Jasper County Democrat, Volume 10, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 August 1907 — Page 2

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When the parents of the school children begin next September to buy the books and other things that children are required to carry to school these days, let them remember that the school book and supply trust still has Indiana by the throat. The method of reaching the pockets of the parents has been changed, but the pockets are reached, just as of old. Why did Mr. Fairbanks’s Indiana managers abandon those district meetings? Three or four were held and then suddenly nothing more was heard of them, although it was announced that each of the thirteen districts was to be invaded. Was the anti-Fairbanks sentiment too strong or was the cost of manufacturing “spontaneous” enthusiasm too heavy? The Fairbanks newspaper organs are still engaged in a death grapple with Collier’s Weekly, Harper’s Weekly, and a great many other publications that think Mr. Fairbanks is an unfit man for the presidency. It is significant, however, that there are many Republican papers in Indiana that are not the least bit concerned. They don’t care what happens to the Fairbanks bubblet. Federal Judge Pritchard of N orth Carolina evidently believes that the way to l, wipe out state lines” is to wipe them out. He is a Republican, a Roosevelt appointee and a “practical man” who appears to hold the constitution of the United States in contempt — that is, assuming that he knows anything about it. A few more Pritchards will greatly help the federal centralizers carry out their plans. If the people do not interfere by putting a Democratic ad ministation in power it will not be long until all orders will come from Washington and local self government will be a myth.

The frantic efforts of the Republican managers to distract attention from the gross extravagance of the state government will not fool anybody. The Republicans had a majority of thirty in the late legislature and did and refused to do just what they pleased. They could have kept down expenses and saved the taxpayers immense sums of money if they wanted to do so, but they did not do it. On the contrary they put an extra load on the people. The expenses of the legislature itself were $12,000 more than the cost of any previous session. And needless new state offices and higher salaries added $320,000 more. Be-

aides many other bills and the items in {he general and specific appropriation bills show a reckless disregard of the taxpayers, who were already overburdened. Not, a single Republican official from Hanly down said a word in protest. And the question is, do the people like it?

WHAT ABOUT PRICES?

The following editorial from the Indianapolis News, an independent republican sheet, is worthy of repetition as it is in line with what The Democrat has been saying for a long time, and coming from a paper that always supports republican candidates in every national campaign, it should receive careful consideration from republican voters, for there is an occasional republican paper that will tell the truth when there is no campaign on. The article follows-

As was shown a few days ago the President has decided that there shall be no attempt made to revise the tariff till after the presidential election. This of course means that the work will not be undertaken for at least two years, and this only on the theory that there will be an extraordinary session called for the purpose immediately after the inauguration of the new President. Otherwise revision will go over to December, 1909, and the result will be that nothing will be accomplished before the spring or summer of 1910 —or three years hence. Meanwhile the President’s entire activties are devoted to controlling the railroads, which are being controlled only too well by the States to please certain Federal judges, and dissolving trusts which do not seem tostay dissolved. A few years ago the administration “went after” the paper trust, which certainly needed attention. The trust was broken up, and we suppose that the administration could go no further on the line that it took. And yet to-day white paper is sold at $2 50 a hundred pounds, while prior to the dissolution of the trust the price was $1 85. The people are familiar with the steel rail situation. There is a combination or pool in that industry which is so strong as absolutely to control prices. For years rails have sold in this country for S2B a ton though we have undisputed and indisputable testimony that it costs only from sl2 to sls to make them The same rails are sold iu foreign markets at from sl9 to $22 a ton. We insist that the railroads shall lower their freights and fares and submit to regulation controlling them in the matter of earnings, and yet we permit them to be thus held up by the steel combination. What is true of rails is true of practically everything that the railroads must buy—cars, locomotives, ties, lumber, etc. It was announced the other day that the price of thread, a highly protected article, was again to be heavily advanced. Building material costs so much that many men are postponing building operations till a more sersonable time. And we all know how tremendous has been the increase in the cost of living We protect hides, and so raise the price of leather and shoes. Our high taxes on wool and woolens have the effect of increasing the price of clothes or of cheapening their quality. Mr. Everett P. Wheeler, in a recent letter to the New York Times, showed that the average duty on woolen goods, including knit goods, blankets and the like, is at least 100 per cent. That is, we impose a tax equal to the total value of this product for the purpose of compensating the manufacturer for the difference between the cost of production here and the cost abroad. The duty on borax is 75 per cent., which is, as Mr. Wheeler says, more than four times the entire wage cost of the product. And thus the Jtorax trust is able to exact in New York twice the London price. It is so with sugar. Here, again, the duty is about 100 per oent., while the total cost of production, including wages and materials, is only 46| per cent, of the wholesale selling price. Again, the New York price of sugar is far in excess of the London price. The wage cost of manufacturing castor oil is less than 10 per cent, of the value of the product, but the tariff tax imposed for the benefit of the manufacturer is 98 per cent. Finally, Mr. Wheeler points out that the duty on mica, which is a natural product, is at the lowest 150 per cent., and that in one case it was feund by the board of appraisers to be 4.000 per cent.; the wage cost is less than one-tenth of the 150 per cent. dnty. These are only a few of the spec-

imen bricks in the tariff wall. Apparently the President is hot impressed with the necessity for tariff reform. He has told us that there is no connection between the tariff and trusts, when, as a matter of fact, there is no more effective way to attack the trust than through the tariff. We are striving hard to enforce competition through the writ of injunction, and by the use of criminal process. But the President deliberately proposes to shield trusts for three years from the only competition they fear, the only competition which would bring about a reduction of prices. It is a pleasant and exciting pastime to dissolve trusts as the paper trust was dissolved. But, really, the trusts do not Jobject to dissolution as long as they are able to exact tribute from the American people. The President is not interested in the real campaign against the trusts, and, indeed, he has not, since he was a member of the New York Free Trade Club, years ago, seemed able to appreciate the importance of tariff reform. Postponement of this needed reform leaves the road open for the Democrattc party. Bryan has said that Government ownership of railroads is not an issue, and could not be made one in the next campaign. Tariff reform can be made such an issue. And .it will be a taking taking one. For the people are not deceived on 'ihis subject. They know how they are being bled by the protected industries, and they know, too, that most of the work done in the way of restaining railroads and other corporations has been done by the States. Further than that, they do not care whether a combination that is strong enough to control prices is or is not a trust within the meaning of the law. What they want is a reduction in the burdens they are now compelled to carry because of the partnership between the Government of the United States and the protected industries, such as the borax trust, the sugar trust, the lumber trust, the steel combine, etc. It is strange that the President is so slow to see 4be point.

ALL KNOW WHAT THEY ARE. In no business does experience count for more to both the dealer and. the customer than in the implement business. Experience enables the dealer to know the value of goods. He can see at a glance whether they are artistic and will please a discriminating customer; in a word, whether they will satisfy buyers by’ giving first-class service. The same experience enables him to BUY RIGHT. Then he can SELL RIGHT. It is his larger experience, coupled with his thorough knowledge of the business, that has made C. A. Roberts, the Front street buggy man, so deservedly popular with the discriminating buyers of sightly vehicles. He served his time in a carriage shop way back in the 60s, when an apprentice had to know his business before he could begin work for himself. He put’in seventeen years of his life building and repairing wagons and carriages, and can make every piece in them. He began to sell implements in 1882, and every customer gets the benefit of this long experience every time he shows an article. That is worth something, isn’t it? He sells Studebaker aud Page Bros’. Carriages and Buggies, and there are no better, and he has some other makes and styles Studebaker Wagons, be chime, there are none so good. SUCCESS Return Apron or ~ Litchfield Endloss Apron MANURE SPREADERS. They are both all right. McCormick Binders and Mowers. YOU ALL KNOW WHAT THEY ARE, and Grain King Shoveling Boards, and there are more of them sold than any other make. You are going to need some of these articles this year, and you will always regret it if you do not go and see Roberts and see bis goods before you buy. Paste this in your bat so you won’t forget to go. He will do the rest when you land. Don’t forget the place on Front street and the name. C. A. Roberts, the Buggy Man.

J. C. Porter willl write your tornado, cyclone, wind-storm, fire and lightning insurance on both live stock and buildings. Now is the time to insure in an old and reliable company. 22. FOR SALE CHEAP. Sharpies Cream Separator, used but very little, in fact it is as good as it ever was. We took this separator in as part payment on a U. S. separator. We will take any make of separator in trade on the U. 8. Don’t get discouraged with the milk business because your separator don't do good work, but trade it to Worland & Marlatt for the U. S. and be happy.

REARING LAYERS.

An Expert Poultrymen Tells How This Can Be Done Successfully. ■- 11. P. Rankin has the following words of wisdom In the American Agriculturist concerning the difficult problem of rearing chicks designed especially for development Into persistent layers: When the chicks first come out of the shell, I leave them Ln the incubator till the last hatched is twenty-four hours old. then remove to a brooder with a temperature of 90 degrees, the brooder floor being first covered with a thin layer of sand and one Inch of cut alfalfa, and give grit and water two hours before feeding. I feed a dry grain chick food containing 20 per cent chick grit and 5 per cent small granulated charcoal. The brooder Is cleaned every day by sifting sand through a cornmeal sieve. Beef scraps are kept before them after they are four days old. This is their feed till they are six weeks old, when they are given free range and are fed but three times a day, corn being mixed with their food, one part cracked corn, one part wheat, three parts ground oats In bulk with fine meal sifted out. I always feed in a litter to keep them busy. When they are four months old, I feed one part corn, one part wheat, one part barley and two parts oats three times a day with coarser charcoal In the same proportion or fed In hoppers always before them. At five months old I begin feeding one part corn, one part wheat, one part barley and two parts oats three times a day with coarser charcoal in the same proportion, or fed in hoppers always before them, with green stuff of some sort always near. Steamed cut alfalfa and cabbage are best in winter. In rearing laying chickens it is most Important to keep them growing all the time and always busy. Nothing ever has been or will be profitable brought up in Idleness. By following the above regimen and attending to proper cleaning of the chicken houses, destroying all injurious vermin, insects, etc., and using scrap meats exclusively, I have reared chickens that have no superiors In laying qualities. I do not breed for yearly records, wanting eggs only from Nov. 1 to July 1, and I select none for breeders that do not lay at least 150 eggs In that period. In selecting my breeders I weigh their breeding, laying qualities and standard points.

Fighting Vermis.

It Is a waste of time to fight vermin so long as the droppings are allowed to remain In the houses week after week. Clean up each morning. It takes but a minute dr two each day, and with the occasional assistance of kerosene lice seldom cause any trouble. Remove the nest boxes and fixtures from the houses and fairly saturate them with kerosene, then go Inside and with a spray pump send the kerosene into every crack and crevice. It does noble work, and your hens will bless you for it. Another good precaution is to use insect powder liberally in the nest boxes. It will kill such vermin as are lodged in the feathers of the hens. If the young chicks are drooping, examine their heads, and the chances are that a large gray louse will be found. A drop of sweet oil will soon settle the matter.

Market Preference as to Poultry.

Practically all the large markets in the United States require yellow skin (or flesh) and legs In first grade market poultry. English and Canadian markets call for white skin (or flesh) and legs for their better grades. Boston and New York markets require dry picked poultry and will only take the scalded product at a discount. San Francisco and Philadelphia insist upon dry picked poultry and do not want scalded. St. Louis, Chicago, Baltimore and Washington prefer scalded poultry except for storage purposes. Dry picked poultry only Is accepted for cold storage.

The Cause of Wry Tails.

The cause of wry tails is obscure, but is attributed to an injury to the hip or some part of the rear of the body, which causes a deformity. Examine a wry tailed chicken after dressing it and you will usually find, we think, that it is a deformity cf some part of the body, usually of- the hip, that causes it. It has been argued that such deformities are caused by overcrowding In the brooder or being crowded into a cramped position for several hours when the bones are soft and plastic. This, however, is theory only.

Kerosene in the Poultry Yard.

For birds which have scaly legs, sponging the legs with a saturate solution of crude naphthalene flakes in kerosene is good. Be careful not to get any on the soft parts and do not allow the birds to go to roost immediately after treating them. This mixture will blister if it gets on the soft flesh. To clean combs and wattles wash with good white soap and hot water. Then rub In a very little vaseline or fresh butter. Do not get on too much grease, as it will collect dust and dirt.

Give the Chicks Shads.

Provide shade in both the poultry yards and the chick runs. If nothing better can be afforded, erect canopies or tents. These can be made out of old bagging. If properly protected and tightly fed chicks grow rapidly during hot weather, as they can gather many bugs and worms..

Leaky Barrels as Coops.

If barrels that are laid on their sides are used for coops, be sure to cover them well with oilcloth or some other covering that will keep out rain. ▲ leaky barrel will hold the water and drown the chicks. j \ -

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