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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1920-12-15

The widespread knowledge of facts
such fatcs as the crop reports give
reduces and even makes speculation
impossible. Thus these reports bene
III the farmer or producer who does
not even know that they exist
Benefits More Marked
10 the producer who studies the re-
ports the benefits are even more
marked. The farmer may get from
observation the local situation regard
ing yields and prices of crops, but it is
only through the crop reports that he
IS able to learn the national situation.
Not only are the mosJ recent produc-
ton figures and price figures obtain
able given in the Gro preports. but
data of this character for previous
years are given. The producer who
studies them can keep as we'll infor-
med on the general trend of market
prices as the buyer in large cities.
With this information the latter has
no advantage, according to the Bu-
reau of Crop Estimates.
Farmers spend 90 or more per cent
of their time in the problems of pro-
duction, yet these in many cases are
no more important to their prosper
ity than problems of marketing. The
producer sare not so favorably situat-
ed for studying the market problems
as are the buyers in the cities, but
the Government crop reports enable
them to get a most reliable under
standing of local, State, and national
marketing situations and at mini
mum Of time.
That these reports are of the most
reliable nature has been demonstrate
ed in many cases. For example, the
estimate on the rice crop Of the United
States, made by the Bureau of Crop
Estimates for a recent year, was 28,-
$4,000 bushels. After the crop had
been harvested the receipts at the rice
mills showed yield of 28,995,213
bushels. The difference between the
estimate and actual receipts was only
two-tenths of 1 per cent.
Crop reports are based upon many
thousands of field reports received by
the Bureau of Crop Estimates. At
least 80 per cent of these field reports
are from actual producers. In cases Of
crops which are produced extensively
throughout the United States, such as
potatoes and hay, as many as 100000
reports, 80 per cent of which are
from producers, are used as a basis
for determining the figures published
IN the Government crop report.
Even within so comparatively small
an area as State there are many
various local factors affecting climate
and crop conditions that are of vital
Importance in the marketing of pro-
ducts. New York, for instance, with
it's 400 miles of spread from east to
west, presents case worth studying.
Last year the farmers in the western
counties Of the State harvested a
large crop of potatoes of good keeping
qualities, while in the eastern counties
the potato yield was poor and of a
quality not adapted to storgae. Based
on the hundreds of reports received by
the Bureau of Crop Estimates, the
United States Department of Agr-
culture recommended that growers in
Western New York hold their crop un-
til the potatoes produced in the east
ern part of the State had been sold on
the market. However, there was a
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1920-12-15
1t is supposed by some growers of

1t Is supposed by some growers of
crops that crop reports are most bene-
flclal to spectators, or those who buy
ana sell crops, but according to the
Bureau of Crop Estimates Of the de-
partment the reports stabilize the
markets. Speculation thrives under
uncertainty. Information regarding
crop yields in the hands of few
gives the few who are informed an op-
portunity to speculate if they are so
inclined. 1t is an important part of
the business of buyers and wholesalers
to study the supply and demand of
crops. We're it not for the crop re-
ports of the Department of Agricul-
ture it would be impossible for pro-
ducers of crops to make such study.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1920-12-15
AGAINST PROHIBITION

Milwaukee, Dec. Wisconsin
congressman and senator's have been
sent copies Of resolution asking re-
peal or modification Of the present
prohibition laws, it was learned today
IN connection with the completion of
an investigation of the illegal liquor
traffic in Wisconsin by the federal
grand jury. The resolution was
signed by all the members of the
grand jury.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1920-12-15
MAKING PERSONAL CANVASS
TO OBTAIN MARK ET PATRONS

Producers sometimes obtain custo-
mcrs by making personal canvass
among city dwellers, say marketing
specialists of the United States De-
partmcnt of Agriculture. The neigh
btorhood selected should be one which
IS not well supplied with markets or
grocery stores handling farm produce.
A suburban district of homes with
good incomes offers Il good field in
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1920-12-15

l and continue until March Is, the
final date for filing statistics of in
come for the year 1920.
Revenue officers assigned to the
work OF assisting taxpayers, Commits
sloner Williams said, will be prepared
to deal with questions relative to ex-
emptions and income.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1920-12-15
WILL AID TAXPAYERS
TO FIGURE RETURNS

Washington, Dec. ia county to
county campaign by internal revenue
officers to aid taxpayers in preparing
their income tax returns was an
nounccd tonight by Commissioner Will
liams to begin shortly after January
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1920-12-15
CROP REPORTS AID GROWERS
STUDY YIELDS and PRICES
Serve to Stabilize Markets-Specula-
ton Thrives on Uncertainty--
Buyers and Wholesalers, as Well
as Growers, Must Study Supply
and Demand for CrOps.

Who benefits most from the crop re-
ports issued regularly by the Bu-
reau of Crop Estimates of the United
States Department of Agriculture on
practically every crop grown in every
section of the United States?
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-10-08
7Obn Burroughs
!, S Nss5tss:s:

/. Is the Simon pure crow found
in the south?
2. Does the skunk ever hurry?
8. How does the maple reward one
in the fall?
Answers to Yesterdays Questions.
1. Why are robbins so abundant?
Robins are so abundant because
they are so adaptive. both as regards
their food and their nesting-habits.
They eat both fruit and insects, and
will nest anywhere-in trees, sheds.
walls and on the ground.
2. Are dry. hard fields helpful to a
fox in eluding a hound?
In cold, dry weather the fox will
sometimes elude the hound, at least
delay him much, by taking to bare.
plowed field. The hard dry earth
seems not to retain a particle Of the
scent. and the hound gives a loud
long. peculiar bark, to signify he has
trouble.
s. Should apples be pared7
The genuine apple-eater dispenses
with knife. He prefers that his
teeth have the first taste. Then he
knows that the best flavor Is I'M
mediately beneath the skin, and that
in pared apple this is lost. II you
will stew the apple, he says, instead
of baking 1t, by all means leave the
skin on. 1t improves the color and
vastly heightens the flavor Of the
dish.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-10-08
THE MAN IOWA IS LOOKING FOR.

When Senator w. G. Harding said
at Des> Moines yesterday that he
would not tell Great Britain how she
should manage her affairs but would
put our own house In order he said
precisely what the people Of Iowa
would have said. He said 1t for the
average citizen and American. It is
the consluston Of America.
When he said that he would not at
tempt to run the United States
singlehanded but would seek the ad-
vice and cooperation OF other
branches Of government and the as
sistance Of able men he said It for
Iowa. That is precisely what Iowa
wants and demands.
Harding is solid. He talks good po-
litical and business common sense.
His conclusion that America is in q
position to offer the nations COW
enant that shall be satisfactory and
workable is simply the common sense
conclusion drawn by q plain hard
headed and far seeing mind from ac-
tual conditions.
Harding is going to be elected. He
has demonstrated that he Is the type
required.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-10-08

ball game was In progress and It was
proposed to stop at the fifth inning
to let Mr.. Herring talk. The crowd
wouldn't have it and the bali game
went on. Mr. Herring also went on to
Cedar Rapids. What chance has a
spellbinder against red hot ball
game at the fifth inning anyway?
And 1t Is worth mention that Sena-
tor Harding didn't kiss his wife at
the hotel in Des Moines and that both
OF them talked and acted like ordi-
nary American citizens.
Funny that all the street talk is
about the drop in automobile prices
and none OF the drop in sugar.
Wouldn't be world wide disap-
pointtnent II 1t should Gomez out that
MacSwiney had little private cup
board on the tide! But anyhow we
had the excitement and that's what
we live for nowadays.
How would it do as a time saver
and convenience to make the wife of
the presidential nominee automatical-
~ the nominee for vice president.
she,s going to be, practically that
anyway If she isn't president.
F4Ea5 IttS sSA
Yes, Wilson helped smother the
Wilson league but it was bound to
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-10-08

things, prohibition has exerted Q
marked Improvement in the general
character Of the men from whom we
are obliged to recruit our working
force"
The National Cash Register Com
pany Of Dayton, thru its president
John n. Patterson testifes:
Wherever prohibition has gone In
to effect our sales have increased to
retail stores and collections have been
better and the rank and file of people,
we find, have saved more money"
The president OF the Carlson
Stromberg Telephone Manufacturing
Company answers briefly:
Prohibition has increased eff
cheney and lessened absenteeism in
Rochester. and our savings banks
show increase in deposits"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-10-08
The Land Of Beginning Again.

The Land Of Beginning Again.
I wish that there were some wonder
full place
Called the Land Of Beginning
Again,
Where all our mistakes and oil our
heartaches
And all our poor selfish grief
Could be dropped like a shabby coat
at the door
And never be put on again.
wish we could come out on it all
unaware,
Like the hunter who finds a lost
trail,
And wish that the one whom our
blindness had done
The greatest injustice Of all
Could be at the gates, like an old
friend that waits
For the Scomrade he's gladdest to
hail.
We would find all the things we in
tended to do,
But forgot and remembered too late
Little praises unspoken. little prom
ises unbroken,
And all the thousand and one
Little duties neglected that might
have perfected
The day for one less fortunate.
Il wouldn't be possible not to be kind
In the Land Of Beginning Again;
And the ones we misjudged and the
ones whom we grudged
Their moments Of victory here
Would find in the grasp Of our loving
hand clasp
More than penitent lips could ex-
plain.
For what had happened we'd know
had been best,
And what had seemed lost would
be gain;
For there isn't sting that will not
take wing
When we've faced 1t and laughed it
away;
And think that the laughter is most
what were after
In the Land Of Beginning Again.
Frankfort State Journal
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-10-08
: Ripping Rhymes
By WALT MASON
THE RATTLEsNAkE.

THE RATTLEsNAkE
were canIed beside
snake! dropped divers
ces In the twnklng
fingers
And threw with battle
fast
is with
Haed the
a
nj 1nakes be on
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-10-08
WHERE LABOR AND CAPITAL BOTH PROFIT.

The east is discovering certain,
values in the prohibition Of the
liquor traffic that the middle west
learned several years ago. Now that
the public drink shops have been
closed and the liquor traffic made IL
legal everywhere the eastern cities
and labor centers are speaking up.
The New York Herald has lately
sought opinions and statistics from
heavy labor employing corporations
and proclaims in page wide head
prohibition Greatly Benefits Labor
Say Employers" It received "but one
or two divergent or modified views
expressed In the batch. OF replies to
it's wide spread inquiry"
OF course it is and old story in.
Iowa where experience has definitely
settled the case and left no occasion
to make inquiry but it is interesting
nevertheless to quote some of the
replies received by the Herald.
Detroit is one Of the greatest labor
centers of the U. S. and naturally the
Herald sought information Of big
automobile manufacturers.
K. w. Zinmerschied, assistant to
the president Of the General Motors
Corporation replying for his chief,
w. C. Durant, cites the criminal
statistics Of Detroit, where some of
the corporations largest plants are
situated. Those figures show felony
arrests cut from 10,16s to S,917 in
year, and misdemeanor arrests re-
duced from 47,245 to 2S,SS9. Prohi-
bition started in Michigan on June l,
1917.
Mr. Zimmerschied adds, mot to be
quoted specifically" that the opinion
among motor manufacturers in De-
troit Is that prohibition has had
marked effect in cutting down late
ness and absenteeism and the In
creaSing efficiency.
M. E. Farr head Of the American
Ship Building Corporation says:
Home conditions Of workingmen
who, We're habitual drinkers before
the amendment was passed are
greatly improved and generally their
families are now WE'LL cared for"
Acting President Taylor of the
United Cigar Stores says:
Altho the operations of this COM
pany We're notably free from embar-
easements under the old order of
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-10-08

he IL as sincere and as right in this
later conclusion as In that former de-
mand and argument which are now.
universally conceded In the public
mind and In the statutes.
Cummins never did the state
greater service than he rendered to
the nation in the new railroad law
It is part OF the proposal to set the
house in order. 1t is not only square
deal but a necessary expedient II
transportation is to continue between
the farmers and the markets and be.
tween the markets and the towns.
Senator Cumrnins will be re-elec-
ted. He should have the vote of every
farmer in the state without regard to
party.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-10-08
B ILl1Iy|.sW.l!!fi 81! .,!,lElE;;R r

When Billy poked the cat in the
side there was q fuss. She jumped up
as tho she had suddenly found herself
sleeping on a bumblebee's nest, and
the first Billy knew she was looking
at him for all the world as he
had seen her look one day at
into corner where further flight
was no longer possible and she had
turned to fight him off If necessary.
Billy Whiskers had appeared on the
scene then just in time to rescue her.
but Abbie had now forgotten all
Iabout that debt of gratitude.
There she stood with her front and
hind feet close together. her back as
bumped up, her fur sticking out so
that she looked twice rs big as u.s.
ual, her tail all swelled up and jerk
ing nervously. while her eyes looked,
as Billy said afterward. as green as
old Crackers back. Old Croaker was
the big frog In the pond behind the
great barn.
"Why, Ahbie!" exclaimed Billy
Its I. your old friend. Don't look like
that! I only want to ask you what's
q circus"
Then he got, a piece OF Abbie's
mind.
BILLY Minister'S, you are no gentle
man. II you were, you wouldn't be
taround here disturbing my rest. You
know that I am half dead with neu-
ral9ia and that the only sound sleep
IL get is when tho sun shines on my
right side. Now you be off. and II You
ever cut up like this again, your get
q scratching that you can't forget to
the last day OF your 1ife!"
She would probably have kept right
on scolding for a long time. but as
soon as Billy Whiskers realized what
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-10-08
OCTOBER s, 1920

he had done he turned and trotted
off without even trying to apologize
"She probably doesn't know what
a circus is and takes that way to
conceal her ignorance. TIL never be-
flieve in cats again." thought Billy.
There" said Abbie. when Billy
disappeared around the corner Of the
house. hes gone and I'm glad of it.
He thinks that ] know all about cir
cuses but wouldn't tell him because
II was cross at being disturbed.
Wasn't that a good one about my
neuralgia" and Abhie laughed as
cats do, and washed her face.
Billy next asked his best friend
and greatest chum. Rex. the colt: but
Rex. who was quite young, owned up
lat once that he didn't know.
"Billy Whiskers" he said. ''how
can be expected to know about such
things when you don't2 You have
been almost everywhere and always
thought you had seen everything. If
you don't know what a circus is.
there Is no one at Cloverleaf Farm
who can tell you"
Some people would have been dis
couraged by this time, but not SO Bill
~ Whiskers.
'I'll have to ask old Polly Parrot
and / don't want to one bit. She will
probably laugh at me. and it is quite
as likely as not she may suspect my
plan. and in that case she will blab
1T all over Cloverleaf and Til find
myself shut up and closely guarded
by Tom and Harry. While I don't
| like Polly Parrot any too well. must
admit that she is as sharp as tacks,
and II I'm to get anything out OF her
I shall have to be very sly when ]
ask her about the matter"
GBilly has more trouble finding out
about the circus.l
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-10-08
Topics of the Times

Nate Kendall made very plain his
position on blue sky statesmen and
crooked stock lpromoters as well as
speaking plainly his opinion on state
officials that lend themselves to such
schemes. One thing may be accepted
as certain: after Kendall is cleo
ted governor OF Iowa the crooked
promoter and the attorney seeking
pardon for rapists will not have the
entree to the executive chambers.
Kendall is the best timber for gov
ernor that has been offered the vot-
ers in years. He Is big, clean,
strong man and how much the state
needs such q man in the executive
has been sufficiently demonstrated.
$50
Old Jim Pierce thinks he wants
Herring in the governorship. He
thought ne wanted Harding just as
hard until Harding found other adj
visers and failed to listen. Still Hard
ing should have earned some graft
ltude in the matter Of that ''resigna-
ton" from the defence council.
when Mr.. Harding and get mo-
Ineyenough we're going to buy a
farm" said Mrs. w. G. harding to
the women at Des Moines yesterday
And then she asked How are your
roads,"
Mr.. Herring was to speak at a
non political celebration at Scranton
yesterday. The celebration was OF the
anniversary Of the return Of the
American soldiers from overseas. A
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-10-08
HANDY DIRE Glory
or THU
MASONIC TEMPLE
r Masonic Meetings
TX Visltors Always Welcome.

/, MARSHALL LODGE NO. 1os, A.
F. A. NJ, Friday, Oct. !, FIRST
degree, o'clock sharp. Q. Z. Jen-
ninss. w. NJ; John W. Wells, secre-
fary.
sIGNET CHAPTER NO. ss. Royal
Arch, Monday. Oct. rs, 1880 O'CLOCK
Business session. Frank T. Nokes'
III. p; John w. Wells, secretary
KING SOLOMON COUNCIL NO
20, special assembly; THURSDAY, oct'
= 1880 officers drill: $3.50 supper
1880, comforting degrees. Carl Shaft
ner, w. NJ, John w. Wells, recorder.
coNCLAvE ST. ALDEMAR COM
MANDERY NO. 80, Tuesday. OCT o.
1850 D. m. Order OF the iemple'
CLYDE n. Stewart, commander; 1ohn
w. Wells, recorder.
CENTRAL CHAPTER NO 81 o.
p. s. Regular meeting Wednesday,
CENTRAL CHAPTER NO. 81 o.
-. g. Regular meeting Wednesday
Oct. 10. at 1850 o'clock, for business.
Mrs.. W. J. Richards, w. M; MRS.
Archer Walton, secretary.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-10-08
IOWA OPINION AND NOTES.

while the northern, mid western
and western states supplies most of
the soldiers that were needed to win
the war with Germany, and also sup
piled the greater part of the revenue
collected to pay the war expenses. the
sixteen southern states, dominating
congress, secured most OF the money
spent in the country during the war"
remarks the Dubuque Times journal.
Governor Cox says the newspapers
are bought" observes the Sioux City
Journali and suggests, Maybe he
refers to that string of Scripps papers
that are supporting him because he
used his official influence to get
young Scripps released from military
service
IVY. G. McAdoo is to invade Iowa
and telle the people how terrible the
new transportation act is compared
to the manner in which he conducted
the railroads. William overlooks the
fact that the memory of most people
is fairly good" says the Perry Chief.
The Traer Star Clipper has OBJ
served that 1.-THE farmer who can't
afford any modern machinery is
usually the same one whose boys
leave for the. city to avoid exhaust
ing manual. labor"
prices are coming down-every-
body's prices" says the Sibley
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-10-08
FARMERS SHOULD VOTE SOLID FOR cummlss.

For many years A. b. Cummins
has been in public life. Most Of the
time he has been in public office Of
great Importance. In all that time the
breath OF scandal public or private
has never dimmed his record. When
iowa history Is finally written the
service Of A. B. Cummins will be one
Of its brightest pages.
He has been courageous. He has
never refused or failed to meet an is
sue. He has never lodged an emer-
gency. The man has been politically
righteous. Over and over again he
has staked his political future and
his present place upon the right and
Justice OF his conclusions.
He has been sincere. He has never
deceived his political associates, his
political opponents or the public. we
have known In Iowa and the nation
Just where Cummins stood. He has
not evaded vote or hidden away
from q test. He has been always four
square with the electors. When they
voted for Cummins or voted against
him they knew just where he stood
and could be expected to stand on
important issues.
He has been right In his conclu-
sions. Time has proved and justified
them. Where he has been on ahead
we have found him right when we
caught UP to him. He has been stead
fast In his convictions. He has never
sought a personal popularity. His po-
litical career has been marked by his
stand upon issues. When Cummins
has been elected in Iowa it has not
been thru personal popularity but by
reason of leadership on vital issues.
Cummins IL a student of affairs.
His conclusions are not Jumped to
but arrived at thru study and reason.
The fight against him by railroad
brotherhoods and their kindred or
controlled organizations Is born Of
two things, desire to make reprisal
and hope to brighten other senator's
and congressman who base their ac-
lions on study and reason rather
than on the threats OF powerful
class to destroy them politically UNI
less they do their bidding.
But the farmers should ask them,
selves what conditions they and their
products would be in II the Plumb
plan were to take the place OF the
Cummins- Esch law. The shippers
should ask themselves the same
question and that great public of
workers who are not drawing the
high wage OF railroad opera tives
should ask themselves why they
should put their heads in a poke that
railroad employees should make their
own rules on transportation and set
their own wage,
Years ago Cummins made war on
the assumption Of private ownership
Of railroads that they were entitled
to charge all the traffic would
bear" that to squeeze the public was
the right opportunity of public utili-
ties He demanded protection Of labor,
fought for safety appliances. was the
friend OF the railroad man." Now
when he denies to the brotherhoods
the same right to charge all the
traffic will bear" to selfish advan-
tage. the knife is at his throat. And