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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 24, 1910)
K1 WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM CONVENIENT TO FARMERS MaJtca Farm Life Attractive ana lessens uangar ,f Fire-Can Very Readily Be Used br Oarryius Water to Dairy tied Barns WgylerDooffcE us ouur nen venion in (SubcM iril nn unpnrdunablo lack of tact or a grew somo attempt at a fllnlstcr ploco of hu mor, Gen. Valeriana Weyler, tho former Spanish captain gen eral of Cuba, who gained for himself the unenviable title of "butcher," ban al lowed tho publishers to print tho tltlo of the sensational book Hi which he attempts to defend his conduct while tho representative of tho Spanish crown on that Island, All MANDO EN CUBA (My Conimnnd In Cuba) In letters of gory scarlet on a pa por pf flvld gray. ' ' Whatovcr the inotlvo inny havo boon that prompted Blich a choice, that bloody "oye catcher',' of a llho fitly symbolizes the man and tho work which caused so many years of discontent In Cuba. Woylor has beet on trial boforo public opinion for butchering ills enemies instead of, fighting them; and ho flaunts In our facps the ugly stains that show whoro ho wiped off his knlfo. Captain Gonoral of Uio most fertile provlnco of Spain (and a provlnco which moro than otico manifested her Intention to throw off tho Bourbon yoke), ho makes such a cauo against tho country that buys his scrvlcos as no citizen of tho United States could havo over mndo to Justify America's attitude In tho Cuban ralx-up. Woyler was tho best hated man In Cuba whon tho government of his nation finally recalled him. This book will causo him to bo cursed tho longth and brendth of tho peninsula. "I wroto It." ho says, "to give all tho facts abo.ut my conduct aB gonoral in chlof, a conduct admired not only by army officers, high nnd ldw, who wroto mo Innumcrablo letters, but by privates, who, on their rotum to tho penin sula, spoke of mo .with an enthusiastic fer vor for which I can novor thunk thorn enough, Various reasons proventod mo from doing years ago (when I could not havo freed my mind from n certain blaB) n work which I can now do In perfect poaco of mind, thanks to tho time that hits passed, and which han soothed te Irritation duo to tho Injustice I suffered at the hands of somo mon. "Furthermore I did not wish to sadden Sonor Bagasta by retelling tho Btory of our colonial disasters; neither did I feol any plonsuro (a cen suring tho illustrious aon. Martlnox Campos, my predecessor -In Cuba, howovor uncharitably ho ncted toward me after his return to tho cnpltal." A perusal of tho book falls to provo that Woy ler kopt his promise to treat tho subject with porfect moderation; tho general's blood Is still boiling, nnd with somo Justification, for atrocious as hlsonduct was In mnny Instances, It could not very well be criticized In Spain by the Span ish government. Httd Woyler been ondowod with tho literary genius of n Murbot or n Las Cazes, ho could havo nioilo a much stronger caso ngatnst Spain nnd presented Ills' own nctlonH In a much moro favor nblo light. Unfortunately his knnwlcdgo of tho writer's craft Is ns deficient nu his fund of Infor mation touching political economy, gonoral his tory, "national nhud International politics is mcagei, Voy'lcr Is not a diplomat; tlio sllppory land nT mlances and Innucndos Is to him terra Incog nita; a primitive bruto, with rudlmontnry otlilcs, though unflinchingly frank nud straightforward, he novor venturps an assertion which cannot bo supported by documents; lie novor pays any at tention to, hearsay, but,,nuqtcs people's lottors In , etenso, J A fasqlnatlng typo, after all, for tho observer blessed with tho senso of history; Just Imagine what a Woyler would havo developed Into It ho had not bcon born some GOO years too late; clad Hn stool, ho had been riding a capurlsonod mount, or, If ho had been, nUuwed to range over Europe during tho Thirty Years' war! General Woylcr'a stylo U very trying; oven his proclamations vainly modeled nftor Napoleon I.'s oratorical goniB, rarely Bound tho note thut makCB a peoplo or an army vibrato. His rela tions of tho Cuban cnmpulgn with nil tho facts, 5 figures, names recorded In haphazard fashion , day by day, Is well nigh unreadable. ;, "but tho documents ho publishes In support of 4 his thesU (some of them of a confidential char- t ' actor and which lifts t havo been Bocurod through ' "diplomatic moaiiB") mako It well worth while wading through nn othorwlso dull, Bhapoless nnd IndlgeBtlbUi piece of writing, First of nil wo aro mndo to reallzo how hopo- loss tho plight of tho Spanish commnndorB had become In tho Island when Woylor took tho bUu- ' ntlon In bund; the ninny genornls who preceded ; him had been losing gromd from day to day; their cables to tho Spanish government gavo Information of a noBBlmlatlo character of which v tRe, public and tho press wero Boldom apprised; "-iiinir ronndontlal correBpondenco botrayod hoart- I?1 rending: facts, moro than onco poor Gpn. Mnrtl w bbz Campoa had humbly confessed hlniBolt boat- while tho cabinet led tho Spanlah nation to bllovo that tho war wAb practically over. lithe Cuban army, wao not oven given what ho waB entitled to, nn honest account of the Bltuation. ffi, "When I Iniulod In Cuba." ho writes, "I did TPnot oven suspect tho torrlblo coudltlons that pro availed In tho ialmd. t did not know anything k 1 gavo them constant aid nnd kopt them Informed of ovory movement of tho Spanish regiments. Says General Woyler: "Of all tho measures I took tho most bitterly crltlBlzed was the 'concentration,' which saved my troops from being uaolepsly deci mated and prevented tho landing of arms and munitions consigned to tho enemy. I need not defend that system. Whoever has a smattering of tho history of modern wars knows that it was cop led by tho English In tho Transvaal and tho Americans in tho Philippines, a fact mOst flattering to my prldo as a general. "If Individuals woro sometimes summarily shot under my gen eralship, ns It happens In tho courso of every wnr, thoy were put to death In obedience to thu laws and regulations, never for tho more reason that thoy wero Insurgents. I pnrdonod those who returned to tho fold, and showed much clemency to all thoso who camo to mo, however blnck their past may havo been.' It Is a mntter of regret that General Woylor should not have 1nnmnl It ndvlsnhln to volunteer mora information as to the organization of tho concentration camps. Ho snyB that ono pound of meat and n quartor of a pound of rice wero ullowod to every Individual over fourtoon. nnd ono-hnlf thut ration to children, which seems quite 1 i '.. 7Sn b 0 a I d e s what tho minlBtor of war- had told mo and what I had read in tho pa por a or In anonymous lot tors Bent by SpanlardH living In Cuba, and I thought that all of them oxng Roratod tho facts; I had no kuowlodgo of tho socrot docu- nionls I havo np pond ad to b00kV.1,ow Kloon,y tho outlook was Is set forth graphically In a confidential letter from uen. Mart noz Campos lo Canovns dol CaBtlllo, prljno minister of Spnln. .. "11 , I. ' AUho'JBh from tho very first I roallzod tho gravity of tho situation, I refused to bollovo It; my visits In Cuba, Principe nnd Hoi gin appalled mo; howovor, in ordor not to appear pessimistic, I did not oxprcss all my thoughts, and I decided to visit not only tho mnrltlmo communi ties, but tho towns lu tho Interior. Tho few Span lards who llvo In tho iBlnnd do not daro to men tion their origin oxcopt In the cities. Tho rest Of tho population hates Spnln. Wherever you pass a farm nnd aBk tho women whoro their husbands nro, thoy answor with terrifying frnnknoss: 'In tho mountains with Chief So nnd So.' "You could not got anyono to carry a mcssngo for COQ nor 1,000 posetns; ho would bo hanged if ho wero over caught. ..." Tho robols who charged Woylor with wanton cruolty-Boldoni rcstrnlnod thoniBolvoH from nccom pushing deeds of Ylolonco likely to torrorlzo tho few romalning supporters of tho Spanish rule. To quote Weyler: "Tho insurgents did not rotum In nny wny tho conaldorato treatment nccorded to thorn by this generous commander (Martinez Campos). At tho boglnnlng of tho war Maximo Gomez showed him Bolf vory fair; but Maceo, as 1 shall prove by au thentic documents, qrdored his bands to sot flro to all tho sugar mills wIioho owncrH wero not pay ing war tribute, to plunder and loot the country, to shoot mercilessly all tho moBBongers, mon caught ropalrlng railroad llnea or bringing pro visions jnto tho vlllngos. Worso yet: Tho Insur gent chlofa did not hesitate to kill with tholr own weapons defenseless Islnndors, and Maximo Go mez In his Memolres' confesses to having shot pr.rsonnlly a man he had sentenced to death, a deed which I call willful murder. And Btlll that individual preaumeB to call mo 'ausasBln,' " Ab IiIb authority for tho foregoing statement General Weyler not only (Uotoa extracts from (ho n Cuban papers, but appends a proclamation of Maceo, Gomez'B lloutonnnt, to h.ls bands. "Comrades in ArniB; Dostroy, destroy every thing, day and night; to blow up bridges, to derail trains, to burn up villages and Bugnr mills, to annihilate Cuba is tho only way to dofont our one inies. Wo havo not to account for our conduct to anyono. Diplomacy, public opinion nud history don't mattor. It would bo sheer Insanity to sock tho laurels of tho battlollold, to boar tho ilro of tho enomy's urtlllory and contribute! to tho glory of tho Spanish commnnders. Tho oaBontlnl thing Ib to convince Spain that Cuba will bo but a heap of ruliiB. What compensation will sho rocolvo then for tho sacrifice entailed by the campnlgn? Wo must burn nnd rnzo everything. It would bo folly to fight ns though we woro an Europenn army. Whoro rlflos nro of no avail lot dynanilto do tho work. A. MACEO." Tho only way to subduo such bloodthirsty, dos poruto pirates was to adopt their own tactics. Tho Insurgents, of their own ndmlBston, novor gavo nor accepted battle', but hnratssod tho regularB and destroyed their Bourcoa of "supply. "Concentra tion" seemed to bo the only Bolutlon of tho prob lem, for tho wives and children of tho Insurgents Can farmers 'have running water. hot or cold. In tticlr dwelling boucea? Most ccrtuJnly, What will Iho cost be-? Fifty dollars And up, dejwadtng upon the slsra 'of the house Mm the kind of equipment needed. This makes nonslble tiro tmth aw tolled room, pro tection from fire, tho easy -waahlflfl of windcrwi; and valkft, the flprinidi&g of lawns, th Irrigating of gardcon, and all tho other canvexiS&nc8 "which a few ycara ago wt thought icssrblo only in cities, vhero hlc -water ays- miU, or wrnt la much totter, a sna lino cngln-i, Krery up-loato fnnn o-Qght to havo ft small gasollno engine, whteh oan bo nllllwd not only, for op crating this water supply aystto), hu for chnrolns, eawlng -wood, outthm teed end doing a doxen and ono otbeJ Job3 about tho firm. It vrould takd only a few mlnutoa of pumping to ralM the iimnn in tho tank to thc deelrwd height. With tho onglno, it will not he necessary to he economical In sutas -witter, prarldQtl the well la a oufflclent under the circumstances. A few paragraphs. however, couched in his blunt, soldierly style, setting at naught tho terrible charges proforred against him lu con unction with that Btcrn systom of war faro would have boon Interesting, but thoy wero lack Inc. His Bllcnce amounts to a confes Rlon of KUllt. He makes a woak at tempt at oxplalnlng that tho wives and children of Inaur RentBwero not "con centrnted," b u t obliged to betake thomsolvcs whoro tho head of the fam lly wnB supposed to bo found. This Is worse yet. for one can conceive the ap palling nbuBcs which such an order ema nating from tho gen oral in chief must have countenanced and Justified. As tho revolutionary bands wero constantly moving from east to west and from west to east and could not bo loented with nny certainty, whnt an existence must havo been that of famlllos whoso mon wero not serving in tho ranks of tho rogular army. Refused nrmy rations, com polled to roam from ono devastated village to a burnt down hamlet, thoy could not but Biiccumb vto hunger nnd exhaustion. Had Weyler been less brutally honest, ho would havo omitted such a damaging admission Up to this day wo havo had books of many kinds dealing with tho Cuban war; pamphlota put forth by tho insurgents nnd notoriously unfair to Spain; Spanish publications which mlsrepre sonted gropsly tho nttltudo of tho United States; articles In European nowspapors almost unnnl mously censuring tho AmorlcanB for "robbing" Spnln of her colony. Now, however, wo have tho facts presented almost without nny comments nnd certainly with out embellishment by n Spaniard who Iovcb his country nnd frnukly detests the Americans. Onco or twice ho registers n protest against tho sonato's decision concerning the recognition of bolllgencrcy or tho campaign of defamation directed ngalnst him In American papers. Ho complains that In March, 189G, when ho had tho situation well under control, tho senate of tho United Stated Interfered most unfnlrly, for it recognized tho belligerency of tho Insurgents, theroby giving thorn now courago. This Is less convincing than the majority of nls arguments, for If wo compnro dates wo find letters In which ho admits his failure to stop tho progress of tho Insurrection. His gravest churgo ngalnst tho United States 1b contained in the following pnragraph, which Is too vague to ,bo taken ns sorlously as somo other statements of his: "Tho United States wero against everything mat would bring about a termination of tho war Aniorlcan citizens held sovernl millions worth of Cuban bonds, iBsued with tho provision that tho isianci wouiii pass under tho domination of tho United Statoa ten years after Cuba would havo separated herself from Spnln. Tho Ynnkoea saw that with tho puce I Bot tho much-Ionced-for Iride pendenco of Cuba and Its corollary, tho annexa tion tiioreof, wns becoming a moro and moro ro inoio poBsiouiiy. nut tliero wub no ronson why Itnillllnldn 1 I - t.t. . a. i. ",u I'uiiiuouiu buuiiiii imvu ruoucu an 1110 gossip iiich originated in Amoricu. But on tho whole tho plcturo his lottors nnd reporta, as well na the letters of Martlnoz Cnm pos ho publishes, present to our eyes of Cuba In the years preceding tho Mnlno Incident would unvo jiisiuiod any nation, noar or remote. In im-nr. venlng for tho Bnko of humanity; a population Imnlllttlmia l.t I . I I ... .. . "" nn num. it iut HKiuponuonco; n moouy war which could -only lead to nn nnhom oral poaco and nt best would havo loft thn isinn.i a drenry wasto for years to como; tho rights of lu.uifju mini uwnora nnu investors trampled un uur jooi; mi tins Horror hud to bo stopped. Spain did not loso Cuba as n coiiBciiuonco of me wur wan tno uiweu states; by the vory ad iuiaioii vi npain-H military ropresontntlvca In that Ill-fated colony, Cuba was Irrotriovnbly lost to Spain In 1807, and tho fow Spanlnrds rosldlmr In tho coast (owns, tho only safe nbodo for tho:n felt themselves n despls-d, ostraolsod minority'. Kxnd Pamn end Prstura Tank, and (ena -wero bval&'ble, vrltes Clarence A. Sham el In Oraag Jndd Farmer, This la one of the Uilngs that makes farm life attntctlrv. It lessens tho work In tbs licmso, tnararcs a fine lawn and garden, reteces danger from fire. add?) greatly to cocotori and cos- Tnlence In every dtrecdoa. The -way ta seesre tMa Is to Install a -water roKfly system, -uita a pro Bure tank ta t&e baseaent This prcs snre tant la so armnjced that by pumping It fuB under stroag air pres sure the TTObfcr is tBrced all orer the bouse, and Is available for the bath room, toilet room and tbe garden or fire bos. The -water Is distributed about Uh bcaisa exactly as It Is in city borne, by mtcss of galvanlxed Iron pipes. 'Where a small building is to be supplied and tJtta amount of water to bo used Is sot large, the sys tem can be Installed for $Gft. Por tho average bouse 90 is a batter figure. Wbere tb basse Is larse, and where ronsSderabla axaocmta of water are needed for tbe lawn and garden, and possibly also for washing carriagoa, cntomobfles and borgea, a buser sys tem aboald be Installed, coating up to $150. Tbe cost of the system, there fore, depsnds upon the wishes of tho owner nad tbe demands that will be madia upon It. Ita Installation In caay, and its op eration Is excoodlnsty Blmple. Any pipe litter or plumber can put In tho plant so tbat It wtH wort porfectlr, All Tkat la nooded for operating is to &cop tbe tank prcasnro np to tbe do- the supply of watej good one Urge. I bare a system of this kind In my country home. It was Installed foui years ago and coat $75. Previous tq tbat time nothing of the kind hai) been used In my neighborhood. Wq take care of tbe waste water and sewage by running a large tile from the bathroom, one-quarter of n miU distant, to a largo clstorn, locatod Is' the center of a big field. This Is db infected about twlco n year, and ll easily bandied. I havo nover bad an? trouble wttb tho water pipes, ovotf during tho coldest weather. Nclthol havo I had any difficulty with th wasto system. In fact, the water sup ply Is practically perfect, and I don't seo bow any farmer who can got to gether $75 or $100 can afford to b without it Tbe Illustrations Indicate the nr rangemont of a water supply system, as can be readily Bean Is very sim ple. Tho systom can also bo used for supplying water to stock tanks, and these may be locatod nnywboro on the farm. Tho prosauro developed In tho tank Is sufflclont to forco tho wator anywbero wanted. This use will, of course, depond cntlroly upon tho wlsheo of tho ownor, and Is simply a matter of cost of pipes. It can vory, road lly bo usod for delivering wator to dairy or otbor Btock barns, whero it can bo run Into wator troughs In tho stalls, or olsowhorc, as desired. On tho whole, tho farm wator supply system is ono of tho most satlafac- ' . Domestic Water Works elrcil point This may bo 20, 40, GO or 100 pounds. A fow strokoa of tho pump, if tho work Is dono by hand, Is Bufilciont If a lot of water la used, of courso tho amount of pumping will increase. By being economical in tho coo of wator, tbat is to say, by wast ing nono, this mattor of pumping Is not at all a serious problem. Tbo moat satisfactory method of pumping, howovor, ia to uso a wind- System. tory that has over been Invented, and; should bo looked up by ovoryono who is desirous to aocuro comfort and con vonlenco. ', N . Care of Milk. Carry tho milk out of tho atablo as soon as you got it from tho cow. Milk Is awfully grasping. It will take ovory umol! within ita roach. Don't give it a oh an co. DELICATE BREED OF TURKEYS It la well known to experienced broedoro and naturo students that black-plumaged birds will once in a while havo whlto offspring; this ox plnlnn tho origin of what in thin coun try Is known aa tho Whlto Holland tur key. Bo koon an observer as Teget nioler Is on rocord no saying that "It ia woll known that moat birds, wild no well as tamo, occasionally produce per fectly whlto individuals of moro doll- cato constitution than the parents; Thore can bo no doubt that tho aolec tion nnd pairing of suchia tho waji In which tho'broed of whlto turkoya has bcon established und kept up." J. a. Loland, a noted Illinois brodorof whltq turkeys, eays; "As to color, I have nover eon Wblto Holland turkeya that did not chow como black ticking In plumage during tome period of tholr Uvea." Hi fit