Pike County Democrat, Volume 28, Number 31, Petersburg, Pike County, 10 December 1897 — Page 7

COUNTRY'S CURRENCY. Aanal Report of Comptroller Jamo & ■•koto — Ifsedsd L*(talatlM Apalt Ortod-H* BeUotrt the Goterooeot MmM Withdraw lu Clrmlttltc Nottt Md IM»rtte to the Books the Supplytoy of Itrrearjr. Washington, Dec. 5.—The annual report of James H. Eckels, comptroller of the curreuey. for the year ended October Si. ls»T, opens with a brief review of the history of the legislation which constitutes the present national bauk act, and invites the atr tentiou of congress to the amendments to the law recommended in former reports without specifically repeating them. On the subject of bank note circulation, the comptroller says: “It is noticeable that in all the changes which have been wrought in the uatioual currency act from its inception to the present time, the feature subject to criticism, but which was intended should constitute the principal benefit to be conferred, has remained comparatively unchanged, j namely, the uote issuing function. Whatever justification there was in the first instauce for restricting the issaing of notes against the bonds of j the government, deposited with the j treasurer of the Uuited Mates to kO [ per cent, of the par value thereof ! loug since ceased. In the report of every comptroller of £|he cur- j rency during the past 30 years the wisdom of changing the existing law so that the banks. and through them ; the communities iu which they are lo- ; cated, migut have the additional benefit of au added loanable capital has been urged. Despite ail this the law still remains without ameudmeut.

Not only should the bank act be amended in this particular, but eougress should seriously consider such a change iu the method of bank note issues as will enable the banas of the country U> more adequately meet the deuiauJsof trade and commerce iu all Sections of the couutry. The business of Oauiiing. like every other form of investment, must bo ma le attractive to capital, if it is placed upon a fating ditferent from other undertakings, embarrassed through unnecessary res trie lions, aud deprived of proper Sources of protit. the result cannot be otherwise than' that iuvestable capital will seek other means of employment, aud to such exleut deprive tue people of the Wuetits of the agency most requisite to commercial activity. It is considered by every great commercial governmeut, except the United States, to Iks the sole proviuee of the banks to issue paper which circulates as currcucy. The belief in a bank note currency as being better and safer than a government paper currency prevailed unquestioned iu this couutry, uutil. under the appareut exigencies of the war. the government undertook to issue paper currency. Eveu under such circumstances the promise was always given, however, that it should be retired at the earliest practicable moment, aud the admission was freely male that it was neither a wise measure nor a safe form of currency. ‘‘Between the competition of the government note issues on the one 1 hand the unnecessary restrictions imposed by law upon the other, together with the-increasing price of bonds required to be deposited a* security, the uote issuing function of the hauas has beeu permitted to become . mere iy a a iucideut to tne conduct of the uatiouai ban a ing associations of the country, it has beeu seriously suggested more than once that the bank issues be done away with and ail paper be issued by the government instead. The danger of such a course is not to be overestimated. The experience of every government has beeu ®hat the govern- , mental currency paper is a source of weakness and danger. In the United Stales where there has Wen the nearest approach to success with the volume of the federal paper comparatively limited in amouut, the credit of j the government has Wen more than once put iu jeopardy through it, and the business interests of the couutry subjected to unnecessary loss aud confusion.

"me argument uiaiiue ^itTtjrBiuent, better than the bauks, caa provide for the ledcmptiou of paper uote issues, will sot staud the test of a careful analysis- The governmeut has uc means for caring for its demand liabilities, except through borrowing aud through the levying of taxes. 1 pon the other hand the banks hare assets which can be promptly ^converted into cash to meet their outstanding notea w heu presented. Their ability to command gold has always been beyond that of the government, for iu each financial exigency which has confronted the government the banks have furnished to it the amounts necessary to maiutain ita solvency. It is impossible to believe that with a system of bank uole issues based in part upon securities aud iu part upou oank assets, the country cauuot be provided with a sound safe aud elastic bank note issue, always commensurate with and responsive to the demauds of trade. The bank of Eng.and. the bank of Scotland and the bauk of Ireland have been found to be ample in their resources to provide the note issues for use in the trade of the United Kingdom. The same is true of the bank of France. The Deutsch lieiehsbank or Herman Imperial bauk has for more than 32 years issued bank note paper against assets which has maintained its value and has beeu so controlled as to successfully meet the com tnerciai needs of the empire.” Refused to lutorfors. Lo.vdox, Dec. <$.—lit. Hon. Charles r. Ritchie, president of the board of trade, declines, on behalf of the board of trads, to accede to the request of the men that he should interfere in the present labor dispute with a view of arraugiug a conference between the Amalgamated Society of Railway Men and the railway companies as a whole, in order to avert a strike. Mr. Ritchie, in his reply, reminds the men in substance that they are a specially privileged body, having special responsibilities, and that their present attitude is ua justifiable.

AGRICULTURAL HINTS POOR STONE ROADS. Few “Maradaa*’ Headway* Are Beta* Batlt Properly. Interest in the movement for better highways shows itself most strongly in the growing custom of using crushed stone for road improvement. The stone crusher companies have evidently been doing an excellent business, for both in the cities and in the country do we find that stone has been used as road material. It is greatly to be deplored, however, that while so much excellent material is being employed, the methods adopted are so very faulty. In too many cases the men having the work in charge are content simply to deposit the stone upon the highway, frequently throwing it right into a muddy spot, and doing nothing further after the material has been put in place and spread. In many of the towns and cities where a road roller can be afforded the officials undertake to finish their work by placing a layer of gravel on top of the stone, and then rolling it until the entire material has been packed and hardened. A11 of these attempts at building macadam roads are failures, when regarded from the standpoint of intelligent and scientific road construction. The valuable feature of a stone or macadam road is its absolute compactness, and

FRENCH MACADAM ROAD. Located Between Fontainebleau and Sena. the principal aim in building a road by the use of crushed stoue should be to thoroughly pack and firmly unite every part of the material used, ^Pbe only way to accomplish this is to rol! every layer of dirt, stone, gravel or other material se|»arately. Before any of the • tone is deposited, the subsoil should be thoroughly hardened by rolling with a heavy roller. A layer of stone, if it is tc properly pack and form a hard road bed. must have, above all. a solid foundation. sfone deposited upon loose gravel, on soft ground, or in a bed of mud can never be successfully packed, either with a roller or by travel. So. too. if it is intended toplace a layer of grave!, or smaller crusb^vTsttnre. or screenings on the surface, the layer o? crushed stone beneath should first be thoroughly hardened/and packed. It is a mistake to suppose that the twou can be picked and Tolled together/ Material, to be thus compacted, must be uniform in character: and size/iind. while the angular pieces of stone will shift about under the weighj/of the roller until th,ey are all firitrly wedged in place, round particles of gravel, or smaller pieces, loose dirt or sand, when mixed with these angular pieces will prevent their being thus crowded together and compacted. The above explanations are the result of a careful study of the instructions issued by the state highway commissions of Massachusetts. California. New Jersey and Connecticut, and indicate the principles followed in those states in the construction of roads by state aid. The same principles are laid down in treatises upon macadam roads as built in Pennsylvania, Alabama, New York, North Carolina aud Ontario, and they constitute the fundamental rules laid down by experienced road engineers all over the world. The building of macadam roads offers opportunities for mauifold mistakes aud for an enormous waste of public funds. If ever it be true that what is worth doing at all is worth doing well it is emphatically true in the building of stone roads. A macadam road, w hen once properly constructed, needs little repairing and lasts for generations. as has been indisputably and repeatedly proven in England and on the Eurujieau continent. A stone road, jioorly built, for want of successful rolling, eveu with excellent material, is but a poor highway at best. Many so-called macadam roads, recently built by inexperienced men or without the proper use of good road rollers, are continually going to pieces by the wearing of ruts and the subsequent combined action of water and travel. Every good macadam read testifies to the value of durable highways^xvhile every stone road improperly built throws a shadow of doubt upon theAnovement for better highways. Those who believe in good roads cannot afford to have their work thus discredited. OTTO DORN'ER

Don't Confine thr Tarkrfi. Feed the turkeys well, but do uot confine them. Turkeys will lose flesh if confined longer than ten days, as they froi *nd pine for their liberty. The proper plan is to keep them growing as much as possible, by feeding meat twice a week, with a mess of wheat morning and night. Just before selling. they may be cooped up for a week or ten days, aud fed four times a dayon a variety of all they will eat; making corn and corn meal the principal food. It always pays to fatten thenr before selling.—Rural World. /Sensible nn«t Effective. The executive committee of the united wheelmen of Montgomery county. O-. drew up a simple but practical, com•plete and inexpensive plan of road improvement, setting forth the neede of the county roads, the methods best adapted to keep them in repair, and the estimated expense, and petitioned the board of county commissioners to adopt | it, and pledged candidates to it prior to | the election*

WINTER DAIRYING. U the Cow* Are Well Protected and Cared For It Faya There is always a demand for extra food milk. We are in favor of selling milk when from five to eight cents per quart can be obtained. In the suburbs that is not a high price because the owner of milch cows have to pay high for all the feed they buy. It requires much bran, shorts and linseed meal to keep the cows to their milk. That is to say, such cows as come fresh in December and succeeding mouths. The shelter has to be closely watched and the stalls well littered and water has to be tempered before giving it to the cows or they will not drink it. We again remind our readers that it is not good practice to wash the cows bags. It makes the skin tender and is apt to crack the teats, which by the necessary milking twice a day are hard to heal up. Now, no sensible person will imagine that we oppose warm water for a wash absolutely necessary, but when a soft brush and a clean soft cloth can do the work I use no water. Jersey cows are not of the kind to pour out a great quantity of milk for a mess; but most people of experience know that their milk is very rich, con- j taining ofttimes twice as much cream | as that of ordinary stock, hence their ; milk should bring an extra price because it is worth it. Many people give larger rations than common so soon as they notice that the cow is springing bag. For a young cow liberal feeding may be allowed, but the older cows seldom develop larger udders nor is it desirable. Our experience teaches that high feeding up to the time of calving is very dangerous, because it increases the parturition fever, more or less of which is always to be expected. Hence, we counsel to with; draw the feed of the usual rations onethird. and when the udder is much distended, even more than that. After 36 or .4$ hours, if the cow is ready to eat. commence to increase the feed and in days thereafter you may give her all the feed she eon assimilate, and you will find the flow of milk correspondingly increased.—Charles TV. Murtfeldt. in St. Louis Ilepublie.

DRYING VEGETABLES. In California It Has Become Quite an Important Industry. In California the drying of vegetables has developed into an important industry. Potatoes, carrots a^id other tubers are poured into the hoppers of cutting machines, where rotating blades slice them a quarter of an inch thick. They are then slightly sulphured in a wooden chamber. If this process is overdone the vegetables will taste of the luraes; if too little, bacteria, attracted by the starchy ill develop. A little sulphuring'Hrtiecessary to prevent decay and to/preserve the color. The tubers jyee-Tlow revolved for a few hours close to a hot pipe in an evaporator, which is a sort of Ferris wheel, consisting of a brick oven with glass windows. At the end of this time the potatoes are taken out in the form of dry chips. It requires six or seven pounds of the fresh to make one of the dried. As bacteria do not take kindly to onions, they are only slightly sulphured. It takes 20 pounds of the fresh onions to make one of dried, they shrivel up so much. Nine parts of fresh carrots are required to make one of the dried. The industry is proving very profitable, as there is a great demand for the dried fruit and vegetables in the country and at mines. If steam comes into use in the process the starch in potatoes could be sterilized and partly cooked before they are evaporated. In this way they would be rid of sulphur.—Chicago Inter Ocean. 1 -;- HANDY MILKING STOOL. Alth««gh Made at Home. It Hai Given Geaeral Satisfaction. 1 have used a milking stool made and illustrated on the plan described below for six years. The seat board (a) is of two inch plank, nine inches wide, 14 inches long. The stool board (b) is two inches thick, nine inches broad and long, out round. A three-eighths-iuch bolt (c) is put through the middle, the head

I f 1 HANDY MILKING STOOL. *uuk, the nut left off. so the seat will revolve. The seat is IX inches high. A hoop (e) is fastened with staples on the ; upright board (d) to .hold the bucket so it will be 11 inches from the floor to its upper rim. I use a two-gallon tin paiL A heavy wire is used for a hoop. The pieced is two by four and six inches long fastened to the underside of the seat,—Lyman Parmelee. in farm and Home. Ct»errjr Tree* is Grass. Our experience with cherry trees is that they do not require cultivation. Those we had in the garden were always more liable to rot and to be affected by insects than the trees that stood in dry places and surrounded by grass. It may be that it is the extra moisture in the cultivated soil that predisposes cherries to rot. or it may be the manure annually applied to the garden and to which the cherry tree roots helped themselves freely. The cherrytree does not do well with wet feet. On high, dry land its roots will run deeply enough to dud all the moisture it needs, and on such land in grass is the best to plant cherries for profitable fruiting.—American Cultivator. Hood Smuob tor Aailalloa. The coming six months will afford a splendid opportunity to agitate for better highways, develop popular sentiment mad force it upon legislatures.

AMONG THE WHEELMEN. - Eleven of the leading bicycle/ factories will turn out chainless wheels for 1S9S. Australia will send a representative to the international championships of 1S98, at Vienna. Michael, the little cycling wonder, rides a bicycle with a 26-iuch front wheel and 28-inch rear wheel. The bicycle baggage question was settled in France, simply by the minister of public works issuing an order to the railroad companies, directing' them to remove from their schedules and rates ail mention of bicycles. Some silly fellow, or else he is a joker, asserts that bicycle riders should always eat tomatoes after an exhausting ride. A small piece, he says, acts like magic, taking away thetired feeling almost instantly. Nonsense! Millions of people eat tomatoes habitually, and no one has yet discovered any magical effect therefrom. No bicycling outfit is complete without the ammonia “squirt.” which effectually disposes of the aggressive canine followers on the road, driving the dogs off without serious injury. Some German cyclists carry bicycle bombs, small but extremely noisy explosives. which exercise a magical effect upon the troublesome curs. An eminent Italian physician, curious to observe the effect of fatigue on cyclists, recently examined 24 men who had ridden 32 miles in two hours and a quarter, and found that, with reference to the hearing, in nearly every case it was defective, though it became normal again after two or three hours’ rest. ABOUT BEING GRACEFUL. Trifles continually give us away. The things we do with intention we may da well, but the iuvoluntarv aets betray our limitations. A perfectly graceful woman is graceful in every move—in the poise cf her head, in her walk, the way she sits and uses her hands.

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