Muncie Post-Democrat, Muncie, Delaware County, 7 April 1922 — Page 4

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FRIDAY, APRIL 7, 1922.

Secretary of Agriculture Outlines) Dangers That Confront U. S. in Farm Situation

Believes National Legislature Needed and Help of Country Is Imperative

BY HENRY C. WALLACE Editor’s Note—Henry C. Wallace, secretary of agriculture, is in a position no othey human being can occupy, the executive head of the governments vast activities in and for the farming industry. He senses the cause of much of our trouble and offers a series of suggestions that may help clear up an ever darkening situation.

Most of thd epoch-making machinery, the plow, the corn planter, the two horse cultivator, the mower, the reaper and the steam thresher were invented prior to the Civil War, but it was not until after 1860 that these implements came into wide use. They were especially adapted to the great prairie country where the farmer could turn a furrow straight away for a mile or more. With the wooden plow, the sickle, and the flail a week’s labor of one man was required to produce 20 bushels of wheat on an arce of land. With the improved implements the same amount of wheat could be produced on the same amount of land in one and one-half days. Better machinery and larger teams multiplied man labor by four. The increase in the domestic and foreign demands for food was one of the most important factors in stimulating agricultural production. Our urban population in I860 stood at 16 per cent of the total by 1900 it had risen to 40 per cent of the total. Cheap food and cheap transportation greatly stimulated our industries and also gave us success to foreign markets, more especially the countries of western Europe filled with large industrial population. The improvement in transportation and the cheapness of our foodstuffs opened to us the markets of the World. As a result of this extraordinary combination ox forces the production of crops per capita of agricultural workers was increased by about 58 per cent, and production per capita of total population increased about 29 per cent. W r e became the largest surplus producing country in the world. The Trouble Starts Naturally such conditions made for an extensive type of agriculture. The richest large body of land in the world was either free or very cheap and the best farm machinery in the world was to be had. Labor was not plentiful, therefore the tendency for the individual to cultivate the maximum acreage and lean toward a one-crop system which did not give the ereatost yields per acre but which did result in' the highest yield per man. Early in the twentieth century it became evident the tide was turning in agricultural production as related to domestic consumption. Our per capita production was showing unmistakable signs of decline. City population was increasing far more rapidly than rural population. In the twenty years following 1900 urbhn and villagte population increased by 26,600,000, while rural population increased but 3,100,000. In 1900 urban and village population was 48 per cent of the total; in 1920 it was 60 per cent During the ten years 1910 to 1920, the cities and villages of the North had increased in population by 23 peg cent, while the increase in the open country in the same region was but 1.5 per? cent. Rivals Appear With the coming of peace and the inevitable period of reconstruction, the unusual foreign demand for agricultural products subsided. The seas were opened and South America and Australia, which had been bottled up, were able to deliver their accumulated surplus. For a year and a half American agiculture has been undergoing a very serious depression due to the production of more foodstuffs than we can use ourselves and more than we can sell at a fair price. Farm crops have been selling for very much less than the actual cost of production and very much below the prices which prevailed during the five prewar years; also they have been selling for very much less relatively than other basic commodities. That is but another way of saying that the wages of farmer are far lower now then the wages of any other group. This has resulted in a condition which, if continued, will within a relatively short period impose a heavy burden upon domestic consumers. The farmer cannot continue to produce at a loss. Decreased production will result in prices so high that city consumers will complain bitterly. New Policies During the next twenty years, either consciously or unconsciously the United States will adopt fairly definite policies as to industry and agriculture. We are approaching that period which comes in the life of every nation comes we must determine whether we will strive for a well-rounded self-sustaining national life in which there shall be a fair balance between industry and agriculture or whether, as have so many nations in the past, we shall sacrifice our agriculture for the building of cities and expect our food to be produced not by independent farmers but by men and Women of the present

type.

Dispassionate consideration of this larger problem is made harder now because our agriculture is in very bad shape, much worse than is fully realized especially here in the East. There seems to be a tendency to regard the complaints and appeals which are being voiced by the farmers and the people who speak in their behalf'as simply the recurrence of grumblings which have been heard from farmers in past periods of depression. Now the truth is th^t wo are passing through the most severe agricultural depression we have ever experienced. It is not simply a case of low prices

for farm products. We have seen lower prices in times past. The trouble now is that whereas prices of farm products, speaking generally, are lower than before the war, prices of the thingjs the farmer must pay for, including transportation, wages, taxes, and the loan of money, remain nqar the War levels. Hen£e the purchasing power of the major farm crops is lower than at any time in mjr history, A Great Task Our first task is to bring agriculture through this critical period V/ith the least possible damage. Senators arjd Congressmen from the surplus producing States appreciate the gravity of the situation, as indeed, do hundreds of thousands of business men who have dealings with the farmer directly or indirectly. It is quiite natural, therefore, that there should he consideration of legislative measures which might afford relief. As is always the case in periods of financial depression well meaning people whose understanding* of economic forces is not all that might be hoped for, come forward with ill considered plans. Such have had scant consideration. Efforts at relief by Congressional action have been directed along three general lines, first improved credit facilities: second, permissive legislation which will encourage the farmer himself to improve methods of marketing farm crops; third, assurance of free, open and competitive markets for crops and (live (stock through the exeficise of reasonable government supervision over market agencies. That anyone should be disposed to regard such legislation as of the nature of class legislation intended to or having the effect of benefiting) onegroup at the expense of othef groups, is surprising. It is not in any sense class legislation. Its primary purpose is to maintain agTicultural production that the people may be fed. We have come to the time when team work is needed, yes, imperative. There must be sympathy, understanding and co-operation between agriculture, industry and business. They are dependent upon one another. They are alike necessary to a well rounded national life. They must work together for the good rf all. To Reduce Costs The paradox of our present large food surplus notwithstanding'', we are fast ceasing to become a food exporting nation. The starchng rap drly of our industrial growth poinrs to the approaching need of a materially increasing production. Enlarged production may be brought about in two ways. There are s*, ; !i large areas of land which may be brought under tt.c plow—not easily or cheaply but as need may require and prices justify. And larger yields may be had from the lands already under cultivation by the practice of more intensive methods. In either case the consumer can not hope to buy food as cheaply in the future as in the past, unless there be large reductions in the costs of marketings for production and marketing are inseparable. In its own interest, therefore, and for its own benefit, the consuming t ppblic must aid in making available business device which may help him in reducing production costs. Some Suggestions In the administration of our credit machinery whether by government agencies or otherwise the effect on agriculture must be given more consideration than in the past. Credit for productive and improvement purposes must be made available to the farmer on terms which the seasonal character of agicultural production makes necessary. Improvement in marketing methods through the organization of co-opera-tive associations should be permitted and encouraged. Farm products should be transported at the lowest possible costs consistent with the maintenance and satisfactory operation of the transporting agency. The collection of statistical information as to production and consumption of agricultural products at home and abroad should be greatly extended, and made moe generally avail-

able.

The extension of cultivated land should not be encouraged until careful survey has made plain the practibility of establishing a profitable farming or live stock enterprise. There should be a decided tightening up of our policies of land settlement, including those dealing with reclamation projects. Painstaking, and study of the costs of production and marketing of farm crops is a necessary preliminary to the reduction of such costs. This study should be made all along the line from the farm to the consumer’s

table.

A better understanding of the forces which influence prices is very much to be desired and is necessary to the intelligent adjustment of production to the needs of consumption. Federal supervision of such institutions as public stock yards and market agencies, grain exchanges, and the like is not only expedient but very necessary to the efficient and impartial functioning; of such institutions, and should result in benefit alike to the agencies themselves, the farmers who furnish the raw* material and the consuming public. In the foregoing I have not dealt with all matters that should be dealt with in considering what needs to be done to promote intelligent, efficient and continued agricultural production, but have mentioned only matters which should have immediate attention as a necessary preliminary to the development of a wise agricultural policy. This is not in any sense an appeal for legislation or administration for the benefit of a class or group. It is simply an appeal for more intelligent recognition of the inconti'overtible fact that national welfare depends upon a sound agriculture.

Nellie May is the name of a daughter born Tuesday morning to Mr. and Mrs. John Overcash of the Lytle farm, north of 1'roy,

BRIGHT OUTLOOK CHEpfeS .FARMERS AS FAR..? S’RK'ES TAKE SHAKE RISE * * I *

LEADERS IN. PRICE TURN'

CHICAGO.—A brignter outlooK : prevails through the agricultural ! regions, confidence has been re- ; stofed and general business condiI tions improved. Upon this the ! agricultural press is agreed. “Hopei less resignation,” says a leading ! farm iourrtal. “has given way to j the ’firm belief that prosperity is at j hand.” | Agricultural trade experts say i the pendulum started its return 1 swing in December when the hog market turned from depression to a spectacular advance. Live stock I commission men are credited with being largely responsible for t.ie turn toward new prosperity. In the face of bearish prophecies by large packers, commission men utilized to the advantage of the producers : a growing demand from small ; “killers” scattered through the j east. Full force was brought to i bear in the open competitive mar-

ket until price-fixing ability was wrested from low-value advocates. “The. happy result.” said a farm leader, rwas a tribute to the com-miS-nion men their established mar- i keting system and their service to patrons.,' When the corner was turned' other commodities joined i the upward movement and confidence was gradually restored, ban- ; tastic schemes born of the days of despondency among producers are rapidly passing into the discard. Agaip farmers are whistling at their work! The open market proved its tremendous economic value at a critical time.” i “Things are looking up,” Russell i Gay, widely known cattle feeder of Morris, Illinois, declared after meeting with a large number of Producers. “Cattle, hogs and sheep . have munched corn the last few months—and made money for the i producer.”

Production Cost Being Studied by Farm Owners

Implement Item Given Careful Consideration in Making Up Expense Budget

In making his budget of expense the farmer is usually forced to give careful heed to the important and necessary item of implements. At the present time business acumen is as marked among these who earn a livelihood from the spil as theit neighbors who live in cities and who provide for themselves along other lines of industry. The cost of production has become a matter of careful apd scientific study with persons in the agricultural districts and they can tell with a high degree of certainty the expense of raising a bushel of corn, oats or wheat op fattening a hog or steer for market. Agricultural colleges and farm association agfents are teaching 1 production cost as a necessary element to the successful cultivation of the soil and their work is being met with hearty response. The farmer has thoroughly grasped the fact that he must apply modern business methods if success is to be an accompaniment of his work. It is another link in the .chain which is more closely binding the methods and lives of the residents in the cities and the rural districts together no less important than the telephone, and the automobile. Among the factors which enter into the cost of production is the purchase of farming implements and at this time it has an imperative call in anticipation of the crops coming on later. Preparations for buying are already being made. Considers Implement Cost Naturally in making an estimate of his needs in this regard the ppice be is receiving for the produce he has to offer on the market. This furnishes a basis for determining whether the raise and drop of these two essentials in his life, have been proportionately balanced. A survey made by the Ohio division of markets shows that in 1920 farm implements were practically at the peak of high prices. At the opening of 1921, as compared with the year before. It was entirely out of proportion with the drop in the cost of implements and greatly lessened the purchasing power of produce. On Nov. 15, 1920, corn was selling at an average price of 80 cents a bushel. The next year, on the same date, it commanded but 40 cents, a drop of 50 per cent. Wheat, another staple article of the farm, brought 81.87 a bushel on the market in 1920. But in 1921 it fell to ?i.06, a reduction of between 40 and 50 per cent, not so Iqrge, but sufficient to be of a discouraging character. Reductions Noted With the coming of the present season there has been a very evident purpose on the part of implement manufacturers to reduce the price of their output so that it will better hannonize with the price the farmer is receiving for his product. Leaders in the making* of trnctors. which play an important part in farm life, have announced drops of 40 per cent or more in the sale price of that piece of farm outfit. Corn planters another much-needed piece of ma■hinery. if cattle and livestock are to he fed, have reduced the schedule of ^ale from 40 per cent by some manufacturers. to 15 per cent by others. RefliicUfm 8 - varying in amount, alsp are noted in the price of plows, 20 to 10 per cent; cultivators practically !he same, and manure spreaders 30 per cent. Thus far the price reduction for harvesting machinery, such as threshers, mowevs and binders,, is smaller than in the others, averaging about 15 per cent. But it i,s too early - for buying 1 in this character

of implement to have started in anything like an active way. With the approach of the harvest season and an increased demand the drop may be large. With the decline in the price of implements there has been a slight increase in the price of wdieat and corn when compared with 1921. Corn is now selling at from 57 to 64 cents a bushel. A year ago it was averaging but 40 cents. The farmer is now receiving from .fl .36 to $1.47 for a bushel of wheat. The average in 1921 was $1.06. With the reduction in the price of farm implements ranging from 15 to 40 per cent and the slight increase in the price of farm products, a basis more nearly equalizing what has been too sharp a contrast between the two commodities is being reached and the farmer’s dollar is coming more nearly into its own.

’Tis the Season of Seed Catalogs

College Worker Gives Guide-List of Garden Varieties He Likes Best Almost everyone had his own ideas on the best varieties of vegetables for the home garden, nd the vegetable gardening specialist at the Ohio state university is no exception. He has, he says, no desire to be dogmatic about it, but here’s the list that, from observation of results in farm and home gardens all over Ohio he would call safest and best. The list is arranged alphabetically, by vegetables: Green bush beans: Stringless, Green Pod, Red Valentine. Green pole beans: Kentucky Wonder. Wax bush beans: Pencil Pod, Black Wax, Hodson Wax, Refugee Wax. Bush lima beans: Burpee’s Bush, Fordhook Bush. Pole lima beans: Early Leviathan, Ideal, Challenger. Red beets: Crosby’s Egyptian, Detroit Dark Red. Early cabbage: Jersey Wakefield, Copenhagen. Main-crop cabbage: Succession, Enkhuizen. Late cabbage: Danish Bullhead, Flat Dutch. Carrots: Chantenay, Danvers, French Forcing. Celery: Golden Self-Blanching, Winter Queen, Giant Pascal, Easy Blanching}, Emperor. Sweet corn: Peep o’ Day, Golden Bantam, Quincy Market, Stowell’s Evergreen, Country Gentleman, Colulumbfis Market. Cucumber: Davis Perfect, White Spine. Leaf lettuce: Grand Rapids, Blackseeded Simpson. Head lettuce: Big Boston, May King. Muskmelons: Burrell Gem, Tip Top. American onions: Yellow Globe, Danvers, Ohio Globe, Spanish oniohs; Prizetaker, Silver King, Gibraltar, Ohion sets: White Silverskin. Parsley: Moss Cui'led. Parsnips: Hollow Crown. Peas: American Wonder, Alaska, Gradus, Laxtonian, Telephone. Pumpkins: Small Sugar, Kentucky Field, Winter Luxury. Early radish: Scarlet Globe, Early Long Scarlet, Short Top, Cincinnati Market. Summer radish; Wlrfte icicle Winter radish: White Celestial, Japanese. Spinach: Viroflay or Thick Leaf, Norfolk, New Zealand, Summer c ouash: White Bush, Summer Crook Neck. Winter squash: Fordhook, Hubbard, Pikes Peak, Boston Marrow. Tomato: Bonny Best, Earliana, Chalk’s Jewel. Ignotum, Stone, lobe. Turnips: White Glove, Strap Leaf, Yellow .Amber Globe, Watermelohs: Cuban Queen, Kleckly Sweet.

SHIPBUILDING LAGS Newcastle, Eng.—For the first time in 39 years no ships were launched in the Tyne last month.

Slight Advance in Price Noticed For Farm Crops

Interesting Comparisons Received Indicate Falling Off Over Year Ago

Interesting comparisons between the state average of prices received by farmers for products on March 15th of this year; the state average for February 15, 1922,. and the average for March 15, 1921, are furnished in a report received by the Ohio division of markets from the co-oper-ating reporting service. The report also shows the prices paid the farmer for products on March 15 of this year. The state average for March 15 of the present year on goods sold shows a slight advance during the month, but a falling off from the price of a year ago. The average for corn on March 15, 1922, was 57'cents a bushel, an advance from 50 cents in Feb-r ruary but decline from 68 cents a year ago. Wheat this month averaged $1,28 a bushel, a mohth ago $1.20 a year ago $1.65. Oats averaged 38 cents a bushel on March 15, 1922; 36 cents a bushel during February and 46 cents a bushel on March 15, 1921. Barley averaged 58 cents a bushel on March 15, 1922; 58 cents a bushel on the preceding} month and 70 cents a bushel one year ago. Rye Values Increase Rye averaged 90 cents a bushel on March 15, 1922; 84 cents a bushel on the month before and $1.30 a year ago. Buckwheat averaged 83 cents a bushel March 15, 90 cents in February and $1.15 a year ago. Irish potatoes averaged 1.50 per bushel on March 15 and February 15 of this year an advance from $1.03 on March 15 1921. Onions sold for $3.30 a bushel on March 15.1921, and $3.05 on February 15. The price of a year ago is not given. The same average prevailed for apples on March 15, 1921. and February 15 of this year, $2.80 a barrel in March 15 and February 15 of 1922, a marked advance from March 15, 1921, when the price was $4.55 a barrel. Clover feed on the average, raised from $13 a bushel on February 15 to $14 on March 15, 1922 and $11.18 on March 15, 1921. Clover hay averaged $12 a ton on March 15, and February 15, 1922 a decline from $13.65 in March 15, 1921. Timothy hay sold for 13 a ton on March 15 and February 15, 1922 a decline from $14.69 a ton on March 15, 1921. When baled timothy hay brought to the farmers $15 a ton on March 15, 1922, a decline from $15.90 March 15, 1921. Mixed hay brougjht $13 a ton on Mai’ch 15 and February 15 of this year, a decline from $13.98 the preceding year. This hay baled sold for $14 a ton on March 15, and February 15, 1922, but the year previous sold for $17.12. The same prices prevailed for Alfalfa hay, loose, by the ton. on both Marla and Feb. 15, 1922, $15 a ton, but on March 15, 1921 it sold fir $16.88 a

ten.

Egg Prices Reduced There was a considerable falling off in the price of eggs per dozen on March 15 of this year when they sold for 19 cents a dozen and the preceding month when they sold for 39 cents a dozen as against 29 cents a year ago. Chickens sold for 21 cents a pound, live, on March 15 last 20 cents a pound on February 15 of this year and 26 cents a pound on March i5, 1921. Hogs, live, sold for $10.30 a hundred pounds March 16, 1922, as against $9.16 the preceding month and $10.02 the year before, flogs for feeding, sold for $10.30 a hundred pounds March 15, 1922, $r.57 in February, last, but no price was given for last year. Cattle, live, sold for $6.15 per hundred pounds on March 15, 1922 as against $5.75 February 15, 1922 and $7.23 March 15. 1921. Dairy cows per head, broug’ht the farmers $60 on both March 1.6 and February 15 of this year. Veal calves sold in the market for $10.05 a hundi’ed pound March 15 and February 15 of this year and $11.36 March 15 and February 15 of this year. Sheep, live, sold for $5.95 a hundred pounds on March 15 last, $5.20 February 15 i last, and $4.60 on March 15, 1921. J^ambs, live, per hundred pounds, sold for $11 x on March 15 last; $9.90 in February 15 and $8.43 the year before Horses per head averaged $117 in March 15, 1922, an advance from $115 the preceding month. Milk Increased In Price Country butter showed no change between February 15, last, and Mat. 15, 1921. Butter fat averaged 34 cents a pound on Feb. 15 and March 15 of this year, and 47 cents on March 15, 1921. Wool by the pound sold for 30 cents on March 15, 1922; 27 cents on February 15 and 22 cents on Mar. 15, 1921. The prices paid by the farmers for necessary prodhets likewise show a change, hut in each instance March 15 of this year shows an advance over February 15 of last year, and an advance over March 15 a year agio in cottonseed meal and oil meal and a decline in bran and middlings. Only Farms With 60 Bushel Yield Can Sell at 55 cents, it is Said

Only farmers who raised more than 60 bushels to the acre last year are likely to break even on their corn, if they sell it at the present market, between 50 and 60 cents a bushel. Thisis the conclusion of the Department of Rural Economics at the Ohio State University there have just been summed up the corn cost accotmts of 61 prigressive farmers in Portage, Hardin, and Greene Counties. The accounts of these farmers, complied, furnish what the economists term, “remarkable evidence as to the essential bearing of high yield per acre to low cost per bushel.” They report: Eighteen of the men got between 30 and 40 bushels of corn

ti the acre. It cost these men, on the average, 77 cents a bushel to raise this cofn. “Fifteen others got between 40 and 50 bushels tp the acre. Their cost was. lowei*, averagingi 1 65 cents to the bu-

shel.

“Only the 1C men who had yields between 50 and GO bushels to the acre and 4 men with yields above 60 bushels, reduced their overhead, and so reduced their cost enough to sell at the present market and coffie out anything like even. For the 16 who got between 50 and 60 bushels, the perbushel cost hveraged 56 cents. The four men with yields above 60 bushels, yaised their corn at a cost of 49 cents a bushel.” Ohio Inhabited 10,000 Years Says Scientist

How long has man lived in Ohio? Who were the first people to inhabit our present home ? These and other questions on the origin of man are puzzling scientists today, as they cannot agree on the evidence found here in Ohio and Flor-

ida.

Although his investigation of the remains recently unearthed near Zanesville led him to believe they wjsre Indian, Dr. William C. Mills, director of the Ohio State University Archeological iMuseum, has not changed his opinion that man lived in America 10,000 years ago. This conception disagrees with the prevailing scientific theory that Europe was the home of Paleolithic man during what is commonly known as the roughstone ag|e, the earliest cultural period. ‘ One reason for my entertaining Such a belief, aside from the peculiarities of the implements themselves, ip the fact that man has spread all over North and South America before the beginning of what we call history,” said Dr. Mills. The great problem in Dr. Mills’s mind is to convince the geologists, anatomists, and other scientists that the discoveries made from time to time in America are remains of the stone age. He cites an instance where in Florida bones of some prehistoric animal were discovered, along with a mastodon and a man. The foremost scientists in the country hurried south to investigate. After careful research, their report was a disagreement among thmselves. This is why Dr. Mills thinks the evidence is here of the existence of prehistoric man, but the biggest difficulty is to obtain harmony of opinion among the experts. “The specimens of Paleolithic man which we have in the Museum are from Europe and are not on exhibition,” stated Dr. Mills. “The remains of what is supposed to be Paleolithic man found in Ohio are in other museums. But in time we hoi>e to get all the specimens of our state transferred here, t think man lived in America 10.000 years ago and his remains are still here. I believe also that it is quite likely that further proofs of his presence will be found soon.”

NOTICE TO NON-RESIDENTS Statq of Indiana, Delaware County, rk : Hessie E. Hanson vs. William H. Hanson. In the belaware Superior Court, April term, 1922. Complaint for Divorce No. .4603. Notice is hereby given the said defendant, William H. Hansoli, that the plaintiff has filed her complaint herein, fpr Divorce together with an affidavit that the said defendant William H. Hanson is not a resident of the State of Indiana, and that unless he be. and appear in the Delaware Superior Court, said Cqunty and State on Monday, the 22nd day of May, 1922, the 25th day of the next term of said Court, to be holden on the 4th Monday in April, A. D. 1922, at the Court House in the City of Muncie. in said County artd.’ State, the said cause will be heard and determined in his absence. Witness, the Clerk hhd the Seal of said Court, affixed at the City of Muncie, this 22nd day of March. A. D. 1922. FRANK E. BARBER, Clerk. R. W. LENNINGTON, Plaintiff’s Attorney. March 24—31, May 7.

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS OFFICE OF THE BOARD 212 Wysor Block, Muncie, Ind., NOTICE OF IMPROVEMENT RESOLUTION NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNERS In the matter of Certain Proposed Public Improvements in the City of Muncie, State of Indiana. Notice is hereby given by the Board of Public Wbrks of the City of Muncie, Indiana, that, it is desired and deemed necessary to make the following described public improvements for the City of Muncie, Indiana, as authorised by the following numbered improvement resolutions, adopted by said Board, on the 22nd day Of March 1922, to-wit: I. R. No. 864 1022, for a local sewer in Macedonia Avenue from Jackson Street to Washington Street. I. R. No. 865—1022, for a local sewer in the alley between 12th and 13th Streets from Madison Street to Penp Stre.et. I. R. No. 866—1922, for the grading and graveling of South High StrOet from 20th to 21st Street. All work done in the making of said described public improvements shall be in accordance with the terms and conditions of the improvement resolution, as numbered, adopted by the Board of Public Works on the above named dafp, and the drawings, plans, profiles and specifications which are on file and may be seen in the office of said Board of Public Works of the City of Muncie, Indiana. 'Phe Board of Public Works has fixed the 10th dssjy of April, 1922, as a date upon which remonstrances may he filed or heard by persons interested in, or affected by said described public improvements, and on said date at 9:00 o’clock a. m. said Board of Public Works will meet at its office in said City for the purpose of hearing and considering any remonstrances which may have been filed, or which may have been presented ; said Board fixes said date as a date for the modification, confirmation, rescinding, or postponement of action on said remonstrances: and on said dc'.te will hear all persons interested or whose property is affected by said proposed improvements, and will decide whether the benefits that Will accrue to the property abutting and adjacent to the proposed improvement and to the said City will be equal to or exceed the estimated cost of the posed improvements, as estimated by tha City Civil Engineer. BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS, By Mary E. Anderson, Clerk. March 24—31

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