SUFFER BY SILVER. is & IS I DEPRECIATION IN METAL tN. jures British business. •Lo_ fir Thonu 6a(h«rland,a Expirlsoea Re lated to Block-holder*—-A "Moat Serl and Onerous Lota** to England— Steamship Company’s Affairs. w r Sir Ttadmaa Sutherland, president ot thfe Peninsular and Oriental Steamship Company, in a recent report to Lis Stockholders, has contributed some au thoritative information as to the ex istence of British steamship subsidies, Which the free-trade papers in this Country persist in claiming have no existence in fact. We quote Sir Thomas: "There Is, I know, a section of the pub lic who profess to believe that a subsi dy Is paid to a mail company as a sort of generous gift on the part of the gov ernment toward the proprietors of that fompany; that it is paid without any Commensurate service being rendered; *nd that the company Is able to live •nil thrive merely on the'strength of oeing a mall carrier and receiving a tnail subsidy. There can be no greater delusion, if, indeed, that idea is really Seriously entertained In any quarter. We have been paid during the last ten steainshipping business are pointed out by Sir Thomas Sutherland as follows: “Who could possibly have imagined that within these last ten years the rates of freight would have fallen to the miserable point at which we And them to-day? Who could possibly have imagined that silver would to-day be worth little more than half what it was worth ten years ago, thus involving the operations of this country in a most serious and onerous charge for loss in exchange? And who is able to say what may take place within the next ten years?” We believe that the foreign mall steamship companies honestly earn every penny that is paid to them for carrying mails. We also believe that American companies earn far more than Is paid them, and we want to see these compensations equalized, or if there is to be any advantage let it be on the American side. The difficulties of low freight rates and the deprecia tion in the value of silver that con front the P. and O. company are equal ly pertinent as applied to the Pacific Mall, Oceanic, Occidental and Oriental lines that ply between the Pacific coast and Australia, China and Japan. We have the fact settled that subsidies are paid co British steamships for mail transportation, so now let us get the fact equally established that the rates paid to American steamships for trans porting American mails shall be on as liberal a scale. A Prlns (.1st for Farmers, The following prices, taken from Clapp’s Weekly Circular, July 2, 1896, represents the difference between a democratic administration, with confi dence unsettled as in 1896, as against those when confidence was established in 1892, under protection: 1896. 1892. Price Price Articles. June 30. June 30. Butter, creamery, lb... .9 .15 $ .20 Beans, N. Y„ bu...... 1.06 1.96 (hmucl Product of TIN PLATE in the United States From Foreign Black Plata J60 jnrfliqn. rounds _!5Q ^[||wn_Pounds, ■ mo'rtillion Pounds. - jliUlijlion .Rounds.; Ttjo]ml]ipn .Pounds lOp.njilli.OTi Pounds : SO.miItiorL Pound?. ; ■ ’ • ■ ; 80 ^TliJliori_ftujld8_ ; S JO M Won. Pounds, j .flJWfelftfflft..: .SP-M'lion. Pounds.. i^{pn .Pounds i . AqJtjUUso. Pounds. J 20 Miy23.PouTji.8L.; ■f jg.MlliS3 Pounds. 'k * fjjkr ending Jkm 30: Jr Sria" 0. Mem United Slates Industry ■ J •ppeara a. very considerable sum of ||pioney, but in carrying out the service f Involved, which has been paid for at a Z,.far lower rate than that given by for eign governments for similar services •; tender thteir flags, the actual carrying * teut of the contracts has Involved an ex jVA»endlture by this company in ten years l V 8%ething Ilka *18.000,000 or *20, |^O0Q.Q06 more than has been received ■■ -throughout the ten years from the tetitte." ' Wo are glad to know, authbrltatlve . >y, that there is at least one British fcteamsliip company In actual receipt of Jf."* «»hsidy" from the Erltlsh goveni • Btenr. "**e hope this point will no long , 'ter be denied by the free-traders. But •>e never for a moment supposed, nor «© wo know of anybody else who sup ^ posed, that the British government, or ;; liny other government, was paying sub fdieB for nothing. Of course, there Is Measure of return, and that consists l»S'ln the transportation of the malls. But what we do claim, and always ■ have claimed. Is that the subsidies paid y|tey the British and other foreign gov S>< ernmentB to their respective steamship V, \ companies carrying mall matter, have ’ been far larger than the miserable pit tances doled out to American steam ships jjprQrming similar services for -. the American government. - t The foreign mall steamers start on their,vo/ages with a larger amount of ' the'expenses of each trip guaranteed, through the mall subsidy, than the Jtmertcan steamships can secure. Our i tinea are handicapped In their expense Account to the extent of the difference between the subsidies paid by foreign And American governments. Our line* Are still further handicapped by the higher wages that are paid to American •ffleera end crews. Therefore the for eign mall steamers can afford to carry i fj i f -., ‘ ■ ■ T> freight at lower rates than America! •teamen, thus securing the business Tfr. tf the freight rate be the same b; p" ' tell line*,' the foreigners can make i profit on the voyage where America: I Ateamshlp companies would have t •karge op a loss. The risks of th "l|f/ - ’ ,• SJ'V'r >''•&*' ' " “J mV ' n Barley, No. 3, Chicago.,, .26 .54 Buckwheat. Chicago ... .85 1.45 Corn, No. 2, Chicago... .26% .61 Cotton, mid., N. Y.07% .07% Cotton cloth, 64a,F.Rlv. .02 7-16 .03% Cattle, Chicago .. 3.00 8.70 Coal, per ton, N.Y.,net 3.86 4.00 Copper, lb., N. Y., cts.. 11.70 11.75 Cheese, N. Y.06% .08% Coffee, N. Y. ’Ex.11% .11% Eggs. N. Y. .11 .16 Flour, N.lT. 2.25 4.20 Hogs, live, Chicago.... 3.15 5.60 Horses, U. S., Jan. 1...,33.00 65.00 Hops, N. Y., lbs.07 .24 Hay, Chicago, ton.8.00 10.00 Iron, Bess, pig, Pitts.. .12.25 14.09 Lard, Chicago, 100 lbs.. 3.90 6.90 Lead, lb., cts. 3.05 4.12 Oats, No. 2, Chicago.. .15 .33% Pork, mess, Chicago.. 6.95 11.35 Potatoes, Chicago.10 .67 Peas, dried, N. Y...... .72 1.62 Rye, No. 2, Chicago.81 .76 Rico '.04% .05 Silver, N. Y.• .69% .88% Steel rails ..28.00 30.00 Steel billets, Pittsburg. 19.50 22.97 Flax, Chicago ..79 1.06 | Sugar, granulated, N.Y. .04% .04% Stearine, lard, N. Y.... 4.75 7.75 Sheep, Chicago . 3.00 4.50 Short' ribs, Chicago .. 3.65 7.30 Tobacco leal.085 .09 Tallow, N. Y.03% .03% Wool, average ........ .13 .22 Wheat, red, No. 2, N.Y. .61 , .89 Wheat, No. 2 spg., Chi. .55 .79 t -- * Ki|l>Bd'> I'm Trad* Stock. English tree-trade sentiment has re ceived a fresh shock from the latest discovery of Germany’s Industrial in vasion. The minister of agriculture it holding an Inquiry regarding dogs, and a member engaged found that he had to sit on Austrian chairs and write with Bavarian pencils. When the wit nesses rcommended the use Of Germai . muzzles for English dogs, British pride was stung to the quick. Truly Eng land's Industrial supremacy Is ridinj ' iK.i, , '■’/l for a fall if she persists In her fre< trade policy under the rapidly changing economic development of all other na* tions. The markets of the world no longer furnish harmonious music foi the step of her commercial progress. Chain It U|t W« Want I«r, HoKInlej. Air: “I Want You Ma Honey.” When der election’s a cornin’, And politics Is hummln’ • Den we want yer, McKinley, yes we do! We’re a thlnkln’ of you ever, And your Tariff bill so clever, t And our hearts are forever true to you! We’re a thlnkln’ of you gladly, Cause the country needs you sadly, And It don’t know what to do! So uplift Protection’s banner, In the good ole fashioned manner, 'Cos we want yer, McKinley, yea we do! , Chorus, We want yer, McKinley! Yes, we want yer mighty badly, We’re a thlnkln’ of yer gladly, ’Cause the country needs you sadly; So come back to please us. Old Grovei' can’t deceive us, ’Cos we want yer, McKinley, Yes, we want yer, want yer, want yer; ’Cos we want yer, McKinley, yes we do! Now the bosses say "tarnation;” Where were we In the “creation” Of that boom so vast and true, Our scheme has failed completely, Though we fashioned It so neatly, ’Cause the people were devoted to you. We won’t yet linger longer While the tide is growing stronger, But Jump on the wagon with you. Free silver ain’t in It, Not for a single minute: The people they all want you. Chorus. ■ When the bonds am a poppin’ And the mills am a stoppin* Then we want yer, McKinley, yes we do. For you are the one to strike It, As you know we do not like it. And our country is forever safe with you. We’ll have money for to-morrow, And no further need to borrow From London or TImbuctoo, So, come back, our hero, While the Treasury’s at zero, ’Cos we want yer, McKinley, yes we do. Chorus. When the corn am a growin’ And the meetings a goin’ The sun will be shinin’ on you, And their voices raised In glory, Shall chant aloud the story Of your record so grand and trus. Prosperity will follow, Not weal, nor woe, nor sorrow. And ’twill all be owin’ to you. So hail to Protection: That’s the need of every section, We want yer, McKinley, yes we do. Chorus. When the country am in danger From the foreigner and stranger Our honor will be safe with you. The starry flag will cover Our land entirely over, And Britain will cringe and sue; A policy so glorious, On land and sea victorious. Will bury old Democracy from vlsw. So, hurrah! for the soldier Whose heart will ne’er grow colder In Its love tor the Flag and you. . . Chorus. Th« American Brand. With the restoration of protection the demand for American goods should increase. Begin, at once, to ask for all American brands. Human nature is always trying t< add a cubit to its stature. DAIRY AND POULTRY. INTERESTING CHAPTERS FOR OUR RURAL READERS. •lot Saecmfal Farmer* Operate This Department of the Farm—A Few Hint* a* to the Care of Live Stock and Poultry. late circular from the department of agriculture gives the following on filled cheese: “It may be well to state in passing that filled cheese differs from the genuine, old fash ioned article in but one essential particular, eo far as its composition is concerned. Instead of the natural fat of milk, or cream, which is extrac ted for butter making, there as neutral lard, made from the leaf fat of the hog. This article, claimed to be exception ally pure and good of its kind, is used at the rate of two or three pounds lo every 100 pounds of skim milk. The cheese resulting carries about 30 per cent of (lard) fat, which is rather less than the average of (butter) fat in good whole milk cheese. The casein and other components of the two are prac tically the same in kind and propor tions. From this statement of com position one can Judge for himself whether this filled or lard cheese is a legitimate article of food, whether it is wholesome, and whether he desires to use it in the diet of himself and family. It is made of comparatively cheap materials, costing from one-half to two-thirds as much a3 good, full cream, factory cheese, and its market price, wholesale or retail, should cor respond. At its best, this is cheap, in ferior cheese;- it is almost devoid of flavor, oily or greasy when warm, and never attains the dry, crumbly consis tency of a well cured cheese. It is sold when only a month or two from the press in imitation of mild, immature :heese. It is claimed that it does not *eep well, especially if subjected to temperature above 60 degrees. No one icquainted with first class full cream cheese would ever accept the filled pro iuct as a substitute, but it may be suc cessfully passed as a genuine article >f second grade. There is plenty of {ocd cheese still made in the United ■States, and it can be secured if buyers will but make a little effort to find it. The states of New York and Wisconsin together produce two-thlrde of all the cheese made in the country, and the reputation of the factories of these states for high quality, full cream cheese has been long established. The product of these factories of the stand ard or Cheddar form of large cheese stands second to none in the markets of Great Britain as well as in America. The two states named, as well as oth ers, absolutely prohibit the manufac ture and sale of filled cheese within their borders and the marking of skim cheese to Imitate full cream goods. These laws are well enforced.” ContlnuouA Income from Poultry, F. A. Homann, of Effingham county, 111., read the following paper before a farmers’ institute in that county: Eggs are all the year round crop, differing greatly in this respect from hay, corn and vegetables, which are all harvest time crops; and if not marketed at once, expensive buildings have to be prepared to store them in,and not a few crops such as potatoes, cabbage and fruit, shrink in value by decaying while stored. Not so with our poultry product, which has an all the year ready market, and with eggs as the basis of a poultry business a steady all the year round income can be com manded. It is the winter eggs that pay the greater profit and bring up the average price for the year. If the greater part of the eggs are received for spring and summer, when prices are brought down by a large supply, the average will be lower, but if fowls lay in uecemDer, January ana r euruary when eggs are 20 to 30 cents a dozen the average price for the whole year will be satisfactory. The whole story of getting eggs in winter can be resolved Into three simple rules. First, hatch the chicken early; second, keep them growing so the pullet will come to lay ing maturity in October or by Novem ber; third, keep them laying by good food and care. When I say hatch the chickens early I do not mean t6o early, because if hatched too early and go to laying in August and September they will usually moult in December just as the weather is becoming very cold, and good-by eggs from then till spring. For the heavier varieties, such as Brahma and Cochins,(the middle of March is none too early. Plymouth rock and Wyandottes we would hatch the first halt of April if possible. If not, April will do. The Spanish, Minorcas, Leghorns and Hamburgs should be hatched in May for best results. Set three or more hens at a time and once i week dust them well with insect pow ler, and when the chicks hatch give them to two or more mothers. I gave as eur first rule for getting a good profit from poultry to hatch your chickens early. Equally important is the sec ond, keep them growing so they will come to laying maturity by November first. The food and care has much to do with the chicken growing. , Now for the first 24 hours do not feed the chicks, for they need no food dur ing this time, nature has provided for that by absorbtion of egg-yolk into their little abdomens, and it is neces sary this absorbed egg-yolk be digested. Much damage is done and many chicks' lives are lost by disregarding this rule; some people in their haste to get the | chicks growing htirry food into their 1 crops before the system has toned up tc ' i take care of it, and the consequence is 1 the bowels are congested and the chicls goes over to the majority. Feed often but little at a time, every 2 hours say five times a day, until the chicks are five weeks old, and see that no food Is left standing in the sun to sour after they have eaten. Remove it all, noth ing causes more bowel looseness, and dysentery, 'than sour food. The best food for the first five weeks is composed of one-third oat meal, one third corn meal and one-third wheat bran; add a pinch of salt, moisten with sweet milk or water, warm it in cold weather and twice a week add some bone meal. Keep coarse sand by the coop at all times, don’t think the chick can find this themselves, that Is one of the commonest mistakes in rearing chick ens; after they are five weeks old you can leave out the oat meal and feed three or four times a day. When ten weeks old, at noon scatter wheat and cracked corn In litter such as leaves and cut straw, so they will have to work for it, but not too much corn as it makes them too fat. Green food must be supplied. If the chicks are cooped up on fresh grass this problem is solved and they will help themselves to what they need. If, however, they are con fined in a small yard, finely cut grass, lettuce, or onion tops will make a good substitute. Fresh cool water must be kept accessible so a drink can be taken when wanted. Sell the Cockerells when they weigh two or two and a half pounds each, and don’t forget to dust the pullets well with insect powder, for you do not want to raise chicken lice, but if you are not careful you will. Now with this food and proper care they will begin to lay along in Septem ber and October. Then sell off your old fowls, clean the houses and whitewash them and the pullets moved in, and then on feed for eggs as follows; For four days in the week feed early in the morning a warm mash composed of one part shorts, one part bran, one part corn meal, and add cooked potatoes or turnips and apple parings. Feed on boards or in troughs, only enough to supply part of their hunger; give water all round, then scatter wheat or oats in the litter and let the aim be to keep the hens busy every moment from morning until night scratching for wheat and oats, which should be buried in the litter. Let the noon ration be green rye or a cabbage hung in the pens just high enough to compel the hens to jump to peck it. About 3 p. m. feed the whole grain, full feed, oats or wheat, and in the very coldest weather a little corn. Keep grit or granulated bones so they can get at it all the win ter, and charcoal, don’t forget to give them some. Clean pen, fresh water, pure air and a system of feeding such as is, here outlined will bring money to the farmer every month in the year, try it. Southdown Wool. The wool of the English breeds Is thus referred to by the Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society of England. "Lastly, there Is the pure Down, a wool which Is still unequaled for hosiery purposes, and which will al ways find a market of Its own, some times quite independent of the general course of prices. Of this wool I should like to say—keep to the old-fashioned style; keep it as short and as fine as possible; let no suspicion of a long wool strain get into it; and if I am not mistaken, pure Down wool will take a respectable place in the future as re gards comparative prices. With such ends in view, breeders of Southdowns may well abstain from trying to imi tate in length of staple and superfluous covering of the face with coarse wool any other breeds of sheep, and be content to let the Southdown re main what its best friends have always tried to make it—i. e., a producer of quality before quantity. Sheep Less Numerous.—The east ern farmers seem to be going out of the sheep business. They are, as a rule, very small holders, and when their, small herds seem to be a losing proposition they do not hesitate long before letting them go. It is the sum of these small holdings that make up the great aggregate, and when the farmers begin selling their small flocks the number of sheep in the country speedily decreases. There is no branch of the live stock business that can be so readily adapted to changed condi tions as the sheep business. Since 1893 the number of sheep in the United States has been constantly decreasing until now the total number is less than at any time during the past twenty years. Meanwhile the range of prices has been very low. It will not be long before there will be a change and sheep will be in demand again at goqd prices. —Ex. Butter.—Butter is a condensed pro duct. Nothing can be made or grown on the farm which brings as much per pound. Farms remote from the market and communities far from railroads, can send butter from the farm or creamery with the least possible ex pense. The dairyman can condense tons of fodder and crops grown on the farm into dairy products and send them to market in compact and port able form.—Ex. Incomo from Dairying.—Dairying brings in a constant income. The man who sells crops of any kind has to wait until he can market his product once a year. There is little satisfaction in this. It is unbusiness-like to go without cash fifty-one weeks and then have a lot of money come in at one time. The dairyman has an income nearly or quite fifty-two weeks fn the year.—Ex. {darks made by hot dishes set on ta bles may be removed by the use of kerosene oil well rubbed in, and then polished with a fresh cloth. It is hard to believe that a sin will bite if it has gold in its teeth. United State* Patent Office Report. TKANS-.MISSIISSIPrr 1SVKNT0RS. 351 patents were issued to United States inventors the past week, of which number Nebraska inventors re ceived 2 patents, while 10 Iowa invent ors were rewarded. James Gilbert of Omaha. Nebraska, receivin'? a patent for a thurst bearin'? for marine engines while W. H. Fairchild, Diller. Nebras-. ka, received a patent fora corn planter. Amongst the notable inventions are found a railway track layer; a sand pa pering1 machine; a fence .comprisng a split tubular rail having a projecting serrated tongue; a vegetable cutter, grader and dish strainer, a pad attach ing attachment for sewing machines; a machine for forging ear wheels; a pock et for prize fruit; a hair curler compris ing a pliable web provided with longi tudinal rolls; a self-feeding mucilage brush; a new tubing for bicycle frames, comprising two half sections provided with projecting flanges, between which half sections and H inges is |heid a web plate; an electric igniter for gas en gines; an improved carpet sweeper; a golf club; a support for musical per formances; a tire shrinker attachment for anvils; a bicycle slioe provided with an outer sole comprising a layer of fibrous material; a field anchor for check row corn planters; a step cover for 6tairs; an improved bicycle pump; a folding brush; a collapsible chair; an inflated bicycle tire comprising a plu rality of tubes arranged tp form tami inations with intervening air spaces; a fire proof floor or roof; a combined cbid's wagon and velocipede; a combi nation bloomer and divided skirt;and a a lap board in the form of a cylinder. 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