Jasper County Democrat, Volume 7, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 November 1904 — Page 4

THE DEMOCRATIC STANDARD BEARERS.

ALTON B. PARKER.

jisper com pawn. I. 1. BUBCOCK. milOR HD PUBLISHtB Uaft OiauHci TiiirMenu j Omn, < Riiimhi, 111. Official Democratic Paper of Jeapor County. SI.OO PER YEAR, IN ADVANCE. Advertlili!? rates made known on application Kntered at the Post-office at Rensselaer. Ind. at second class matter. Office on Van Ransaaiacr Street, North of Murray'a Store. SATURDAY. NOV. 5, 1904.

DEMOCRATIC TICKET, 1904.

For President, ALTON B. PARKER, of New York. For Vice-President, HENRY G. DAVIS, of West Virginia. ’ STATE TICKET. For Governor, JOHN W. KERN, of Indianapolis. For Lieutenant Governor. WARDER W. STEVENS, of Salem. For Secretary of State, EDWARD J. FOGARTY, of South Bend. For State Treasurer, D F. ALLEN, of Frankfort. For Auditor of State. JAMES R. RIGGS, of Sullivan. For Attorney-General, JOSEPH H. SHEA, of Seymour. For Reporter of Supreme Court, WALTER S. CHAMBERS, of Newcastle. For Stute Statistician. jEs.SK D. SMITH, of Indianapolis. For Supt. of Public Instruction, LEVI H, SCOTT, of New Albany. For Judge of Supreme Court, 2d District. GEORGE E. DOWNEY, of Aurora: For Judge of Supreme Court, lid District, FRANK E. GAVIN, of IndiauupoliH. DISTRICT TICKET. For Member of Congress WORTH W. PEPPLE, of Laporte County. For Stute Senator, JOHN WILDASIN, of Kentland. For Joint-Representative, S. E. SWAIM, of Hammond. For Prosecuting Attorney, COUNTY TICKET. For Treasurer, CAREY L. CARR, of Newton Tp. For Recorder, WILLIAM LOCKE, of Carpenter Tp. For Sheriff. JOHN A. McFARLAND, of Marion Tp. For County Assessor, W. D. BRINGLE, of Jordan Tp. For Surveyor, THOMAS J. MALLATT, of Union Tp. For Coroner, Du. A. J. MILLER, of Marion Tp. For Commissioner, Ist District, W. S. DeARMOND, of Kankakee Tp. For Commissioner 2d District. JOHN RYAN, of Gillum Tp. For Commissioner 3d District, KARAH L. McKILLIP, of Milroy Tp. TOWNSHIP TIOKETS. Hanging Grove—W. R. WILLET, Trustee; CHARLES LEFLER, Assessor. GIUam—THEODORE PHILLIPS, Trustee; JAMES CULP, Assessor. Walker— ALBERT BOUK, Trustee; CHAS. ARMSTRONG, Assessor. Barkley-GRANT DAVISSON, Trustee; JOSEPH PULLINS, Assessor. Marlon—C. F. STACKHOUSE, Trustee; PETER HORDEMAN, Jr.; Assessor. Jordan - CHARLES E. SAGE, Trustee; BENJ. WELSH, Assessor. Newton-W. B. YEOMAN, Trustee; EDWARD LANE. Assessor. Kankakee-FRANK W. FISHER, Trustee: BERT VANDERCAR, Assessor. Wheatfleld-WM. C. SCHWIER, Trustee; HARMON CLARK, Assessor. Milroy - W. C.JHUSTON, Trustee; WM. CULP, Assessoi. Carpenter—GEOßGE B. FOX, Trustee; MOSES SIGO, Assessor. Union—HARVEY DAVISSON, Trustee; HOWARD LAKIN, Assessor. Don’t fail to come out and vote next Tuesday, and see that your neighbor does likewise. If you want to eliminate the McCoys from dictating public affaire in Jasper county, vote for a change in the county treasurer’s office.

HENRY li. DAVIS.

Before another issue of the Democrat comeß from the press another election will have come and gone. Probably all the readers of this paper have ere this made up their minds how they will vote the national and state tickets, and it is not our purpose to refer to these tickets in this article. But one thing every taxpayer should always bear in mind in deciding whom be will support for the county and township offices, and that is, that the great bulk of the money levied for taxation and which he is called upon to pay, is the township and county tax. Therefore politics ought not to cut much figure in these offices. Consider the personality of the of the candidates themselves, and if the minority party —which in Jasper county is the democratic party —have men on their ticket whom your better judgment tells you are better fitted for the office to which they aspire, or if your own common sense convinces you that it is not to the best interests of the taxpayers to continue the same old set of officers —or those controlled by the same influences —in power indefinitely; that such act enables them to cover up all irregularities, if any, in the conduct of the county business; that scores of political pets grow up and are fed at the public crib under such long-continued-in-pow-er conditions —it is a duty you owe to yourself and to your family to lay politics aside and /vote for THE MAN. The Democrat earnestly believes that a change in some of the public oflices in Jasper county would be very beneficial to the taxpayers, and to this end it urges the independent voter and those republicans who care for a mqre careful and economical administration, free from McCoy or ring domination, with lower taxes and better results from the money expended, to support the democratic local ticket.

Vcte for Carey L. Carr for county treasurer. The overdrafts and unsecured notes of the McCoy ring politicians contributed very largely to the failure of the McCoy bank, by which hundreds of poor people lost their meager savings, with a very poor prospect of getting back over 10 to 15 per cent of the same. Bear this in mind, you unfortunate victims, when you go to the polls to vote next Tuesday. Four years ago and again two years ago The Democrat urged the taxpayers of Jasper county to elect at least a part of the democratic candidates for members of the County Council, believing that it would be much better to have democrats on this board as well as republicans; that it would mean a more economical administration of county business and lower taxes. This advise was not acted upon, and notwithstanding the fact that there have been no cause for increased cost of county government and that the valuation of the taxable property of the county has been increased onethird, taxes are higher than ever. This year we again urge you, if you want lower taxes and more rigid economy in the expenditure of public money, to vote to pat a few democrats in the oonnty offices

this year. If you again disregard this well meant advioe, don't growl about high taxes, but remeibber that it was what you voted fqr and had reason to expect.

If you have had enough of McCoy methods in the conduct of your county affairs, show it by your vote next Tuesday. You thought the bank was as sound as tbe Rock of Gibraltar, but it wasn’t. You may also think that tbe publio affairs of Jasper oounty have been carried on with the utmost honor and integrity, but perhaps you are to be just as badly taken in on one as the other. In any event, the sooner you find out for sure the better it will be for everybody.

It is always better to elect responsible men to office rather than depend too much on the bond they are required to give. People who go on bonds don’t like to have to pay them, and will stave the settlement off as long as possible. We are told on good authority that the State of South Dakota, whose treasurer, (Taylor, a broth-er-in-law of Tom McCoy’s) who got away with about a half million of dollars a few years ago, is still out $250,d00 of the amount, notwithstanding Taylor also gave a “good bond.”

Don’t be fooled again, taxpayers of Jasper county. Don’t let any tax-ferret “investigation” or other blessing (?) in disguise influence your vote this time. Yon all know how it was worked to perfection in the closing days of the three last local campaigns. You likewise know what came of it. Notwithstanding the statements made to you that the tax-ferret investigation would place so much omitted property on the tax duplicate that your own itaxes would become a mere bagatelle, the “investigation” only investigated the widows and orphans, the aged and infirm, and your taxes have been doubled. Don’t be deceived again.

The books of James H. Chapman, trustee of the defunct McCoy bank, show that S. R. Nichols treasurer of Jasper county, and who is again asking you to re-elect him to this office, had $23,146.98 of county funds deposited in said bank at the time of its failure. The reports of said Chapman as assignee, filed in the circuit court here, shows that Nichols’ personal over-draft to said bank (that is, that he had overdrawn his personal bank account that much) was $1,202.55. Said reports also show that there were personal notes of Nichols to the McCoy bank aggregating over $28,000! The report of the appraisers, appointed by the court to appraise the value of the bank’s assets, shows that in the opinion of the appraiers these notes and the overdraft are absolutely worthless! Nichols made many conflicting statements about the amount of county funds on deposit in the McCoy bank after its failure, to some saying there was but $3,000 or $4,000, to others $7,000, etc. Why was this? If everything was all straight and right in the matter, why did he not admit at once that he had over $23,000 there?

HAS BEEN DEAD FOR TWENTY YEARS.

The Republican has had considerable to say about Perry Washburn, a well known and prominent democrat of Kentland, formerly of Benton county, now supporting Roosevelt for president, a statement which his sons, who are no doubt in as good a position to know as the Republican man, deny. The credibility of the Republican’s statement may be inferred by its having also said in this same article that A J. Kent, a life-long friend of Mr. Washburn, was also going to support Roosevelt. Mr. Kent has been dead for twenty years, a fact which every one of the older residents of northern Indiana well know. Give ns something else, Bro. Marshall.

SUGAR BEETS.

Mata cf latcrtat Pm tie Growers Fiona Experlaae*. Director C. D. Smith of tbe Mictfigan experiment station reports the experiments made, with sugar beets last season. His summary of results contains a number of Items of interest to beet growers. It is found, among other things, that lifting the beets seems to prevent In one instance tbe change of composition of the beets so treated and leads to the probability that thus treating a Held of beets at the conclusion ot a long, hot, dry period and preceding rain will prevent the usual extreme decline In sugar content due to the second growth which takes place when the taproot Is left undisturbed. The farmer has but little control over the per cent of sugar in bis beets. If he grow them on undigested muck or apply nitrate of soda after the Ist of July be may lucrense tbe tonnage at the expense of tbe per cent of sugar; otherwise he can Influence but little if any the quality of the crop. The richness in sugar depends upon tbe season, tbe presence or absence of long periods of continuous sunshine, next upon tbe soil, the sandy loams giving richer beets in one season and tbe clay loams in another, and Anally upon the seed. The ability to produce beets of uniform excellence is not yet sufllclently fixed to warrant the expectation that where a field is sown to beet seed either Imported or grown in America tbe beets will contain 15 per cent of sugar or more. The not infrequent abuse of the soil by growing three crops of beets in succession on the same land is exceeding-

| A “TESTIMONIAL” FROM HIS HOME TOWNSHIP. £ The Democrat desires once more to call the attention of g the voters of Jasper county to the “testimonial” given S. R. S Nichols, the republican candidate for county treasurer, by £ Barkley township in 1902, where he has resided for the past 15 fifty years and is best known: Rfepuplican vote for Secretary of State 1 7 2 Democratic vote for Secretary of State 127 Republican plurality in township 45 Republican vote tor’s. R. Nichols for Countv Treasurer.. 133 Democratic vote for Ellis Jones for Com.ty Treasurer.... 149 S Jones' plurality in township 16 Nichols* total loss In township 61 The above figures, taken from the official vote of that township for 1902 show the opinion of his neighbors and associates, and require no affidavits to substantiate.

ly injurious, the crops growing on the soil thus abused being less than on adjacent plots where a normal rotation is followed. * It pays to use commercial fertilizers containing nitrogen, phosphoric acid and potash at the usual prices. Most soils need all three constituents. Taking the experiments of 1903 in connection with those which preceded them, it is safe to conclude that the nitrates are always in demand even on the richest soils. They should of course be applied early. Potash is needed on nearly all Michigan soils. Phosphoric acid increases the yield in every case except on a soil giving nearly fifteen tons to the acre without the addition of commercial fertilizers. As a result of observations for five years it is recommended that the rows be no nearer than twenty inches and that on all ordinary soils not treated with stable manures or commercial fertilizers the distance may well be twenty-four inches or even twentyeight inches. The Thriving Turkey Industry. There never been a more active demand for market turkeys than during the past ten years, and there is no reason why this should not increase very materially in the next few years as a result of the growth of population. The census of 1900 shows that, with a little over 5,000,000 farms in the United States, not much over 6,500,000 turkeys were produced. Among the states Texas is in the lead, having produced almost 650,000 turkeys. Following Texas come Missouri, Illinois, lowa, Ohio and Indiana In the order named. The state of Rhode Island produced less than 5,000 turkeys. It may be remarked, however, that If all the turkeys were of such good quality as those produced in Rhode Island their value would be nearly doubled, and they would return correspondingly greater profits. Peach Diseases and Rainy Weather. Seven years’ study of the prevalence and Injuries of the fruit spot or scab fungus at the Ohio experiment station confirms the popular'opinion that this fungus is influenced in its development by the amount of rainy weather during the late summer and early fall. It is judged that these losses may be largely or entirely prevented by spraying the trees when in foliage. Tor scab prevention, in addition to one spraying before blossoming with some effective fungicide, recent observations indicate the need of two applications of weak'bordeaux mixture upon the trees in foliage, the earlier of these to be made in northern Ohio about June 15 and the second three to four weeks later. A High Tariff. “Yes, Maud has agreed to sell kisses at'the lawn fete.” “I don’t see how she can do it” “Oh, she’s put the price so high that the boys are trying to make up a post in order to buy one”—Cleveland Plain Dealer.

CURRENT DEVELOPMENTS.

Sews sag gates et Interest In TnrU •esHlnee of A«riemltmre. By R. L. WOODS. Washington.—The new white potato from Uruguay, Solanum commersonil, which has attracted considerable attention as grown In France, Is the subject of some Information supplied to the state department by the United States consul at Rouen, who says: “The leaves are small and slender, somewhat like those of tbe Irish potato, and the flowers are abundant, of a pale violet color and very odorous. After one planting the plant perpetuates itself from tbe broken roots left In the soil. The vegetable proper weighs from one to two and a half pounds and has a yellowish wrinkled skin, covered with lenticels, which disappear after culture. The pulp when cooked has a slight greenish color.” It further appears that as grown in France in 1901 all of a certain number of tubers taken from the crop by random an<| cooked with the skin on were very bitter, but under cultivation this characteristic has greatly diminished. Peeling also takes away much of tbe acridness. In spite of the bitter taste animals are fond of them. “In the same soil,” says Mr. Haynes, “the yield Is greatly superior to that of the ordinary potato. The Early Rose in one Instance gave 3,000 pounds to the acre, the American Marvel 3,000 pounds and the Solanum commersonil 8,500 pounds.” Mot Tnrnlnc to the F«m. With the apparent great Increase of

I Interest in agricultural matters It is somewhat surprising to learn, from a special report to the census bureau, that in 1900 agriculture showed a diminishing proportion of workers, while the numbers in professions, manufactures, trade and transportation was on the increase. However, agriculture still makes a good showing, as almost 40 per cent of all the men workers In the total population was engaged in agriculture, with 24 per cent in manufacturing and mechanics. 18 per cent in trade and transportation, almost 15 per cent in domestic and personal service and per cent in professional service. To Be Tried on a Bigger Scale. The remarkable intensive farming of J. D. Detricli of Pennsylvania has become a familiar story during the past two years. Mr. Detricb brought up a run down farm of fifteen acres to the point where it supports more than two cows to the acre, nothing being bought except bran and cottonseed meal. Agricultural experts reason that the Detrlch methods of intensive farming If applied by dairy farmers throughout the United States would be worth $40,000,000 a year to the dairy interests. The question having been raised whether what has been done on fifteen acres would result equally well on a larger scale, It is said that Mr. Detricb is to try to prove tiie proposition on a new' farm of 300 acres which he has purchased iu Chester county, Pa. On his fifteen acre farm every bit of space was devoted to crops, none to pasturage. The animals were kept in the stable or barnyard the year round. - * Grain Weevils. The two forms of grain weevils most in evidence are the common grain moth and the black weevil. In either case the most ready method of their destruction is the employment of 'car- ■ bon bisulphide, one pound at least of the liquid to 100 bushels of grain, or 1,000 feet of space. In ordinary cribs and bins the most important provision ! is to make the room as nearly as possible gas tight, in order that the gas ! may remain in all parts of the space in full strength and for tbe required time. It must enter, by diffusion, all j cracks and crevices, even those between the grains of corn in the ear, and must penetrate the burrow of the individual weevil or its grub in the wheat berry. This thorough diffusion will only occur after some time, even in a saturated atmosphere. Twentyfour hours is short enough for certainty, even where the gas can be kept full strength in the bin.— E. A. Popenoe. The one great duty of Democrats on November 8 is to get out the vote. No man should be overlooked and no pains spared to get him to the polls , if from any cause he is unable to go. j Conveyances should be supplied for the aged and infirm, and the poll-book* should be consulted frequently to see how the vote la coming put Go to the polls early and remain during the day to assist in any emergency that may arias. _ _

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