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The mirror., 1920-09-30
llwater, Minnesota, Thursday, September 80, 1920.
TRUTH, THE BASIS OF LIFE
Part One
By Mr.. H. p.

more perfect by practice. Exercises
for the development of the mind pre-
sent variety of motives for consider
alton. They involve the development
of the perceptive faculties, the cult
vation of the emotions, the quicken
ing of the imagination, the symmetri-
cal unfoldment of the intuitive facul-
ty, which without being able to give
reason frequently impels or prohi-
bits choice, and finally the power of
the mind may be cultivated by the
development of the moral character.
THE greatest man." said Seneca,
is he who chooses right with invinci-
bic determination" The greatest
power of the mind, then, depends up
ON its exercises in moral channels, and
therefore requires that every conscious
mental effort should involve moral
end. A developed moral conscious
ness modifes consideration of motives,
and increases the force and continuity
of actions; consequently the well de-
veloped symmetrical character neces-
states good physical, mental and
moral health, and this combination
creates initiative, power, resistless
force, and necessarily success.
1t will be found that Nature is
constantly seeking to express harmony
in all things, is forever trying to bring
about an harmonious adjustment, for
every discord, every wound, every diff
ficulty, therefore when thought is har-
monious, nature begins to create the
material conditions, the possession of
which are necessary in order to make
up an harmonious environment.
When we understand that mind is
the great creative power, what does
not become possible? With Desire as
the great creative energy, can we not
see why Desire should not be cult
waited, controlled and directed in our
lives and destinies? Men and women
of strong mentality, who dominate
those around them, and often those
far removed from them, really
emanate currents with the minds of
others, causes the desires of the latter
to be in accord with the mind of the
strong individuality. Great masters
of men possess this power to a marked
degree. Their influence is felt far
and near, and they secure compliance
with their wishes by making others
want" to act in accord with them.
In this way men of strong Desire and
imagination may and do exert power
full influence over the minds of others,
leading the latter in the way desired.
The magnetic persons attract, allure
and draw. They are emotional, and
capture the will of others.
No man is ever created without the
inherent power in himself to help him.
self. The personality that under
stands its own intellectual and moral
power of conquest will certainly as
sert itself. 1t is this truth which an
enfamined world Graves today. The
possibility of asserting a slumbering
intellectual courage that clearly dis
Germs, and moral courage that
grandly undertakes is open to all.
The mirror., 1920-09-30

There is divine potency in every
human being.
We speak of the sun as rising"
and setting" though we know that
this is simply an appearance of mo-
tion. To our senses the earth is ap-
parently standing still, and yet we
know it is revolving rapidly. We
speak of bell as sounding body"
yet we know that all that the bell can
do is to produce vibrations in the air.
When the vibrations come at the rate
of sixteen second they cause sound
to be heard in the mind. 1t is possible
for the mind to hear vibrations up to
the rate of $4,000 second. When
the number increases beyond this all
is silence again; so that we know that
the sound is not in the bell; it is in
our own mind.
We speak and even think of the
sun as giving light" yet we know it
is simply giving forth energy which
produces vibrations in the ether at the
rate of four hundred trillion second,
causing what are termed light waves,
so that we know that what we call
light is simply mode of motion, and
the only light that there is. is the sem
sation caused in the mind by the mo-
ton of these waves. When the number
of vibrations increases, the light
changes in color, each change in color
being caused by shorter and more
rapid vibrations; so that although we
speak of the rose as being red, the
grass as being green, or the sky as be-
ing blue, we know that these colors
exist only in our minds, and are the
sensations experienced by us as the
result of the vibrations of light.
When the vibrations are reduced be-
low four hundred trillion a second,
they no longer affect us as light but
we experience the sensation of heat.
So we have come to know that ap-
pearances exist, for us only in our
consciousness. Even time and space
become annihilated, time being only
the experience of succession, there be-
ing no past or future except as a
thought relation to the present. In
the last analysis, therefore, we know
that one principle governs and con-
trolls all there is. Every atom is for
ever conserved; whatever is parted
with must inevitably be received
somewhere. 1t cannot perish and it
only exists for use. 1t can 60 only
where it is attracted, and therefore
required. We can receive only what
we give, and we may give only to
those who can receive; and it remains
with us to determine our rate of
growth and the degree of harmony
that we shall express.
The laws under which we live are
designed solely for our advantage.
These laws are imutable and we can
not escape from their operation. All
the great eternal forces acr in solemn
silence, but it is in our power to place
ourselves in harmony with them and
thus express life of comparative
peace and happiness.
Difficulties, inharmonies, obstacles,
The mirror., 1920-09-30
Vol. XIV: No. 9

indicate that we are either refusing
to give out what we no longer need,
or refusing to accept what we require.
Growth is attained through an ex-
change of the old for the new, Of the
good for the better; it is conditional
or reciprocal action, for each of US is
conditional or reciprocal action, for
each of us is complete thought entity
and the completeness makes it possible
for us to receive only as we give. We
cannot obtain what we lack if we
tenaciously cling to what we have.
The Principle of Attraction oper-
ates to bring to us only what may be
to our advantage. We are able to
consciously control our conditions as
we come to sense the purpose of what
we attract, and are able to extract
from each experience only what we
require for our further growth. Our
ability to do this determines the de-
gree of harmony or happiness we at
tain.
The ability to appropriate what we
require for our growth continually In
creases as we reach higher planes and
broader visions, and the greater our
ability to know what we require, the
more certain we shall be to discern its
presence, to attract it and to absorb It.
Nothing may reach us except what is
necessary, for our growth. All condi-
tions and experiences that come to US
do so for esM-bene6t.. Difficulties and
obstacles will continue to come until
we absorb their wisdom and gather
from them the essentials of further
growth. That we reap what we sow,
is mathematically exact. We gain
permanent strength exactly to the ex-
tent of the effort required to over
come our difficulties.
The inexorable requirements Of
growth demand that we exert the
greatest degree of attraction for what
is perfectly in accord with us. Our
highest happiness will be best attained
through our understanding Of and
conscious cooperation with natural
laws.
Our mind-forces are often bound
by the paralyzing suggestions that
come to us from the crude thinking
of the race, and which are accepted
and acted upon without question.
Impressions of fear, of worry, of dis
ability and of inferiority are given us
daily. These are sufficient reasons in
themselves why men achieve so little
why the lives of multitudes are so
barren of results, when all the time
there are possibilities within them
which need only the iberating touch
of appreciation and wholesome ambi-
ton to expand into real greatness.
Women, perhaps even more than
men, have been subject to these con-
ditions. This is true because of their
finer susceptibilities making them
more open to thought-vibrations from
other minds, and because the food of
negative and repressive thoughts has
been aimed more especially at them
But it is being overcome. Florence
Nightingale overcame il when she
rose in the Crimea to heights of ten
der sympathy and executive ability be-
fore unknown among women. Clara
Barton, the head of the Red Gross,
overcame it when she wrought SIM
liar work in the armies page g. Col, a.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-11-23
Home anned Hides
Seldom Pay Farmer

Apparently it doesn't pay the
farmer to tan his own leather. The
bureau of chemistry, United States
department of agriculture, Is con-
Quoting leather-making experiments
upon the scale to which the average
farmer would have to adjust his
work, and specialists say that the
results obtained thus far do not war
rant general practice. Good leather
can be made in individual tanneries,
but the results are too uncertain to
give reliable profits.
The work was taken up by the
department when it became evident
that the farmers were feeling the in
Justice of a transaction wherein they
sold a whole cowhide for less than
they paid out for a pair of work
Shoes-an occurrence not at all I'm
usual. Investigation shows that the
leather dealer is not entirely to
blame for the low prices that the
farmer receives for his hides. Too
often the hide from the farm COW is
taken off in a careles smanner that
leaves the skin full of cuts and holes
farm hides are never as uniform
as those bought from the packing
houses, where the animals are care
fully graded and the skins removed
by expert skinners. For that rea-
son the hide buyer is always willing
to pay more for the packers prod
uct than he can offer the farmer.
Then, too, the farmer sells. his
cowhide to the junk dealer, who de-
ducts his profit from the price he
lect, a number of hides and skins it
will pay the owner to deal directly
with a large dealer, the specialists
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-11-23
jerusalem Artichoke
Is Novel Variation
From Irish Potato

Have you ever eaten Jerusalem
artichokes? They are an excellent
fall and winter vegetable and. by the
way, not an artichoke at all but a
member of the sunfloNer family. In
some ways they are like potatoes,
but they differ just enough in flavor
and texture to add pleasing variety
to the daily meals. Before potatoes
came to be popular standby Jeru-
salem artichokes, steamed, boiled, or
made into soup were common dish,
but nowadays they are somewhat
neglected. They are still for sale
during the fall and winter in many
city markets, and they can be grown
in practically any home garden II
the soil is well drained.
Here are some good ways of using
Jerusalem artichokes in the menu:
Boil the tubers in sailed water un-
til they are tender, just as you would
potatoes. The skins may be removed
either before or after boiling. Com
bine the artichokes with cream sauce,
or serve them with melted butter,
salt, and pepper.
Cold boiled artichoSes make dell
cious salad when combined with may
onaise, French, or boiled dressing
and served on a bed of lettuce or
other salad green's. Many persons
prefer this to potato salad, for the
artichokes have more flavor and are
less starchy than potatoes. Jerusa-
lem artichokes may also be used raw
in salad, like radishes. They are
particularly crisp if left in the
ground all winter and dug before they
hapin TO grow again in the spring.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-11-23
Florida Farmers Are
Urged to Specialize
On Things That Paw

1t is now the season of the wear
when the wide awake farmer begins
planning for next years work and
casting about for ways and means
to make his land produce as much
as possible. Many farmers overloo',
this important matter of planning
ahead.
Next year is going to see consid-
cradle change in crop values, and
there is probably going to be slump
in prices. Therefore, it behooves
al crop producers to plan their crops
for maximum yields, says C. K. Nc
Quarrie, state agent of agricultural
extension in Florida.
Farm labor has been scarce during
the present year, but relief is ex-
pected during the coming season.
The farmer with live stock can ar
range his crop so as to have always
a good supply Of feed material and
some to spare. The truckers, on
the other hand, has to depend very
largely upon market conditions and
to take chances on whether his prod
uct will be a profita BILE one or not. 1t
is a wise plan for the trucker to
arrange his crop so that, in case
of slump in prices and lack of de-
mand, his product can be turned over
to feed live stock or to be used for
the home market.
One or two activities we would like
to stress on all farmers is the prob
ability of a good demand for hogs
for the coming year. And there is
always a good demand for milk, dairy
and poultry products. The man with
a few cows can always depend upon
getting a ready market, and the man
with a few hogs can always depend
upon having something to turn into
ready cash.
All available land should be plant
ed to small grain crops Immediately
for a double purpose; first, to pre-
vent teaching during the winter, and
second, the production of pasture
for live stock.-Florida Agricultural
College bulletin.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-11-23
Purebred Live Stock
Has Been Profitable
For Florida Ranchman

One of the most important live
stock developments in Florida is the
10,000-acre ranch owned by E. E..
Goodno, Labelle, says a bulletin is
sued by the Florida Agricultural col
lege. Mr. Goodno has recently sold
to a stock raiser at Moore Haven
several hundred grade yearlings.
These yearlings will be fed out on
the Benbow farm at Moore Haven.
In company with County Agent H.
E. Stevens, A. P. Spencer, vice direc-
tor of agricultural extension, visited
the Goodno rancn recently. Mr.
Goodno's enthusiasm for good live
stock has induced him to make en-
tensive purchases of purebred sires
to improve his herds and flocks. His
first purchase consisted of Galloway
and Angus bulls to cross on the ma
bred Angora to improve his flock of
goats. His most recent purchase was
three purebred Hampshire rams
which cost about $100 each. His
stock on the range have good size
and quality and show the effect of
grading up by means of purebred
All of Mr.. Goodno's ranch is under
good fence. He has spent many
thousands of dollars in fencing,
dltchlng and general improvements.
He now has an abundance of excel
lent pasture grasses, and nearly all
of his animals are fat enough to
slaughter.
Lee county is proud of Mr.. Good
nos achievements: and his ranch is
one of the show places of that coun-
ty. Mr.. Goodno has been a staunch
supporter of every agricultural
movement for the benefit of his
county, and the results of his efforts
are now being duly appreciated.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-11-23

are share choppers who share their
cotton production with the land own
er. They farm from IL to Is acres
with each mule-and it takes half
and hay to feed the mule On the
other half the family lives-after it
has paid it's debts"
Most tenant farmers are eternally
in debt.
Whole Cotton Industry Founded on
Credit
The cotton industry is founded on
credit. The tenant gets credit for all
his supplies from a country mer-
chant, cotton broker or bank mort
gaglng his crop before it is planted.
The country merchant borrows mon
ey for such credit from a city brok-
er or bankers; the broker borrows
from banks; the country banks Dor
row from city banks and the city
banks from the federal reserve
banks--a long line of debt.
James says if the south raised
iced for its mules and food for it's
people If wouldn't have to be eternal
ly in debt. That's the whole nub
OF the situation, he says.
The cotton states arS,-for the
first time since the civil war, show
ing the intention of doing this-or
first raising their own food and feed
and, second, raising cotton on the
remaining acreage. Thus, in times
of stress, the south could feed it.
self and hold it's cotton for better
prices. Cotton would be a profit
crop" Now cotton represents food
and clothing and everything else
which sustains life.
good and Feed First" Being
Preached
Throughout the south this doc
trine of food and feed first" is be-
ing preached. diversified farming"
1t is called. The turner's are 1e-
spending and the south will raise
the greatest food crops in her his
tory in 1921. This is the optimistic
side of it's troubles of today.
A large part of the 1920 cotton
crop will be held for better prices.
If it were not for the farmers debts,
the merchants debts, the brokers'
debts and the banks debts, the
holding" movement might be 100
per cent successful. AS it is, the
cotton is being marketed very slow
ly. Farmers are urged not to sell
until the price advances, except in
cases of absolute necessity.
The reduced acreage cry of a year
ago has largely given way to an ap-
peal for diversified crops-and the
movement is making real progress.
Its promoters claim crop rotation
and improved farming methods will
, allow greater cotton production on
an actually reduced acreage, while at
the same time providing land on
which the south can raise it's own
food,
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-11-23
Plenty
of Potash

AFTER FIVE years of Potash
"A famine there is now plenty of
Potash to be had at prices that
will permit it to be. used at
good profit.
When Potash in mixed fertil-
izers was sold at FIVE dollars per
unit, everybody exclaimed that
the price wa "prohibitlve. I"
This was a state Of mind. AS a
matter of fact. when the records
of long continued experiments,
east, south. and west. were care
fully gone over it was found that
there were plenty of cases where
the crop increase from the use of
Potash on corn, wheat. oats,
cotton, tobacco, potatoes, vege-
tables and fruit returned over five
dollars per unit. even valulng the
crops prices current before 1914.
Now prices of Potash are less
than one-half of these "prohibi-
tive prices" and prices of farm
products are still high enough to
make the purchase Of the five to
ten per cent Potash fertilizers a
very profitable investment when
yields alone are considered
But this is not all. The shipping
and keeping quality of many of
our truck, fruit and special crops
has suffered from lack of Potash.
Plant diseases have increased
for the same reason.
Our best lands have been over
worked to the limit and need
restoration.
The fertilizer manufacturer
who really has the foresight to
understand that he serves his
own and his customers interest
best by furnishing what his COM
munity really needs will return
to the formulas that were found
most profitable for his commun-
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-11-23
EAsAsRS FERTllITep c0Mno

ity before the Potash famine
upset things. Indeed this is put
ting the case mildly, fol, provision
should be made not only to re-
store the old high Potash formu-
las, but to use additional Potash
to restore the drain on the soil
during the past five years.
We never advised the use Of
Potash on soils where we had
reason to believe it would not
prove profitable, and never shall
do so.
There is not a single crop on
which Potash has not been found
profitable on many types of soil.
In the readjustment period
when farmers must use every
means to assure success it is OF
utmost importance that they
should not be turned aside in
their effortss to buy fertilizers
with a reasonable five to tenn
per cent. of Potash.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-11-23

Information secured from apple.
market Investigations by the United
dicates that relatively low prices in
large crop years in the beginning OF
the season make for quick movement
and rapid consumption, with the nat.
ural result Of better season averages
that marketing of inferior grades
along with good fruit in large cror
years is not profitable; that the eff,
fective operation Of grade and pack.
age laws may be counted upon to aid
in stabflizing apple markets.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-11-23
Potash Pays

and after FIVE years of Potash FAM
inc it will pay better than ever.
: 1t takes time to produce and
ship Potash and large stocks are
not carried at Potash works.
Therefore it is imperative that
you notify your dealer at once
what brands of fertilizer you will
require and that you should not
be induced to change your order
on any claim that the right kind
of goods cannot be secured.
Stick to it and you can get what
you know you want.
SOIL AND CROP SERVICE
POTASH INDICATE
n. A. HUSTON. Manager
AZ Broadway New York
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-11-23

, No, that isn't a
fairy story, but
an actual condi-
tion. 1 have it on
the authority of
George r. James
of this city-and
James ought to
know. He w a S
head of the cotton
division of tn e
lwar i n d u S tri es
board, and is a
millionaire lner-
lc h a n t, financier
land farmer.
j a m e S blames
1.-THE south's finan-
Icial crisis OH its
mules. He de.
IclaTes they typify
1t h e agricultural
CONDITIONS which
Ina 10 such a crisis
| POSSIBLE.
| Cotton is rails
led chiefly by ten
ant farmers" he
explained. Some
of these farmers
pay money rent
bIlt most Of fhan
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-11-23
How Many Dollars
Does This Loss Mean
To j. S. Farmers?

Here are some of the losses to
American farmers in the United
States in one year by plant dis
eases which might have been pre-
vented if known control measures
had been Immediately applied:
Wheat, 112,O0O,O00 bushels; oats,
100000 bushels; corn. S0,000,-
600 bushels; potatoes, 50,000,000
bushels; sweet potatoes, 100000
600 bushels (two-tifths of the to-
tai crop; tomatoes, $4,000 tons;
cotton, $4,000 bales; peaches, S.
100000 bushels; apples, 10000
600 bushels. The figures were
compiled for the year 1919 by the
Plant Disease Survey of the Blu
reau of Plant Industry, United
States department of agriculture.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-11-23

age. in trying to mislead as to the
real cause.
Europe could use more of our farm
products and if the money or credit
were available, undoubtedly would
But we can hardly expect to sci
great quantities unless some way Of
extending credit can be worked out
by our government.-Edit from
the Inland Farmer.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-11-23
Are "Breaking Back
OF South,':' in Opinion of
This Mem phis Editor

(Editor, The Memphis Press)
Memphis, Tenn.-"The mules are
eating I'D the south"
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-11-23

Crops to Plant IN the Fail
c. r., Atlanta, Ga, writes
have recently bought a farm
and am going to live on it my
self with man to work it on
the shares. wish to know
what crops can be planted to ad-
vantage this fall, and any other
information you can give me
that will be of service.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-11-23

Feeding Bearing Pecan Trees
T. j., valdosta, Ga, writes:
7 would like to know the best
method Of fertilizing bearing. pc
can trees, about ten years old:
Kindly tell me the analysis OF
fertilizer to use and the amount
per tree. Does 1t matter much
as to what source the ammonia
Is derived?
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1920-12-11
NOW PROPOSE TO
POISON ALCOHOL

To prevent illegal use Of alcohol is-
sues on permits for manufacturing
purposes the government is exepri
menting to determine whether Ener-
eury or other poisonous matter cannoi
be introduced. Charles r. o'connor-
prohibition director, soid the Aroana
CluD of New York. perfumers. toilet
goods dealers and barber sapply
makers
He declared chemists in the techni-
cal division of the Federal Prohibition
Office in Washington were conducting
the experiments. He added that hun
dreas OF applicants for alcohol for
non-beserage use have claimed falsely
% be manufacturers OF periamsry ana
toilet preparations.