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BUYERS'GUIDENJTO
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We hive been wortirtg I
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logue tar thirty ytm. We
consider thu number lo be > ,
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world hi cvtr Men W KM done
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bout everything listed heron
This Is oar Famous Catalogue.
It can be found In over two
million homes of thinking pee *
pie. Is It In yours ?
Why Not Start Now ?
Spring is at hand and you will need supplies of all kinds.
If you are a progressive , up > to > date buyer , go stow and place
your order where you will get biggest returns for your dollar.
HAVE YOU EVER TRIED MONTGOMERY WARD fr CO.
of Chicago ? Perhaps you have long intended to , but never knew how
to begin. Why not start now ? Our Catalogue No. 7O , revised for
Spring and Summer , is just out , our building is piled from basement to
roof with good things the very best our active buyer could gather in
the best markets ; every employe in our big establishment is ready and
waiting to serve you to the best of his or her ability fust as though you
were shopping over our counters. We've been preparing for this event
all winter , and believe that there never was a better opportunity for
shrewd , active buyers to start purchasing on our wholesale prices no
middlemen one profit plan. The Spring and Summer edition of
CATALOGUE NO. 7O IS NOW RE ADV. Over IOOO pages packed with the good things of
life everything you use gathered by our buyers from the markets of the world. Page after
page of high grade merchandise , all illustrated and honestly described.
SEEMS TO US THAT YOU OVGHT TO HAVE M COPY. We want you to have one so much so that we
will furnish the book free and pay onehatf the postage If you will pay the rest , fifteen cents. There are so
many people In this country bubbling over with curiosity , or trying to get something for nothing , that we are
compelled to make this trivial charge. It Is only fifteen cents but It assures us that you are acting In good faith
and are Interested In our business. Why not ask for It today , befora you forget It ?
Montgomery Ward fr Co. , Chicago
taiii , as they attained empire , all ex
acted heavy tribute from their de
pendencies in taxation , rents , in
terest , and profits of commerce ; but
our political and commercial rulers
generously share their profits with
their foreign customers , in order the
more securely to fleece their own
countrymen.
This state of things cannot long
continue. If it is not ended by
abolishing tariff laws which have
now become so hurtful , a tremendous
deus business and financial panic ,
coupled with a political deluge , will
end it amid wide-spread disaster.
In the coming contest for commer
cial supremacy we shall need all our
strength , and must avail ourselves of
every possible advantage. Our in-
vasioii'Of the world's markets is forc
ing other countries to copy our in
ventions and machinery , educate
their artisans , and adopt our im
proved methods of organization and
production on a large scale. Our
protection policy , by depriving them
of access to our markets , only makes
it the more necessary to hold their
trade in other markets , and thus in
tensifies the competition we must encounter -
counter there. To successfully moot
this competition , it is indispensable
that our people should have the right
to gather their supplies from the
four quarters of the globe wherever
they may be had best and cheapest ,
and to market their products whore-
over most in demand , absolutely free
from the strait-jacket of protection.
Entering upon a new realm , America
must discard the swaddling-clothes
and adopt a policy suitable to the
T ,
new conditions and worthy of her
aspirations. No cheese-paring reci
procity will answer. She must
wholly throw aside .her defensive
armor so obsolete and cumbrous , and ,
under the banner of free trade ,
fight berserk , like our Viking an
cestors.
Boston , Feb. 26 , 1902.
RAISING CATALPAS.
The following letter on catalpas.
from the secretary of the Interna
tional Society of Arboriculture , will
bo of interest to all friends of that
handsome and useful tree. Mr.
Brown is now in New Orleans ,
where ho is putting in 110,000 catal
pas for the Illinois Central railroad :
"Prepare the ground by plow and
harrow , as for a garden ; make shal
low and broad furrows , three feet
apart ; sow the seed in these drills ,
about twenty-five seed to a foot or
row ; cover very slightly as fast as
the seed are strewn , else wind will
scatter them. The seed cannot push
their way through much more than
one-quarter inch of soil ; sandy soil is
best. Preferably , nearly , level laud
is to bo selected. Keep down all
grass and weeds from the start. If
once choked with either , it will bo
very difficult to cultivate the young
seedling. Hoe the young plants ; af
ter the second pair of leaves appear ,
they will be quite hardy and may bo
plowed. If very strong growth is
desired the first year , give greater
room by sowing loss seed in the
rows , while if for transportation long
distances small plants are desirable ,
strew seed more thickly. An early
start in spring is desirable , plant as
soon as ground can be worked well.
In autumn , after frost has cut the
leaves , take up the trees , tie in
bundles of one hundred and heel
them in that is , bury them in the
ground to remain until spring , in a
location free from standing water.
Never plant in autumn where frost
is liable to heave them out.
When planting in forest , use one
season's growth of trees ; set them
about 8 by 8 feet , or (580 trees per
acre , and within eight or ton years ,
thin to 10 by 16 feet , or 170 trees per
acre. Circumstances may require a
different method of planting , in
which one's judgment must be used.
By all means do not crowd them.
At New Orleans I am planting in
an old sugar plantation , the old cane
rowsTbeiug seven foot apart. Hence
I'set ] the trees eight feet ap"art in
the ] row , and take only alternate
rows , fourteen feet. Often farmers
wish o plant trees in single rows
about the fence lines. Tins ma.y be
done'but it is far better to have the
trees'in a solid forest.
JOHN P. BROWN. "
Benjatnin
Franklin
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