Nebraska Newspapers

    TIIK NORFOLK NEWS : FIUDAY , SEPTEMBER 10 , J904.
THE NORFOLK NEWS
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Tlio Journal , KMntiHMicd , 1877.
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Ko. 22. lluslncsa Olllco and Job Uooma ,
No. 333.
HKIMJIII.IOAN TICKKT.
Nntlnnnl.
Tar President
THKODOUH ItOOBKVKIjT , Now York
For Vice I'renltloiU
C11AIIMC8 . IMUU1ANK8 , Indlnnn
.Slnlr.
For Senator Krnin Nobrnnkn
B. J. HUUKlflTT. Lincoln.
For rreMdontlnl Klootorn
F. A. 1IA1ITON , I'IIWIIPO.
A. C. SMITH. DoilKliiR.
A. C , AIHIOTT , DnilKO.
T. U NOUVAU Howard.
W. 1' . HA1.U 1'liolpH.
II. A. 1I11OWN , lUlffalo.
II , II. WILSON. l.nticMHter.
J. C. UOHINHON , DoilRlns.
For Governor
J. H. MICIC12Y. Oscoola.
For Lieutenant Oovornor
B. a , M'OIIjTON , Otnnhn.
For Bocrotiiry of Stnto
A. QAKUHHA , lied Cloud.
For Auditor
K. M. BRAHMS , Jr. , OKitllitln.
t For Troamirer
FETICH MOHT15N&KN , Ord.
For Superintendent
J. U M'llUIICN. Geneva.
For Attorney ( lonoral
NONIUS IIIIOWN. Kearney.
For Land CommlHmonnr
II. M. IflATON , Frotnont.
Conicrrimloiiiil.
Tor CotiKroHHman Third District
J. J. M'CAUTIIY. 1'onca.
Tlio liullH In tlm wheat pit will at
lonct offer mime eni'ouriiKoineiit to tlm
plnntlnir of wlioat tlilH fall and next
prlnff.
Kitropatkln inlinllH to having lost
17,000 moil during tliu punt tun ihiyx.
Tlie JapanoHO have not yut nlllcliilly
reported tholr IOHHOH.
Talk about lirlnn a Hoolutfollor !
How would you lllco to he a farmer
with ix few tlioiiHand hiiHhelH of wheat
In your KranorlcH ?
Nebraska IM doliiK a iirotty Rood job
of stnmllMK up for It wolf , but no harm
cnn posslhly roault If the people will
tell tholr custom frlomlH about It.
The triiHtH have not the whole thing ,
up to dato. In 1903 thorn were 172-
909 liullvlduulH , llrniH or corporations
In tbo United States , nil of them
It IH now OHtliuatvd that the .Tapan *
' ese have from 450,000 to 51)0,000 ) troops
i In the Held , and thin after the KIIH-
tditim have hnllovml that they had
slatiKhtorod an entire army of the lit
tle brown men.
J
A I'urUer and Davl.s olub has t
been formed at Croat Neck , L. I. , the
nuKroKulo wealth of the membor.s bo-
inir computed at a billion dollarM.
Another dose for the "wont common
people" to nwallow.
The wind may bo tempered to the
shorn lamb as promised In the .scrip
tures , but It would certainly bo run-
nlnK In the fare of provldoueo to shear
the lamb durliiR a blizzard.
If the democrats have any ammu
nition they are evidently saving It
for u llnal assault. v Up to date they I
luive used little and there In u mispl-
clon that their supply IH low.
The base ball fellows will find that
there Is a now competition In the
fleld for publlo favor , the foot ball
players are already lu > tlniiliiK to prao-
tlco and have announced a schedule of I
games.
The republicans promise to open the
campaign In Nebraska next Saturday
I
and from that time until election there
should bo some sort of evidence In
. I
the state that a Kreat political contest
la
Mr. Parker was very loyal to the
democratic cause In rcslKnliiK a Kood
paying Job for a dream that can nev
er conio true , but with a IOIIK and cold
winter coining on ho may have some
regrets afterwards.
Tomorrow the Madison county re
publicans will Ket In the contest with
a county tlckot and after the demo
crats have acted In a similar capacity
there will be nothing to do but wade
into the fight and wait for election
day.
* The striking butchers are not yet
defeated , as Is shown when 25,597 of
them will vote In favor of continuing
the Unlit and but 2,403 decide that It
would be better to sacrifice the unions
and return to work.
Now that the ottlclal organ of heal
Russian church has ordered special
prayers for the success of the Russian
arms It may be expected that they will
win a battle or two , always provided
that the Kusslun side is the right one.
le.of
Providence seldom comes to the aid of
a cause that Is In the wrong.
Some of the fusion papers ro
against a proposition when It cs
csmi
to the national ticket. Many of them
are keeping tholr readers In Ignorance
that there are national tickets of the
democratic and populist bniiid in the
field and lire laying all tl-.olr weight on
he state ticket as of paramount im
nin
portance. After election they can
more < < imlly toll which party IH the
on national affairs ,
Thorn IN nbundiinoo of catiHo on the
part of tlio public In celebrating the
cessation of thn butchor'H ntrlke. All
may not bo patrons of tlm paokern for
their meat , but thono who are not are
iiHHiirodly Interested In having a mar
ket for thn hogs , and Hhoop and oattlo
of the fiirmerH and Block ralnern.
The famines who have wheat In
their Kninorles will not Illo u protest
If the pi too of the grain dons climb up
lo thn two-dollar mark as predicted
by the bulls on the board of trade ,
and them are a largo number of pro-
pin dependent on the prosperity of the
farmer for their Income and prollls
who will cheerfully pay tlio prlco that
Hour will climb to.
There IH or should bo sorrow In cor-
tain quarters that the stock yards
Htrlko IIIIH been called off. Many pig
Htys should be draped In mourning ,
and catlln and slump puns should bo
full of walling and lamentation If the
full realization of what thn uosHallon
of the strlku meaiiH could bo under-
stood.
It must require doggud devotion tea
a caiiHO for the democrats of Vermont
to plaon a tlaket In the Hold year af
ter year , knowing that they cannot
nwlng moro than a iimrtor | of thn
voles tholr way. However , llko devo
tion to principle Is shown by the ro-
publlcanti of some of the Houthorn
B talon.
In Clnirch llnur'x I'in or.
AIM1UUN. Nub. , Hept. 14..ludgo
ICelhiKor has ri'iitlttrml his declHlon In
the case of Church Howe and other
taxpayers iigalnst Charles It. Hacker ,
county dork , granting the order per
petually roHtnilnliig him from placing
the r > pur cent Increase of taxes upon
thu assessment rolls us ordered by the
state hoard of equalization.
Following President Hoosovolt's
thlrteen-lnch shell , thrown Into the
ranks of the cnimiy , the smaller guns
all over the country will open an ac
tive bombardment this week and un
less the formications of the democra
cy Is extra strong they are llablo to
numerous penetrations before thu real
engagement Is on November 8.
There Is no political excitement In
thin section , but It may bo depended
upon that "Uncle Joe" Cannon will
not lack for auditors when ho visits
the state. Politics or no politics his
address will be listened to with Inter
est and Norfolk will ho among his
speaking points that will turn out a
large crowd In welcome of one of the
most prominent republicans of the
nation today ,
Whoa the critics of the present ad
ministration ot In tholr work real
earnestly , they can usually 1m Moored
liy asking thorn II' tlioy will do differ'
out and In what way If Klvcn the op
portunity. They have a general repu
tation of being hotter In the role of
critics than as originators , ami when
they are pluneil right down to do-
clarlug their Intentions If .successful
the weakness usually uncovers ant )
shows no Improvement If any change
over what the republicans have boon
accomplishing.
Man's superiority In the water Is
saved by ft mere scratch but It Is
saved. In a long distance swimming
contest In Now York , J. .1. Kennedy
of Flshklll , that state , was the Mrs
In. hut taking second and third honors -
ors wore Miss Kloanor Weber of Flat-
bush and Miss Florence West of For
Hamilton , who defeated twoiity-nim
other men. The men will need t
look well to their laurels In athlotlcx
as well as In other Holds of achievement
mont where the now woman Is enter
od.
The democratic position on the tar
Iff suoms to ho Its most definite posl
tlon lit this campaign , yet while It
calls thu tariff a robber measure , It
will no more dare to do away with It
than It did when Cleveland was In
power. If It Is a "robber" measure It
should bo wiped out of existence , butte
to ruin a country to got rid of a rob
ber will not appeal to good democratic
common sense.
Hereafter it may bo possible for
wealthy papas to buy titles for tholr
daughters without taking some worth
less , worn-out noaccount European
bearing such title. It has been found
that there Is In Berlin an Industry
making u regular business of soiling
titles , and It would bo nice to have the
daughter choose a nice young American I-
Il
can and semi him to Berlin for his tl- ;
tie. Prices range from $50,000 for n
Gorman baronetcy to J2.000 for mem
bership in Turkish orders.
The Nebraska Independent , edited
by Mr. Tibbies , populist nominee for
vice president , thinks that Mr. Parker
might reasonably Include the republican
IIho
can party In his declaration that ho
considers the "gold standard as firmly
and Irrevocably established. " The
populist loader Is undoubtedly right.
The gold standard Is no more firmly es
tablished than the republican party ,
and the downfall of one may well betaken
taken to moan the downfall of the
other. They are at least as closely related -
latod as wheat and silver.
It should be Interesting to hear what
Mr. Bryan can say If he takes the
stump for the democratic ticket with -
out running counter to hls unte-con-
vcntlon statement , when ho said : "I
shall not misrepresent tlio Mtuatlon ,
or appeal for votux for the tlckot upon
fnlno grounds , A doinoorntlc victory
will moan very llttlo , If niiy.progress
on ocoiinmlo < | Uc lloiiH so long MB the
party In under thn control of the Wall
street nlmumit , The labor phi nil IIR
prepared by Judi t I'arltor's friends
on thu sub-commlltou was a strad
dling , meaningless plank. The nomina
tion of .luilgu Parker virtually nulll-
lles thu anti-trust plank. "
When thn domourats declared In their
platform that "protection Is the robbery
Dlhi'
bery of thu many to enrich the few , "
they nindu an iiNHorllnn that their orn-
torn and editors are llndlng It dllllcult
to support. Tlioy cannot show that
there Is prosperity lo the manufactur
ers without showing ( hat there Is
prosperity l > In densely populated sec
tions of thu country , and that this
prosperity has spread to tbo wngo
workers , thn ( 'armors and every other
clans throughout thn entire country.
olTl
The figures are available to show that
thousands of puoplo have buuu em
ployed and tnllllntiH of dollars have
Pibe
boon acquired where tlioro was Idle
| ness | | and waul and depression when the
democrats made their last regrtitablo |
attempt to get rid of the "robber tar
iff. "
The American people do not need to
bo especially frightened because a '
Russian warship has entered a port
on the Paulllc coast. There IH no
probability of danger to the nation
from the warlike visitor. It might
lire a few plunks Into San Kranclsco ,
but not If It Is at all discreet. There
ro enough of I'nclo Sam's warships
t hand to prevent thu lone Russian
rum doing nny considerable harm ,
hu only possibility of Interesting de
velopments would come If a Jap war-
hip should he sent over to lay In
.vaIt for the Russian outside the har-
tor , then It would be up to thu stran
ger to cither disarm or meet the ene-
ny on thu American coast and a sea
iiittle In sight of thu western coast
lutwcun the belligerent nations would
nit bo devoid of Interest.
HOOHHVKI/r.S ACC'UPTANCH.
Prosldont Roosevelt's letter of ac
ceptance Is an Interesting and logical
irKiimont In favor of republican poll-
; los that cannot bo Ignored by any pol-
tlclau of any party pretending to
lelng Informed on matters of govern
mental economy. It Is Interesting as
ivcll as educating , and as one of the
nest Important statements of tbo cam
paign deserves especial attention. The
republican will llnd In It reasons for
Ills belief ; thu democrat can ascertain
.lollnltely thn Issues ho opposes and
he Independent voter wishing to ho
ibsolutoly fair and Impartial In form-
UK his convictions during the present
campaign will find In It Just what the
present administration may bo expect
ed to support If the majority of the
people glvo It their approval.
The president deals exhaustively
with the Issues or lack of Issues pre
sented by the democratic party. Ho
notes with the balance of the Ameri
can people , that the party no sooner
acquires an Issue than It Is evaded and
If nothing new In the way of party
policy turns tip at the opportune time
It directs Its energy toward attacking
the party In power. Ho argues that
the democrats are Inconsistent on
many points , vacillating on others and
woud not cure or dare to carry out
many of Its promises If elected. They
are found to be advocating one policy
In ono section of the country and as
emphatically denying It In others. In
certain centers they make every effort
to show that In tbo settlement of the
anthracite coal strike and the .suc
cessful suit against the Northern Se
curities company wore acts that should
cause the administration to bo thrown
out of power , yet they dare not openly
condemn either net.
Of principal Interest to the west l. i
the president's argument for a pro
tective tariff policy as n means for
helping the farmers of the country
Ills logic In this connection Is con-
'Vlnelng. ' lie shows conclusively that
the tariff policy Is essential to the
manufacturer , and that tbo manufac
turer. In creating a market for the
farmer , Is essential to tbo agricultural
regions of the country. Flgurus are
given to prove that the prosperity of
thu farmer has kept pace with the
prosperity of the manufacturer and the
wage earner , and sometimes has led
the two classes directly Interested In
tariff legislation. Thu democrats In
ono breath call It the "robber tariff. "
and In thu next assert themselves as
favoring nothing more than a revision ,
giving an Indication of policy that Is
Indefinite If not dangerous to the
farmers and all other classes of people.
The democrats argue for a de
crease In the standing army , but tbo
president shows that an army of 60-
000 Is not only necessary to tbo protec-
tlon of a nation of $0,000,000 people ,
but Is far from being a menace to
their liberties. Ono soldier to every
1.400 people loss than ono-tciith of
one per cent of population Is smaller
relatively than the army maintained
by Washington In a time of peace ,
and smaller than the standing army
of C.100 soldiers to 5,300,000 popula
tion maintained In a time of peace by
tbo president so much admired by the
democrats Thomas Jefferson.
The democratic argument resardlng
the foreign policy of the government ,
and particularly tholr position regardIng -
Ing the Philippine ! ) , are handled with
out evasion or apology , and It IR
throughout ono of the best and most
convincing republican presentations of
the campaign.
The four most doubtful states of the
wont , Colorado , Wyoming , I'tah and
Idaho , permit the women to vote , and
It being RO dlflloult to toll the mind
of n woniiiu , the committees of both
parties nro somewhat puzzled to do-
ormlno what the result will bo.
With thu republican plurality In
Maine reaching about the 33,000 mark
tlioro Is no great consolation for the
lumocratii In studying the figures
shown by thn straw , even though tlioro
uivo boon local Ignitus and factors nt
work to contribute to thu result. Fig-
uroH of past elections show that such
i majority IH above thn avoriign.
Dead people sent by mall Is said
to bo n possibility of modern trans
portation , and In thu near future It
may not be uncommon for people to |
open their mall box OH and take there
from the rumahiH of a rotative or a
frlond. To make this possible the croI I
matorloH need to prepare thu court for
the postal department by removing the
water and combustablos that go Into
the make up of the average human |
body. The I'ow ounces of nshcH that
are loft run as well ho shipped by
mall as an express.
It Is olllclnlly reported from Toklo
that the Japanese losses In the battles
at Line Yang will not bo more than
17,000 .
men. The Russian figures are
about the same , which may be consid
ered rumnrkahlo from the fact that
the Russia us had all the advantages
of location and fortifications , and U
IH safe to assume that If the contend
ing nrniles had met on equal terms
there would have boon a Russian rout
and no orderly rot rent would have been
possible. The Japs are evidently very
superior and vigorous lighters and If
the Russians do not overwhelm them
with numbers victory may yet bo
tholr's.
AugiiHt llclmont , the New York mll-
llomilro , Is ambitious to bo about the
whole * thing us far as the democratic
national committee Is concerned. This
representative of Wall street Is desir
ous that Chairman Taggart should act
us a mere figurehead In the present
contest and the light Is now on to de
termine whether Chairman Tnggnrt
shall control In fact as well as In
iiumo or whether bo will bo merely
thu automaton manipulated by Mr.
Belmont. In the meantime the work
of the committee Is In a state approaching
preaching paralysis and tbo republi
cans under Chairman Cortolyou nro
going steadily forward Invading demo
cratic territory and rolling up the ti
dal wave of popular sentiment that
threatens to engulf the democratic
machine In the most disastrous defeat
It has sustained In recent years.
STATK KMTO.MOMHilST TIM , I. * OP
now TO < JIT : urn or TIIIJ PIST.
Ilotr Ilic liiNcclH ( Jrt Action tin tin *
VIIIIIIK Wlirnt I'limtfl mid Unlit ( lie
Crop \llnm-d to Multiply mid At-
Inck With Impunity.
Htnto Kntntnologlst Lawrence Ilru-
ner has prepared a press bulletin on
the HoHslan fly ( uccldomya destructor
Hay ) regarding the need of precaution
against the pest and thn way to got
rid of the Insect , that may prove of
value to thu farmers of the state. Mr.
Hruner ; says that the post has not yet
done much damage In the state , but
of recent years IIIIH shown a tendency
towards ' multiplying In dangerous
numbers. Especially IIIIH this boon
true In thn southeastern portion of the
state where considerable damage has
already ' resulted.
"This Insect Is n diminutive , dark
colored Ily , much smaller than n llt
tlo mosquito , to which latter It boars
a general resemblance. Its habit of
laying eggs on your plants of wheat ,
kJinrloy , and rye , renders It a danger
ous farm post. Especially In this true
of It In regions whore winter grains
are grown. H may also become a pest
at times oven where spring wheat
alone IH raised , but there Is llttlo dan
ger that this last will occur.
"Tbo fly appears chiefly during
spring and fall , but a few of the ma
ture Insects may be scon throughout
the summer as well. Hero In Nebras
ka the spring brood may bo found
late In April , during May , and thu first
part of Juno. The autumn files Issue
Into In August , throughout September ,
and the first part of October appear
ing Inter In spring and earlier In fall
northward. The eggs are deposited
both In spring and fall on the upper
sides of tbo leaves , and the young , as
soon as hatched , make tholr way
down the plant to near the ground ,
where they lodge behind the sheath of
the leaves. In the spring they locale
at the first or second , and sometimes
even the third Joint above thu roots ;
but In the full when Hie plants are
smaller , they go down lo a point Just
above the roots , an shown In the Illus
tration at h. The effect on the plants
In the fall Is to prevent them from
sending up shoots that would boar
heads the following year , and to re
duce the growth to a mere bunch of
rank growing leaves that kill out
during the winter. In tbo spring the
maggots or young become Imbedded
In the straw , thus weakening It and
when the grain comes to bend the
weakened straws topple and brook
down. The insect passes the winter
largely In the "llaxseed" stage about
the growing young plants. Just above
the roots. It also passes the summer
to a great measure , In tbo same stage ,
but In the stubble fields. The adults
breed chlofly In filling and fall , at
ilatos varying with the latitude , They
live hut a few days and dlo vary moon
after laying tholr eggs. The Individu
als which coino to maturity cither In
iidvanco or after the normal dates
mentioned above are the ones usually
found attacking the volunteer grainer
or abnomal plantings and have led to
the supposition that there may bo
oven three or more broods of the fllo
during the year.
"A sickly appearance of the grain
Into In the fall and failure to respond
to the first warm wcalhor of spring1
may Indicate the presence of tlio In
sect.
"Tho Hessian fly Is attacked by n
number of different parasitic Insects
which In ordinary years tend to keep
it In check.
However , during1 seasons
when the climatic
conditions
nro es
pecially favorable to the Increase at
the post , special prccaptlons are nec
essary. These may bo summed up
briefly as follows :
1. "Burn thn stubble when possible.
This Is particularly desirable when , .
,
from any reason , shallow plowing Is -
unavoidable. If the stubble Is left ' \ *
long It will burn moro easily. Some
farmers are willing to go to the
trouble of spreading straw from
threshing over the stubble , thus In-
surlng the burning and at the same
time getting rid of some 'llaxseeds'
which may hnvo lodged on the sur
face of the straw pile at the time of
threshing.
2. "Kail plowing of the stubble In
such a way that the straw Is com
pletely turned over.
3. "All screenings and litter about
thu threshing machine should be
cleaned up and either fed Immediately
or burned , leaving no litter from the
threshing on tbo fleld. There Is no
absolute need of burning the straw
pile. The flics emerging from the
'llaxseeds' In the center of the pile
will never reach the surface.
4. "Since tbo fly lays Its eggs , as u
rule , near the locality whore It emer
ges from the 'flaxsced , ' It Is best not
to plant wheat on the same ground
two years In sucesslon whore rotation
Is possible. Varieties of wheat that
produce a stout stalk are the least af
fected by the pest.
5. "Cooperation is absolutely nec
essary , for , however careful one may
be. If his neighbor Is not so , the hit
ter's fields will afford a supply of this
pest for the former. Since this pest
Issues from the 'llaxseed' early In May .
( or oven In April ) , a stubble Hold left
for corn land and not plowed up to
the inth of May or later has probably
discharged Its quota of files ready for
mischief before plowing. "
( > . "Tho practice of sowing narrow
strips of grain across the field early
In the fall to act as decoys and later
plowing them under , has at times
proved beneficial. The decoy planting
should be done Into in August or In
early September. Pasturing early
sown fields with sheep has also been
followed with beneficial results. "
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