THE CHARLOTTE NEWS DECEMBER 4 1908
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CONDUCTED BY
frarmers Union And The
Cotton Growers A sso,
The coiton grower has been beset
with more difficulties during the
past few marketing months than are
pleasant to contemplate or relate, ne,
has had to contend with the most i
formidable fight that tne New York!
Cotton Exchange and its spec-mauve
members have ever waged against
cotton, he has had to cintcM wua.
a financial panic, short but severe, in-'
stituteu large-1 y ii not entirely by the
speculative interests of the land, he
nas r.cia
ad to cca'.nd with
a ere
limate issued b"
Agriculture, out o
.iie
Ot
to
nroportion
the actual
te:r '.her I.
figures of ginning to De- j
.iven ro Tiic m
the Bureau of
brings forciidy
eessit" existing
ttlKll ffiSS. f
h? Census, rJ
to mind the
I ci which
greet ne-
am on;
?ricul-
ration
and for
Letter una more
feeling ;j:i'vv;:; each and eve
her and between organized
.- mem-
...
that the g-eac oppcsir.
"V '
prey uuon ;ho roiton grower
may
succe.?sfr.ily con'.'.;ated.
IN THIS CONNECTION it is
u;
meet ana p..ei ioi i
lial Ctt-C,t-(l aS It IS lO ILe Weil.lie
ana
irrespective of personality,
worever he may be found, to remark
that members of the Farmers' Union
organize lion have played a most int
I'.ortaut part in the holding move
ment, vakii has been so rigid as
to nnart the universal attention of
Vjf'.ii the consuming and speculative
woiIS. Give credit where credit is
due. :-- the
ruk'. :uc cm
m?xim which should
e cotton world so far
of the ci op, d
'g the past market-
m g moutus.
WHILE THE BAtTLE IS STILL
H AGING between the great forces,
the con'3iiii:-i::g mil!; and speculators
on on? arid th? sturdy yeomen
en the cclir-r, it might be we1! to
trie fiy r-cvi-ur :iv? great producing
army struggling for its existence,
struggling to maintain the manhood
Q n infr7T".i. rr .-.-"(v pn'lll TV m1-
i r-.Tsri ari'-nii-r. mfi
common loi ii
iDiertnts -of the south and
endeavoring in a mtftmex worthy the
cause, to receive just'iind proper com-
isatioa
for r i lncus labor. Gens.
Lee
- r.i- Oi
' Great Napoleon
in their military careers never re
viewed an army cf such magnitude,
nor one strusclina: for a worthier
cause. The Farmers' Union, one wing.;
of this great army, is composed en
tirely of men who are actually en
gaged in growing cotton; under rules
and regulations of that organization,
no one is eligible for membership
excepting Lena fide farmers. It goes
without saying that the personnel of
this branch is cf the highest type,
because the farmer not enly in this
country but in all enlightened lands,
is the bulwark of the nation. The
farmer feeds the world and the farn
not
ft- rintlirs thr -'nHrl' were it.
for such men as are represented in
the
rank an
fie of the Farmers' ,
Union, cfmmcrca an dmanufacttire,
finance aud civilization would ceas
being active agencies in this
world
of ours.
THE OTHER WING OF THIfc; !
IRAT ARMY, Sghting so valiantly j
G
fo
the rights cf the cotton grower, j
is the Southern Cotton Association,
Thi.; association is composed of th
. . j
i, i, . wcM.tc w .'Tl I
ciuiius arcl uaB,fc;d, wno a.e
estod m the g-eat staple believing
thar the prei'ueer snouln nave an ;.
adccraator.ncfc for hr: product .3,
-association nus never restricted its;
memoersnip to .ucu c.r:usuvsiv en-
ga 3.0.1 in. the growing ct ue cotton;
crop, but has thrown its doors wide j
open to the alliod industries believing :
i;i the justice of the farmers' cause,
anci interested . in cotton to the ex
tent of seeing it bring its true com
mercial price. These two organiza
tions undoubtedly represent greater
strength, a higher grade of : manhood
and a keener degree of intelligence,
than ,is found in any other similar
organization founded for the purpose
of advancing the cause of humanity,
under the sun. There are black
sheep in the Farmers' Union just the
same as there are back sliders in
the church, there are black sheep in
the Southern Cotton Association, just
as there are profligate sons in many
noble families, but, as a whole we
think less criticism can be passed
upon these two associations, than
on any other two similar associations
with which history is familiar.
IN THESE STIRRING TIMES,
when the members of each of these
nRsneiations are struggling fcr one
common end, it seems to the writer
the nart of good common sense for
the leaders of their respective or-,
ganizations to lay aside any and all
petty jealousies and insignificant dif-
ferences, that a bold ana unoroKeu ,
front may be presented, appalling the
sneculative interest with its magni
tude and determination. These two
organizations face a common enemy,
and the leaders should be as a unit
in marshalling their forces which will'
Y rv-ro-i To,ivn1'i tile ' from time to time ,and organizing tiibnte symbolized, and it is a good
l'r rJ,..,-"!r.t c ri.,!,, special schools of agriculture. Schools : reminder. As the great Georgia phil-
fc"-fcSl n1",0' r':v"u'tmrV i o technology form a large part of oscpfcer, Bill Arp, used to say: it's a
i-.ceneit I'Y .fT'- 'o-t" t'nt state and national education. Com- good, time to ruminate,
nu ms ' -ief Xr-.T ' " bine these important factors and we Experience is a good schaaimaster.
,.'J , It', ' cannot fail to see a bright future It has oven boon remarked .that there
to VC inr;.f the'Vcn'o;U--V"cr i fcr this country. We are learning are seme people that cannot learn un-ovnnfr--"!
tL ' to raise more cotton, and are at timber nny ether tutelage. Be that as it
-saw
LY
J. N BiGHAM.
result i nan easier
oacuost a ad a
-Hvnrv S. Rcid
more deckled victory.
in Cotton Journal
arf nr KVt Coitnn
tianUiaCIUeO ar v-V. OUJU
During 1905 we imported I-$o,4t4
bales. The greatest opportunity in
.America today is in wisely directed
efforts to manufacture her own raw
materials and export manufactured
articles instead of losing the oppor
tunity, ami at the same time pay
-
nerortatioa across tne ocean ana
insieaa 01 miviiig to iu-oi.;
p-amifactnriasr interests bv a
tariff on coiton goods in oiaer to
keep or
imported sooas irora un-
:g domestic goods, which is
natural state cf affairs, we
convert our raw materials '
ii-iTi"! :i-ir:nntrrTiirArl nvnrlp's nilI ne
: raand tne nnce for them, ibis may
r---Tirl thf r;'ir-n frtr tbovii Thi?
i stimulate Egypt, India and South
; America to raise more cotton, but .
be the foremost cotton . growers of!
j ,. 4,,,. lcn; --.nv
witmn a snort wniie to uouoic oui-;
present crop without any increase in j
acreage. Agricultural education is !
just now reaching a high degree ot i
perfection, -which means a general
! awakening and renewed interest in i
farming and farm life.
The National Government is in- j
creasing its agricultural education
fund every year, and the various!
states, are adding new appropriations
same time teaching tlious.nnds ot i
young men how to manufacture it 1 in $he li?ht.. of the recent .past, ought
into merchantable goods. I .havo thei" wits sharpened a bit.
We rec1 a -reat deal of th Wall'" 1S cle'ly evident that if the year
Street monev "put into large "cotton ! j'Jst cloA h?!d 5eei! a normal cotton
factories. We need national factor- j year' illcn. t was, ot' the Clirreilt
ies established fcr the purpose of
insuring us against exporting raw
cotton. We. need to study the best
means of conserving our immense
S-'t
wealth, and putting it to the
national and international use.
need strong, earnest, conservative
men men 01 means who can grasp
, " .
tne present, situation and wisely
guide us in this good hour of great
. : . : t . tt i n i .
opyuiiiiiiLits: it.
H. DeRoach in
Cotton Journal.
Higher Cotton.
President Jordan says that cotton
U1U uuuuuowuiy go 10 10 eenis
He
s,i i'3 that thp j'pnnrr nf thp fantiiis
. - . " - . ... . - a .
bureau to Dec. 1, shows that the j
yield is 1,700,000 less than that of
1.906. He predicts a j ield under 10,-'
500,000 bales. j
Accepting (the government estimate;
of 11,600,000; bales for the total yield'
would still Tie 2,000,000 bales short, j
and he declares that the government :
estimate is
full one.
He comments on the fact also that'
the vielrl of Rarvntism and Indian eot -
ton is also short this season. Pres-!
ident Jordan's interview appears in'mcnths ahead '-of starvation.
full as follows:
'The fog of the recent money '
c-' ;
tiingency which settled over the
country
and for a time indicated a !
nrohaiiio of,rin,.a nr.fiit,- of affairs
is now clearing, and the sunshine of
renewed business activity and conn-)
dence is being restored
spot
upon the horizon
during
past two months, which, inspiring a!
,. , . ... , , ,.
rV s , J r," ,"ur s
u ,u iiiu nuance uirougnout me
whole Union, was the cotton crop ot
the south.
So long as fairly prices for this 1
great staple crop could be maintained '
jl whs realized tnat no panic couia i
long exist in America, and that a
steady stream of gold from Europe
would continue to flow to this coun-
try Tne fact that the price of spot
cotton did not fall to very low levels
as the result or the money panic and .
SnecuiatlVO ;TifiTtlTHl'n tnn has ipph rltie '
in laitfc i..caouiB lu uie iiviums muve-
T - Inwn-rt r.-- A J-1, 1 1,1!
ment among growers on the one
hand, and the continuous heavy de-
mand by foreign raiils and cotton
"The foreign demand continues un
abated and our domestic mills are
feeling again the effects of good
orders for future delivery except in
a few instances.
"Th croD will undoubtedly be , I ., ' . T. 21
. , :p Z unaouoieai.y detail; conscientious in the execu-
much shorter than was anticipated' . 'f , t nTT1Tl0opd " un-
two months ago. The recent report ! "n
of the Census Bureau showed af1?"
shnrtn in ti amt f ntton to nature s neart and always relying
pf?5 h ,?n- f iT ?L f i uPn Him 1 most earaestlv strivej
fnn oon niL if i inK ih to serve' keePinS ever Defore mej
700,000 bales less ; than for 1905 when exempla Ufe as rule of
only a crop of 10.4G0 000 was produc- conduct toward meD) tnus creating
ed Eased upon past percentages of
cotton ginned after Dec. 1st and ap
plying that percentage to the crop
under 10,500,000 bales. Even accept-,
ing the figures of the recent govern- j
ment report cf an expected yield otj
11,600,000 bales, it indicates a clear j
snortage 01 practically z,ouu,uuu Daies
as compared wun last year, ana an
students of the situation realize that
tne recent bureau report was a full
estimate of the probable yield. i
. . i -. n
The best, authorities on. the prob-
able yield of the India and Egyptian
THE HOME CIRCLE.
The family is the first institu-
tion, and lies at the basis cf ev-
erytliing that is gcood in society.
All the best possibilities of soci-
ety commence to unfold them-
selves at the hearthstone. ,
::
It is a sad moment for a child
when he begins to suspect that
there is anywhere in the world
a dearer, sweeter place than
::' home.
i;: He is an unhappy man who
cannot lcol; back to the home of
his childhood as to a center
arciind which everything gath-
ered, the axis upon which the
whole world turned.
Infidelity in the world will not
break down the toy when faith
iastdo the home has built up.
F! 3v. C. H. Parkhurst, D. D.
crops for 107, indicate a shortage
of 2,000,000 bates, which added to
American expectancy reduces the
supply fcr 1907-08 nearly 4,000,000
bales. As these facts have become
better digested by the buying and
consuming world the price of spot
cot toil must in the very nature of
things under the legitimate laws of
I supply and demand, seek much
cur higher levels ; in price. With a re
high vivai of trade conditions a home and
the continuous grov;th of consump
tion ab2-cad it will not.be extreme
to predict that spot cotton in the
south will reach 15 cents per pound
at no distant day.
"Those farmers who have been
able to hold their cotton and have
so loyally stuck to the holding move
ment will undoubtedly be abundantly
rewarded and in that reward the
whole country will be made to feel
a .f:lPMnnni nr-na nf nvnc-nolifv
Atlanta Journal.
Janus
The L tin deity, Janus, for whom our
January was called, was represented
las having two faces, the one looking
back over the old year just gone, the
other ' looking forward over the New
Year to come. Perspective and retro-
spective. Grant this god Janus this at-
pnees ei eouun woiua nave ueen mucn
lower than what it is; and since it was
net a normal year for coiton, it is
more than probable that the incoming-
year will be normal. In other words,
year will be normal, m other word.
if last year's acreltee is duplicated thi
year a crcn out --.Of proportion to th
is
proportion to the
i trade will be produced. Hence in the
F F ,w ,.,sow
. luv,;. lilt ; 1 O V L VtJUUUlV, it,
jto me the thing: to do would be to
i furtner decrease" ihe acreage and put
I 1
the deficit in ether crops than cotton
The corn crop just gathered is some
500,000,000 bushels short of a year
ago, consequently'.ccrnwil 1 be high for
the next eight months at least. Good
i - .ott rr, , j t,
licij L 1 1 v ... ; v . I M sll 1 , t ill. V n v) I I It
farmers. Thi", rf ifso'.f ' ought to put
us on the doicnive. but. that is not all.
There is land tljat- needs a leguminous
crop;, there are some calves to grase
to keep up the herd: there will be
some shoats to'-fatten for next winter's
meat. All thse" and more will ask
for a share oHthis year's crop. Give
them a liberal "divide. It k
iood
time to a little .'planing. Are ycu plan-
i'ng?
The world, at best, is only about six
iO, tne
farmer has got no time to go on a
strike. The corn in the crib, the wheat
e xi. zii t a -i i ci
111 U1" Ulil W1" ,iav LU u ifpiaceu
t while the means air. sunshine and
rain are at hand. The New Year, with
i""Uie iources a. nana, win
not rua . tlme hl" with the farm-
, , , . . ,
m. J i 11 Ji;Uly J,! V UJJ J V7U1 J 1A . V I 111
nine. t. i: i ; v-. l v.;i eivu itii vuui uii: vviti.
these facts ever in mind, the alert
farmer in the very beginning of the
New Yea with the first son of the
blue-bird, will rig up his plow and bend
every enerf,y to the goal of the golden
harvest before the ides of another No
yember.
A Personal Symphony.
To
Wnd g from th ye d thg
of n heart. consiaerate and
th cughtful regarding the peculiarities
- ..... ... .
. and eccentricities of human nature,
0is0 mmw ot, e a n
I produce harmony and not friction; to
be pure in word, thought and deed;
broad.mindecl and liberal not given
to petty denunciation of my fellows;
moderate in methods' of life;" never
may, 11 aoes seem, tnat ine iarmers
adding a burden or sorrow where a; ing of the.vear 11)08 will be casting its
little forethought would give pleas- lon wistfui shadows to the west: Not
ure;. not hasty in speech or action; withstanding the fact the year just
cinporo r1 '! n rl i A n n .1 trntTifnl in PVPTV j. ... .
an influence for good. This is my
idea of making "life worth living."
jjse
M.
WaddelL in "The Nurse."
i
.
- if you don't nobody will. It is your
business to Keep out ot an tne irou
i ii i
foie you can ana you can ana win Keep
cut of liver and bowel trouble if you
take Dr. King's New Life Pills. They
keep biliousness, malaria and joundice
out of your system. 25c at Woodall &tjew last year and never been fr?med.
Sheppard's drug store.
LET IIS BE UNITE
T
(By the Editor Farmers' Union Guide.)
Some union people and papers are
wont to throw off on and to make light
of Mr. Harvie Jordan and the Cotton
Association.
This is not right. It matters not in
what points our papers and organiza
tions may differ, we are fighting for
and working for a fair price for our
staple -cotton and it should not be a
question of who deserves the credit,
etc. That is a very narrow point for
prominent and sensible people to dwell
upon.
The Guide has bent every nerve,
strained every point and made every
possible sacrifice to aid in getting our
people to hold their cotton for an
equitable price, and in this we do not
claim that we have done any more
mail our duty to cur country, our
homes and our wives and children.
We are doing- no more than any truly
patriotic men and newspapers ought
to do.
Nero fiddled while Rome burned, and
The Guide believes that little papers
and little men who are so anxious to
figure as "national characters" in the
press will blurt around and scramble
for prominence at the peril of the
cause for which they are supposed to
be fighting. Let us unite for 15-cent
cotton. We need the co-operation net
only of the farmers, but the help of
merchants, bankers and railroads, the
influence of the Farmers' Union and
Cotton Association. No time to quar
rel over honors.
If you are a true patriot, you will be
for Victory, no matter where the pub
lic places the credit.
The real credit belongs to brave men
and women in the forks of the creek
who are living on corn-bread, pork and
turnip greens, and whose children are
staying indoors for lack of comforta
ble clothes.
: The Guide claims the credit of vic
tory for these people who have faith-
fully kept their obligations and are
willing to sacrifice their lives as well
I cs their fortunes for this battle of
principle.
Of course we have grand and noble
leaders they deserve praise for their
sacrifices. Some of them are working
for the union today at loss than one
third what they could get in some oth
er employment. They are also heroes
but without the co-operation of those
who attend the locals their work would
be fruitless and in vain.
God give us victory let the credit
be Thine own! -
The Personal Factor
In conducting a dairy farm it is very
durable .to. have gpod-'feorfsi'gco'cl
buildings, good land and up-to-date
equipment. The highest degree of
success can not be reached without
these. But all these may be a reality
and the business still be a "failure if
not properly directed. The personal
factor is the most important item in
the entire . scheme. The margin be
tween cost of product and selling
price represents success or failure,
and this margin is controlled more
largely by the manager's personal
ability to handle the business than by
all other conditions combined.
The successful head of a dairy farm
may be described in three words:
He must be a master of his business,
knowing the general requirements for
winning success, and keeping con
stantly in touch with advancing kowl
edge. He must be in love with the busi
ness. No man ought to be allowed
to handle a dairy cowr that does not
feel life lifting his hat to her when
he meets her. s
He must b? willing and phvsically
able to stay by the work through
gbed and evil times. While the work
is not hard, it will not bear neglect.
This man will know a s:ood cow
when he sees her and he will not keep
any other kind. He will know how
to feed her. How to milk her. How
to care for her. He will know how
to grow feed crops, how to handle the
products and by-products of the dairy.
He sees his cows every clay, and
knows just how they are beine cared
for. He knows how much milk each
gives, how much profit each makes,
etc., etc. He has his finsjer constantly
on the pulse of the business and can
detect instantly when anythinsr goes
' wrong in any department. He has
1 other men to assist in the work but
his oversight is so faithful that it
practically goes as he wants it to go.
This description is not. overdrawn.
Go where you will the successful
dairy is managed by just such a. man.
Most dairies that fail financially and
otherwise do so because of the lack
of the personal factor.
Dairying is a good business, but it
is jealous. It will not bear the neg
lected, but nays handsomelv for the
right kind of attention. W. L. W., in
Southern Cultivator.
Still Achieving; Still Pursuing.
Before the readers of this article
shall have seen it in cold tvne they
will have passed .over the threshold
nf ihf nftw vear nnd thf ffrav dawn-
sone, 10 juany wun misivmsg, .yei
to tne farmer the future s roseate
-C iarmer, tne iu.ure .s roseate
He will have his farm-
ram all his raw material, to work up
into morcorn, more cotton, more
vegetables, more of everything for the
sustenance of man and beast. And this
is worth while. This, that and the
other industry may shut down and
stop operations for n season, but not
so with the farmer. The children must
have their bread, the strong man his
meat, and. the invalid his milk, let
other things be as they may- panic or
no panic. t
FOR SALE Beautiful stock certi
ficate with1 artistic border and genuine
teal. Printed in green and looks bet-
,ter than those clearing house gags. -
'Address Fred Tenney, Boston, Mass.
1
Monthly Poultry Letter
I think that the smail farmer who
does not zive seme attention to hog
raising is making a mistake. If prop
erly managed he will find that the pig
is a. good animal to have on the farm.
As to the number that he may keep,
it depends on so many different things
that I would say keep not less than two
the year round and as many more as it
is found can be fed and dispessd of at
a living profit. This can be ascertain
ed by each farmer for himself, after
due deliberation and experiment.
The old man's first knowledge of
hog raising was when bountiful na
ture furnished the feed and scattered
it down from the spreading branches
of the great forest oaks. These were
the days of the "razor-back and hazel
splitter." Sometimes the hogs were
gathered up in the fall, and fed gome
corn just before the killing, but they
were often killed in the woods off the
mast and made what was thought fo
be very good meat.
But the forests disappeared and with
them the acorn and the "razor-backs,"
and in their place came the improved
hogs and entirely different methods
of feeding. After the acorn came the
exclusive corn diet and disease. Peo
ple were slow to believe that the hog
was a pasture animal and such a thing
as- a hog-pasture was not spoken of;
he was put in a field not as a past
ure, but merely as an enclosure. It
is now understood that, to raise a
hog profitably, it must be largely done
in pasture, and if he grows up in
health it must be on other than an
exclusive corn diet.
Most of the ailments of the hog may
be traced to indigestion and bowel
troubles. Corn is an expensive food,
and it is a wraste to gorge the hog upon
it, even during the fattening. He will
eat more than he can digest or assim
ilate, and all that he fails to assimilate
is a clear loss. Corn is a great heat
producing feed, and quantities of it
continually eaten., heats up the animal,
impairs the digestive powers of the
stomach, and is liable to inflame the
intestines. A clover patch is a good
place to fatten hogs in, so is a patch
of early sown rye sow, say, in Au
gust, if you .wish to fatten them in
October and November. A patch of
artichokes is also a good place, but
it is not well to turn in on them until
the blossoms fall they kill out too
easily when in bloom.
Pumpkins are a cheap but excellent
feed to mix twith the corn at fatten
ing time. Feed them in the morning
in such quantities as will be pretty
well cleaned up by the next morning.
With this feed of pumpkins, the hogs
will not eat more corn than they can
digest and. assimilate. Some think it
better to remove the seeds before feed
ing,vias the. sed.ie'jcjlx,. ,diu-e
retic. ' Pumpkins may "be grown very
cheaply , in Corn, but the surest way
is to grow them in a patch to them
selves, planted six or eight feet apart
each way, and lightly worked a time or
two before the vines spread much.
They are also an excellent side feed
for cattle that are being fattened on
corn. For cattle it is better to cut up
the pumpkins' in "mouthful" pieces,
and remove the seed.
The production of eggs is an easy
matter in .spring and summer, when
the hens day naturally, but to raise a
summer product in the depth of winter
is less easy of attainment. There are
two reasons why the "egg farmer"
should make? every effort to secure the
production of as great a number of
eggs in winter as at other seasons:
First,be cause eggs are very muclv
dearer in winter than in summer; and,
second, a farmer selling eggs should
supply his customer the year round.
To secure $ .'good winter supply of
eggs, the following should be observ
ed: '
A good whiter laying breed must be
kept. The hens must be of a highly
productive strain and breed if possible
from several generations of good win
ter layers.
The pullets which are to be kept for
winter layers must be hatched neither
too early nor too late. The hens must
not bo more than two years old.
The houses, yards and all appliances
must be laid; out and constructed so as
to insure comfort.
The food nust contain a sufficiently
large proportion of those elements
which are Sefe'essary for the formation
of eggs. thfS-jpair of tissue and the
production '.oftheat.
No single'eed can be said to be the
best for winter laying, for a breed
which will dr best under certain cir
cumstances may not be suitable for
others. If, however, the different
breeds are divided poorly into classes
the weight of evidence points to the
conclusion . that for winter laying the
small non-sitting breeds are excelled
by the heavy sitting varieties. The
non-sitters will lay a greater number of
eggs during the year, but the "general
purpose." or sitting breeds, are better
winter layers. Among the most popu
lar of these may be mentioned the
Plymouth Rocks, Rhode Island Reds,
Wyandottes and Orpingtons, and when
kept under favorable conditions fowls
of any of these breeds can be depend
ed upon for a regular stiDply of winter
eggs. UNCLE JOE.
RELATED INFLUENCE.
God has written upon the flower
that sweetens the air, upon the breeze
that rock the flowers on its stem,
upon the rain drop that swells the
mighty river, upon the dew-drops that
refresh the smallest sprig of moss that
rears its head in the desert, upon the
ocean that rocks every swimmer in
its channel, upon every penciled shell
that sleeps in the caverns of the deep,
upon the million creatures that live
in heaven or the earth beneath, upon
all He has written: "None of us liv
eth to himself." Anonymous.
With a conference of the major
leagues and minor organizations at Cin
cinnati, a meeting of the board of the
National Association of Minor Lea&ue
clubs at Cleveland, and meetings of
several of the smaller leaeues in var-
jous parts of the country there promis
es to he something doing in the base
Lu'il world during the coming week.
A Small Cottage Designed by Chas
S. Sedgwick, Architect,
Minneapolis, Minn.
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We submit for the consideration of
our readers a small but neat cottage
design of five rooms, the size being
20 feet wide by 24 feet deep. The
cost of this house should not ex
ceed $1,200, as follows: All carpen
ters' material and labor complete,
$850; all mason work complete, $250;
painting, $100; total cost, $1,200.
This approximate estimate does not
include heating or plumbing, and con
templates ' building the house simply
with Norway pine finish on the in
side and hard pine floors, a good
cellar and good foundation wall.
In constructing a small house of:
this description it is not necessary
to timber it as heavily as would
be needed in a larger house, and if,
the sheathing on the outside is put'
on diagonal and well nailed, and the
floor lining laid diagonal and weH
nailed to the joist, the framing
majr be. quite light.
Such a cottage may be shingled all
over on the outside and have a very
rustic and artistic appearance, and
the cost would be no greater than to
use narrow siding as shown in the
cut.. There are two small dormer
windows in the roof, one on each
side, lighting the stairway and the
bathroom. These little windows add
very much to the exterior appear
ance. The first story rooms are 8 feet in
height, and the second story, seven
feet six inches, with the ceiling angle
on two sides cut very slightly, mak
ing very nice, pretty rooms. The up
per portions of the gables are shing
led, also the sides of the dormers
and roof of piazza.
In painting this cottage a very
pretty effect can be had by painting
all the trimmings white, the body
of the house a bluish gray, all of
the shingles Venetian red. also the
floor of the piazza and steps and the
ceiling overhead in a lighter shade
of red, and -the sash throughout red,
j and the chimney gray, the same as
tne Doay ot tne nouse. mere is a
side grade entrance to the cellar, and
also leading up to the kitchen, as
shown in the cut, adding much to
the convenience of the house. j
DOES NOT MINCE HIS WORDS
When John Skelton Williams Has
Anything to Say, He Says it.
(From an Open Letter to Judge Legh
R. Watts, General Counsel of the
Seaboard, from John Skelton
-Williams, Dec. 1, 1906.)
'"The Seaboard system, sad to say, is
becoming notorious for its wretched
and reckless mismanagement. Its mis
erable record for wrecks and its inex
cuseable disregard of schedules have
brought upon it many bitter attacks
from the newspapers in the territory
through which it runs, while New York
papers are now directing attention to
the pitiable financial returns which
are the natural result of its bad man
agement. I do not intend to be disrespectful,
but in this whole matter I cannot avoid
thinking of you as a knight coming
carering into the lists after five or
six warnings and preliminary blasts of
jour trumpet full caparisoned and
armed cap-a-uie, the champion of those
pure and beleagured virgins of finance,
Messrs. Ryan, Blair, Coolidge, Dennis
and Barr the Knight cf the Trusting
Heart, defending the objects of his af
fection. These individuals apparently
have been careless of their own char
acters or have felt inadequate to the
task cf defending them. You charge
in and - assume the difficult task of
opposing an array of facts and figures.
Your assiduity in piling up for them
certificates of character, issued by
yourself, indicates your understanding
of their sore need.
A curious reversal of position toward
Mr. Ryan and myself is presented. Six
j'ears ago, when you were my general
counsel and Mr. Ryan was the outsider,
you held him up publicly as the type
of all that was false and horrible.
Now, that you are his general counsel
and I am the outsider, your tendency
seems to be to view me with coldness
and anger, to make me the object; of
censorious criticism . and to approve
Mr. Ryan as warmly, zealously and
consistently as you approved me while'
I was doing the very things which you
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fects on us. It taught me to distrust
him more and more absolutely; it
seems to have taught you to admirt
him extravagantly and to trust him
implicitly!
I do not know, judge, whether you
are the object of congratulation or
commiseration in this connection. My
mind inclines to the former. It seems
to me you have cornered the market
in simple Faith, in Childlike Trustful
ness and Confidence, and that you art
in position to organize a trust in those
most beautiful qualities, that you have
a complete monopoly. According to
the United States census of 1900, there
were in this ccsn'ry, to be exact, 42,
455,236 persons between 20 years of
age and "100 or over." Of. all these,
I judge you are the one who stands
alone in regarding Messrs. Ryan, Blair,
Dennis and Coolidge as straight
forward, fair dealing, merciful and
generous men. I assume that they
themselves were included in the cen
sus, and am making my calculations
with that in view. I, the organizer
and former president of the system,
seem to have your criticism and stern
reprobation. The present powers have
your admiration and your exclusive
and lovely confidence. Innocence and
Faith and Guilessness are very ad
mirable. While Dayton is i-.itogether sacis
fied with its berth m the Central
League it is bet; 3 70 1 that the club
v-'il stay with the oil crowd in r-:if-cence
to taking chances by joining
one of the new leagues? row being dis
cr.oj.ed. Such, at h usi, is the la'-l-st
report from the Ohio ety.
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poor N
The night came on, the good wife
smiled
To herself as she softly said,
"Thank God, we're happy, healthy and
. bright,
We all take Rocky Mountain Tea at
night.",
. R. H. Jordan & Co.