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TAGS EIGHT THE ASHEVILLE GAZETTE-NTTV73 Monday, February 1, 1913. Socialist Columns. These commas are pabBabea every Saturday, and controlled by the Socialist . Local of Ashevillo, wbtdt alone la respomnblo for the opinions ex- FERTILIZERS FOR CAROLINA SOILS Prof. J. N. Harper Advances Some Ideas of Value to W. N. C. Farmers. r The Asherflle Local meets every Bond ay at 4 p m. In tta reading: ' room, Central Labor TTnioa BalL An m terested are Invited. u Socialist Speaking a Brevard. I By those who know that the war was hurried on by the ruling powers William R, Trull of Idaho, made a talk on Socialism at the Brevard court house on Wednesday night, January 17. Comrade Trull will be remem bered by North Carolinians as elector! at large for the republicans during the Blaine campaign. He moved to Idaho j some 20 years ago, and has seen enough of its apostasy to the Interests j and welfare of the people to desert the j republican party and embrace social ism. ! The central thought in his address was the international feature of social ism making of the entire civilized world one nation, something similar to the government of TTncle Sam over the several states. Such an interna tional government would prevent all future wars, while each nation, or state would be free to enact its own laws and govern its own people. The weather was Inclement and only a small audience came out, but the few who were there were attentive lis teners. J. J. MINER. faster than any human agency could organize to resist it. By those so soft and timid that they shrink from a policeman and who yet declare that the socialists in Europe should have stood up to be shot rather than go to war. By those who shout for Old Glory but who denounce the nationalism of other men. Our 1914 Tote. The socialist vote at the eonrres. sional elections last November totalled a little more than 600,000. The est! mated total falls Just a little short of the total vote of S09.621 cast at the congressional elections of 1910. While the returns from only 2" states are official, and while an est! mate had to be made for six states, the result may be accepted as practically correct. This of course does not allow for the fact that many socialist votes were never counted. But this condl Hon prevailed In previous elections and will continue to prevail until the so cialist party becomes strong enough tr force a count of all the ballots cast for It. The 1914 congressional elections were featured by a general despair that swept the entire country. This grew out of the terrible carnage that arose practically over night and laiil Its bloody hand over nearly all of Eu rope. It was augmented by the terri fylng prospects of meeting By those who themselves nurse the pride and prejudice of race feeling but who censure it in men of other races. By so-called socialists who have per sistently antagonised the party organ ization here and elsewhere and whoso verdict would be sude to be adverse, whatever the facts.' By those who, under like circum stances, would have done exactly what the men In Europe are doing. By syndicalists and so-called ' direct actionists" who declare that parlia mentarism is at fault, in the face of the fact that their European comrades of like faith are fighting quite as res olutely as are any of the others In the ranks. By those fomenters of anti-socialist feeling to whom any charge against the socialists is good and serviceable so long as it supplies the moment's need. And lastly by those idle-brained per sons who do no thinking for them selves but who merely shout what they are told to shout. Surely in all recorded history there has been no such universal outburst of hypoerlcy os now vents itself against the socialist party. Than City Farmers Get loss Cash Workers. Back to the Farm! The inducement under capitalism Is so great. An om cial farm bulletin says: "Extensive investigations Into the profits of farm ins have indicated that the amount of money which the average farmer re celves for his year's work is little more than that which he would be paid if he another i hired himself out as a farm hand to one winter accompanied by a growing in dustrial depression. This resulted In a much decreased vote and reactionary political wave that obliterated the progressive party, robbed the democratic party of much of its power and stampeded a return to the disappearing republican ranks. It is therefore no idle explanation to claim that the socialist party did well to poll more than 600,000 votes In the face of this reaction, and a blsr falling off in the total vote. In many states where there were no gains the socialist vote this year was bigger, pro. portionally, than In 1910. As a result of this election the so cialist party is again represented in congress and increased the number of its members In the state legislatures E0 per cent. While the Industrial de pression has also resulted in a tem porary decrease In the dues paying membership, the party Is in a better financial condition than It has been for a long time. The party member ship is united and facing the future and preparing for the 1916 presiden tial campaign with sn eager enthusiasm. On every hand the desire Is to start the campaign now that will result In the doubling of our vote In 1916, that will send a large delegation of work ing class representatives to the na tional congress and Increase our repre sentation many times in the state leg islatures. National Socialist. of his neighbors." The actiml cash re ceipts from the average farm, accord ing to this report, are $595. Of this amount $173.91 was paid out of the sale of products for things bought that were not raised on th farm. And an average of five persons contributed to ward producing this wealth! At the same time the farmer Is being robbed until he ran 'harely exist, the never works are collecting from him tribute on transportation and manufacture based on stocks watered ten tlm above their actual value: and the gov ernment assists them In the direct steal. Then these infernal highway man have the nerve to shout that the American farmer Is not efficient, and that unless ho gots a move on him the people will starve. The nation Is threatened with starvation, but the only thing that makes It a possibility Is the wholesale robbery of the toilers, on and off the farm. We are rapidly forcing the produc ers to the condition they suffered un der feudalism, when the robbery was more open, but not the less actual than It Is today. Unless there is a change soon, the world wl!l return to the dRrk age to barbarism. Appeal to Reason. Socialists and the War. By W. J. Ghent. Is there anything in history quite comparable with this general howl against the socialists, because they did not prevent the war? Has hypocrisy ever shown itself on so universal a scale? :This howl of complaint and detrac tion is raised by those who have al ways fought the socialist party who have striven to keep it small in num bers and impotent to obstruct a war. By those bourgeois antl-mtlltarlats who have always ignored or minimiz ed the work of the socialist party for peace, and who now profess to find that party all-powerful in its ability to prevent the use of arms. By priests and parsons who conven iently Ignore the utter failure of Chris tianity to exert the slightest influence for peace. By those who know that the social ists are not In a majority In any na tional representative body in the world. By those who know that the social ists have less than one-third of the membership of the Reichstag. By those who In past times have labored to show that the Reichstag Is without powsr, and that even If the socialists controlled it they would be helpless against the monarchy. 'By those who know full wall the a general strike In the face of a mobil ized army of millions would be sheer madness. Farmer, Like Waie Worker, Is Ex ploited. The wpge worker, if he has brains enough to fertilize two hairs, can plainly see how he Is robbed by the private owner of his Job, but In the case of the farmer it Is different; the farmer Is robbed more scientifically the method Is more complicated and he cannot see so clearly how he is robbed as the city, factory and mine worker. This is especially true where the farmer owns his own farm. A capitalist owned press and a capitalist owned school system has taught the farmer that he Is free and independ ent. If he lives In poverty he is taught that It is because he did not work hard enough, did not farm sclentift cany, because crops were poor, or some other similar tommy-rot. It never occurs to the average farmer that he is practically working for wages as trully as the worker In the mines or the factories, that he is rob bed by the private owners of the mar ket in which he works. The factory worker sells his labor power direct while the farmer first stores his in hlsj wheat and corn and then sells the wheat and corn in a market he does not control any more than the wage worker controls the market In which he sells his labor power. Both are skinned, hut the farmer Is skinned more scientifically and in more differ ent ways. Both must lok to socialism for relief. Appeal to Reason. ' Prof. J. N. Harper, director of the South Carolina experiment station at Clemson, recently prepared a bulle tin treating of the use of commercial fertilizers for Carolina soils which contains much valuable information for the farmers of this section. Says he: "The most important plant food for the soils of this state is nitrogen (am monia). All of our soils are deficient lnthls element. : This is due to the fact that the nitrates are soluble In water and are constantly leaching put of the land. Therefore unless crops are grown in rotation with the le gumes, the farmer must use some form of commercial nitrogen and he should insist that this nitrogen be available. Nitrate of soda, sulphate of ammonia blood, cottonseed meal, fish scrap and takage are splendid sources of nitrogen. Cottonseed meal is one of the best and at the present price it Is one of the cheapest. Nitrate of soda is also a good source of nitro gen and it will liberate a certain amount of potash in the soil. When applied early In the spring it greatly increases the yield of grain. "It also pays to use acid phosphate on all types of soil found In this state, excepting where it has accumulated from previous fertilizations. Acid phosphate is not only a valuable plant food but it Is also valuable in that it hastens the maturity of plants, espe cially potton, and prevents cotton from running to stalk or weed. . "On account of the European war our source of potash which comes from Germany, has been cut off, caus ing the price to Increase considerably. At the present time It will not pay the farmers of the Piedmont section to use any potash In their fertilizers. The sandy soils of the coastal plain are very deficient in potash and what Is on hand should be used for the soils of that region. Fertilizers are not amendments or stimulants to plant growth, but fur nish the necessary elements of plant food without which they will not grow. Our staple crops take out large amounts of plant food from the soil which must be replaced. The farm ers of the state have not acted un wisely In that they have been using fertilizers in large amounts for a num ber of years. However, under the present conditions with the low rlce of cotton, we advise the farr. ,-s to reduce the amount of . fertilizer they will use this coming season. There Is a considerable amount of plant food stored in our soils as a residual from previous ferillza,tlons which can be called on in this time of need. Practically all of the phos phorus that has been applied In acid phosphate to the soils in this state is still In the first 12 Inches excepting that which has been taken out by plants. Acid phosphate does not wash out of the land as does nitrogen. in our present financial stress wie must make good use of the plant food stored in our soils and reduce our fer tilizer bill as much as possible. We recommend to the farmers of the Piedmont region that they apply to their corn, 300 pounds of fertilizer composed of equal parts of acid phosphate and cottonseed meal, this to be applied at the time of planting, and when the corn is waist high a top dressing of from 50 to 7B pounds of nitrate of soda. For cotton, we recommend 200 pounds of acid phos phate and 200 pounds of cottonseed meal applied at the time of planting. For oats and wheat, we recommend 100 pounds of acid phosphate, 100 pounds of cottonseed meal and 75 pounds of nitrate of soda. The soda should be applied early in March. "For the coastal plain we recom mend for corn 200 pounds of acid phosphate and 200 pounds of cotton seed meal, this to be applied as recom mended by the Williamson plan; and 100 pounds of soda to be used when the corn is bunching to tassel. For cotton 200 pounds of acid phosphate, ZOO pounds of cottonseed meal and 25 pounds of muriate of potash and 76 pounds of nitrate of soda, to be applied when the squares begin to form. For oats we recommend 1E0 pounds of acid phosphate, 160 pounds cottonseed meal. In addition to this. 100 pounds of nitrate of soda should be applied In the early Spring. "Where It Is considered advisable PILCIA TODAY AND TUESDAY One lot of about 50 MEN'S SUITS REGULAR $10, $12.50 AND $15.00 VALUES 75 Gem Clofhin Store 6 PATTON AVENUE u n to use more or lees fertilizer per acre s 8. G. Bernard and wife to D. R. 4 1 than here recommended, we advise j REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS Millard, property in Jackson park; f LICENSED TO WED that the materials be mixed In the 4) $10 and other considerations. i above proportions, due regard being . Mary L. Lance and husband to W. N. H. Melton to Buena Vista Wat- ,v, . , xb.w made -to previous fertilisations, rota- C Morris, property in Avery's creek kins property in Swannanoa town- s TJlyssee Matnis to cinnie Neisonw tlons, eta" township; consideration $200. ship-; $5 and other consideration ,H. E. Hall to Carrie Ball., The Gazette - News' Big Bargain Offer! Farm Life Home Life Farm and Home WOMAN'S World Today's Magazine for Women WAR LITTLE AFFECTS SCHOOLS OF BERLIN 1 1 Neuralgia! Thoee nerve-rackinjl paint iiopud! You experience a welcome feel'inf of com fort sad esM, sad on attend to your sOairt alter spplyuul SLQMIS '"TTlT.lRuT ellenl for Neuritta, Tooth ache end Sciatica h.dNemlii.tsWrwia '' . ! mt blo-Va l.ioi. ', .'." . " coaeWtair Berlin, Feb. 1. Correpondenoe of The Associated Press) War has made very little change In the aspect of the 110 public schools of Berlin, which continue their educational work with' out interruption. 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