Nebraska Newspapers

    THE SUGAR INQUIRY.
senate investigators enter
UPON THE WORK.
Krpnrter Edwards tha First to Undergo
nomination—Tha Stortss About Sec
retary Carllsle’e Work for Sugar and
tha Half MlUloa Dollars Cempelge Coa
tribntloa Brought Up—Nothing of a
namaglug Nature Brought Out.
The augur Trust.
W.vsirntGTOJt, May 35.—The senate
bribery and investigating committee
to-day began the inquiry into the con
re,-tion of the sugar trust with the
tariff legislation by examining E. J.
Edwards, the author of the “Holland”
letter in the Philadelphia Press, for
several hours. The committee sat
behind closed doors and after emerg
ing from the committee room Mr.
Edwards was unwilling to discuss the
proceedings in detail. It is known,
however, that he presented a written
memorandum, giving some of the
sources of the information contained
in liis letter and stating that he could
not give his authority in other cases
and why he could not.
i'li. Mwaras declined to state his
authority for the statement in his let
tor that Secretary Carlisle had ap
peared before the tariff sub-coomrait
teo. consisting of Senators Jones,'
"test and Mills, before the original
senate bill was reported and had in
sisted that sugar be protected because
of the party pledges made previous to
the election or for the statement that
Mr. Carlisle had himself revised and
written the sugar schedule, lie sug
gested that the factcould be definitely
ascertained by summoning members
of the finance committee.
Other statements in his letter, the
authority for which Mr. Edwards de
declincd to give, were those that li
million dollars was the amount con
tributed by the sugar trust to the
Democratic campaign fund in 1892 and
that a member of the firm of Moore
& Schley, who he said in his letters
were Senator Brice's brokers, had
been in possession of the latest amend
ments which had been agreed upon to
the tariff bill before the time when
Senator Voorhees still insisted on the
floor of the senate that no amendments
had been agreed to. It was his infor
mation that this firm had a represen
tative in Washington to whom the
amendments were handed. He could
not recall this man’s name. "v L
With reference to the contribution
of S.r>00,000 to the campaign fund in
the last presidential election, Mr.
Edwards said that it would be a
breacli of faith to reveal the name of
his authority. He also stated that
it was his information that the
money had not been contributed
directly to the national ‘commit
tee, but had been given to
other organizations where it was
understood the money would be
used in ways to result to the benefit
of tlie national campaign. Nor was
his information positive that the
sugar trust as such had made the con
tribution. It might have been made
by or through individual members of
this trust with the understanding
that in the case of success the trust
should be protected against damaging
legislation. He instanced, in support
of this information, a statement made
by Governor Waller of Connecticut,
before an investigating committee in
that state, in which he said Governor
Waller had stated that wealthy men
of New York had contributed $100,000
towards Democratic success in Con
necticut. Mr. Edwards said it was
his information that half of this
amount had been contributed by Mr.
Havemeyer. In the case of Colorado
which had been stated in his letter
had been carried for the Populists by
aid of money thus obtained, he said
that it was a notorious fact that lead
ing members of the Democratic party
in Colorado had been in consultation
with wealthy Democrats of New York
prior to the election.
TAYLOR CONFIRMED.
The Kansas Colored Politician Recorder
of Deeds for Washington.
Washington, May 25.—C. H. J. Tay
lor, the colored Kansas man, over
whose confirmation to be recorder of
deeds for the District of Columbia
there has been such a spirited debate
in the senate, was confirmed at yes
terday's executive session, the vote
standing 34 to 15. There were no
speeches made beyond a few remarks
by Senator Hill to the effect that the
Democratic party platform on the sub
ject of home rule should be observed..
The division in the vote was not over
party lines, but Taylor received a
larger percentage of Republican votes
than at first seemed probable.
Held Up bj the Cold Brick.
Wioiiita, Kan., May 25.—Saturday a
stranger from Chicago, who had been
at a hotel here for a week, met a
Sumner county farmer and took him
to a hotel, where another man claim
ing to be a government assayer, was
stopping. An alleged gold brick was
produced and a bogus test made.
Then the farmer was taken to Vail, a
prominent jeweler here, and a new
assay made. Vail warned the victim,
but in vain. The gang cleared up
$4,000 and also got their victim out of
town._
Appealing for More Judge*.
Washington, May 25.—Judge Stuart
of the Indian territory yesterday ap
peared before the senate judiciary
committee and urged the passage of
the bill appointing one more judge in
the Indian Territory. Colonel Jack
son, an attorney, of Ardmore, made a
speech. _^_
Flea Million Dollar*’ Damage Dona by
the Pennsylvania Freshet*.
Philadelphia, May 25. — Careful
estimates of the direct losses occa
sioned by the floods in this state
place the amount at $5,000,000. The
damage at Williamsport alone will not
fall short of $1,000,000. The entire
tobacco crop of Northern Pennsyl
vania and Southwestern New York
li^ts been destroyed. The streams
generally are subsiding to-day, but
at some points the danger is not past,
East Le wis burg, a village of 200 in
habitants is entirely under water.
'The Lcwisbnrg railroad bridge is irre
• sarably damaged.
DESPERATE BANK ROBBERS.
A Battle With Them la Which One a*
the Outlaws it Killed.
Loxovrew, Texas, May 35.—At 3 p.
ns. yesterday two rough looking men
walked into the First National bank,
one with a slicker with a Winchester
concealed in its folds He handed the
following note to President Joe Clem
mons:
. „ , Hone, Mar tt
First National Bank. Longview.
*This will Introduce to you Charles Spook*
elmeyer, who wants some money and Is going
to have It B and F ”
It was written in pencil in a fairly
good hand on the back of a printed
poster. The bank cashier thought it
wis an importunate subscription to
some charity entertainment and
started to donate, when the robber
pointed his Winchester at him and
told him to hold up.
The other robber rushed into the
side wire door and grabbed the cash.
Tom Clemmons and the other bank
officials were ordered to hold up their
hands. The robbers hurriedly emptied
the vaults, securing 33,000 in 310 bills
numbered 9, and nine 320 bills num
bered 20, and seven unsigned Long
view bank notes, which may lead to
detection. While this was going on
two of the robbers were in the alley
in the rear of the bank shooting at
everybody who appeared and were
being fired at by City Marshal Muck
ley and Deputy Will Stevens.
The firing made the robbers in the
bank very nervous, and they hurried
the bank officials out and told them to
run to the horses and mount.
This was done in order to keep the
posse from shooting, but as the bul
lets flew thick and fast the bank men
•"“ «*« uuuu vhc vuiuci nun ocvcriii
shots after them.
George Buckingham, who was shoot*
ini' at the robbers, was shot and
killed; while lie was down the robbers
shot at him sereral times.
City Marshal Muckley, who was
shooting' at another robber, received a
! Winchester ball in the bowels;' The.
| ball glanced from some silver dollars
he had in his pocket, which may save
his life.
J. \V. McQueen, a saloonkeeper, ran
out in the alley and was shot in the
body and it is thought mortally
wounded.
Charles S. Leonard was walking
j through the court house yard and was
i shot in the left hand. Deputy Will
I Stevens was not hurt, though he stood
I in short range and killed one of the
! robbers.
j The bankers all escaped unhurt.
I The robbers who stood guard in the
alley would yell at everyone who
came in sight and shoot at them in*
stonily. When the robbers rode away
and saw one of their comrades dead
they remarked: "Poor Bennett is
dead.” The body of the dead robber
was identified as George Bennett, a.
reckless fellow who had been here
some months ago and married a
daughter of a respectable farmer liv
ing near this place, but left her and
j went to the Indian territory. He was
dressed like a cowboy, with high
heeled boots and spurs, and a belt
full of cartridges and two double ac
tion revolvers. His horse, which was
captured, had 300 rounds of ammuni
tion strapped to the saddle.
Another of the robbers, the man
who gave President Clemmons the
note, was identified by several here.
He married a respectable young lady
in Panola county lust fall, but later
went to Mexico and had not been
heard of until yesterday. He was well
known here. It is thought Bennett
has a relative in the gang; if so only
one man remains to be identified.
The robbers rode rapidly out of town,
displaying their firearms and the
money they had secured.
A posse was soon in pursuit, and
when last heard of was only fifteen
minutes behind them. The bank
offers $500 reward for their arrest,
dead or alive, and the citizens added
$300. /
Deputy John Howard was shot at
fifteen times, but was not hurt. He
emptied his pistol several times and
wounded one of the robbers in the
face. No less than 200 shots were
fired.
The retreat out of town was made
past the home > of George Bennett.
They met a farmer four miles north
of here and took his hat and gave
him an old one and told him to tell the
nosse to come on, tliut they were go*
ing to keep on the big road.
SANDERS’ ARMY,
Monday on Flatboats.
Kansas Citt, May 25.—Unless there
is a hitch in his plans, J. S. Sanders
and liis army of 350 wealers, who
are camped on the government reser
vation at Fort Leavenworth, will ar
rive in Kansas City on flatboats next
Monday morning. The stay in Kan
sas City will be brief. The army will
go into camp over night to tike on
their flatboats a supply of provisions
furnished by the Industrial councils
of the two Kansas Citys. Tuesday
morning, early, the journey down the
Missouri river will be resumed. From
St. Louis the little fleet of flatboats,
towed by the “Belle of Brownville,”
will go down the Mississippi river to
Cairo, thence up the Ohio river to
Pittsburg. Somewhere along the
route Sanders expects to overtake
General Kelley and his army.
Breckinridge to Speak In Illinois.
Fulton, 111., May 35.—The commit
tee of arrangements for the Fourth of
July celebration has received a letter
from Congressman W. C. P. Breckin
ridge, which practically assures the
members that lie will speak here that
day. The colonel said a definite reply
would be given in a few days, and he
would be pleased to come if nothing
unforseen happened
Victoria's 75th Birthday.
London, May 25.—The Seventy-fifth
birthday of Queen Victoria was ob
served throughout England to-day,
although the official celebration of
the event will not take place until
Saturday, according to custom.
All Leavenworth Wages Raised.
Leavenworth, Kan., May 25.—The
Kansas and Texas coal company has
announced an advance of ten cents
per ton in price of mining coal to
meet the advance made by the Home
and North Leavenworth mines. Fully
too men are employed at this shaft.
TEST ON THE TARIFF.
- ; „ ?
AN IMPORTANT VOTE TAKEN*IN
THE SENATE.
Bvsvy Damnermt Shown to bo In Its Fa
vor— A Motion b|r Mr. Tailor that tho
Compromlio Maoanro bo Tabled Do*
ranted by n Tote or *S to S«—Mr. Gor
man Gives Ula View, on Tariff LegLIa
. tlon—A Comparlaon ot Tariff Dntlea.
Voting on tho Tariff BUI.
WAsmsraTON.May 54.—The “compro
mise” tariff bill will not be tabled
but will stpnd or fall as it now la,
subject, of course, «to amendments
by the “conservative steering com
mittee.” This was positively settled
by a test vote on a motion made by
Mr. Teller of Colorado to lay tho bill
on the table. Even Mr. Hill and Mr.
Irby voted with the Democratic ma
jority against the motion and Mr.
Kyle of South Dakota arrayed himself
on the side of tariff revision.
That there is more in Mr. Teller’s
motion than appeared on the surface
is generally believed, and it would
surprise no one now to see tho West
ern Kepublican senators cecso all op
position to the measure and even us
sist indirectly in its passago at an
early date.
was to test the sense of the Demo
cratic majority and see if the bill was
to be the measure which the Demo
cratic majority intendod to pass.
That it is WQnld seem to be settled,
for the motion was defeated by,
with the exception of Mr. Kylo, a
strict party vote of 28 to 38.
MR. QOBMA.N OX THK TARIFF.
The announcement that Mr. Gor
man would speak to-day upon the
tariff, brought out a larger attend
ance than usual. After Messrs. Jones
and Platt had discussed the “T” rail
amendment for a time, Mr. Gorman,
pale from his recent illness, took the
floor. He spoke slowly and in a low
tone of voice. He rehearsed the diffi
culties that had confronted the Dem
ocratic party in dealing with
the question of tariff reform
—not at all in opposition,
but internal dissension when
the fruits of victory had been secured.
Withal, he claimed that action by
the present congress had not been un
usually delayed. It was the last of
September before the president
signed the McKinley bill, and this is
only May. The Wilson bill had been
reported to tbe house before its effect
upon existing industries could be prop
erly studied; an imperfect measure
that not only failed to meet the treas
ury requirements but actually in
creased the deficit created by the Re
"publican prohibitive duties. There
was no expectation that it would
become a law unchanged. The
senate had al ways perfected such bills.
Yet, no sooner did the finance com
mittee begin its work than the cry for
“action” was renewed with extraor
dinary vigor, and the Democratic
senators were informed that any
change would be set down as “betray
al of the party’s promises,” and that
every senator who showed the least
concern for the interests of his own
state was a. traitor to the union and
his party; that the senate was no
longer a co-ordinate body but its sole
duty was to ratify blindly the action
of the house. He continued: “It
would be idle, Mr. President, to dwell
upon the manifest absurdities of
this outgrowth of petulance. But
it cannot be denied that the demand
for prompt action seriously impaired
the efficiency of the finance commit
tee’s work and ultimately became so
strong that revision was hastily com
pleted and the bill was reported to
the senate. I ventured the assertion
in the course of the silver debate that
nowhere was the truth of the old
adage ‘the greater haste the less
speed’ better exemplified than in
legislation. So it proved then and so
it will now. I do not propose to dis
cuss the merits or demerits of either
the original Wilson bill or the meas
ure reported bv the finance commit
tee. It is sufficient for the Demo
cratic party.”
THIS UUXt'HUUiS£ UtFOUKU,
In answer to the charges by the Re
publicans, Mr. Gorman asserted that
the bill had been constructed on the
Democratic theory of tariff for reve
nue, with such incidental protection
as could be given consistently to the
industries of the country. It fol
lowed strictly the course marked out
by President Cleveland in his letter
of acceptance upon which he was
re-elected and the Democratic party
entrusted with full power. If there
had been the slightest apprehension
in the public mind of a radical over
turning of industrial affairs Mr.
Cleveland would not have been re
elected. This was not a free trade
measure, but it was a longer step for
freer trade than either the Mills bill
or the tariff act of 1883. It was not
protection for protection’s sake, but
it did discriminate between raw ma
terials and manufactured articles to
the full extent . of the difference
between foreign and American wages,
nor was it a deficit-creating
bill, such as the present law was or
the house bill would have beep. It
was Democratic because it reduced
taxation to the requirements of gov
ernment. It was just; it was wise; it
was business-like; it was patriotic.and
it was prudent because it did not at
tempt to ignore facts in carrying out
a theory. It was not perfect but it
was the most logical, most fair, most
broad, most timely and would prove
to be the most advantageous tariff
legislation enacted since the Repub
lican party sprang into existence.
Mr. Gorman denied that any trust
bad dictated any part or any schedule
of this bill. Justice to Louisiana had
required the retention of the sugar
bounty. That the sugar trust had
thrived under the Republican tariff
there could be no question; whether it
would prosper under ’the new bill re
mained to be seen.
THE INCOME TAX.
Upon the subject of the income tax.
Mr. Gorman said: “In the matter of
internal revenue, I may say that,
personally, I am in full accord with
the sentiments so ably and so elo
quently expressed by the senators
from New York and New Jersey re
garding the Income tax. Like them
I consider that it served its purpose
aa a war tax -and has no flttl&j
place in our fiscal system ii
a time of peace. I could not. ]
say frankly, rote conscientiously
or consistently with . my judgment
and convictions to make this method
of taxation a part of our settled pol
icy, but, much as I deplore the fasten'
Ing of an income tax in any form
upon our tariff bill, 1 cannot ignore
the faot that a large majority of my
Democratic colleagues differ from my
self in this matter and are so conn
dent of the soundness of their posi
tion that they are willing to subject
it to the test of a few years, thus en
abling the people to see its actual
workings and to pass upon it directly
MR. Tr.LT.KR SPRINGS A SURPRISE.
Mr. Gorman was applauded from
the galleries as he elosod and sons'
tors gathered about Ills dusk con
gratulating him. Mr. Aldrich fol
lowed, commenting sarcastically upon
what the latter had said regarding
compromise.
When Mr. Teller arose Republican!
and Democrats alike felt as he spoke
that somo move was impending, lie
was Interested, lie said, to learn from
Mr. Gorman chut a majority of the sen
ate would support the compromise
bill. Ho was also interested in learning
that the Democratic party was stand
ing, not on the Chicago platform, but
upon Mr. Cleveland's platform, lie
hud known that the party had aban
doned the Chicago platform as far as
silver was concerned at Mr. Cleve
land's dictation, but ho had learned
for the first time to-day that Mr.
Cleveland's utterance took precedence
over the plank of the party platform
on the tariff. Still, even after
in doubt as to the condition ol
the other aide. Maryland's sena
tors had not said that all
Democrats would support tlio bill, lie
had said a majority of the senate
would support it. (low many Popu
lists were counted on by Mr. tiorman
to make up a majority of the senate?
Were theio any backsliders among
the Democrats? These were all inter
esting questions and in order to make
every senator show his colors he would
move to lay the tariff bill on the table.
Mr. Teller’s motion created con
sternation on both sides. The bells
rang and pages were sent scurrying
through the corridors to drum up
every available senator in order that
the full strength might be polled on
the vote.
Mr. liutlcr of South Carolina, who
was in the barber's chair when a mes
senger found him, came in with one
side of his face shaved. Roll call was
watched with intense interest, curios
ity being particularly manifested as
to how Messrs. Hill, Irby and Peffer
would vote. All three voted against
the Teller motion. The Democratic
line did not show a single gap and the
three avowed Populists —Messrs. Al
len, Kyle and Peffer—voted with
.them. The motion was defeated, 38
to 38.
PENNSYLVANIA REPUBLICANS.
General Daniel H. Hastings Named for
Governor—The Platform.
Harrisburg, Pa., May 34.—The
opera house was packed when the
convention to nominate the candidate
of the Republican party for governor,
auditor general, secretary of state
and congressman-at-large was called
to order to-day. The roll call showed
the presence of 337 delegates out of
304. General Lewis Wagner of Phila
delphia, was chosen temporary chair
man and made a brief speech. After
the appointment of the committee on
resolutions with Lyman D. Gilbert of
Harrisburg as chairman a recess of an
hour was taken.
. When the convention reassembled
ex-Congressman Theodore L. Flood of
Crawford county was made perma
nent chairman, and was loudly ap
plauded as he took the gavel and
rapped for order.
Chairman Gilbert of the resolutions
committee read from the stage the
platform agreed upon. It favors the
expansion of the circulating medium
to 840 per capita and indorses the
financial plank of the last Republican
national convention. The Democratic
tariff policy is bitterly denounced
and the bill before congress is de
clared as vicious. Paragraphs are de
voted to denunciation of Secretaries
Smith and Gresham and labor legisla
tion is demanded.
Then General Beaver nominated
General Daniel H. Hastings, “the
hero of Johnstown,” for governor,
and, after several seconding speeches
had been made, he was chosen bv ac
clamation.
C, L. Magee of Pittsburg, nominated
Walter Lyon of Allegheny county for
lieutenant governor and W. I.
Schaffer of Chester named Congress
man “Jack” Robinson of that county.
The roll call resulted in the selection
of Walter Lyon. The rest of the state
ticket was made up as follows:
Auditor general, Amos Mylin of
Lancaster; secretary of internal af
fairs, James W. Latta of Philadelphia;
congressmen at large, Galusha A.
Grow of Susquehanna and George F.
Huff of Westmoreland.
TARIFF .DUTIES COMPARED.
The Senate “Compromise," the Wilson
Bill and the McKinley Law.
Washing ton, May 24.—The treasury
experts have completed their work of
calculating- the equivalent ad valorem
rates of the compromise tariff bill as
compared with the McKinley law
and the house bill. This shows the
following averages on each of the
schedules of each of the two bills and
the existing law:
Chemical* - Present law, 31.61: senate MIL
24 21 house bill. 2».
Earth, earthenware and glassware—Present
law. 51.25: senate bill, 37 33 house bill. 3137.
Metals and manufactures of—Present law.
63 43 senate Mil, 34 20: house bill, 35 00
Wood and manufacture* of—Present law,
32.06; senate bill. 23 Hi: house bill. 22 01.
Suear—Present law, 1165: senate bill, 39.50:
house bill, 28 4:'.
Tobacco and manufaetuers of—present
law, 117.82; senate bill, lo6 9.i; house bill
91.53
Agricultural products and provisions—pres*
ent law, 3.* 21; senate MU, 23 02; house bill,
21.58
Spirits, wines and other beverages—present
law, 6j9j: senate bill, 58.9.*; house bill 0300
Cotton manufactures -present law, 55.25.
senate bill. 40.92 house bid, 3s.45.
Flax, hemp and jute and manufactures of—
present law, 45. senate bill, 32 41; house bill,
Ulol.
Wool and manufactures of—present law.
9002. senate bill, 41 13; house bill, 49.73
Silk and silk cools—present law, 53.50; sen*
ate Dill, 4o.9J house bill. 45 13
Pulp, papers and books-present law, 23 85;
senate bill. 20.3a house bill, 19 Id
Sundries—present law, 27. senate Mil, 28 13;
house bill, 20 23
Total-present law, 49.58; senate Mil l&Tfc
house bill, 3&M
®he Household.
Bn-KHplnf la ('aha.
The honey-bee wu introduced Into
Cuba from Spain at a very early pe
riod of its history; and being a land
of perpetual flowers, with no winter
to impede their tabor, they soon spread
to all parts of the island, and bee
keeping has long since become one of
the established industries, says a
writer in Gleanings. There is prob
ably no other oountry of equal extent
on the globe whloh has furnished an
equal amount of honey and beeswax.
The lajtter has, for more than two cen
turies, illuminated the ehurohea of
both this island and the mother eoun
try, besides furnishing the supply
needed for other purposes, while the
former has found a remunerative mar
ket in all civilized countries, chiefly in
Germany, England, France and the
United States. - A Cuban bee-hive ie
very simple, consisting merely of a
hollow palm log, or oblong wooden
box, 10 to is inches in diameter, and 5
to 6 feet in length, open at both onds.
These hives are arranged in a horizon
tal position, three or four feet high,
supported on a framework of long
bamboo poles resting on posts
driven into the ground. When
tucae niveA are lull of
honey, the Cuban bee-keeper, after
thoroughly smoking the bees, thrusts.
Into one end of the hire, a long sword
shaped knife and outs the eombs loose
from the inside walls. Ue then In
serts a long Iron rod, flattened a t the
end, aud bent in the form of a right
angle, clear Into the brood neat (whleh
generally occupies about fifteen Inches
in length of the center of the hire),
outs the combs, and pulls them out
one by one. lie then performs the
same operation on the other end of
the hive, and so continues until the
whole apiary is gone over. The combs
are now submitted to pressure, and
the wax separated from the honey.
Of course, the honey so obtained la not
very pure, being mixed with pollen,
propolis, dead beos, and the juloea of
larvas, all of which tends to cause fer
mentation. Cuban honey (than which,
when pure, there is no finer in the
world) has gained an unenviable repu
tation. Native apiaries, of fropi SO to
300 or 400 hives, are frequent, and
sometimes as many as 3,000 are kept
In a single yard. The season for sur
plus honey extends from October to
April, the height of the flow being
from the middle of December to the
middle of February; but there is al
most always a sufficiency for breeding
purposes, and hence the Cuban bee
keeper never resorts to feeding. He
“robs” his hives only once or twice
during the year, and seems satisfied
with an average production of 75 to
100 pounds of honey, and four .or five
pounds of beeswax per hive.
Thk annual report of Secretary
Hutchins of the Elgin Butter ex
change shows that during 1803 30,986,
535 pounds of butter were sold by
members for 98,050,496, and 0,361,793
pounds of cheese for 9573,501. The to
tal production for twenty years has
been: Butter, 313,404,101 pounds;
cheese, 130,305,445 pounds. -The aver
age price for 1393 was: Butter, 30
cents; cheese, 9 cents. In 1893, but
ter, 25% cents; cheese, 8% cents. The
total cash transactions for twenty-two
years was 904,507.594.80. The average
price for twenty-two yearn was: But
ter, 28% cents; cheese, 8% cents. The
number of factories represented is
350; members, 393. There was dur
ing the year an increase in the
production of butter; but a de
crease of cheese. Owing to the fact
that a number of factory men shipped
their milk and cream during six
months of the year, the increase in
the production of butter is not so
great as it would otherwise have been.
During 1893, more than 78,090,000
pounds of milk were produced in the
district, which have not entered into
the production of either butter or
oheese, he finds More than 4,500,000
pounds of butter and 1,500,000 pounds
of cheese had been produced in facto
ries in the district, which are not pre
resented on the board.—Farmers’• Re
view.
English Butter Market.
In one of the trade papers of the
northwest lately there has been some
discussion regarding the desirability
and advisability of opening up a direct
trade with foreign markets for butter,
says Elgin Dairy Report. That such
an enterprise at the present time would
be desirable for this country goes with
out telling, but as to whether it would
be profitable to the promoter or not is
another question. The fact remains
and is a serious one for the dairymen
of the United States, that the class of
bntter sent over to England from this
side has not been representative of the
quality made in our creameries It has
been practically bakers' stock for use
in that industry rather than for table
use. Our dealers and manufacturers
instead of packing the goods in proper
shape and form for distribution in the
United Kingdom have insisted upon
sending them to market in the same
shape in which they are prepared here,
and the result has been that the bet
ter class of trade has passed onr goods
by and supplied their wants from
butter imported either from Den
mark or some other section rather than
the states In a conversation that we
have had with a gentleman that has
been looking into this matter lately,
he found Australia butter in the mar
kets to a large extent. That includes,
of course. New Zealand as well, and
those butters were selling in the mar
kets in February at 106 to 114 shillings
per hundred weight, which is on an
average of 35c per pound and the finest
American dairy butteratthesamethne
was quoted at 86 to 90 shillings or 16
to 30c per pound. Now, why. should
butter made in Australia and carried
acroat r,ooo or 10,000 miles of water
be sold for more money than on
good* bore which can bo placed
upon them comparatively froth?
The reaaon Memo to bo that
our people have not looked after
the requirements of the market In the
shape of packages and methods of pre
paring the goods The goods from
Mew Zealand are packed In square
cases holding exactly so pounds or
H per hundred weight They are
made heavy, air tight and lined with
parohment paper so that the butter
practically is in an air tight receptacle
from the time It leaves the oreamery
until it arrives at the merchant’s store
in England. The quality of the but
ter also should deserve attention. It
must be fresh, light salted and light
colored to meet the trudo and in this
way it goes into the market into com
petition with the best Danish and
Normandy butter, the difference being
almost entirely in the age, that >s the
freshness, it be.ng older somewhat
than the Danish because of the longer
time In transportation.
I’owi.Ay Utii.izic Waktk.—-There is
always hotter profit from anything
that is well and regularly oared for,
than from what receives only occa
sional attention, and nothing needs
regular daily oare more than poultrv.
Therefore, it may be urged that when
time and labor are valuable as is the
case with all business people, it will
not pay to spend either with so small
an affair as the few fowls that can be
kept on an ordinary farm, in connec
tion with other farm pursuits, but any
farmer who has really succeeded In
keeping a flock of hens laying well
through the winter when prices of
eggs are high will certainly think dif
ferently. There la also on many
farms, helj that is available without
extra cost, that can be better utilized
iq the oare of poultry than at any
other occupation, for the work Is
light, not at all irksome, and needs
only to be done in the right way, and
at the right time, to be very success
ful.—Bx.
• KiB.Ht.va Gam kb.—I had supposed
until lately that kissing or “ltusaln'
Bees,” a* aome call them, had. been
relegated to the “Dark Ages," but I
hear that some still cling to that old,
sickening onstom. After all that may
be said about kisses, “redolent with
tobacco and liquor," have you ever
thought, girlB, that this promiscuous
kissing may sometimes seem nauseous
to those who never use those articled?
Not long ago a young man was ex
pressing himself on that subject, He
was so unfortunate as to attend a party
where the feminine gender largely pre
dominated, and where kissing games
were played, until, as he de
clared, “it made him so sick to the i
stomach he was glad to get out of
doors," and, he added, "the girls were
the ones who introduced the games,
and who acted as if they liked the
kissing." And the young man does
not drink, use tobacco or chew gum.—
Ex.
Limf, fob Smut.—A Dakota farmer
has been trying dry lime as a remedy
for smut. His plan is to spread the
wheat on the barn floor five or six '
inches deep and sprinkle over it fresh
slaked lime. A gallon or so will do
several bushels and it should be turned
the same as with bluestone till thor
oughly mixed. This is an old remedy
and where money 'ior bluestone U
scarce and fresh lime can be had it
may do fairly well,. though its action
will not be quite so reliable as blue- -
stone.—Ex.
Farming and Panics.—Farmers, as
a rule, are apt to get too much fright
ened at the signs of an approaching
panic. If we would all reason more,
as the business men do, that the de- -
pression can not last long, and after it<
has passed away times will be better
than before, we would save many anx-.
ious moments and live a happier life.
Every branch of agriculture is subject
to depression, but on the whole it is a.,
good, sound and substantial business.
—Farmers’ Home.
Education in Farm bus.—The chief
difficulty in the successful growing of
farm crops is not having the work in
their cultivation well and seasonably
done. This arises partly from a want
of knowledge, but more from a disin
clination to do it properly. An edu
cated brain as Well as a cultivated
muscle is absolutely necessary to. the
highest success. Given the two asthe
main factor and experience adds all
else necessary to the "post graduate"
course in practical agriculture.—Man- ',
hattan Nationalist.
ruiiiu auum,K.—select w DSKing
potatoe* as near of a size as possible;
cut off each end;' when baked, scoop
out the inside with a spoon, being
careful not to break the skins. Add.
to the potato, butter, salt and suf
ficient hot milk to make quite soft;:
beat till eery light and- smooth; fill,
the skins with this and place on end
in a buttered pan on the oven grate
till browned on top, The potatoes
will puff up considerably if sufficiently
beaten. Nice for breakfast or tea.
Otsteb Ptsst—After scraping out.
across in thin, slices* go* in water-suf
ficient to cover thorn, using a piece of
salt codfish for seasoning, and 'stew
until quite tender, removlug the codfish,
before serving; add flour and butter
mixed together lor thickening; put
slices of toasted bread on a dish, and
pour over.
Axythix* that pays well can be
overdone in farm productions fully as
well as <s other lines. To hold oat
any oiher idea is to say the least an
extravagant and unreasonable claim,
ltut there is less chance the better the
quality of the products.
Bn enjoys much who is thankful for
a little. A grateful mind is a (rest
mind.—Best Islander.