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WASHINGTON DAILY WEATHER Fair Tonight *ud Thurod.,, Moderate VwUhlo Winds. u.v , ? - 'V*' * YoLt WASHINGTON N C- WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON APRIL 28 1W5 Ho. 74 ' ? fr ? ~ .V 5 ?' * ' ' NEWS LIVE-AT-HOME FARMING BIG ECONOMIC PROBLEM OF STATE AND SOUTH y < ' K\' . ' ? ?' r ? - I In illustration of the wwk and vriJlingnMB of the Unvwwty of North Oarottnn ?? aero the St** in dim* aa>dk* ?* lh? spun pfe w? iff ? *? ta account of the Wake county Load Market Problem OJ it appeared last week in the Faleigfa Times. . . Linxtrhouw fanuug ? jn?t now the big economic problem of North Carolina, and toe Sooth. Win solved 5* i? a now declara tion of independence in the Cot ton Belt: "Pooor Market Facilities No* ao with b*?d and meat pookn, from door to door, or peddle Iqa flrmta, nnts and vege teUea batter and eggs, meat and iMjuMry, from dooor to dooor, or stand in *e -market place all day waiting. It j? bothenomo, wfste ful of time Wnbarraasing, and t? nmmenJivp. The producer* and consumers of food product# are a? far apart a* thowgh thay lived on different planet*. The - fanners are shy of cultivating housewives a- back doof? ; and hontewive* are toe ?Joae to telephones to visit ? market place a Sabbntt day* journey distant. Raleigh is not yet provided with grain and hay warehouses, cold storage plants for perishable products or credit accommodation tiposi stored food products; with ample market spaces for free, open-air trading; with convenient camping shods, bitching grounds and feeding stall with i*st rooms for the country people provided with lavatory and toilet facilities^ chairs and lolin; ges, books, newspapers, and mag azines to make the country p<y> ple f??l the warmth of city bospi lUlnigh is not ready to lialdle the big four million trade in homo-raised food stuffs. Doubling Our "Farm Wealth. But leaving city consumers out of consideration, * wo can and we ought to raise the supplies that we ourselves mfcan to buy from year to year to feed our familie? and our farm animals. If only we could or would stop spending two million dollars a year for these things, the farm wealth in Wake would be more than doubl ed n the next six years. We shall always need to raise cotton and tobacco, but while we do it, we will be wise to have our pantries, barns, cribs and smoke holism filled with our own hoine roiaod supplies. As for the two million more of such products that consumers in Raleigh need, we aro never likely te raise them until city consumer? and country dwellers, bankers boards of trade, and farmers ge* together to solvq this'uiarkvt proh lom The Acid Test of fcuueets. Ways and Means of Solvini the local Market Problem *?<? diflcnifled by Mf. J. K. Hollo^ay The market problem created liv tlr* demand for bread stuffs a^ high prions ?md the. failure of nearbv firmer* to supply this de mand is a pi^lexing problem in every olty center In America said Mr. Hoiloway. The law of markets i? greed for gain. It la the tooth-and-claw struggle f?r price and profit. Thir primary Ww of human nature or ganlxaa a world-wide market for cotton and tobaeoci; and at the >?mfe time and for |be same i?ea ton It denlea to producers and eon sinners of bretud stuff*, living ?lde by lid* In the mitot county, an opportunity for direct dealing) prodnosrs and oowonwr* at far trough ? ^ Wei produ?w? i u p?4 Oreed *14? ?P?n dull unoonMfi of Wfc wntanh ers and producers But at last consuniers >ir?ke up to the fact that the cost c< living i? a gr?at mlional rttoMtm. Farnm* <>*? -am tbat 4* yrie** of fed P">" dnets sre higher than evW( but tlso (hgt tbagr Jp* ?? mor* or ?"? tie Cm ??* r* *e *? juncb ; producers get too littlb f consumers and nrodueers ere too far apart; and the corf of market ling is too gw*t Hew in brief ? thij market problem ; tlie principle of solu tion acid test of mocmb. The problem is gating con sumers and producers together the principle of action Hen in co operation. and aucoeas is achiev ed when farmers get more for their products and consumers get more foe tlveir money K far mers do not get merej and if at the same time consumers do. not pay low then the problem is not solved; no matter bow elaborate the attempt or expensive the mar ket hotwe ' ' In the light of this principle, it is safe to say. that city markets are commonly a costly, sorry jnko. ' '* ?<* Co-operation Neowsary. Producers alone oaii not solve the market problem. Success culls for the direct cooperation of v., n?omer< ; attd In big scale mar keting H invariably calls for anil ilepends upon the credit accom modation of the banks. If con .'timers are unconcerned and un organised, of if banks and t m im portation companies arc? neglect fnl or hostile, the fanners' chance of success is reduced to 'aero. Sue cees lies m collusion, not' in col lission; in co-operation, not in contest. ? Texas Leads. I suggest, said Mr. Hollqwa.v. nftot< looking about to see what various citiee arc doing ( 1 ) a free telephone market information ex change in charge of an official whose staged business it is to give reliable disinterested market news to farmers and city dweller- and t(- bring consumers and producers together in direct dealings. At p-rV*ent neither Ttn ewe definitely the wants, tastes, and .standard* jif the other. Texas boards of tiade are undertaking this free ?enorous public service. What -the Banks Can Do. (2) It mlybe beyond reason to expect commercial bunks to make long-time loads at low rates to far mers upon the security they have to offer; but they can refuse cred it fo supply merchants who . do i crop-lien business protected by tobacco or cotton acKrages alone The'Texas banks are doing thu very thing at this very minute Thev are doing this in ortler to rforoe the supply merchants t.> r'orce the -farmers t? raise a sut ficiencv of mOilt ttud bread 011 eve ry fann. 'It is souml sense an. <afe businews policy, they say, to keep in Texas the 155 million del 'aw tluit leave the state every .ear to. pav tl*." bills for imported 'ood supplies. It means a food-produMng. ??!'. feeding farm civilisation ; which m#au? farm prosperity; which til m means bigger, better, safer busi nem for anpply merchants an'1 bankers. half dozen mon/tn Kaleigl could do more in this way to o ake Wake county a food-prodiic ing farm region than all the far mere of the county put together and they oould do it almost by lifting or lowering their oye Srowa. (8) Of course Raleigh must t*et reaAy with arrangements, con venittioce and facilities for doing an Immensely larger business In home- raised food supplies, aa al ready suggested. The Farmlra End of the Problen. On The other h?nd the farmers jmtat not only produce food ?11" feed sufficient for firm eoninmp tlon, but aotne two millions mor for the oity conaumor* in Raleigh ; and eren. more for consumers in (ke larger radius of Raleigh' trade territory. Tbev must know more about maiket demands What thev offer for sale in compe tition *i?b tke big, wide world must taste aa ((nod and look just as attrVtive as imported food pro ducta. They nmat produce meat, grain and Stay, butter and egg* in Strtody, reliable (mflictoncies and stand read? to anppl.v^market de manda jttat aa wwtern markets do upon farmer* a* well ss upon con patches. . ' The hlame for the Prsaenl aid Mm IPIFIIS Tho Cornelian- arid Eta Kappa Clubs held tlieir regular meetings Friday afternoon, April 23rd. No proggutn had been arranged a* this was tlu^, day for regular business meetings. Old and nevf business waa discussed. The date livas set for tho banquet which is | to be given the seniors by these clubs. A joint meeting of thei clubs was held Tuesday at recess] to talk over irlie plans. The menu ! color scheme and favors wore d> | eided upon. ? On Friday morning, April 23, H*e 7B grade opened the exercis es. Tho tirst number on the program was a hvmn by the grade "He Leadeth Me," followed by the Lord's praVbr. Xcxt, they 13th. chapter of the 1st Corinth ian*. Mrs. D. M. Carter then rendered a vocal solo in a charm ing manner. That was followed bv an instrumental nuet by Miss es, Alice White and Doris Jones. "Tne program was closed bv sing ing "Low's Old Sweet Song." Much credit is due Miss Mayo for arranging such a splendid pro gram. The Washington and Tartar High School baseball teams cross ed bats at Fleming Park on Fri day afternoon. In the evening Mr. James Kaugham. the effi cient second baseman for tho cals. offered tho use of his haiul scme home in West Sccond streei where a reception was tendered the visiting team by the Athleti Association.* The feature of the owning was V progressive oonvor ?ation," which was very much jevod bv all. Music was furnish A by yictroln and piano. Choc olate, atrc^-borry and ..vanilla ie? "ream wfth eake was served late in the evening, after which th-: ?Jiiests departed, each one deelar ing that they had spent ai most d? lightful evening. Miss Campbell. teacher ni" .Science, accompanied by Mr ( M. Campbell. Jr., superintendent look the fourth year das? flown 4o the ice plant of the Crystal Io ^Vwnpany on yest*yday. After camming the various depart ments they were treated to delic >:eus ie? cream by their clever mat1 <tger, Mr. S. C. Carty. 'If you wish to visit, the PI1 mouth Colony, mid light Indian with Mjlos Stiandish. spin an*1 voave with -Priscilla. the Puritai I naiden, be sure to attend tie pi f it the Public Scln^o] Auditorim ? ?n Fridav evrningS April 30th. j | Vliere will l?e no admission char." I *d. Each inemlier of the cast i?| j loing their part faithfully. ? Then i;s no doubt that if will l>e a grrer j .uccess. After the enterta-" ment dainty refreshments will be Isold bv memtars of the Eta Kan pa Club. FIRST OF THE SEASON. The fiVst strawberries of tho taMon were brought to market here yestcrdfty by Mr. John Lath am fr*?m thn farm of Mr. O. Rum le^r near llijs city. Crerlle k Wright secured the berries and they wore sold at the fancy nricn of 25c pcr^ quirt. Mr. Latham savs they will have s splendid crop of this fruit and will soon be on the market in large 'prankiticn. OPERATION FOR APPEN DICITIS. ?Mr. John Stowe wan brought to this city this morning from Hat terta by hia phy?ician, Dr. Jams, and taken to the Washington Ho* pital where he was immediately operated on by Dr. Joshua Tav loe assisted by Dr. Armistead Tayloe. He wa<? suffering with a aerero rase of appendicitis but a late report, stated that his condi tion was most favorable. ami Horry state of affnira must lie upno farm em ns weel as upon con aumeifc, bueineas men and bank era. Rut it ia a four million dol lar proposition in Wake ond it ia .worth polvipf." jr. ? - ' -- I SURPRISE IMIIRGE ON LAST IHT Miss Rose Ik" Hill. daughter \ p{ Mr. and Mrs. G. II. Hill, and ,Mr. Hennan Selby were made .'nuii and wife last night at the Meriiodi*t parsonage, Rev. K. M. Snipe*. officiating. The marriage occasioned mtich surprise among their m ttfty friends, and only a small nutnwrtf were prwent. Mr. Selbv is from Aurora and is a son of the late S. T. Selhv. Gt'N CLl'B SIIOOT Fill DAY On account of rhe ball game .Friday the Washington (inn Club .will hold their shoot on Thursday instead of Friday as previously arranged (Cftt SPENDS WEEK F.N D HEh'fc Miss Lillian Woolard returm- ' to Rialeigh Monday afternoon af ttr spending the week end with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. W . I?. Woolard in East Second street. Miss Woolard is employed as s*e rographer in the office of the State I {even ur Colleetor. "SWISS BELL RINGERS" 81 RElfllEIIRE The New Theater offers their patrons tonight in two perform* ances what they think will l>e the best mimical lact ?hat has ever been t<TWa?hiii^ton^iLs tiio ''Swiss Pell Ringers" whiA ure tilling the boards here tonight cornea here recommended as one of the best acts in their line that has ev er toured the road. Any one that enjoys high class music on any kind of instrument that you can think of. will ccr tjiinly like this act tonipht. There will Ijc two pcrforujanees tonight with pirturo* tatw^n the acts. The prices are ~25r straight. ami any one that pays the price will not. po away rtipTettinp it. as this act. will eortainlv pleas*' any and every one. Tomorrow this house will have another one of thos" well pl<*asinp "Paramount *' pic tures that is drawing such pood Imiisos for this theater. ILL AT HOMF>OF SON. ('apt. Ocorpe Howard of Ocrn r-oke is very ill at the home of his son, Mr, Cieorpe N. Howard, in Honner street. SUCCEEDS MR. RYRD. Mr. A. Hnppins of Lumherton ban arrived in the city to /mccoed Mr. II. C. Ryrd a? manaper of the Sinper Sewinp Machine Co. Mr. Byrd. has IhhjiI promoted to manapcir of the Wilminpton j branch of the company and will leav? in a few days for his new) home. Mr. JTuggirm will move1 his family here !n la few weoka and will resido on the eorncr of Fifth and Bonner Greets. The Pallv Xews woJcoinca him to our [domain and wishet him euccefts in hit work here, * Wellington, D. O., Apfil $8. ? The ootton warehouses already in existence are ample in aggre gate storage capacity, according to u recent, savvey made by t&o C. S. Department of Agriculture to storta uh much of die crop a s there is auy neod foe but they are poorly distributed. The beet are uot available tg the farmer ami lie charges of the others art* h~? cr than he is disposed to pay. Those facts complioete the finan cing of the crop, and are largely responsible for keeping so maijv cotton farmers under the blight of the credit system. A better I system of warehouses would do | much to help tie situation. Cotton, aecoordihg to jne go^ hrnmetit specialists, is ctmsider >d the very best collateral, and 1 jankers and business men in gen eral are willing to lend money Ion it at lower interest than on ?oal testate. An essential condi 5 ion is, however, that the cotton be oroperly stored and insured. At he present, however, thin is very ?arely done. The farmer* aro lccnstomed to dispose of their rop at the earliest possible mo il en t and in the niearest town, vlueh of tho crop, if not all of it. > frequently pledged in advance, "n order to obtain supplies for the arnier. Even when the price drops as low as it did in the full ? ?f 11)14 the need for immediate rash induces this farmer to depress the market still further bv throw ng all of his cotton upon it. If this is not done much of the crop is left insufficiently protected and uiiTers what is known, to tho trade ?s "country damage." On the other. hjrnd, it is point ed out in a nWwi publication of 'lie S. Department Q^Agricul nre, Bulletin 2l(f, Cdtton-Waro 'louses," that an adequate ware house system would enable tho arniers to stoM their cotton at prices lower than those charged for the same sendee now, because the insurance rates on cotton stored in a standard warehouse vould bf much lower than at the prc&ent. time. Since cotton is re garded as such u safe collateral, the merchant, would be willing to xtond time to the farmer if ware" '?out*? receipts were deposited with tbem as collateral. Tho local l ank wr>i^d take 'these receipts ?'rom the merchant as further ac commodation. and Itho larger Inink. from which the local bank has in all probability obtained the, loan, would also exttmd time. In this way the crop could be mar" X'*tcd gradually and prices stabil ized in consequence. Moreover, such a system would <nd to free the farmers, especi ally those of the tenant class, from the endless chain of debt. It would not, of course, end at once or completely the credit sys tem by which the supply mer chant sometimes obtains interest ? ?f from 25 to 35 cents on a dol lars worth of supplies. If, how ever, such cotton as was not. ab solutely necessary to dottle ac counts was stored and economy ir. living practiced, many of the more determined grower* should It in the course of tw<1 or thro* vears be able to place themselves m a cash basis. At tho present time the beat warehouses have been put up b factories and mills for tholr own uses, and are of no service to the farmer. The owner* of small warehouses in which the farmer can store his ootton are usually losing money on the investment largely because of poor construc tion an?T correspondingly high rates of insurance. The. govern ment. investigators present a num ber of interesting statistics to show that, in many cases it is ac-j tnally more exponsive to put np| and opierate an inferior warehouse than one of standard' design. For example, in Georgia and North Camlina the inpurartde rate is re duced about *0 per cent by the use of sprinkler*. Unquestiona bly, rtiv* the ftport. a great sav ing couM be affected by the erec tion and pro] >or equipment of mod em Wlfropw. Awwniay ttx FOR S annual ?rop- to be 16,000,000 bales a sufficient number of am warehouses could bo constructed and equipped with automatic sprinklers for $04,000,000 or loss. If all of this crop wero to Ho stored for six month* the sav ing in insurance alone would l>e approximately $7,000,000. As a matter of fact many of the ex isting wardnnmw could be remod eled satisfactorily. The bulletin d<iea not attempt1 to give any detail* of an ideal warehouse system, and thoro are TttCQy difficulties in thfc way of #eUbhshment of snch. It does, however, asaert. that improvement, in this respect will do much to xnfcke cotton growing a more sta ble industry. W*r- m '???IX BELGIUM AND TURKEY SCENES OF TWO MOST VITAL BATTLES OF WAR . . V London, April ? On the uar row rocky (*allip<>H peniiiaula in Turkey and on a restricted front ftttatehing northward from Yprw in Be/#ifi>nf two of the most vital s?t rush's rt/ |be wur are in pro? rt-Jis. Neither has reached a sta*! which would permit ti prediction of the ultimate result. In the Gallipoli peninsula ticbt injr a picturesque a*<es<nient ,.f al lied troop* which landed Sunday, supported hv the tire of the war ship*. are tfyintf to hatter their way through tiwunafid* of tier muik-oliiccrcd Turk* in an eff??r to forve the I hirdatiejlcs? th?' wain gateway ..f the Ottoman cm 'pin? ?and reach Constantinople. #v r?line to the British claim the k i* progressing. hut a Turki. <*, 'inmunicotion tonight dedans though the allies 'I;'Tidi?d f?n C* ? four points, these .forces arc i I -cat en hark to I tin- co#sl while V o^leinp in tin* French ranks a '".-ertinjr the Tri-<S?lor and "est .iinr their lot with their eo- religionist!*. F/jnally contradictory are fhc official statements concert 11 tig the fighting (in the vicinity of Vpr-^. It wmiM <?ppcar t (utt tlie German offensive north ??f that cifv. which l?r??ught tliein si gaiifi ??!" nearly throe mile*. ha* reached 'ta M i?- ? * . During tin* la*t two tears there 'had been considerable interest and substantial growth in the cream ery business in the- South tfuii us (peeilally in North Carolina. AM of llio creameries in North Paro lina are located in the- western half of the Mate anil the intcrcFt i- so larjre that often there i.? cd n.an for tndre creameries than there is cream to snjiijlv them. I'lm operation of cream route* has i>eeii so successful that many are being put into operation where a creamery would nor possibly ex ist now. The cream route serves t<> collect the stnail amount of surplus cream in communities where previously dairying was not considered seriously. The cream n ?utes soon double their output on others who would 1101 j< in The niovenieiit at tirfct soon hear the jingle "f coin that comes regularly nml surely ami every body poos to milking rows. Tin eroam separator agents say that N'orth Carolina i-< their idea of the promised land. Kven the cot ton farmer says hetfer days an1 are coming even if eotton never nets any higher for with a cream ery cheek coming in every month lie doe* not mind the separator a" gent* or the supply man and the cow make* l>etter'2 fertilizer than can huv ?o he i* just saving the eotton and is living on cream. Mos? of the farmers In the ocn trnl anrl eastern parts of the shite have not had the privilege of cream routes because th'* creame ries were in the western part of the state and railroad facilities were not pon venicnt for extensive shipping. Haleiph i? a ffood mural point and would *erv a larpe territory if a pood creamery were locate] there, Viewing the lack of cream fry development in thia section of the state and the pood location at Ralifth for a oreaniofy the 'author ities representing the Agricultu ral and Meohaninal College, the Agricultural Rxperiment Station and the State Department of Ag riculture have vn^ninwx) the Rx-j priment Station Creamery. The C1re*tw?rv will Im* operated ; in the Agricultural Itnildintr. West Raloifdi. where the C??llci;r haa granted tiie uae of the labo ratories and onuipmeit. Extra aiinpliea und equipment have kej?n oidered and the cretmerv xvill lte rr*dv to receive cream "May I at. It will be nnder the d'-ert man ajatQwt oi t** IMr- Fanning .? ^ ? i. il . itlL_ -^'J_ and that, although' the Germans hold iiKMt of the grouni they gain ed, the question now is whether they can retain it. The British tn>ops an' now tMud to have taken the offensive an<i an* sticking toward St. Julien which the Germans captured while the French^ on the British left not only have pushed the Ger maty from Lizerno their inew I? ??l<rii*exif on tlie west bank of the ??aim! nearest Calais hut hare rr?*iwr<| the <?tiial and hold TJethL* ??ti tthr vast bank. Tin- German ?*tfi<*ial romnmni i*:if i*?ti today, which r*<*ords no prioress f? ?r the German troops, .?droit* that the British tvok th<? "tTi-iisive toward St. Julien, but; insists that the itiocmiive attacks liroke down. Some sections of th?* British' press profess the l?c)ief that the ?-risis in lite new battle, or series ? f l>attles. ha- passed. hut other* h ;?? ? >>f rhi* poniioti that (fie end i& n??t in sight. "The fate of Calais siill haagB in t ht- balance" says th?* Evening Now*?. "The Gorman are nof ?li -heartened. Thcv are not starv ing fliul they an* rHpahle of a irreat -iMainod offensive in Flan" Offt-e ainl tlov already have two i yfra n/ou in the territory orpa ni/ing cream routes and arrang ing i""r rniurt tbipmente. The creamury will he f'pcranedl nn a c<?Mi|H?rativc basis, receiving ffif bulrerfnt from the farmer*, rhanriiiir the weosaary manufac m ring ami marketing ncpense, iiml liinvLii;r all that is left back t" t ]?? ? proHucer, the same a* any other cooperative * creamery. Price* paid for hutlcrfat will ir|iial that paid by other North < arolina Oreamerit?* It i? not th.' purpose of the Exporim?nt Station Creamery to enter an* other territory now occupied hy a creamery or tr? build up a large central faei ojy. hut. to act only a* a local mark*1*- to develop the dairy business within easy shrp pinir distant I\xJeicli and rj? ??hui >is communities develop I^r rroatn shipping sufficiently to sup poit a factory other independent creameries will Ik? built. There are going to he pome -j.l'ndid opportunities at this fieaiuerv for voune men to pet training: and experience in cream erv work that will fit fiiem to trke charge of ihe new creameries i hat will soon l>e organized in tho Poll til. Individual* who are interested should write to the Dairy Farm ing Office. Wrmt Raleigh.. for* in formation ?l>onf organizing eream. route* and sen ring chipping cans. fU\ Correspondence is solicited from lor-al Chamber? of Com" mercc, Hoards of Trade and Far mers* I'nion* who wish to push dairy farming in their rnrnmuni ties. Literatim* will be supplied and sonic special featnresjn local boosting are on hand for thoae who ask for them. BAKER 6 AYR. ^ E very true mother and father ought to fee to ii that their chil dren be photographed along at different stages of childhood, When they luave grown lip to man hood and womanhood no doubt they would like to see themfcelvea at different stage* of life. BAKER'S STUDIO. MRS. TRIPP IMPROVING. 1 Mrs. L. C. Tripp of Edward, who is receiving trrtntmont at tho Washington Hospital, is report ed to l*e greatly improving at this New Theater ? 1 . TONIGHT ^ "SWISS Kfcl.I. RINGERS" Chime* and Music . T omorrow _ PARAMOUNT DAT. fl
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