henry A du Pont entered the
Held as candidate on the Republican
side. Senator Higgins and Mr.. Massey
withdrawing. 1t was on May that
Addicks, having already lost one OF his
SIX supporters, saw indications that
on the next bsNot he would lose an
other. A recess was obtained. and
during this time Gov. Watson was
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Fattening Steers on Cottonseed
FEEDING oottonseed ca

TEEDING cottonseed cake to
steers as a supplement to sum-
mer pasture in the South in
creases materially the rate of the
gains made by the animals, causes
them to finish moro quickly and take
on a higher degree of finish, and in
creases the margin between the buying
and selling prices. according to spe-
cialists OF the United States Depart
ment OF Agriculture. who mako a re-
port OF experiments in fattening steers
on summer pasture conducted coop
eratively by the Department and the
Alabama Experiment Station. Present
opportunities FOR live stock In the
South and efforts to reduce production
costs make the results OF unusual
current interest.
All the experiments were carried out
under actual and typical farm condi-
lions. consequently the results may
be applied directly In many Southern
regions to the management and feed
ing of cattle on pasture. In each ex-
pertinent, groups OF steers were kept
on pasture alone. on pasture with a
supplementary feed OF one-half corn
chop and one-half cottonseed cake,
and on pasture with a supplementary
feed of cottonseed cake. The average
daily gains for each animal, which
may be considered the most valuable
standard In judging the efficiency of
rations. were 1.49 pounds for the
steers getting pasture only. 1.S3
POUNDS for those on pasture supple
mented by cottonseed cake, and 1853
pounds for the steers getting pasture
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prevailed upon, II Is said by Addicks
personally. to take his place in the
Senate and vote. When Watson took
his seat it required then sixteen votes
to elect The second Addicks man did
go over to the du Pont standard, but
with Gov. Watson voting as a Senator
Addicks was still able to prevent any
body being elected. Thirty-five ballots
were taken. and always the result was
du Pont, Is; Addicks. 4.
The hour OF adjournment was an
nounced. and Delaware was without her
proper representation In the United
States Senate. Then It was that the
Republicans. who had made no pro-
test before. declared that Gov. Watson
had retired from the Senate to enter
the Executive office and that he had no
right TO return and take part in tho
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| before the committee on credentials.
IT was during this fight that Senator
Higgins called Addicks a moral idiot, {"
and Addicks replied:
II elected you in 1889 and defeated
you In i895-hence these tears
Then the Addicks delegates returned
home and started in to make harder
night than ever. The Republican party
was split. and the Addicks faction or
ganized the Union Republican party,
composed entirely of Addicks support
ers. Addicks spent his money furious
ly. scattering 1t broadcast throughout
the entire State to such effect that,
while he did not win the elections for
his own party, he was able to help
swamp the regular Republican Of
ganization and put the Democrats in
power. For the next two years Adj
dicks continued TO spend money and
perfect his political organization. and
In 1888 he probably came nearer to
being elected to the Senate than at
at any other time before or since.
The election that year was held un-
der new system. and the member
ship OF the joint session Of the Legis-
lature was thirty-one Republicans
and twenty-one Democrats. But two
Republicans-one of them an Addicks
man-never took their seats, and thus
brought down the joint membership to
fifty. On the first ballot Addicks had
fifteen votes and the Republican oppo-
sition had fourteen. the twenty-one
Democrats OF course voting solidly
for the Democratic caucus nominee,
whose chance OF election was nil.
Finally Addicks broke the ranks Of
the other side. and three Republicans
who had been elected on a promise not
to vote for Addicks turned and gave
the gab man three more votes, or
eighteen altogether. Several days later
a Democrat voted for Add!cks, and
two days later two more Democrats
did the same. giving him then twenty
one votes, or only five less than was
necessary to elect. But the Repub-
licans and the remaining Democrats
adjourned without any more going to
Addicks. and for the second time Della
ware was without her proper repre-
sentation in the United States Senate,
1t Is curious that the very man who
helped Addicks so greatly during the
nrst eight or ten years OF his Della
ware political career-James Frank
Alice. for many years State chairman
of Addicks's Union Republican organi-
zation and later a United States SEN
ator-should have been the man to
finally eliminate Addicks as a factor
In the politics of the State. This was
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Save the Wheat From Mice

build new mouseproof granaries o.
either concrete or galvanized sheet
iron.
Where rats and mice have plenty o!
1000 and are unmolested they multiply
OVERWHELMINGLY. For example. '~
Australia during the war sacks O.,
wheat stacked in high piles awaiting
Shipment became infested by mice
"hlch riqdled the sacks and destroyei
large part OF the contents before
preventive steps were taken. Jrisr
similar circumstances a like rs,uh
would inevitably occur in this coun.
Try. Where it is inpracticable 70 pro-
vide tight containers for stored prof
ucts steps should be taken immeiI-
ately to trap or poison rats and U
In the general vicinity OF storage
buildings. and should be continued I'll
the last oushel is disposed Of
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-08-17
How a Fish Caught a Man

A SPORTSMAN tells OF a curious
~ incident. From his story, which
appears to be authentic. 1t APP
pears that a party OF fishermen were
out In a boat after gudgeon. One OF
the men. whose horse had become
famed some miles from home. had been
taken on board. but was not fishing.
AS a penalty for wearing spurs he sat
in the bow with his feet hanging over
the side OF the skin.
Soon after his entrance into the boat
one OF the anglers caught a small
gudgeon. which he playfully hung on
the horseman's projecting spur. The
Incident was forgotten and the gudgeon
hung there. its tail Just touching the
water.
Suddenly the man gave a cry of
establishment, and the others looking
up sew a large jackfish splashing the
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wanna, the Susquehanna, the Schuyl-
kill and the Lehigh.
They carry culm waste for many
miles down stream, to drop it at last
IN shadows and eddies behind dams
and on valley bottoms. Much of the
coal thus scattered is recovered by
Dredging with suction dredges or with
the more familiar bucket type of
dredge. The machinery. which Is
usually mounted on a stern wheel, nat
bottom boat. dumps the coal into
scows. that carry twelve or fourteen
tons. The recovered river coal brings
from 70 to 90 cents at the wharf.
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supplemented by the mixture OF cake
and corn chop.
The initial cost Of the steers per
100 pounds Of the three groups was
the same for any one year. but in
each case the steers in pasture alone
sold for a lower price. The margins
between the buying and selling prices
of the cattle were always in favor
of those which were fed supplements
with their pasture. The margins av-
eraged less than 20 cents a hundred
pounds for the steers on pasture alone,
compared TO 90 cents for animals
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voting. But II was too late, and al
though there was a vacancy the
United States Senate refused to seat
Col du Pont, thus practically declar-
Ing that Watson had a right, as main
tanned by Addicks and the Democrats,
to vote for Senator.
When the State convention met in
Dover two years later to elect dele
gates to the St. Louis national con-
vention the Addicks contingent had a
majority OF the delegates. Addicks
personally directed how every vote
should be cast and ran the conven-
ton. Old party rules were ignored,
and the delegates from New Castle
county boited and held a convention
Of their own. Both sent delegates to
st. Louis. and the convention there
seated the boilers after a hard fight
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which were fed cottonseed cake with
pasture and S1h cents for the ami
mails whose pasture was supplemented
with the mixture OF corn chop and
cake. After the animals had been
butchered inspection showed that the
steers which were fed cottonseed cake
or mixture OF cake and corn with
pasture dressed out higher than the
cattle which had pasture alone.
While the steers that had pasture
alone made gains cheaply. the total
gains were not large. and their steers
did not take on a high finish. Their
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-08-17
Coal From Pennsylvania Rivers

FTNH BE rivers OF pennsylvania Yield
about 100000 tons OF coal every
year. About 100000 tons of
anthracite coal are mined every year
by the wet process" in Lackawanna,
Luzerne. Carbon, Schuylkill and
Northumberland counties. The proc
ess requires the use OF vast quantities
Of water. which when It is discharged
carries in suspension millions of tons
|of culm or, coal dust fne enough TO
pass through the smallest screen in a
|ory process breaker Much OF the
cuim hnds It's way into the rivers of
the anthracite district. the Lacka-
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done through complicated bit of DO
litical manoeuvring that is not exactly
clear TO the general public even to this
day. 1t is. however. fairly clear that
Senator Alice recognized that with the
Addicks supply Of money dw;ndHng OF
Is about 1900 that the financial re-
verses Of the gas king appear to have
begun) the Union Republican outfit
was In a fair way to become a sink
ing ship, and that as a shrewd poll
ucian 1t behooved him to leave the
craft before the wreck came.
Alice therefore manipulated political
affairs in such manner that he elect
ed men really hostile to Addicks, while
| at the same time he appeared to be
electing men who would vote for Ad-
| dicks for Senator. The time finally
came when DR.. Caleb r. Layton. him
self with Senatorial ambitions, was
delegated TO tell Addicks that he was
impossible" as a Senator from Della
ware.
This was after three Of Ave Demo-
Gratis had refused to vote for Addicks,
declaring coolly fiat they could not
De bought Addicks realized that he
had been betrayed by the very men
whom he had elevated politically, but
he also realized that to declare him
self publicly would mean his utter
ruin The situation then became such
that in 1908 Alice struck deep and hard
al Addicks, entrusting DR.. Layton with
the task of informing Addicks that he
never could be elected to the Senate.
IN blunt sentences Layton told Ad-
dicks that two Senators would be
elected, that he could not be one of
them. and that he had two choices
he could dictate the nomination of
Alice or advise that OF Layton. And
to Layton's supreme disgust Addicks
picked Alice.
The Political End of Add,cL
But Aodicks was much stronger
than either Alice or Layton thought.
He rallied his forces, and in 1906 he
again appeared as a serious contender
Tor the Senatorial honors, even though
he had lost the support of the union
organization which he had built IN at
such tremendous expense. But his
prospects in that year were rudely
shattered by Col. Henry A. du Point.
who was nominated by the Republican
caucus by vote of twenty to Addicks's
ten. And then. on the motion of an
Addicks man, the nomination of Col.
du Point was made unanimous-and
Addicks was finished as a factor I'm
Delaware politics. He did break forth
once more in 1912, when he announced
himself for Governor. but his candi-
dacy was short lived and was not
taken seriously.
The methods OF Addicks in gaining
political power were not original with
him, but IT is very probable that few
men in the United States have carried
them out with such a degree of effec-
uveness or spread them over such a
long period of time. An interesting
account of the manner in which the
agents of Addicks worked to gain
votes was printed in the Outlook in
1908, by George KEENAN,:
1.-TWO or three days before the
November election Mr.. Addicks, or
somebody interested in his behalf,
brought into the State OF Delaware
two whole series ave and tens) OF
crisp, new, consecutively numbered
notes OF the Merchants National Bank
of Boston and distributed them among
the Union Republican workers in all
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THE greatest wheat crop ever pre-
dncad IN Annarica mill .no.. u

NhE greatest wheat crop ever pro-
duced in America will soon be
harvested. Grain elevators will
soon become veritable treasures which
thievlng rats and mice will break into
IL they can.
Don't feed s2.26 wheat to rats and
mice says the United States Depart
ment OF Agriculture. Traps. poison
and ratproof construction win stop
their raids.
The arch enemies of stored grain
are dampness and rodent pests-rats
and mice. An elevator with a leaky
roof is only a little worse than one
allowing free entry to rats and mice.
The present price Of wheat makes a
telling appeal for ratproof construc-
ton OF wheat containers. Now is the
time TO MI rat holes with cement or
cover them with sheet iron ana 10
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Addicks ms a Financier.

Addicks's financial career was re-
markably similar to his political life.
He made a great deal Of money, but
at the end he lost it all. and when he
died last week he was a poor man, II
not In actual want. Alice, as presl-
dent OF the Bay State Gas Company,
a position which it Is said he was able
to gain through the assistance and
influence of Addicks, was one of tnose
prominent in Addickss financial down
fall. as well as a prime mover in the
elimination of Addicks from politics
A suit for 100000. brought by
George Wharton Pepper as receiver
for the gas company, against Addicks
marked the beginning of the end for
Addicks as a financial power. He
dropped out of sight for a few years
thereafter, with numerous judgments
and attachments. hanging over his
head and his once immense fortune
practically gone, although in 1907,
shortly after his defeat by Col. du Pont
he was found by process servers livinc
IN a cheap tenement in Hoboken, With
financial means that were barely
enough to provide him with the neces-
sites of life. He fed at that time,
leaving behind him. unpaid gas and
board bills, and was practically IN
heard of until 1913. when he was ar
rested on body attachment obtainez
on judgment secured against nin IN
1910 by Hiram NJ. Burton. He was
saved from prison by his brother. pres
ident Of the Consolidated Gas Company
Of Brooklyn.
Addicks was a self made man, and
If he had not become imbued with
political ambitions he probably would
have been able to retain his hold on
at least the greater part of his fortune
to the end. He was the son OF A
Philadelphia politician and started
active commercial life as an errand
boy in a department store in that
city. Later he became interested in
flour. and finally turned his attention
to Illuminating gas. the possibilities
Of which were just beginning TO be
recognized in the early sos. He built
gas works in Jersey City, Brooklyn
and Boston and became closely idcnti-
fed with the Bay State Gas Company
and the Chicago Gas Trust, which he
formed about 1882 or 1854. In trs
latter year he organized the Bay State
SollpdIly, anu MS financial aCuNitleS
in connection with that company.
although they netted him millions,
finally resulted IN an investigation by
the Legislature and the annulment o.
the company's charter.
Addicks plunged heavily IN copper
In 1897 and through his activities in
that line he further depleted his for
tune, although 1t looked for long
time as II he were going to add more
millions to what he had and replace
the vast amount OF money he had
spent In Delaware politics. He is sup
posed to have made more out Of the
promotion Of Amalgamated Coppe-
than any other one man. the amount
feing estimated at some $50, 900
But when the raid on Amalgamatei
Copper began he bought on every point
decline until his brokers declined to
carry him any longer except for cast.
lie had no cash reserves and his for
tune was wiped out. Only a few years
later he found II impossible 10 raise
few thousand dollars for bail.
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''Me or Nobody"
His Slogan in Sen
atorial Deadlock,
and 1t Was No.
body-Plunger in
Finance He Died
a Poor Man

the election districts Of Kent and
Sussex counties. Prior to the first OF
November there was not single new,
unworn bill of that bank in all SOUTH
ern Delaware but flve days later the
two lower counties were flooded with
them.
ION the day after election C. W.
Lord, hardware merchant of Dover.
took in over the counter in the ordl.
nary course OF business twenty-eigh
OF these bills. all Of the denomination
Of I'VE dollars, and before the end OF
the week the First National Bank OF
Dover was holding nearly $4,000 worth
OF this particular kind Of currency,
ali crisp, new Eve and ten dollar bills
that had never been creased, or that
had been folded only once.
TN Georgetown. Sussex county
the ONCE OF the Addicks cashier was
in a well known general store on the
main street of the town. The business
OF paying for Union Republican votes
was carried on there so openly as to
become a public scandal. Justice Boyce
of the Delaware Supreme Court hap
pened to pass the place on election
day. saw negroes coming out with
money in their hands, and was en-
filled with Indignation that he went
to the Office OF ex-Attorney-Gene
Richards and asked IL the thing could
not be stopped. The buying Of votes
in southern Delaware was so open
and 80 notorious that the Addicks men
did not think it worth while to make
a secret of IL.
Making duo allowance for cash
Inappropriate or embezzled, and
for the expense OF running the De,a-
ware machine. Mr.. Addicks probably
spent not less than $4,000 in Kent
and Sussex counties last fall in the
corruption OF the electorate, and
bought between 1000 and 5000 of the
$4,000 votes polled for his Legislative
candidates"