Pike County Democrat, Volume 24, Number 8, Petersburg, Pike County, 14 July 1893 — Page 7

A FLAGRANT FRAUD. ** Bcpvbllctns Try in j? to Fool the Farmer* on Um Wool Qaestlon. The confidence of the g. o. p. in the gullibility of the fanner continues to be unbounded. Under the promise that the McKinley tariff was going to enrich him, they induced him to vote for a continuance of control in the party that passed that measure; and now when he is feeling severely the pinch which that measure has given him, they are trying to persuade him that he is merely suffering from premonition of what is goiug to happen when the low is repealed or modified. The act has been in force long enough to produce all the promised results, if they are producible by such legislation. It has not only failed utterly to produce them, but has, on the contrary, brought disaster to industry and the country generally. Yet the upholders of the act have the effrontery to tell the country, and especially the farmers, that it is not the McKinley act which is responsible, bat the possibility of its reocah Some of them are going even further than this. A republican wool buyer in this city boasted a few days since that he and his associates were doing what they could to keep the price of wool

down in order to create a sentiment among- the farmers in favor of an increase in the tariff, in place of the reduction which is so earnestly demanded by the best interests of all, including the wool growers themselves. Their plan is to persuade the farmer that the low price offered is the “free trade price”—a price fixed by the prospect of free wool after the democratic congress assembles. This pretense is a fraud on its face. Waiving for the- present discussion as Oto what the- effect is likely to be on prices of removing or materially lowering the duty on wool. it is an absolute certainty that nothing congress is likely to door can do at the coming session will have any effect on the price of American wool this season. The market is already opened. The buyers are in the field. The demand and probable supply are known. All the elements that go to the making of a market price are present; and the pretense that the possibility of a change next season in the tariff on wool cuts any figure in this season's price is preposterous. We believe it is a misfortune for the farmer and woolgrower that this is so. If it were absolutely certain that the duty on wool would be materially reduced or wholly removed when congress assembles, wo believe he could afford to hold his wool for the better price which would eventually follow. But in the absence of absolute assurance onjthat point this season’s wool, or the bulk of it, will have to be marketed at this season's price fixed as it is 'by the relations of demand and supply, and injuriously affected as it has been by the operations of the McKinley act. If it is any lower than can be fully accounted for by ref'•erence to these conditions, that fact is probably due to some such combination as that hinted at by the woolbuyer between himself and his associates to crowd the price down in order to create a reaction in favor of the

tarot. It is a well understood faet that one of the chief uses of our high grade American wools is to mix with the cheap foreign wools. If the latter were imported free of duty there would be, for an obvious reason, an increased demand for them and consequently for The American wools to mix with them. The heavy duty has lessened the demand for foreign wools because increase of price lessens consumption; and as a result there has been a falling off in the demand for American wools and a corresponding fall in price. Yet the tariff^men still offer their dis- . credited panacea with a faith that is ■'perfectly marvelous. They seem to have a notion that the homeopathic law of like curing like applies in ---'economics. High tariff has lowered the'price of wool; therefore to raise the price put on more tariff. And they ex- __ pect the farmers to be fooled again by such nonsense. Only a few days a 50 the Ohio republicans incorporated in their platform a demand for “such full and adequate protection for the wool industry as will enable the American farmer to supply the wool required for consumption in the United States.” llut the American farmer—the intelligent farmer, that is —does not want to supply “the wool required for consumption in the United States.” He can do better by supplying the high-priced portion of it—the finer grades—and permitting the cheaper grades to be raised abroad where land and labor are cheaper. There is no money for him in raising cheap wools, and would not be if the tariff were made prohibitory. Two-thirds of the wool brought into the country from abroad is coarse wool of a kind that would compel the American farmer, if he undertook to raise it. to grow two ■,' sheep in order to get a. dollar’s worth. Is he going into that sort of an enterprise when, by raising a finer grade, he can get twice as much for a single /sheep? The Ohio republicans and the \ combine that is trying to bear the market/"’*th the cry of “free trade prices” Writ him to do so; but if he is wise he will take warning by experience and steer clear of them all.—Detroit Free McKinley is letting nothifc get away that may be an advantageTn bis effort to secure the presidential nomination. He did not talk politics to the gathering elans of the Epworth league, ■ but he shrewdly said the things tjhat would best please the assembled hosts and impress them with the idea that their convictions are his convictions. The'major’s long suit is in agreeing exactly with those who happen to be about him.—Detroit Free Press. -“The election of Cleveland meant, among other things, the condemnation of laws placing artificial prices upon commodities, whether wool or metal, tin or silver.” Such is Secretary Morton’s concise statement of the demotariff and currency policy, and in the same number of > mad*.—Albany Argun

PENSION INVESTIGATIONS. Evidences of the Loom Methods of Be- : publican Officials. The inquiries that have been set on foot with reference to the pension list have, from the necessity of the case, made no great progress; but they ar.s already bearing substantial fruit. Nothing else was to be expected. Under Tanner and Raum the bureau was avowedly run for the purpose of granting as many pensions as possible. From time to time boasts were published" that the office was beating all previous records, and figures submitted to demonstrate the correctness of the claim. Of course where it was well understood that the main object was to issue as many certificates as possible, there was small hope of protecting the interests of the government against fraud. The ingenuity of the treasury raiders is so great, their number so immense and their industry so untiring that the utmost vigilance on the part of officials is not always sufficient to head them off. What, then, must be the condition of affairs when the officials themselves are virtually in league with the raiders? IIcw easy was the task :of fraudulent pensioners and their aiders and abettors was well illustrated by the result of the

inquiry as to the pehsiondrauds at .Norfolk, Va., of which some account recently appeared in the dispatches. W. R. Drury was a pension claim agent, and had an office specially constructed to expedite fraudulent claims. His two sons occupied the office with him, and were convenient for use as witnesses, as was also one Cherry, who was man of all work in the office. Drury's nephew, Richardson, a notary public, also had a desk in the office. He signed declarations in blank, which Drury used whenever they were needed. Even this did not satisfy Drury, for he often forged Richardson’s name, as he did that of Witnesses. This sort of thing has been going on since 1690, but it was not discovered until this year. The government has paid one hundred and fifty million' dollars in cases in which Drury has figured, and but for the discovery would ultimately have paid, according to the estimates, some six hundred and fifty thousand dollars more. It is argued, of course, that the pension ofliee was not responsible for Drury's frauds, which may be technically true, though, it is false in substance and effect. The free and easy manner in which the office was conducted, the avowed eagerness to grant pensions to everybody who applied, if any pretext for it could be found, were so many invitations to claimants and claim agents to try their skill in inventing false pretenses. Drury had runners out scouring the country for fraudulent applicants. • The same names constantly recurred as witnesses, and were often signed by Drury himself. The papers were suspicious on their face, and if the office had been conducted with ordinary care to prevent fraud detection would have come much sooner than it did. The case of Drury is valuable as showing what was possible under such an administration of the pension office as that of Ranm. Of course, there is every reason to believe that his case is only one of many. His method may have been more daring than those of most of the others, but they tended to the same end. The number of undeserved pensions obtained by him is trilling compared with the grand total of fraudulent cases. And yet there is already an outcry that these investigations are intended to rob (the pensioners of money w hich rightfully belongs to them. The position of the pension bureau, under its present management, is impregnable, and must command the approval of every honest man not blinded by prejudice or misled by misinformation. It is simply that every man entitled to a pension under the laws shall have one, and that those who db not deserve them shall be stricken from the roll as fast as they can be discovered. This is the dictate of simple honesty and ' common- sense. The pretense that there is any patriotism in promoting fraud is too absurd for serious consideration.—Louisville Courier-Journal. • - THE EXTRA SESSION.

What the Democratic Press Says About the Speeisl Session of Congress. . In waiting- till congress was ready to act and actpromptly the president has done well, for any hesitation, any bick- - ering or quibbling would be fatal.— Minneapolis SentineL The Sherman law is doomed; and in calling congress together to register the proper sentence of condemnation President Cleveland has earned the thanks of the people.—Detroit Free Press. Whether the president has become certain of a support sufficient to repeal the act or not, he has done his duty in calling congress in session and leaving with it, where it belongs, the responsibility of acting.—St. Paul Globe. The infamous Sherman law, whose operation has destroyed confidence, intimidated capital, paralyzed commerce and threatened the national credit, will be repealed. Then trade will' revive, credit will be restored.—Kansas City Times. The president has met the emergency with his accustomed resoluteness and good sense, and. aside from tire interests that are impregnated with the silver heresy and a reversal of our present blundering policy, his act will be heartily applauded.—Rochester Gerald. The calling of an extra session of congress on the 7th of August next shows that l*resident Cleveland is keenly alive to the financial troubles that republican legislation has precipitated upon the country, and that he proposes to do his part in undoing the effect of vicious legislation.—Toledo Bee. It is hardly too much to say that there is no reason to suppose that any one near the president regarded an, early session with hearty approval, or understood the urgent need of it, or had great confidence in its reswbs. In these circumstances, to react* «o important a decision required in the president that courage of initiative which is something more rare and of more worth than fortitude or firmness in resisting attack.—N. ¥. Times

THE FARMING WORLD. EGG-SHAPED CISTERN. No Doubt the Most Durable Form Known nt Present. For house use, cisterns should be built in one corner of the cellar, but often the cellar as it is now made is too small. However, if a cistern is needed and there is no cellar under the kitchen it will be the cheapest in the end to excavate a space about eight feet square adjoining the present cellar, and to build a cistern. If made of stone it should be one foot thick and laid up with good white lime, at least five and a half feet in height, and should be so arranged that ope ean enter it from the present cellar, and befplly provided with outlet and other pipes. If a cistern is to be located in the ground near the house, the egg-shaped form—as seen in the illustration, engraved after a sketch by S. Yates—will prove the most durable and convenient. For a family of six, where the water is to be used for drinking and all house purposes, a cistern should be about eight feet deep i and sevenfeet inside diameter at the' bottom. The egg-shaped form is no doubt the most durable, the concave bottom giving it greater strength. If the bottom is elay or other firm soil, put a good coating of mortar on the soil, imbed the brick or stone in it, being careful to fill all fissures with mortar. Commence in the center and build round and round; when the sides are reached firmly pack earth back of the wall, with a rammer, and do not fill in with loose stones, bits of brick or other rubbish, for upon the firmness of the backing depends the durability of the structure. If only one row of brick is used, lay up in water lime or hydraulic cement. Cement the interior of the cistern with two good coats of cement,

% of a little over one-quarter inch each, coating the bottom last. Provide an overflow pipe and, if the pump is located in the building, place the pipe below the frost line. A ladder should be permanently hung in the cistern which is entered by the trap door at the top. Where the soil is a heavy clay, cisterns are often made by plastering directly upon the earth, and even cobble stones from four to six inches in diameter are frequently used in place of brick. When the water is to be used for drinking purposes, a partition wall should be built in a filtering trench of gravel and charcoal.—American Agriculturist. _ - PLANTS FOR BORDERS. Some Valuable Hints from an Experienced Floriculturist. There are new varieties of border plants introduced every year by florists and seedsmen, and some of them are well worthy of a trial. The variegat-ed-leaved coleus has become very popular for this purpose within the last few years, but there is an old plant, recently introduced for this purpose, that in some localities has supplanted all other border plants, and it is the whiteleaved, geranium, Mine. Salleroi. It is one" of the finest plants for the border that one can plant. The habits of this geranium are different from any other variety. It sends out innumerable little shoots from both root and branch, forming itself into beautiful, compact little bushes, making it a very desirable border plant. They root -readily from cuttings, and besides separating each branch they can he cut into two-inch lengths, and planted in the border, and every slip will grow and form symmetrical clumps, the whole border averaging about six inches high with nothing visible but the deep green, white-edged leaves. They will stand hard wind, heavy rain and extremes of temperature better than the tender coleus, and retain their foliage until late fall: then lift the plants and crowd them into boxes with a little more soil than will adhere to the roots, and store in the cellar until spring, watering two or three times during the winter, so the roots will not dry out. A few of them potted make very desirable window plants in winter, the foliage presenting a more desirable appearance on account of luxuriance than the scraggy stemmed specimens one often sees displayed in windows, of the coarser varieties of the geranium. A beginner can start with one or two small plants any time dnring the summer, keeping them in pots until the following spring, when they can be divided arid planted in the border, making fe large, beantiful border with very little cost This variety never blossoms, or at least never has for me: therefore all the plants from slips will be of a uniform sise and height—Mrs. John tiaillard, in Ohio Farmer .

To Rroew a Stnwhmr Bed. To renew a strawberry patch work well between the rows as soon as the crop Is picked, and then clean the rows by leaving one plant in the space of one foot in the row, which will permit ol killing the weeds in the rows, the runners filling up. tike spaces later in season. This will not give as good a bed as the setting out of new plants (now too late to do so), but it will put an old bed to use for another year.

THE TEfiT CATERPILLAR.^. Life History. Haibits and Tried Methods otKxterinlnaUon. On the Units of apple and wild cherry trees may often be found, in May or June, compact silken nests or tents containing; a number of handsome caterpillars. These are known as tent caterpiUars. The eggs are deposited in Jaly, in compact masses of two or three hundred each, upon the twigs. as shown at e in the illustration. After they are laid the moth covers them with a liquid which, when dry, is like varnish and completely coats them, as shown to the left of «. This insect remains in the egg state from July till \ spring, when the caterpillers emerge and lie gin feeding on the tender foliage.

* ^ TEXT CATEKPIIXAB. Ill a few days they make a silken net. utilizing generally the fork of a branch. From time to time this nest is enlarged. They retire to it at night and* during cold and wet weather. .They have regular times for their meals. They become full grown in abont sixr weeks and are then nearly two inches long, with a. hairy body and a distinct white stripe along middle of the back. The mature caterpillar is shown at a and b. Most of them leave the tree when full grown and pupate, either under a board or in cracks of a fence or similar places, they spin an oval silken cocoon <?, which, when completed. is yellow. Within this they change to the pupa state. In two or three weeks a reddish-brown moth emerges. These moths pair and in a short time deposit the cluster of eggs; thus there is but one brood each season. It is usually easy to destroy the nests of the caterpillars either by cutting or burning the branch or by using a torch made by saturating a piece of cloth in kerosene and tying to a stick. In either \ case the operation must be done early in the morning, before the caterpillars have left the nests. Spraying with paris green is also effectual.—Orange Judd Parmer. ORCHARD AND GARDEN.

Potash fertilizers are better than manure for stone fruits. The Moore's early grape is one of the very best of the early sorts. The best time to set out evergreens is in the -spring before they start to grow. The plow in an orchard will not hurt if used frequently and commenced in good season. Ix a majority of cases an unnecessary growth of wood is a waste of energy with the tree. Any land that is rich enough to grow a good crop of corn is rich enough to grow a good crop of grapes. One reason why many fail to make forest trees grow is that the changes in 1 the condition of growth are too much, i Plan the garden so that as fast as one crop is matured smother will be ready to take its place, and in thip way keep the ground occupied. There are few better remedies for black rot than good culture and the cutting out and burning of all diseased limbs as soon as they are discovered. One of the very best places for dumping coal ashes is around the fruit trees; they not only act as a mulch, but they help to keep away insect pests. For a garden, especially, a heavy soil may be greatly improved by the addition of sand. Scatter evenly over the ground and mix thoroughly with the surface soil.—Green’s Fruit Grower. What Feed and How Much. An experienced dairy woman comes at the question of feeding the cqw in the following breezy way: “I have one fixed belief 1 which nothing can alter, and that Is that so long as the food is not too rich or concentrated a milking cow should have all she can eat, except for the three months previous to -calving. And even then it is quite possible that I err in reducing the feed too much, but I am so afraid of milk fever that I prefer to err, if at all, on the safe side. Take a lot of cows in pasture. borne are soon satisfied and lie down, while others continue eating, asr though they could never get enough. We don’t go out to the pasture with a scientific book in one hand and stop those cows from eating and tell them they have had enough—so much digestible matter, so much starch and so much fat, etc., and that if they are not satisfied they ought to be, and have got to quit. Not at all. Wc recognize that tlie cow is the best judge in the pasture, and to a great extent I think she should be the best judge in the stable, too, if we are reasonably careful as to what her ration is composed of.” Cool soil, bare from cultivation or mulching, is especially adapted to the production of clean, growthy apple trees. If the trees be trained with low heads when young they will soon,shade the soil, keeping down weeds and grass, give no chance for sun scald and facilitate the work of picking. It will he much easier also to spray such trees for inseet and fungus pests. Windstorms do not tear them np nor destroy the bloom so badly. The objection that low heads may favor growth of moss and fungus is met by the fact that the** trees are more feadilT kept open than beads high up The Young Apple Tree.

You want the Best Royal Baking Powder never disappoints; never makes sour, soggy or husky food; never spoils good materials; never leaves lumps of alkali in the biscuit or cake; while all these things do happen with the best of cooks who cling to the olcl-fishioned methods, or who use other baking* powders. If you want the best food, Royal Baking Powder is indispensable.

—Not many people would think of going into camp within a couple of miles of New York, yet the foot of the PalisadeC where three camps have been established, affords as pleasant a site as any in the remotest recesses of the Adirondhcks. The Hudson, in front, offers fishing', boating, and bathing. the wooded crags behind show picturesquely at every turn, the botanist, mineralogist, and entomologist find much to interest them, there are seve ral springs of good water, and Sunday picnics and snakes give a spice of adventure. One boat club has had a camp opposite Yonkers for two or three summers. .

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