September 20. 1G00.
v. , THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT
f IK 11
The Commercial Phase of j
Imperialism.
A PHILOSOPHIC ARGUMENT.
Shall Our Ocrcnxiacnt Be a. Re
public or an Empire ?
TTHiT IPELLLISJ TOX ENTAIL.
Tat 1ata aaa1 mlM Mast D .
alls a4 Hala4 Oar a-araaera '
aa W,rkff WaI4 & UaIlr i
r:aaaf VHk aa rr4irlt aa4 j
LaWr af taiaa aaa SiOTt ( aal- (
I Will Oa Wkrr LaW.r ta ( krti ;
Maw Materia! Aba4at A,
Cirfi lltr a fl aeOaa.
e-ii W&i?ir,ea Letter.;
Oe ef tb very ablt ef the young
lcxrra! la TEgra tbe Hoa. Wil- !
1:-! M. Howard of Georgia. He pos
as Jul"1al and analytical
rn:a-J aa do aa.r otter roan in public
l.f Ilia t-ttu. aio ia h'. modeaty,
rbwi. pert pa. in this sg of bra
e-cfist to b arTjntM imi. II ia
fcn iUu?ratioo tbe truth of the
'.d adas: that !!! watr runs deep.'
Me rpr"rTa tb ditrtt fjrmriy rep
resented by Jui Lawaou. wto wn
unlvaraaUy refaM-! n . of the
a v- &a In tr bou-
Is tb Fifty-fifth ur;T Hunard
a j4 I were truth -i on lie rrvat
.Siii:Tt i-ii foreigu affair by Hon.
T6toa liraraeit fled; -oc-juntly
1 gvt acquainted lta Lira at an early
y In hi 'orgrsional arer ami
lrc4 to alu tit jr-at qual!tfs at
tbeir troe worth. H i ry Guucb dl
l t.i5 u.a llgbt under a bushel,
'ft gradaaiir s..n.r.T on both sid-a
? tl house are earning to undetatand
that t ta ote cf tb rally forceful
fcaracter in r.iT In the Porto
f:w-n del ate tb j)rt w a dlKMd
from Trry rr H al4 a Tnd;o!st x
pt tbe e-j33CTrtai. Howard mad a
a"r-t ;. ou tt nsafrial pbas
f Irs ;: a! icj .
"Mr. fcartr.an. ar roar perfeapa
W1 tyocJ tfce -T!timijTai atase ot
ur rltcry tt Kpair. acl tboofbtful
ar t lntr ill!cc to aolte
tb pmttrr:.m tlitt ret frost n the
ltacy f that war by tbe patriotic fi
tiaiAtka. "R'to will haul down tb
f aa"?' cr win thy acrt as arr'j
rate oavrerrat of oi:r rrjvraibJ!!
ta tb K5jcal a-Ii2tKT5 tbat St i
tft!xy
Oar Mall Haaaraalv.
"Whett-r fb fnLahifanta of Porto
Ttjw at4 tt lV"i!;'r",r," I laod ar rlt
'.iTti of th t'r,t-d Stataa. or wbetber
rfvctitcr4.c fuaru! o thetn a
rajvut-nari f crus .f ri-mmni. r
wfcrtbx ita tariff aoi ac- tax la wa
lplT ti1y to alJ tl trfitory of tb
I'citrd ftata-a. or wbthr ttfw tlanda
ci t-a b'4 i-arpatually a colonla
witbout thr r;?t of atatahw1. H
rzasy br vro-Moc not yt ug jet1
y tt'la ?-w r.A tXitns rrlatSon. al'.ari
to tie ap r.t of 177'i and raj-f f rant to
tr lt-'laratios f 1 mVpandne and
!trrotklfd fof t tb rortltwtioa. ara
itjatvt,a too T4ai t'- c-on-3toa. to
t Ta.j with rb'aa-
"Tb flW3 t ri to war witb Sjtaia
ii ti4L! n'V tH't w!tfctar.lir c
th l?-t; "!! ;rui t jtnt f tb
h : rv- !aiu.-d a jutify-
!tg -ti'.TW, tb pat.!!- tcii-d wa
aa !:tti pr; Jisd for tbe ready er3pre
la4eo f the ri-j-tx-- of victory
as n ovr ' -rx. ivul fnr the eonSlct.
and rt a tbfftr but ratnral that
t j fc?T-r,a --f t-'.r x!tatkto buld
I prKr. j-d hj nj.T h-.i! -ti tb part
f tbjf whr. that Tb golden
eTportra'Ty was rr-"nt to t-unvert a
war bgrr Vr bu-auUy into oa of
-otx;uat ttT ou liexcia 1 gain. Th
bang of rcrt-- s a radical a it
ii ac:4o ui ir5olrd our pbebted
fa!;b to tbe world al w.tb cb ( h-r.
"No cat' r ttst Krr; ni uot ie-r-lTd.
tv .iyrHhr t i.et-J lLat our
kM!tm w-r. bf.r3M srd tLat wa
fo'jgtt to rure p- " atd etabl:fe
!.trt bre 5;ct!:.o w reeling
im a carsivai cf -3Tti. in Ji.U. wben
& ti-iMt of -cr tru w a v t et on
Ma Jean b:H. w.- a;urB1 th acx
r&3 cf itdnstiity a a ta.ur our
tvor. arid ia 1 fi!r. ai Pan. e
t ij.r tbe xrt?tet .-f ur pros
trate wjfb a br:t of gp'.d tbat Eu
fp rcrfct rot Lar hr rTa wb le wa
at.rij-d Let f tb ftU'.r-pIne. lr i
no ot.d r. ttrt-n. tbst tb u -.- i rig
tapper In cr b.tory u wr.tteu in
tbe !;; Lr pbr. V1 will haul
rJswB tbr SLagr 'It in ur dntrnr aiJ
S l as git-n ttrj to ti..
"It i &t uy rwr'.a to r.ter at tlr
T.ee ir.to a d.v -.. .f apy of tli
"oMrr t' b l -t-ar nt rfti
iti of poo ftSo 'd ft lt4!!ippifw
Involves exrt ,,.sr of T.ijrt,erc'.aI x
lacetoc Tber are ivw uau.T f-opi
la tbe Ub'.i4 ata w bo Wisrte thy
a fa tjj aa&esat of Coba and tb
;rEasesit retestioa of Porto Ilico atd
tb Ibi':ppr ut prnrtunitiea for
tb expaskfi of rotnnjeTo and
U fr tb ttak r.f thi atipi J
vaatsr will at:fy and defend a jo!i
ry wtirfc rj;lu in tb permanent re
tectica cf tb island.
taaaatia ar KsaIrat
"Waivlcg all consider tlosa cf right
td tmj tBvolrad the policy of re
teiitkfC and talt:g tbe justion of the
msJlvXUml pamr to maintain a co
I?ial ayatem ajsd of tbe reaultact ef
ft m cr repblieaa form of goaero-
cf a cwWrtal arnenv, I abaJI !la-
ess tb qnUon of cotomerclaj expan
sion lnrolred la tbls nev condition
from a purt !y com m err! a 1 standpoint
of profit and loae. Wbetbr It Is deslr
abl tat jrrare qneatlona of conatitu
tioaa! coTernment should errr be con
i4rd from tbe standpolet of com
itircial gain, tb fact Is that every
real rltlin In th United States, not
i j ally diaqnallfled, Is by Tlrtua of his
power to Tot a lawmaker, and wheth
er he will preaerre existing Institutions
or overturn them la a mctter of his
own will, and thoe who would over
turn settled policies must be met at the
threshold of such a controversy ou
tbelr own ground.
If this government Is to remain a
republic, the people will be responsible
for It: If It Is to be converted Into an
empire, the people will be responsible
for that, and, this being so. It is the
part of wt&dom to talk about the things
some of the people are thinking about.
It is safe to nay that if the commerce
with the Philippine Islands was the
limit of the possibilities for commercial
expanaion In the east the question of
their irrnanut retention could hare
been ettU-l long age agaftst such a
policy. Tti average annua aggregate j some of her Siberian territory, or if it
of the Imports and exports of the is- j was England we shall add islands in
lands for a period of ten years, ending j Australasia, or if it was France we
with the year 189S. is f33.000,000. If shall take some of her possessions, pref
every dollar of this commerce was with ! erably in Africa, and should Germany
the United States and every dollar of j be the unfortunate one we will despoil
It was profit. It would not pay the ex- j her In the Pacific. This, then, is our
pensea of a civil and orderly govern- j gain for commerce, for our surplus
ment in the islands." ' wheat, cotton, oil, Iron and steel and
Here Mr. Howard inserts some tables
of figures showing exactly the imports
of the Philippine from all the coun
tries of the world as well as the ex
ports of the archipelago to these same
countries, perfectly substantiating the
farts as stated by him In his opening
paragraphs.
Facta ta Cenalder.
lf tliis is wise for us. just to our la- !
boring element, a contrary policy is un
wise and unjufct to the people of these
island, and in Us last analysis the
competition U that of the cooly con
tract labor wttb the free labor of the
states in the production of sugar and
tobacco. It is no reply to say that the
inland tobacco, being better than ours,
doea not really compete with it. Their
bet tobacco is better than ours and
hence does not compete, but they now '
raiae and will raise still more of a
grade of tobacco which is not better
than ours that will compete with us.
-Nor will it do to say that the cane
and bt sngar industry of the states
yU-lds so small a per cent of the total
consumed that our Industries will not
be affected- The price of our sugar is
fixed by the price of theirs. Besides, t and leaves dear labor at home to pay
the bet sugar Industry in the United ; the tax as best it can to fly the flag in
Ftatea promlaea in the future to supply a foreign laud,
our home market. Germany and Where ia the imperialist r
France not only supply their home ; "Where is the Imperialist now? He
market, but export largely of beet aug- ; has gone where he can practice impe
ar. The fact is that beet sugar sup- rialism, where labor is cheap, raw ma
plies two-thirds of the sugar consumed t terial abundant and men mu?t .work,
in the world, and the adaptability of but shall not vote. The great valley of
aectiona of the west and the south to j the Mississippi is listless, and the plains
its production promises some relief ! of the great west aeem bare. But the.
from the unprofitable production of will reduce the acreage in wbeat and
cotton and wheat. seed to the sugar beet. For what? To
'"Cotton was formerly grown in the
Philippines and may be grown there
again, and. while you add this industry
to those existing in the inlands, you in
ora the production of a staple the
price of which, when a normal crop is j
made in tb United State, is below the
cost of production, bringing distress
and want to many of tbe people now
dejtendent upon that branch of agricul
ture." After 10 pages of close reasoning Mr.
Howard eums up the situation iu a
iao-t interesting fashion. It Is well
w ritten, it Is good reading, and It makes
the eastern situation so plain that even
"a wayfaring man. though a fool, can
not err therein." Here It is:
4 Lk lata tie Kntnre.
"If the nowera in China act in con-
rrt jn excluding all commerce except
tbelr own. the question is fairly pre
sented whether we are sufficiently pow
erful to overcome tbelr resistance by
owning tbe Philippines. I take It that
In our generation no American govern
ment would Inaugurate a war ra a
large tense offensive against England.
Germany. Russia and France. The
question will not admit of argument.
In that contingency we would discover
honor and prosperity In peace.
lt me nw assume that tbe greater
probability Is from tbe relation be
tween thee powers that they may
quarrel among themselves, and if we
; were ia possession of the Philippines
we should hare an opportunity to be
drawn Into the quarrel on more favor
able terms than those just supposed,
and with tbe fortunes of war more
erenlv balanced we could better afford
it riks. and in this more hopeful view
we kep the Philippine Islands. We
will fortify and garrison the best bar-
bors. build" drydock. equip coaling sta-
tiona. build repair shops and keep a
fleet of warships about our Asiatic sta-
tlon.
"American money is invested in Cbi-
ta: American citizens have large inter-
esta there. The critical moment ar
rive, tbf diplomatic triggers are set,
we ftcan the situation and make choice
of aidi-s, with wbom or in what partic
ular cotiibiration the emergency will
determine. If we win. we shall have
a tort, a anbere of influence, of our
own. Tbe prize is a rich one. We are
eager for It. We pile coal in Luzon as
high as the volcano of TaaL The trig
gers are spring. War is on. Luzon Is
tbe base of American operations, and
wbatever tbe combination we are In.
wboever rr allies may be. sooner or
later our buse is an object of attack.
I To resist successfully It must prove
i stronger than the assault.
Wa Overtake Oar Deattar.
1 "Should our base be destroyed we are
- at least crippled. It may lead to de-
feat. If a, we withdraw gracefully.
: pay tb indemnity and console our-
aelvea as beat we may and curse tbe
hour wa took the Philippines. If we
win. a port of China Is the reward.
Wr elrt a port and whatever more
may be agreed on. We fortify and
garrison the port and garrison the ter
ritory taken. The Asiatic fleet must
be enlarged, our new dependency gov
erned. We are a world power now.
We must aid In maintaining peace if
peace be profitable or in waging more
war If war promises the greater ad
vantage. We have attained to national
manhood. We have at last ovartaken
our destiny.
"The Philippines were only the step
ping stone in the march. Our ships
must outnumber our factories if vre
would be respectable in the company
we keep and our soldiers outnumber
our voters if we would not have trou
ble with our republican institutions.
The taxes are burdensome, the civil
list extravagant, the pension list the
most liberal in the world .
Farmer and Worker Injured.
"Our army is larger than ever; the
white squadron is to be seen in every
j aea, our flag iu.every zone. What have
we accomplished for our commerce?
We have added Porto Rico, Cuba, the
Philippine Islands, a provluce or more
In China, and if it was Russia that suc
cumbed in the conflict we will take
j their manufactures,
j "But the wheatfields of China and Sl
j beria are nearer than our great west
: era plains, and they are tilled by Asiat-
lc labor, with whose low wages our
wheat growers would starve. The cot-
ton fields of China are white with Asi
atic staple, and the cotton of India is
nearer than that of America, and by
the law of cheaper products and
cheaper transportation keeps America!
cotton out. When you have cut the
Nicaragua canal, Indian cotton is still
cheaper in your new possessions in
China than American.
"The coal and Iron of China, devel
oped by European and American mon
ey and skill, are supplying the demand
for iron and steel in our new domain.
and Russian, Siberian. Sumatran and
Chinese oil is still in the hands of the
j old or a new Standard Oil company,
' who finds it cheaper to plug up Ameri
' can wells and supply China from Chi
' nese and other nearby wells. And now
for the first time the American farmer,
i the American miner and the American
i factory hand learn that trade does not
' follow the flag, but that capital does.
compete with the contract cooly labor
of tropical Hawaii. Porto Rico, Cuba
and the Philippines. The south may
reduce her acreage of cotton and sow
to tobacco. For what? To compete
with Cuban and Philippine tobacco.
"What. then, does the balance sheet
show? The total import and export
trade of Cbina for a year does not ex
! ceed $250,0:.(X0. Now. if the United
! States abac bed every dollar of this
i commerce, driving every rival from her
; market and every dollar of this trade
I was profit, how does the account stand?
I "For the year 11)01 recommended ap
propriations for our army are $128,000,
, 000 and for our navy $75,000,000, a to
j tal of $203,000,000. taking no account
i of pensions incident to the Spanish and
! Philippine war. Add to this sum the
! Past cost of vhe war $250,000,000, and
allow for tbe commerce of the Philip
pines and Porto Rico $30,000,000, which
counts every dollar of their trade asu
profit, and the sheet is balanced against
us by $17r.000.000.
The Old War nd thr New.
"But the array is to be permanently
increased, and tbe navy is to be built
to proportions commensurate with the
responsibilities of our new obligations.
If you double the existing navy, which
will make us theu only a fourth rate
naval power, you double at least the
present appropriation and double the
present army, and you at least double
the present appropriation to $400,000,
000. "In other words, an array and navy
adequate for the requirements, with the
attendant increase of pensions, civil
government and unforeseen expenses.
j will add to the cost of running this
government $500,000,000, or twice what
j It cost us in 1897, before tbe war with
j Spain, or twice as much as the aggre-
! gate or an tne commerce of China, tbe
1 T,.il:. d. t- j i t-w i, m
every dollar of their commerce was
with us to the exclusion of every other
' commercial power in the world and if
.11... W 4-
S to the pockets of American citizens as
i profit.
! "Contrast the old way with tbe new.
! and how stupendous is the folly of it
i During a century of peace, leading the
j national life planned for us by our fa
; thers, our export trade has reached
. $1,2o2.903,9S7, at a maximum expense
! for government of $600,000,000, $150,
t 000,000 of which is paid in pensions
t nd purchases no service for the gov-
ernment, and now it is proposed to
abandon the ways of peace and con
quer trade with force, and we Increase
the expense of government from $500,
000,000 to $1,000,000,000 for the sake of
tbe opportunity to conquer the com
merce of China, Porto Rico and the
Philippines."
4
Our Exchange Table
William GCurtia in his New York
letter to the Chicago Record, says:
"A canvass of the compositors in the
New York" Herald office last night re
sulted: Bryan. 106; McKinley, J6;
Woolley 1; uadecided, 8. Four yeirs
ago about this time a similar canvass
pract?cally anions the same men re
sulted: McKinley, 64; Bryan, 37."
Independent American.
Don't ask W7 S. Morlan, the repub
lican "candidate for congress, just
what he would do under certain cir
cumstances in case he should be elect
ed. He does not know. Being, how
ever, the candidate of the Hannacrats,
he will do as they dictate. Nuckolls
County Sun.
General Otis has taken charge of the
department of the lakes, with his mili
tary headquarters established at Chi
cago. He still continues, however, to
prophesy an "early, peace" in the Phil
ippines. His first prophesy of , this
kind was made eighteen months ago
and similar predictions have followed
every three or four weeks since.
Ithaca Democrat.
When "Honest Si" Holcomb was
first elected governor of Nebraska
state warrants were hawked about at
92 cents on the dollar, and nobody was
anxious to buy them at that. Six years
of "fusion" state management has in
creased the value of our warrants to
a premium. And yet republican cam
paign writers are trying to deceive the
people into the belief that "the fusion
ists are dishonest." Vote for Gov
ernor Poynter and continue the pres
ent business-like administration oi
state affairs. Kearney New Era
Standard. If ar. American laborer wishes to
compete with 10,000,000 six-cents-per-day
wage earners he should not hesi
tate to vote for McKinley and his im
perial policy. Holt County Indepen
dent. The Standard Oil company has is
sued another dividend bringing the
total of th3 last nine months up 38 per
cent on a hundred millions of capital, i
The Benkleman Chronicle.
A sheep man was boasting Saturday
evening of tbe t?ood prices of sheep
and wool under this republican ad
ministration. Some of us older men
remember that under the first repub
lican administration the Iowa farm
ers went wild on sheep which went up
to five or six dollars a Taead. We also
remember that . under the succeeding
republican administration some of
those same farmers killed a good
many flocks of sheep for their pelts,
there being no market for them, and
no profit in keeping them. The Yeo
man. We've seen hogs $7 a hundred under
Cleveland, and $1.90 under a republi
can administration. According to re
publican philosophy this indicates that
Clevelandisra ., sent prices booming,
while republicanism sent them down
low. The Yeoman.
Fusionists must look well to their
principle this year and not be led
astray by any sentimental sympathy
for any republiiau candidate for the
legislature. There are two United
States senators to elect this year, and
they must not be of the g. o. p. brand.
The Ord Journal.
Continuously republican speakers
and republican newspapers deny that
there is any intention on the part of
their executive, or their law-makers to
embark upon the uncertain sea of im
perialism. Their executive has given
symptoms enough of designs in that
direction to convince men of ordinary
caution. If what he has done and said
is not sufficient, the bill introduced 8t
the last session of congress by Senator
Spooner, at the instance of the admin
istration, should settle all doubt. Here
it is. It is known as the Spooner bill:
"Be it enacted, etc., that when all in
surrection against the sovereignty and
authority of the United States in the
Philippine islands, acquired from
the treaty concluded at Paris on the
10th day of December. 1898. shall have
been completely suppressed by the
military and naval forces of the Unit
ed States, all military, civil, and ju
dicial powers necessary to govern th
said islands shall, until otherwise pro
vided by congress, be vested in such
person and persons, and shall be ex
ercised in such manner, as the presi
dent of the United States shall direct
for maintaining and protecting the in
habitants of said islands in the free
enojyment of their liberty, property,
and religion,"
Because an election was coming on.
the Spooner bill was not passed at the
last session of congress. It was held
up so the people might be fooled by
further promises, but if McKinley is
I indorsed by. a re-election, this strictly
imperialistic measure will become a
i law. Sioux Falls Press.
Republicans said imperialism was
not an issue, ine president devotes
two-thirds of his letter of acceptance
to that issue. Must be something inj
it when it takes such a long defense.
Teller Democrat.
It may have cost the republicans a
good round sum to secure the services
of Mary Ellen Lease more than will
rebound in votes to their cause. In
-the days when populism was young
the writer heard Mrs. Lease speak
nooier. oetter tnougnts. more enno
bling sentiments were never uttered.
In those days she spoke from the
heart and what she knew to be true;
she spoke from principle and not for
pelf. Today no one who knew the
Mary Ellen Lease of old and who is
not an absolute fool can believe that
she is now advocating. She is doing
so for money or revenge and the
spectacle is enough to make the an
gels weep. Everything she once ar
ranged with the vehemence of an in
spired goddess she now claims to be
lieve. Was she a fool or lying then?
Is she a fool or lying now? In char
ity let us conclude that she was in
earnest and honest then and draw a
veil over her conduct of today., Her
work can do not harm to our cause.
It can only be of benefit. Let us have
forgiveness for ; her and pity for the
times that necessitates a noble wom
an selling her principles for money.
Saunders County Journal.
Gen. Lew Wallace, the author of
"Ben Hur. ' or the story of a Christ,
has renounced the McKinley cast of
politics. The man who can conceive
of the beautiful characteristics of a
Christ life as he can, and weave them
Into life like characters as he did, can
see no traits of Christianity in the
man who would Christianize the world
with Mauser rifles and gatliug guns.
The writer who can picture the wrongs
of Roman imperialism as he can will
ses no teachings cf the lowly Nazarine
in the policy of imperialism. McKin
ley ie a marked feature of the spirit
of government pictured in the rcenes
that made a gallsy slave of Ben Hur.
Keith County News.
"The republican party deserves to
be defeated. There should be a gen
eral cleaning out of the gang at Wash
ington, that would betray this repub
lic ." Governor PIngree.
In Cripple ' Creek a sturdy miner
drove up to the minister's house with
a young woman, to whom he desired
to be married. When the ceremony
was concluded and the minister's fee
came up, the happy man discovered
that he had left his money in his oth
er trousers.
. "What's your usual fee?" he asked.
"Sometimes we get $2. sometimes
$5." said the parson.
"Then thar ain't no usual about it."
decided the happy man. quickly add
ing: "Tell ye what I'll do, mister; I'll
gamble with yer. I'll wait a year, an'
if "this pans out O. K. I'll give ye $10
an if it doan't -" He smiled. San
Francisco Wave.
Having worked four days without
a stop, a brakeman falls exhausted
on the track and is killed by a train.
Query: Was it murder or suicide?
New York World.
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Wee!( of October I to 6 Inclusive.
The high character and ..great Recess of the '-Lincoln
street fair one vear ago guarantees the assertion that the street
carnival this year will he equally as great and as much better
as it is possible to make it.
It will be" a musical carnival with four of the best bauds
in the state in daily and evening concerts. ,
It will be an interesting carnival with over ,3,000 feet of
display booths, handsomely dressed and lighted. ;
It will be au amusement carnival, with six stages on the
streets with hourly entertainments of novel and fun making
features.
It will be an illuminated carnival with the finest electrical
displays each evening ever given in the state.
It will be a beautiful carnival with a. flower parade that
will eclipse all former efforts in that line.
It will be a patriotic carnival with two days set apart for
the two great political parties who will have their ablest men
present.'
It will be an inexpensive carnival to all comers. Every
thing free to. the public and half rates on all railroads within
the two hundred mile limit.
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The Farm
I This department will be run in the interest
of Nebraska Farmers, and short comnmiyca
tion, not exceeding SCO wordd, are solicited
from practical men and wOmen on matters per
taining to the farm, stock raising, fruit growing,
dairying, poultry, etc.
Farming should not be made so hard
as to drive away from it aU of the best
young men of the country. Farmers
should not give themselves up to a
life of unrewarded toil. They should
take time to improve their lands and
buildings and they should take an oc
casional holiday. In short, farmers
work too much and think too little.
What they need is. development of
mind along with development of mus
cle. It is not the strong hand and
hard muscle that will bring success,
but the intelligent brain along with
these other things. The farmer of the
future should give a large part of his
time to study, thought and recrea
tion. J. D. Wixom. Seneca county, N.
Y., in Farm and Home.
SUGGESTIONS TO WHEAT GROW
ERS. The almost unparalleled destruction
of the wheat crop of 1900. throughout
Ohio. Indiana and Michigan, is gener
ally ascribed chiefly to the Hessian fly,
and undoubtedly this insect has caused
much loss, not only by destruction
outright of many plants in the fall,
but by so weakening the vitality of
others that they succumbed to wea
ther conditions which they would
otherwise have been able to resist. But
behind these causes there lies another
which must not be lost stent of,
namely, the exhaustion of soil fertil
ity. The importance of this factor is
shown in the experiments of the Ohio
station, in which wheat on new land
has, this year, yielded nearly 40 bush
els to the acre, without fertilizers,
whereas unfertilized wheat on land
that has been, for sixty or seventy
years, under such cultivation as is
practiced on-:avlarge proportion of
Ohio " farms.' was "almost totally de
stroyed by fly and weather conditions
combined, the number of plants at
tacked by the fly being in both cases
approximately the same. Farmers'
Review.
Before the advent, of cold weather
every dairyman should see that he
has a good place for the storage of ice.
When we say "every dairyman" we
do not mean only those that make a
business of dairying, but we mean all
that make" enough butter to require
facilities for keeping. We believe that
too few farmers pay attention to the
storage or crystal cold. Yet ice is a
thing that can be had for the mere
gathering. If a pond or river is not
accessible, it is perfectly easy to man
ufacture the ice, as is now done by
some farmers. Square troughs are
used. To prevent the ice sticking to
the sides of the troughs, ,the boards
receive a j dressing for parafine wax,
and the ice, after being made, ' slips
out easily, Ice - so manufactured is
purer and more satisfactory than the
ice that is obtained from small ponds
and streams. Farmers Review.
Sklm-milk is not only a valuable
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food for chicks, but it also increases
the power of the chicks to consume
and use other food. That is, the
young chickenr. w?ll eat more of other
food by reason of having had the
skim-mllk. This effect is just the op
posite of what might be expected, for,
having received the milk It might rea
sonably be supposed that less of other
food would be demanded. It is evi
dent that the digestive organs of the
chicks are stmulated by. the kind of
food mentioned. This is a great gain ,
to the poultry raif er for it enables him
to bring hi3 fowls V maturity at an
earlier age than where the chicks are
given meals and grains only. It Is,
however, worthy of note that the skim
milk becomes of less value as the
chicks grow older, and. if the steady
gain is to be maintained meat in s,ome
form must be substituted later on.
Farmers Review.
SAVE THE LAWN CLIPPINGS.
The lawn clippings, .especially if
they contain a large proportion of
white clover, will make good feed for
the laying hens the coming winter.
The clippings which fall before tbo
lawn mower should be raked up. If
this is not done they will in time form,
a mat on the ground and smother out
the grass. After a. day's curing In the
sun they should be gathered up and
packed in loose sacks and put away
in a dry place. They make excellent
bulky feed for the hens in winter.
That the preservation of trees In
regions dependent upon irrigation is
a most important feature bf water
supply Is well known. This applies as
well to any place where running wa
ter is desired. Little water sinks into
hills and slopes which have been de
nuded of their trees, while letting out
the water through springs and
streams.
Gold Medal for Sharpies
The P. M. Sharpies Cream Separator
Co. of West Chester. Pa., has received
notice from the Paris exposition au
thorities stating that the Sharpies Sep
arators have been awarded the gold
medal at the exposition, which is an
other proof that American manufac
turers and American workmanship
lead the world.
Jf'red Shepberd, Attorney.
NOTICE TO NON-RESIDENT DEFENDANTS
John F. -Harrison, M rs. John F. Harriwi
whose first name is unknown, Samuel L. Bif",
and Mrs. Samuel L. Rife, whose first name i
unknown, will take notice that on the 17th day
of September, 1W!0, Hannah L. Abbott, admin
istratrix plaintiff herein, filed her petition in
the district- court of Lancaster County, Nebras
ka, against said defendants et al, the object
and prayer of which are to foreclose a certain
mortgage made by Ephraim Rife aud wile,
Saville C. Rife, to Wm. M. Abbott, upon lot 11
of GroTe Park subdivision of the west half of
the north-east quarter of section 2, town 10,
range 6, in Lancaster County, Nebraska, to se
cure the payment of two certain promissory
notes dated April 27, 1S92. one for the sum of
$tb and due ia one rear with interest at S per
cent, and tbe other for 9)273. with intercut at W
per cent, and due five years afterdate. Take
notice that there is now due upon said notes or
mortgage, tbe sum of $330. with interest at A
per cent from the 27tb day of April, 192, and
that plaintiff prays that said premises may be
decreed to be sold to satisfy the amount duo
thereon.
Yoa are required to answer said patition on
or before tbe 4th day of November, l'JOO.
Dated September U, 1900.
HANNAH L. ABBOTT. Administratrix
Dy her attorney, Fred'k Shepherd.
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