Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 January 1903 — Page 6

POLITICS OF THE DAY

Battle for Free Coal. The battle for free coal Is now raging hi Congress. It la a very unequal fight for the majority party have nil the avenues of legislation blocked against (ny bill that the protectionist oligarchy hat rules the Republican party do not avant to have enacted into law. It la impossible to have a bill reported frojn the principal committees In the House Jof Representatives unless the leaders order it, and as they have determined Ito “stand pat,” which means that no (tariff legislation will be considered, even the duties on coal and beef will continue to be exacted from the American people. Senator Vest, however, has been jforclng the bands of the Senate leadera by hia resolution ordering the FlklHnco Committee of that body to report a bill for free anthracite coal. In bls speech he exposed the whole InSqully of the addition to the Dingley >lll of the'duty on anthracite coal, and he Republican members of the Senate •re on the defensive, trusting to longwinded speeches to use up the time until the appropriation bills come from khe House and occupy the remainder t>f the session. In the meantime coal U being adtvaneed in price by •the trust to un pieard of figures, the tide water price liow being $10.50, which, with the ferriage sml wharfage charges, will make II coat the dealers sl2. The retail price In New York Is from sl4 to S2O, according to.quality and quantity. This price is almost or entirely prohibitive Io she poor, and the conllhuanee of the I,trike would hardly have been more disastrous. With the coal famine In progress the coal barons are reaping a great harvest and will more than re cuperate their losses duriqg the strike. Why does not the dominant party ■ln Congress take off the duty on coal pt once and allow foreign coal to come In and compete and thus help to relieve •the situation? The answer to this question Is an extraordinary one. It Is, ffenr of the Democrats. Fear that, if a Free Coal bill Is reported, the wicked Inlnorlty will propose an amendment or free beef, or free barb wire or othtr trust product. Ihe Republicans now that a vote on these amendments •ould disclose a division in their party ranks and perhaps enough of the Republicans voting with the Democrats for some of the amendments to pass Them. There are few members of the llcnise of Representatives who desire the free list extended to a number of articles aud there are others whoseeonstltueuta are so decidedly In favor of ifree trust ’products that it would be political suicide for their represents jives to vote nay on such propositions. Meanwhile everyone Is being held up l>y the coal barons mid the distress and fcufferlng amongst the poor is almost lieyond belief. The trust certainly has u firin grasp on this Republican administration. .Mow long will she people continue to Support the “stand put” program? And •will they forget wlem kindly nature next spring relieves them of the need of one of their great necessities? Way to (Jet tit the Trtiala. “The first step In an honest effort to correct the trust evils from which we suffer," says Senator Vest. "Is to Remove the protection the tariff gives to monopoly and force It Into world competition.'* J hat is just plain good scuse arlft duties are levied to protect domestic Industries from foreign coni petition by raising the price of Im l>orted articles to the consumer. , But when the domestic producer

proves that he does not need to bo protected against the foreigner by go I Ing into the foreigner's own home mar het «n<l underselling him there, why should Ute tariff Unties be allowed to remain? The protectionist can give no honest answer to tiuit question. It Is grotesque to sity flint an Amerlean trust which sella its good cheaper in Hngland that It does here requires ’protection against the competition of Kngllsh munufactm-ors The only effect of retaining the tar iff dutlea in such eases is to empower tlie favori'd trust to mb the American people. Tiie Borax Trust furnishes one of many examples of how the Dlugley tariff works. There is a duty of ft ■cents a pound on borax American borgx sella In Hngland for 2H cents a cents. That la to say. the duty of ft cents ig added to the price whenever on American buys a |miuu<l of borax. Thia ia a bald swindle, yet is practiced by all the great trust# which •tave high prices for the (tome conautner and low prices for the foreigner. Not all our monopolies are created by the tariff, but most of them are. It needs only a vole of Cougrea# to destroy these monopolies, but that vote will not lie given no long ns the Ha publican party remains In |a»wer. All Its .Influential leaders, from I'resldsat Roosevelt down, refuse to admit that there is any relation between the trusts and the tariff. Tn admit the truth would lie, of course, to confess the need of tariff revision, and very naturally tU« tariff-protected trusts -woidd light that tooth and nail. la the Republican party there are a

great many voters that want the tariff reformed, but lhe leaders of the party, the men that shape its policy, are in full political partnership with the trusts, and will consent to no legislation hostile to monopoly. The only way to vote against government by the trusts for the trusts Is to vote against the Republican party Chicago American. That Free-Trade Mummy. The Washington Post says: "The Chicago Chronicle’s devotion to the decadent, the almost fossilized heresy of free trade Is so intense that It never omits a possible opportunity or resists a temptation to show Its rabid animosity toward the triumphantly vindicated doctrine of protection. Indeed the Chronicle hunts for such opportunities ami invites that temptation, ignoring the abundant proofs that its Mol is, for all [>ractlcal purposes, as dead as the oldest. Egyptian mummy.” Free trade is a "fossilized heresy” and an “Egyptian mummy" is it? It never was more animated than now. .Not for years has there been as much free trade not tariff reform, but radical free trade—talk, both In and out of Washington, as during the past four months. Hundreds of newspapers are demanding that coal, beef, steel, •hides and numerous other trust products, be put on the free list. A free trade mass meeting was held In Fanuell Hall, Boston, on Dec. 30. ' A great audience yelled Itself hoarse for free trade In coal, beef and other articles. The tariff tax now has more enemies in Boston than the tea tax had when Boston's famous "tea party" was in session. So lively Is this free trade mummy that It has aroused the Republican party from its Kip Van Winkle slumber. Speaker Henderson got frightened and fled when he saw this "fossilized heresy" approaching under the banner "lowa idea.” Babcock and other Republican Congressmen are introducing free trade bills as peace offerings to this free trade mummy. If President Roosevelt had thought that free trade was a mummy, instead of a live Issue, he would not have advocated free coal in his message to Congress. The free trade mummy Is so much alite that it is creating consternation in Republican ranks. It will break all of their old protection idols and brie a brae fetiches If the Republicans try to keep it in their museum of antiquities. Unnecessary Conventions in Ohio. Boss Hanna has nominated his friend Herrick, of Cleveland, as the candidate of the Republican party for Governor of Ohio. He will allow the party to hold a convention next fall and Indorse his selections for Governor and other candidates. Quite a number of Republican editors of that State want the party to hold an old fashioned convention and make the nominations In the ancient way. These are .supposed to be sympathizers with the ambition of Congressman Dick, whom Boss placed at the head of the State Committee. For the past seven years Boss Hanna has had undisputed control of the Republican party of Ohio. As the Republicans of Ohio evidently like to bo bossed, the objections of those Republican editors will probably be futile. What is the use of holding Republican conventions anyway? They are expensive luxuries, and, under the modern boss system, entirely unnecessary. Exchange. Teddy a Disinter steel Spectator.

A Verv Shallow Argument. Senator Aldrich’s argument that the Democrat* placed a duty of 40 cents on coni In 1801 Is not effective. Even though they did, the act was not right, and it Is surprising that the Republicans should attempt to justify themselves by quoting sn authority in which they have always professed to have so little confidence. Mr. Vest's assertion that the 40-cent duty was a hold up Is undoubtedly correct. All such duties are hold ups, whether Imposed by Democrats or Republicans. The only difference Is that It Is a little easier to hold up the Republicans than It is the Democrats, because of trained party opinion and the influence of party members who are men of large commercial affairs.— Indianapolis Nsws.

EAT POISONS AT EVERY MEAL.

The Unique Experiment Being Tried by Uncle t-azu. For the sake of science, the United States government is giving free board for six months to twenty-four young men

of Washington and incidentally is feeding them liberal quantities of poison. The boarders know that they are taking powerful poisons, but so sure are they that no harm will come to them they willingly eat all that is placed before them. The idea is to ascertain the effects iqion the di-

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gestion of certain preserving substances used in food, and the boarders during the ensuing six months will eat, in addition to the poisons, nothing but the pure food furnished by Uie government. The experiments have been begun with borax and salicylic acid, which are largely used ns preservatives. Formaline and the sulphites are also employed in canned trnd other foods, both liquid and solid. Bi-sulphitc of potash is a frequent ingredient of beer, being put up in tablets for sale to brewers. This is to be tried upon the boarders, and also boric acid and benzoic acid which are popular preservatives. Salts of copper and zinc are utilized for “greening” certain vegetables, and aniline dyes are put into preserved meats, as well as into butter and jellies, to give them pretty colors. These and various other adulterants, most of them harmful because they interfere with digestion, will be contained in capsules administered to the young men ns they eat their meals. Each man when he sits down at the table finds a gelatine capsule beside his [date. He swallows it at a gulp and is then at liberty to consume the appetizing meal placed before him. Only twelve of the twenty-four young men employed in the tests are kept under observation at any one time, and but six of these eat the poisons. Things aro so managed that the boarders take turns at poison eating in squads of six. One squad has capsules three times a day for ten days, and then goes to the plain food table, being succeeded by a fresh squad.

USES REVOLVER TO GET COAL.

Detroit Clerk, Confronted with Cash and Gon, Writes Out Order. "Here is $7.50. Write me out an order on the yard for a ton of coal.” A clerk for a coal firm in Detroit looked up from his books to gaze into the barrel of n big revolver held in tho hand of a woman on whose face was a very determined expression. “Yon said that yeti would not be asleep if 1 attempted to get

USES GUN TO GET COAL.

coal in your yard. Now, I want to tell you that this gun won't be asleep if you don’t write out the order, and write it out mighty quick.” In this manner the woninn full ton of hard coal for ,7.50. She had a wagon outside, and as soon ns she received the order drove into the yard, secured the coal and drove home in triumph.

BAD B. & O. WRECK.

Telegraph Messenger Raid to Here Tampered with Danger bignaL Through the alleged interference of a messenger boy a wreck waa caused on the Baltimore and Chip Railroad east of Cumberland, Md,, in which four employes of that road were killed and three injured. The wreck was due to the displaying of a false signal giving a clear track for enst-bouiid passenger train No. 10, when in the next block ahead there were standing on the track a caboose and two engines. The passenger train was drawn by two engines and these crashed through the caboose and engines which obstructed the track. Luckily the train had not attained Its full speed and was only moving at the rate of about twenty miles nn hour when the collision came. It Is charged that a messenger boy was iu the block tower when No. 10 camo along and henring the engineer’s whistle for clear tracks pulled a lever, giving him n clear signal. The operator had, it is explained, previously set the signal at danger and was not aware of what was done until the crash came.

30,000 ARE STARVING.

People of Northern Sweden Are Rating Pine Hurk and Iceland'Moos. Telegrams from Stockholm confirm the distressing accounts of famine in northern Sweden. About 30,000 people are affected by this famine, which extends from the 61st to the OTth degree north latitude and from the Gulf of Bothnia and the Russian border far into the interior. The starving people are eating pine bark, which is dried, ground to powder, mixed with stewed Iceland moss, and made into a kind of famine broad. Coincident with the failure of the crop is the extreme scarcity of fish. It is estimated that the expenditure of about ,0,800.000 will be necessary to save the population from decimation. Thus far about ,200.000 has been subscribed, of which sum over ,12.500 was sent by Swedes in the United States. This amount does not Include the money necessary to eave the breed of cattle, which alone can live through an Arctic winter, or supply seed for tho spring sowings. Tho peasants are making pathetic sacrifices to avert the extermiuih tlon of tho hardy northern cattle. Gold discovered twenty miles from Anniston, Ala.

GARDEN AND FARM

POULTRY HINTS. The Poultry Advocate says that “a tight roof is a score of times more necessary than a tight house.” We will so (far agree with this as to say it is true if the open workhouse does not admit of a draught of air passing across the roofs. We would prefer a snug roof and no side to the building at all than one that has two holes, or even one hole, through the wall opposite the roosts. But we do not undervalue the importance of a dry floor, or the danger of a wet Soor and damp quarters. They are sure causes of rheumatism, if not of roup, while the cold draught surely causes the roup in its worst form, the swollen head, blindness and fetid odor, that indicates almost an incurable disease, and that might as well be treated by cutting off the head and burning that fowl at once, as In any other way. We have cured such cases, but for the ordinary fowl it is more trouble than she is worth, and for the valuable greeding fowl it may be very sure that she will not prove of much value for breeding for a year at least, as the few eggs to be obtained from the hm are liable to be infertile, and the male is often sterile for months. And if a few eggs are obtained from which chickens are hatched, the chickens are feeble, grow and mature slowly, and if they do attain to a producing age they are but poor specimens of their breeds. The same cause should be a season for keeping the fowl under cover in rainy weather, especially Ir. the fall when a rainy day is apt to be followed by a cool night. The scratching shed, so much advocated lately, seems to be a very good arrangement, as one where the birds can have the benefit of pure air, while protected from rain or snow, yet it is but practically doubling the size of the henhouse, and merely doubling its cost, without increasing its capacity. The best cheap arrangement of the sori we have seen was a piazza along the south side of the house, or simply a roof and posts, with a canvass that can be drawn or let down upon one or more sides as seemed necessary to keep out rain or snow. If this is kept well supplied with material to scratch in. and a little grain is scattered there, the fowl soon learns that it better to remain there than to go out of doors, and yet they do not feel that they are confined as they would if shut in a house as large as the house and shed both would be. Yet we have known poultry keepers whose hens never went out from the time the coming of cold weather made it seem necessary to shut them up until the grass started in the sirring, and they were healthy and laid well all winter. This was only possible by the greatest care In cleanliness of building, but that should be the rule in all houses.—The Cultivator. SHELTER FOR LIVE STOCK. Many farmers and stock men make a practice of stabling all stock during the whole feeding season. When 1 think of the many years I followed this practice I can’t help regretting the worse than useless hard work I did by this laborious way of wintering stock. The heavy work of cleaning and bedding stables could have been avoided, and at the same time the stock could have been made far more comfortable and the manure much better saved and more easily handled by keeping all the stock in well littered, dry, warm sheds. For several years I have wintered my horses in this way. Their yard has a barn on one side; a shed joins it at right angles and a high tight board fence forms the rest of the inclosure. Ample mangers and feed boxes are arranged under the shed where they are fed, and an ample straw stack In the centre of the yard gives an abund ant supply of litter, and when hay is scarce and high priced affords a part of their K coarse feed. Here the colts and unshod horses run the whole winter, and seem to enjoy their liberty. They have plenty of opportunity for exercise, and'with the whole shed and yard generously littered with dry clean straw they keep clean and sleek; of course , not so sleek as those kept in the stable, blanketed and curried, but fully as healthy and comfortable, at far less cost of time and labor. If I have a horse shod behind I don't turn him out with the herd. Otherwise they all run in this yard except when at hard work. Five years ago I built a cattle shed, 16 by 70, that can be all closed up during bad storms. Here my cows and young cattle run all winter. I put the cows and steers —when feeding any—in the stable only to feed grain. I also milk in the stable; but every night and at all other times they have the liberty of this warm, well littered shed, and no unsightly fertilizer adorns their flanks. When I stabled my cows I kept them in stanchions, with a wide, deep manure gutter. The stable was cleaned twice each day and heavily littered with either sawdust or straw, but I could never keep the cows’ flanks entirely clean. Then, because the stock can be kept sd much cleaner and more comfortable; because the manure can be so much easier and more economically handled, and because of the great saving of. labor, I greatly prefer sheds to stables. —E. P. Snyder in New York Tribune Farmer. this way is far more profitable to oneself and the community than so much time spent at the corner grocery dis-

cussing how the government should be run.—George Weyler in New England Homestead. GROWING MUSHROOMS. The first thing necessary in growing mushrooms ia a hothouse, and a dark one at that, in trutjh a cellar, where such is available, is the best place to grow mushrooms. A hothouse can be made by driving 4x4 cedar posts In the ground and boarding them up on each side, forming the walls for the house. The space between should be filled in with sawdust. The roof should be made in the same manner, that is with a four-inch sawdust space between the rafters. This is necessary from the fact that mushrooms will only grow in a damp, dark place, as one will note by observing the localities they seek in their wild state. After the house is made, build the mushroom hotbeds. These should not be over four to six feet wide and should run the entire length of the hothouse, with narrow walks between. The beds should be at least ten inches in depth. The manure used in makifig them should come from the horse stable, and should be piled in one large heap previous to being used in the hqtbml- After t<he pile of» manure has lost its animal heat and cooled down to a temperature of about 125 degrees, it is ready for the bed. It should be spread and trodden down firmly to a depth of ten inches in making the beds. After the temperature of these has cooled down to between 0 and 0 degrees, they are ready for the mushroom spawn. These should be cut in small pieces and planted about six or eight inches apart. It is during the first two or three days after the spawn is planted that the mushroom beds demand the most attention, as there is great danger of the temperature of the beds rising too high, and ending in disaster. The temperature wants to be kept between 70 and 90 degrees—between 80 and 90 as much as possible—and when it runs above this the result is most sure to bo disastrous to the mushrooms. In order to keep the temperature down it is necessary to frequently and heavily water the sides or borders of the beds or allow a stream to flow down the walks between them. Mushrooms demand a large amount of watering and this is best done, by sub-irrigation, either with tile or any other system the grower may devise. The house should be well provided with ventilat ers, and such ventilators as can be easily and quickly controlled. As overheating is one of the great cst dangers in growing mushrooms, the beginner will most likely find it a better plan to delay the planting of spawn until the late autumn months, September or October, although I know of growers who have beds spawning at all seasons of the year. Such, however, often find it necessary during the warm days s o bring ice Into the hothouse to aid in the cooling eff process. Any amount of mushrooms can be grown from a single bed in a year, as it only requires four or five days to grow them. They sell readily and bring a good price.— Dennis H. Stovall, in American Agriculturist. WINTER ON THE FARM. How should the farmer spend his time through the winter, is an import, ant question. Farm live stock should have his first attention. See to it that all animals go into winter quarters in good flesh and health. A poor and unhealthy animal is unprofitable. Stables should be well prepared as to ventilation. Have them warm. The time spent in providing good warm quarters will be more than balanced in the amount of feed saved. Have an abundance of good, clean feed. Better sell some stock and winter well the remainder, than to stunt all. Have regular hours to feed and know the wants of each animal, and supply them. As we farmers must have money to meet winter expenses, now Is a good time to market surplus farm products. The fertility of the farm is the farmer’s banking stock from which he must realize his profit. The higher above par he can keep it the larger will be the gain per cent. In order to increase this stock he must add fertility in some form. The cheapest and best, in my opinion, is stable manure. This can be made profitable winter work when teams are not so busy. Stormy days and the long winter evenings give ample time to note successes and failures made in the past. From these experiences we should make better plans for the future. A good plan is to map off the farm on a piece of paper. Designate the crops growing an# those to be grown the coming season Indicate the. amount of seed and fertilizer to be used for each crop. To aid one*ln this he should read at least three good agricultural tapers, treating on the most extensive lines of farming practiced. A winter spent in GRASSES TO AVOID. Some grasses have harsh herbage, the outer cells of the leaves anc}, stems containing too much silica. This substance is not needed by animals, and when abundant is not acceptable to them. Other grasses have a covering of hairs, either short'and sharp, or long and silky. These hairs are not casllv digested, and are disagreeable to the animal. Such grasses are to be avoided. A comparatively smooth grass with no tendency to secrete too much silica, is the best, so far as texture Is concerned. An English authority sums up the desirable qualities in a forage grass as follows: The grasses whose leaves exhibit a fine grain, and are developed without much woody fibre and are sweet at the nodes (Joints), will be of the highest feeding character.

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