Ligonier Banner., Volume 45, Number 24, Ligonier, Noble County, 1 September 1910 — Page 2

[DROFITABLE DAIRYING ‘ By HUGH G. VAN PELT Dairy Expert lowa State Dairy Associatiog , 5 Judgment in:F eed?g

- To accompiush the most profitable results from the dairy herd judgment must always be used in selecting and preparing the feeds which compile the ‘ratfon. It is not a new idea that cheap freds are oftentimes more stim"ulating to great results than are those feeds which sell for high prices. There was a time when the feeder of the corn -belt was misled into helieving that there were certain feeds that it fed in eTmal amounts had the powet of producing . great results. Consequently he was led to purchase in slarge amounts patent stock foods which cost him anywhere:from $lOO to $2OO per ton. Ten years ago there were thousands of tons of such feed sold annually, but greatly to the credit of the vresent-day farnver and feeder, there is belng very little of this food sold at'the present time, The farmer realizes that all foodstuffs are made up of the same kinds of nutrients; namely, protein, carbofixdrates, fat “and mineral ‘matter. The only dif‘ference between any of these feeds is in the propertion af these different uutrients. When the patent stock foods were analyzed it was found that they contained tess protein, or the most expensive feeding nutrient, than dd ofl meal, cottonseed meal, ginten feed and many “of the commercizal foodstuffs upon the market that are sold for the purpose of forming a bal anceld ration when fed with corn, The chief value of the stock foods rested, of course, in their stimnlating and appetizing power. In other wordis, these fuods bad the power of adding palata'bility to. the ration, but the intelligent, successful feeder of today finds -it possible to so mix his ration as to make it sufliciently palatable without the use of these condiments costing eight or ten cests per pound. Six Points to Consider in Feeding. - Besides the consideration of quality ¥nd quantity, there are six essential

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points to be considered in formulating rations for the herd. They must- be palatable so that the cow will eat in large amounts and waste very little of the feed. They must contain a sufficient amount of digestible nutrients and fer this reason '(‘(m"'cpntmtes must be fed in addition to hay, straw and grass. They must be inexpensive in order to insure a profit. There must be a sufficient amount of variety in order that the feeder may change his ration from: time to time and keep the cow always ready for her next meal. There must be a certain amount of succulence summer and winter if the ration is to accomplish thé best recults. : i The Silo. Oxe of the chief sources of all of these points is the gilo” There is no feed more palatable, more easily digested, affording more of a variety and costing as small an amount in the corn belt as does corn silage and [ am confident that the time is close at hand when silos on the farm will be as plentiful as corn cribs are at the present time. It has other advantages in that it is useful in feeding other farm animals. It supplies in the winter time the succulence of the June pastures. It is convenient in that the feeder is not compelled to go -to the cornfield and pick the dry cornstalks out of the snow on cold, frosty mornings. Experiments prove that milk and butter fat can be produced for at least-one-third less cost where corn silage is used than where the cow must subsist wholly on dry feed. The farmer of the corn belt, has ,during the past year, demonstrated that he is aware of the fact that silage is one of the very best and cheapest feeds that can be supplied to farm animals, In lowa there are to be found up to this year in the neighborhood of 1,200 sitos on farms .and during the present year there have been sold and erected on other lowa farms in the neighborhood of 1.200 more and likely it is that during the coming year the number of silos in this state will be again doubled. The chief objecdtion to the silo at the present time, and, in fact, the ouly objection that the writer has heard- for some time, is that the first cost is a considerable expense—which is true. However, if one stops to compare the actual cost of storage space of foods for farm animals it 1s readily found that the silo is the cheapest structure that can be bullt upon the farm. As a matter of fact, one of-the great losses of the farmer in the corn belt at the present time is the loss of foodstuffs which remain in the fields ‘exposed during the entire winter to the elements of ‘the weather, and any method by. which these same feeds can be taken indoors out of the weather and saved rather than wasted adds greatly to the producing capacity and to the net profits of the farmer. . v Capacity of the Silo, It 18 a well-known' fact that 400 cubic feet of barn space is required for the storage of one ton of clover hay; 50 cubic feet of silo space will suffice for the storage of one ton of

silage; therefore it requires eight times as much storage space in the hay mow to store one ton of feed as it does in the silo. However, corn silage :contains 80 per cent. of water and for this reason the silo’ will not contain as great an amount of dry matter in comparison, but we do find that one cubic foot of silo space contalns as much dry matter as two cubic feet in the hay mow, and reduced to' terms of digestible feeding nutrients, which in reality is the standpoint from which all foodstuffs should. be figured, we find that one cubic foot of silage space will hold as many digestible feeding nutrients: as :wo and one-third cubic feet of space in the hay mow. In consequence, if we were to build a hay mow that would hold as much feed as'a 100-ton silo, it woull be necessary to build a barn with a storage space for 800 tons of hay, or if we were -to supply the same storage capacity as is found in a 100-ton silo for the storage of dry matter, a barn with a capacity of 200 tons of hay would be mecessary. Figuring further, if we were to build a barndwith the capacity for holding digestible feeding nutrients in amounts as great as could be stored in a 100ton silo, it would be necessary to build a barn with the capacity to hold 233 1-3 .tcns of clover hay. This winter in particular demonstrates more clearly than most winters the value of a silo and ‘the feeding nutrients that can be saved through its use. It was estimated that in the middle of January there was remaining in the cornfields of the corn belt from 20 to 25 per cent. of this last year’s crop which conld not be harvested on account of .the severe snowy weather. As a result of this, much of this year’s crop of corn was ruined and wasted. One of the largest corn raisers in lowa who is also a dairyman and milks from 60 to 75 cows, had all of his corn' crop under shelter where

it could not be wasted in view of the fact that over 50 acres of his corn went at once into his enormous silos and was in good condition to afford the greatest amount of feeding nu‘trients in ‘the most palatable and digestible form. The remainder of his corn was cut up at once and put into shocks to be shredded and the better portion of the ‘shredded fodder used to supply dry matter for the cows .in conjunction with the silage, and those portions which might be termed as waste were used as bedding to absorb the nitrogenous waste from the animals and returned again to the field during the late winter or early spring in the form of fertilizing constituents for the upbuilding of -the fields from which the crop itself was taken. - : : silép Is Succulent. There is one distinct advantage in corn silage which is not enumerated in its feeding analysis. That is the ‘moisture or succulence which it contains. The American feeder has not ‘realized in the past the great value of succulence added to the ration of his

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farm-animals. It is a common saying that animals fed largely for a long time on dry corn become burnt out, and true it is that their digestive apparatus has become more .or less im. paired. This result is' overcome .by the feeding of succulent foods, which fact has been recognized by feeders of the -older countries for many years. Rations for dairy animals as well as for other farm animals in Scotland, England, Ireland and other countries across the water are made up largely of beets, mangoes and carrots. One reason for this is because of the high price of land in those countries and the corresponding cheapness of farm labor, but the result of it is that we find animals in those countries in much better condition, producing more largely of beef, milk or any of the products for which they are fed, thap

the animals of our own country When we are desirous of ifmproving a blood for breeding up our farm animals, we import it from the old countries. [ it be Jersey cattle we bring them from the Jersey lIsles; {f Guernsey cattle they come from the Guernsey Isles; and the same is true of all other farm anirpals. Now, to a great extent this is due to the fact that for hundreds of years the feeders and breeders of these older countries have realized the value of the use ot good sires and have continued through many generations to breed their animals up to the nroint of their present excellence. But the_v: have bé&en assisted greatly by their methods of feeding in that they have resorted -to formulating a ration that was not only palatable, rich in its feeding nutrients, cheap in its cost, but also succulent in its nature and conducive to keeping the digestive apparatus in the best possible condition of health and thrift. The feeders are gware of the fact that just so long as an animal remains in good healthy condition in this respect, large gains from the féed given him will result. Prominence of the Silo.

" In the eastern sections of the United States, or more truly in the dairy districts, there is seldom a farm with-

%%a,, e e s Lens T ; “//‘z' e Y R O e B o 8 e S R T PASRE el L 5P RO 1A T T e O ERE e KB AL e REI RS R R T _ Improved Silo. out one or more silos, and the day is rapidly coming when the man without a silo will have a difficult time in making a profitable competition with tha one who resorts to the use of the silo. This is true of all farm products and especially is it true of dairy products if the consumer has been led to the point where he is paying extremely large prices. As a matter of fact, he ie paying for dairy products almost as much as he can afford to pay 'and the dairy farmer should begin to realize that he is receiving ertremely large briceg for the commodities which hée is producing. It is # shama and a disgrace for the farmey in the corn belt to be compelled to £ty that he cannot afford to produce buiter for an average price of from 25 to 3% cents a pound the year through, or milk averaging 'when it reaches the con: ‘sumer more than five cents a quart. This statement is in view of the fact that farmers in older countries arae doing this very thing on land which rents annually for as much as a large portion of the land in the corn belt sells for. It is possible to make great profits out of the dairy business at the present prevailing prices of both dairy products and food stuffs, but it ias necessary for the farmer and dairy. man to surround his efforts with bet. ter conditions in' the form of bettee cows, better feed produced more intelligently and combined more thoughtfully. In other words, the time is close at hand when the up-to-date farmer will be vastly different from the farmer and dairyman that we have known in the past. He will place himsell ‘more in a position of the business man, the merchant or the manufdeturer. He will be acquainted with every individual animal upon his farm even as is the merchant acquainted with everyone of his customers. He will be acquainted with every feature pertaining to every acre of ground of which his farm is made up, even as the manufacturer i{s acquainted with every machine in his factory. Whens ever this time comes conditions on the farm will not only be more intensive but methods will be more diversi. fied and although it is difficult to pre. dict that prices of farm commoditieg will be much greater than they are at the present time, it is a certainty that farms will be more valuable and the commodities that are now being produced upon the farm, especially the dairy products, will be produced for a much less cost per pound than at the present time.

Candid Caddies. Caddies, as every one knows, often become expert golf players, and trotting about the links at more than cne local are youngsters who could put it over the men whose clubs they carry in a straight game. It often happens, therefore, that the amateur golfer happening to draw one of these diminutive cracks as his attendant finds himself playing in a mysteriously depressing atmosphere. The contempt that the caddy feels for the playing of soms tot the amateurs is sometimes beyond his power to suppress. 3 At the Philadelphia Country club ’they are telling a story of a swell young beginner who appeared to think the only qualification necessary for golf was a lot of staggering clothes., He started over the links with a young ‘lady who had similar delusions. They played awhile with one of the best caddie-golfers as an attendant. “Do you think,” asked the young man, turning to the caddie with a kindly air, “do you think we’ll be able to get around the course before dusk?” “If you run, sir,” sald the- caddis, grimly. > S e e g Only Perfect Insulator. E “Thomas A. Edison prophesies the disappearance of the horse and the disappearance of the shop ‘assistant,” said the editor. “Transportation will be electrical some day, and shops will be automatic, slot-machine concerns. “Mr. Edison is always original and striking. I remember the first time I ever interviewed him. . “ ‘Mr. Edison,” I said, in the course of the interview, ‘what is the very best insulator? : . “‘The only absolutely perfect insw lator,’ he replied, ‘ls poverty."”

WOMAN SELLS TIME

Strange and Profitable Occupa“tion of an English Girl.

Gets $2,500 a Year From Cllents Whe " Regulate Their Clocks by Time She Cbtains at Earth’s Lati- . . tudinal Center. :

London.—When Halley’s comet set

all Europe gazing skyward, no society beauty was more eagerly courted by enterprising photographers than was the comet by the patient astronomers of Greenwich, whase photographic telescopes were kept searching the heavens, to note the arrival of the periodic visitor on the sensitive plate of the camera. Nor was the vigilance unrewarded. More than one distinct impression of the brilliant object is now on view at the Royal observatory, Greenwich. ! This success has revived interest in this historic institi§ion by the Thames, but few - outside scientific. circles know much of the history and detaiis of the almost conventional group of buildings on That fair hill where hoary sages " boast To name the stars and count the heavenly host. 2 Yet probably no- hill in: the world has had so strangely varied a history, or played so important a part in the affairs of men. The granite line across the footpath on its summit is the meridian from which the longitude on every British map and chart is calculated. All England sets its time by the mean-solar cleck; and in addition to the daily and nightly observations of the heavens, elaborate records are kept of diurnal changes in the tem: perature and humidity, the direction and force of the wind, the amount of

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ODD FISH FROM THE DEPTHS | i Strange Marine Forms Brought Up With Deep Sea Cable Sunk { ‘ for Ten Years. % Strange monsters the like of which ; have seldom been seen by man were! dragged from a depth of 8,500 feet by the crew of the cable ship Burnside‘ when they repaired the Alaska cahleg off Mt. St. Elias last month. ~ The Burnside is moored at its buoy | in Elliott bay after two months of re- | rairing and relaying the cables of the |

AS IT APPEARED TO HER

Mrs. Oelirichs Evidently Didn’t Think Much of Mr. Blank’s Earning Capacity.

Mrs. Herman Oelrichs, the bestdressed woman in Newport, criticized very pertinently, at a recent dinner, the new dinner gowns of Paquin and Callot.

These clinging and filmy gowns are chiefly remarkable for the V-shaped back that they possess. The V—it is fncredible, but it is true—opens all the

Divining Rod 200 Years Old

Winslow W. Fifield of Medford, Mass., owns'a metallic divining rod brought from England more than two hundred years ago by one of his ancestors. The rod, says Mr. Fifield, has been used successfully all over New England and in the western mining districts. It is attached to whalebone handles 12 incles long and weighs two ounces. The handles have inscriptions on them which are almost obliterated by age. The person who brought the rod to America was Isaac Greenleaf, who settled in Massachusetts. The rod became famous as a finder of water. After mark.ng the place of many springs the rod was used in California, Colorado and North Carolina for locating by men in quest of gold mines and other metals. One person who used it with par-

HoodwinKing . Clergymen

~ When a small clique of men put up a scheme to harness the clergy of America and induce the ministers to, in turn *“hitch up” the members of the churches, we should all take notice. They couldn’t harness the preachers in a bad cause except by deceiving them. Ministers of the gospel are essentially and fundamentally honest but, like all men who work for the public good, they are at times mislead by false statements. | Trust them when they have exact truth to speak from. Now for the story which should Interest every one for we are all either receivers of wages or we pay to wage earners and the freedom of each in- - dividual is at issue. fn various papers the following statement has been printed. Read it carefully at least twice. : “Interest’ in Labor Sunday. ~ “Labor Sunday—the Sunday preceding Labor day—will be observed gen~erally this year and in future years ' throughout the United States. This because of the American Federation of Labor declaration for the observance of that day. The numerous. letters recently ‘received at American Federation of Labor headquarters ' from ministers is an assurance that interest in the idea of giving special attention to the cause of labor from ' the pulpit one day in the twelve ' months is widespread. Our readers ' are urged to try to bring about an un- ' derstanding In their respective districts with representatives of the ' church so that ministers will make ' addresses that may attract trade union- | ists to the churches in large numbers ‘ for the day. Ministers should say what | they think on the occasion in order | that their trade union hearers may “put the right estimate as to where the . church stands on the guestion of the i organization of labor. .The more the | subject is discussed the better will it be for labor. Union ethics are sound. 1 — American Federationist.”. | Observe that “Labor Union” men | “are urged” to induce ministers to } make addresses that will attract trade | unionists to the churches “for the I day.” “Ministers should say,” ete, ' and winds up with “Union ethics are | sound ;" observe the hidden threat. i This is clipped from the American Federationist the organ of Sam Gomi pers, et al. : | This clipping has been sent to paipers throughout the country and the | Typographical Union men in the newsl paper offices instructed to ‘“urge” that } it be printed. . | That is one of the ways of the “machine.” : It looks harmless so the papers print it. But! Let’s lift the cover and look under. . ! The hidden motive is as dangerous | to the peace and liberty of the citizens as a coiled rattlesnake In the .grass. Organization by workmen to peacefully and successfully present thelr sTde 1s necessary and most commendable. P : : There are such organizations now rapidly winning their way to public confidence without strikes, dynamite or killing fellow workmen. . e (Some facts on this matter a little further along in this article.) We see here a demand on the ministers of God. that they endorse and help build up the strike-producing, boycotting and violent American Fed- | eration of Labor. : Think' of the man of God who teaches brotherly love being covertly ordered to praise and help get new ‘members for an organization with a record for violence, crime and murder done by its members the like of which the world has never seen. l Think of the ‘thousands of women made widows and the increasing thousands of children left fatherless by the pistol, club, dynamite and boot heel of members of this Labor Trust. . Any one who recalls the countless murders done in the multitude of strikes in the past few years will agree this is no exaggeration. .~ Take just one as an illustration: ° There were some thirty men murdered and over 5000 bruised and maimed (o the Chicago teamster’s ; ﬂtﬂkﬁ. i " : ‘.‘v;;‘;‘_' s

U. S. armmy signal corps system. On board were a score of huge flasks filled with alcohol. In them floated strange shapes which it was hard to believe were once living creatures. Balls of red hair which looked like tousled human heads proved upon dissection to be a strange kind of deep water crab. Flesh colored round masses were found clinging to -the cable by minute tentacles. One creature was shaped like the diablo toy, parrow in the middle with big concave white disks at either end by which it catches hold of any object.

way down to the walst line. At a gala

performance in Paris given by the Metropolitan Opera company of New York—the most successful performance Paris ever saw, and one whereat £40,000 was gained for the Pluviose victims—many of. the beautiful Americans in the $4O orchestra seats wore these daring gowns, and now at Newport they are often to be seen: Mrs. Oelrichs stared at one with astounded eyes at a dinner, and her

neighbor said: - *lsn’t that new gown of Mrs. Blank's a dream? Old Mr. Blank is so de-

ticular success was a blind man, In whose hands the rod is sald to have done marvels. ‘ » A Strong Preacher. The minister’s eight-year-old daughter was returning with her parents from church, where the district superintendent had that morning occupied the pulpit. : “Qh, father,” asked the little girl, her face alive with enthusiasm, “don’t you think Brother C. is a very strong preacher? 1 do.” : ‘ Gratified by this evidence of unusual intelligence on the part of his offspring, the minister eagerly inquired into her reasons for her statement. . . *Oh,” replied the little miss, artlessly, “didn’t you see how the dust rose when he stamped his feet?"—Judge.

There is seldom a day passes but somewhere in our country from one to a score of our fellow men are assaulted or murdered by members of this band. - Then remember the homes blown up or burned. The families hounded, the rioting, burning of street cars, wreecking of trains and attempted or successful killing of passengers. T*e general disturbance of industry and the thousands of dollars forced from tax payers to pay extra police, sheriffs and militia to protect. even in a feepble way, the citizens from the mobs of members of the American Federation of Labor. Then you will realize why the great peace-loving majority of over 80 million Americans protest against the growth of this crime-tainted organization comprising perhaps one and onehalf million men, of which it is estimated at Jeast seven-tenths are peaceloving citizens and are members by coercion and are not in sympathy with the three-tenths who have gained control and force their methods. We find that a few designing men have seized control of the American Federation of Labor, just as some shrewd capitalists have secured control of somé&*railroads and other interests and are now twisting and turning them into machines for personal profit and fame. - These men cunningly plan to force workmen- to join and pay 23 to 75 cents a month in fees. Various methods are used to “induce” workmen to join. First, they talk of the “tyranny of capital” making slaves of workmen. Then they ‘work up enthusiasm about the “brotherhood of man” and other talk which experience has shown excites the emotions of workmen and they are induced to join and pay fees to the leaders. The 5000 workmen in Battle Creek are, as a rule, free from the dictates of the great Labor Trust and still get the highest wages in Michigan. If they had yielded to the smooth talk of the agents of the trust and joined, they would pay in fees from $1250.00 to $2000.00 a month to the big trust and be subject to strike orders any time. Now they save that and put the money into homes and family comforts But the managers of the American Federation of Labor have worked hard and long to harness them. The trust has sent small bales of money and last winter 18 “organizers” to tie up Battle Creek. They hired halls, gave picture shows, smokers, etc., as an investment, looking tc rich returns when they succeeded in having. them tied hand and foot.& But they failed and the last of these “organizers’ left Battle Creek on May Ist saying “it’s no use.” The workmen knew the record of this great trust and formed their own association to protect their rights and also to protect them from the big Labor Trust. In Philadelphia some 4000 independent street car men, who mainly had families, haditheir own union and refused to join the big trust, preferring ‘to ne free to work or not as they pleased. . But the trust planned to force them into the fee-paying ranks, so a strike was ordered to compel the traction company to kick out these men and ‘hire only Labor Tryst members. It was not a question of wages or hours but to push £hé free men out of their positions where they were earning good money to support their families, The strike was ordered, not to raise wages or reduce hours, remember, but solely to throw out members of an independent union and make places only for Labor Trust members, and thus show the independent men they could not earna living unless they first paid fees to the trust managers. L - ¥ Incidentally the pédple of Philadel--1)&13 must submit; to no car service, oting and bloodghed with millions {ri“losses while these fee-hunting, notoriety seeking trustileaders were teaching the world that industry cannot be carried on except by workmen who first bend the knee, bow the head and pay fees. : - How these men as strike leaders love to see their names in the papers

Another strange marine creature is shaped like an octopus but has at least two dozen tentacles instead of eight. Many octopuses were found clinging to the cable, but they were thought too common to preserve.. ,f “While sections of the cable ‘pulled up for inspection were found covered several- feet deep with strange plants l and animal life, seaweed, black instead of green, sponges and sea% urchins predominated. i

Probably the strangest creature found on the cable was a flesh colored fish not more than four feet long,

voted. They say that everything. he makes goes on his wife’s back.” = - Mrs. Oelrichs, her eye fixed on the gow™’s terrible V, said with a smile: . “Well, he must be making very _little, then.” : ) Practical Matchiﬁg. 6 What the little girl with the 15 cents in pennies wanted was some red ribbon of a particulat shade for her mother. She knew the shade, ‘but she couldn’t explain it and all she could gay was, it wasn't that, no, nor that; it was deeper than that, and not so The Counterfeit Southerner. Of course, there are many counterfeits. A most amusing -imitation |ls one that often passes for the typical southerner in New York: This satchelmouthed braggart infests the cafes and demands attention by ‘his abusing the waiter for offending his delieate sense of honor. I hate a nigger, suh;” he loudly proclaims, which is a sentiment that one mever hears from those to the manner born. He haunts the theaters and parades the .streets, since it is poor fun to practise his gentility in-private. . .

He wears a wide black hat, ‘mounts the table and yells whenever tae band plays a southern melody.. Such a pretentious caricature would be harmless enough, but for the ridicule he brings upon the south. Unfortunately, popular authors seem to accept him at face

each morning! llt's meat and bread to their souls. . . Then think of the lordly power, and don’t forget the steady flow of money squeezed from the workman's hard earned- pay enevelope, - But when these leaders “tie up” any industry no man can hold a job _who refuses to pay fines even on trufiiped up charges, and steadily pay fees whatever they are. -~ Txe workman is absolutely at the mercy of this band of men who have secured and hold control. : Many and many an honest workman has raised his voice and-appealed to hig fellows to rise and throw off the yoke of GompéTs, et al. But, as one writes, “At every convention of ‘the American Federation of Labor, strong opposition comes up but at the critical moment the impassioned orator appears and most dramatically puts the spot light on the.eader and covers him with a mawkish film of ‘martyrdom' anl the emotional delegates yell in delight, forgetting the instructions of the peaceful workingmen at home who desire to free themselves from the odium of membership under the great advocates of strike, boycott, violence and hate.” So we see the unequalled insolence with which' these trust leaders propose to ‘“induce”. ministers to pull their chestnuts from the . fire by preaching modern aggressive and violent labor trust methods. There is a better way to secure justice for workers, as will appear: further along. . ) Just a little diversion here. 1 am charged with ~having - first brought to the attention of the public some years ago, the mname “Labor Trust.” ‘ ) A trust is a combination of -men or organizations for the purpose of selling their product at a profit and restricting production to effect it. We will say a large Oil Conmipany gathers in smaller ones and thus controls production. ) The Labor:Trust “gathers in” local trade organizations and thus has power to say how much work each man shall do. - The Oil Company then fixes prices. The Labor Trust does likewise. The Oil Company may. ‘“‘use methods” to force an unwilling dealer to join. .The Labor Trust men go further and slug the independent man if he tries to sell his labor without paying fees and “obeying orders.” They are both exactly alike in purpose, which, in both cases is entirely selfish to gain power and money for the leaders. Certain Labor frust members do not hesitate to use violence, dynamiting of property, burning homes of independent men and even murder to force obedience. o ' The Oil Conipany doesn’t go so far. Both are extremely dangerous to the welfare of people and communities, for power placed in the hands of a few men either representing Capital or Labor is almost always abused" and the public suffers. : icy Remember, reader, that your safety lies in strenuous opposition to all trusts which try to ride over and dictate to the people. : Only by opposing their growth _can you retain your personal Nberty. Ngw to ministers. : The average congregation is made up of about 90 per cent. of free citizens and much less than 10 per cent. of members of the Labor Trust. ' The free citizen wants to hear words defending the rights and independence l of the common man, free from the arbitrary dictates of any self-seeking organization either of Capital or Labor. . = - S 5 S The merchant, lawyer, school teach- l er, doctor, clerk, farmer and workman rebels against any forcible stopping of trains, boats, street cars, or factories, for the prosperity of the community is entirely dependent on steady continuance of these things. ‘Men dorn’t like strikes, boycotts, injured workmen or burned cars and factories. = i oot A famous divine says: “These men may hate capitalists but their hate for. other laboring men burns like a flame, | eats like nitric acid, is malignant beyond all description.” Ea s Then we remember cases of acid throwing, eyes gouged on%mmrw pursued, women stripped, homes de-

which was found enveloped in the tentacles of a young octopus. When brought to the surface its body was swollen like a balloon. Dr. J. E. Malney, the ship's surgeon, who examined it, said he believed the fish was choked by the hold of the octopus. - The section of cable upon which all this strange life was found Had been ‘down - 10. years at a depth of a mile and a half. The specimens which have been preserved are to be handed over to the Smithsonian institution for scientific study.—Sesattle Post-In-telligencer. . . .

deep as that, and so ox. > .The mission was looking hopeless -when suddenity she darted from the ' shop and seized a passing gentleman | by the hand. = . .~ “Wlill you please come into this shop - with me?" she asked innocently. .~ “Certainly;, my chickabiddy,; he re . plied, “if 1 can be of any use. What i it?” : o | The little gzirl replied pot.' but led . the wondering stranger to the counter. |- “Theg,/miss!" she said, triumphant--Iy, “Mpgther wants some ribbon the - color of this gentleman's nose.” ) . i , | value and exploit him in novels or | plays where a “southerner” is a nec-|-essary part of the stage machinery — i Everybody's‘ Magazine. L ' ' Wasted Sarcasm. i The Philadelphia~milk dealers who - recently- rafsed, the . price of their ' product to nine cents a quart and then : lowered -1t agaln to eight appear to "'have been the subjgcts of a great deal |of unjust censure. They announced at the time of the fraise_ that milk : could not. be sold at eight cents withcout loss. Finding that the consumers " would -not pay the new price, however, they are continuing to sell at the old, | thereby qualifying as genuine phi}an-‘ i thropists. = Every purchaser of -milk at eight cents a quart will doubtless - hereafter féel that he {s an object of i charity. . 2 )

stroyed, men murdered and the long, long list of atrocities practised Dby Tabor Trust members on other human beings who cannot agree witk the trust methods. Now for the better way. Workingmen are now' organizing in the old fashioned trades union or “guild” way, affiliated with the National Trades and Workers Association whose constitution provides arbitration of differences with agreement for no strikes, boycott, picketing or hateful coercion of any kind. " . This Trade Association has evolved from the- experience of the past and is the highest order of Trades Unionism at the present day. Under its laws it is not possible for the Hod Carriers. Union or the Street Sweepers Union to order the school teachers or loccomotive engineers to quit work in a “sympathetic strike.” If any_craft finds injustice, the case is presented to properly selected arbitrators, testimony taken and the case presented to the public through the press. Thereupon public o;ﬂnion, that greatest of all powers, makes itself telt and curiously enough a fair settlement is generally the result. - There is no strike, no loss of wages, no loss to the community and yet the faithful workers get thei- just treatment. ' ’ . There are many details which have been worked out by men skilled in labor matters. It will recompense any interested man to know these details which can be secured by a postal request for constitution and by-laws written to the National Trades and Workers Association, Kingman Block, Battle Creek, ‘Mich. ; - Reader, look carefully into this great question of the relations of Capital and Labor and- its successful solution. The new plan works and brings results for the members. — I became so favorably impressed with the trustworthiness and practicability of the leaders of this new labor movement that I gave the Association a sanitorium at Battle Creek worth about $400,000 and with about 300 rooms, to be used as a home for their old members and the helpless babies, .sometimes made fatherless by the pistol, clyb or boot heel of some member of the violent “Labor Trust.” Suppose you attend church Labor Sunday and hear what your minister has to say in defense of the safety and rights of the common, everyday man. ; Let me ask you to read again a portion of one of my public articles printed a few years ago. _ " “The people of the world bave given me money enough to spend in these talks through the papers in trying to make better and safer conditions for the common people, whether the Postum business runs or not. Scores of letters have come to me from work-people and others, some from union men recounting their sufferings . from union domination and urging that their cases be laid before thé public. : It will not answer for us to only sympathize with the poor, the oppressed, those who haven't power enough to drive off tyrants and resent oppression, we must help them tie the hands of the oppressors. Americans must act. g - Some of my forebears in New England left comfortable homes, took with them the old flint locks, slept on the ground in rain and frost; hungry, footsore, and half clothed they grimly pushed on where the Eternal God of Human Liberty urged.them. They wove for me and for you a mantle of freedom, woven in a loom where the shuttles were cannon balls and bullets and where swords were used to pick out the tangles in the yarn. These old, sturdy grandads of ours stood by that loom until the mantle was finished, then, stained with their life blood it was handed down to us. Shall I refuse to dear it on my shoulders because the wearing costs me a few dollars, and are you cowards enough to hide yours because some foreign labor union anarchist orders you to strip it off? I have faith that the blood of 1776 still coursing in your veins will tingle Americans will Act” “There's d Reae - W PORE