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WORTHLESS FARMS.
American agriculture shows a strange
contrast With the price of farm prod
ucts higher than ever before, farm
land has depreciated in value, and the
number of abandoned farms steadily
increases. Figures gathered by the con
servation commission are surprising.
It is shown that there are 16,000
square miles of abandoned farms, chief
ly in New England, New York, the
southeast and the middle central states.
That is, there are in the United States
at present 10,000,000 acres of abandoned
farm land —an area as large as the cul
tivated part of the Canadian north
west, 15 times the size of Rhode Is
land, four times the size of Connecti
cut, twice the size of Massachusetts,
or half as large as Ohio, says Cleve
land Plain Dealer. Of the many rea
sons advanced to explain this deser
tion of farms, two or three are espe
cially worth noticing. Most impor
tant of all, perhaps, is the wasteful sys
tem of cultivation that has so long
prevailed in the United States. A
fertile soil has in countless cases been
exhausted by taking everything from
it and returning nothing to it. Add
to this the fact that there is a marked
trend of population from city to coun
try, and that farm labor has become
so expensive as to leave little profit
from the work of a laborer, and it is
little wonder that so many owners of
farms do not care to cultivate them.
Kelic hunters have been breaking
into the church where l'resident Taft
worships in Washington. During the
past year it has been twice necessary
to rebuild the president's pew, and it
is no longer safe to leave the hymn
books in the rack or the cushion
on the seat after the chief executive
has attended services, says Chicago
Record-Herald. So many books and
cushions have been carried away that
officials of the church now take every
thing that is movable from the pew as
soon as the president finishes his de
votions. Cannot something be done to
lessen the hardship that is thus put
upon the relic hunters? Why not fur
nish a plank for the president to sit
on when he goes to church, and then
leave it for the relic hunters to whittle
up and divide among themselves?
Ry having it made of some kind of
soft wood the comfort of the presi
dent and the convenience of the relic
hunters would both be provided for.
We are a great people and ought to
be able somehow %) keep our relic
hunters from feeling that they are be
ing deprived of their rights.
A number of parents in Vienna have
sent a petition to the educational au
thorities asking that the number or
studies be reduced and that examina
tions be made less severe. This ac
tion, practically against the modern
"cramming" system, was suggested by
the suicide of a schoolboy who had
failed to pass his examination in
Greek and Latin. The moral is not
onv which need be confined to Vienna.
It is said that in some parts of the
south farmers use the razor-back hog
as a defense against wolves and
sheep-killing dogs. A hungry razor
back can whip half a dozen wolves at
the same time and so fierce do these
porkers become that sheep-killing an
imals do not venture near a farm
where they are kept.
Edison's street car storage battery
may make the trolley obsolete. In
time the wizards of science may even
invent a strap to which it is a pleasure
and comfort to hang, but. overen
thusiastic hopes should not be in
dulged in this direction.
The Filipinos are frightened at the
army maneuvers in the Philippines.
They remember too well the real thing
to be pers.laded this is play. It is well,
maybe, that such an impression is left
upon their memories.
There is to be an investigation of
the sanity of a New York woman who
■wants to give away money. She must
have some relatives who are eager to
do a little inheriting.
KEEP TARIFF PEACE
DISAGREEMENT WITH CANADA
TO BE AVOIDED.
Anything in the Nature of a Struggle
Would Have Been Most Unfortu
nate—lmportant Field for
Our Manufacturers.
It is good news that tariff peace
with Canada is practically assured.
The time limit for an agreement was
almost reached before the difference
between Washington and Ottawa
were adjusted, and a failure to come
to such a conclusion would have been
costly to both countries aud in every
sense unfortunate.
The Dominion is one of the best
customers for American products, not
withstanding the fact that the two
countries are rivals in the markets of
the world in disposing of many im
portant staples, chiefly agricultural.
The rapid growth of Canada is add
ing enormously to the purchasing
power of Canadian trade centers, and
the value of Canadian patronage is
fast increasing.
in fact, the rate per cent, of expan
sion in the international trade of the
Dominion is higher than the rate of
growth in the foreign commerce of
the United States. The figures are
bigger on this side of the border, but
the rate of increase is lower.
In February the expansion of the
foreign commerce of the Dominion
was nearly 20 per cent. In the iirst
11 months of the Canadian govern
ment's fiscal year the rate of gain
was more than 20 per cent. The ac
tual increase was over $104,000,000.
There is nothing small about the
Canada of to-day.
Such a country, separated from this
republic by a boundary 3,000 miles
long and mainly nothing but an imag
inary line, must be one of the most
important fields in the world for
American manufacturers and export
ers of all kinds to cultivate. To main
tain friendly and favorable trade re
lations with the Dominion ought to be
a settled policy of the United States.
Splendid Words for Arbitration.
Platonic advocacy of peace and arbi
tral ion is new fashionable even in
quarters that have no intention of ta
king a real step forward in the direc
tion of armament limitation and re
duction of the staggering war or
defense burdens. Rut President Taft
made some declarations before the
American Peace and Arbitration
league that are significant and pro
gressive—that should, and doubtless
will, have great moral effect. They
will, at any rate, inspire and gratify
all the active peace workers of the
world.
It is no small matter to secure sub
mission to arbitration of questions in
volving construction of treaties and
differences over individual claims or
minor property rights. It would be a
much greater victory for reason, good
will and humanity to secure the sub
mission of questions involving "na
tional honor" or "vital interest." The
ordinary arbitration speech or article
expressly disclaims the idea of in
cluding such questions, but Mr. Talt
tells ihe world that personally he sees
no moral or practical objection to the
arbitration of matters of honor and
vital interest. He is prepared togo
beyond most men. and all the rules or
men so far heard from on the subject,
in favoring arbitration before and Im
proper tribunals of all international
disputes without exception or limita
tion.
Kings, presidents, premiers and for
eign ministers will recognize the im
portance of this "personal" opinion of
the head of the United States. It
cannot fail to rtimulate the work of the
true friends of peace—and of the dis
cussion of limitation of armaments by
agreement as the next duty and task
of the enlightened nations.
Strange It Didn't Come Sooner.
The west is not going crazy for low
tariff rates. Colorado is a state in
which a good deal of opposition to the
new law was said to prevail, but the
intelligent people out there are not to
be fooled by the silly free trade trick
of trying to lay all advance in prices
of necessaries of life to the tariff. The
Roulder (Colo.) News remarks: "If
the tariff is the cause of high prices,
as is so persistently asserted, it is
strange that they did not come sooner.
We have had a high tariff law for
many years, and it is curious if it has
just begun to affect prices so radically,
and especially on those articles on
which tli« tariff has been reduced or
removed." It is just as reasonable
to att. >uto to the tariff the altitudi
nous prices of wheat, gold and other
products during the strenuous times
of the civil war.—Troy Times.
The congress and Mr. Taft are com
mitted to the ider.ls and the policies
of that great American, Abraham Lin
coln, and his wise dictum on the field
of Gettysburg: "Government by the
people, for the people and of the peo
ple shall not perish from the earth."
—Wauseon (O.) Republican.
The Party's Pathway.
Congress must push ahead with
constructive legislation if a political
revolution is to be averted. The
promises of the Republican platform
must be kept, in letter and in spirit,
if the country is to be turned back
from the road to Democratic control
of the fj derai government. The best
brains in the Taft administration and
I he highest courage must be given full
swing it the battle next November is
to be won for the party in power.—
Cleveland Leader.
CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 1910.
LIVING HERE AND ABROAD
Words of Samuel Gompers Good Evi
dence as to the Benefits of
Protection.
Samuel Gompers, president of the
American Federation of Labor, gives
some interesting facts as follows:
"1 believe 1 may assert that whether
the cost of living in Europe or in
America is greater to the working
man depends entirely on the standard
of living he adopts while in America.
If he voluntarily lives a life of sell'-
dcnial in this country that he com
pulsorily lived in his native land, his
outlay in money will remain about
the same. Even then he will hardly
escape gaining some from the superior
supply of the good things of life in
America. Living is cheap to the
wage worker in Europe only because
he does without what in America soon
becomes a necessity to him —food in
good quantity and quality, present
able clothes, and a comfortable home,
and, in general, a larger and freer
life. Meat is usually from 25 per
cent, to 100 per cent, higher In Eu
rope than in the United States. The
immigrants coining to America finds
that lie can buy in quantity, and (in
cases where he need not) his flour,
potatoes, fuel, sugar, coffee, salt—the
essentials for his plain table —all cost
less ordinarily than in the land he
left. The cheapness and abundance
of many varieties of fruit and of our
melons and tomatoes is a surprise to
him. Closely after the most pressing
necessities come a line of things
cheaper than in Europe, such as cot
ton clothing, jumpers and shoes. Fine
wool and silk stuffs, furs, iaces and
kid gloves cost less abroad than in
the United States, a fact, however,
which bears as lightly in an inquiry
as to the conditions of the masses as
does the tariff on the masterpieces of
art. The main conclusion as to hous
ing is the same as that relating to
food; if the immigrant who comes to
this country is willing to continue
livng here at the same level he was
obliged to accept in his native land,
he can find it for the same money."
Stop "Cussing" and Begin Thinking.
Gentlemen who insist on "cussing"
the tariff for the high cost of living
should take a copy of the new tariff
law in one hand and a price list of
groceries and meats in the other and
inform themselves. Maybe they will
find what the philosophers call food
for thought.
For example, it will be noted that
the tariff rate lias been increased on
figs, pineapples, dates, hops, split peas,
grapes in barrels, buckwheat flour —
and all of these things either remain
at the old prices or have been reduced
in cost to the consumer.
And we only see one chance for the
"cussing" gentleman to reply. He
may say he doesn't care for hops any
way.
On the other hand, the tariff has
been reduced on beef, bacon, mutton,
veal, pork, ham, barley, green peas,
dried peas, cream, starch, cabbage,
lard, cornmeal and sugar, among other
things—and on all these things, or
nearly all of them, the prices have
gone up.
There is no question of the high
price of living. But it isn't fair to
charge the tariff doesn't do it—as the
facts and figures show.
Living costs more and more because
more and more the people who pro
duce have quit producing and have
gone into the consuming class. And
there is little hope of the cost of liv
ing getting down to old-time prices
until the tide of population turns from
the mills and the cities, and the mil
lions now depending on wages—or
charity—turn to taking care of them
selves by raising what they need for
food, and a little for the market.
Then things will get down to the
normal—and not until en.-Salt
Lake City Herald.
Consular Reform.
The analysis of the operation of
President Roosevelt's order of 1906
proving for promotion in the consu
lar service and substituting examina
tion lor political pull as a requisite
lor appointment is highly gratifying.
Ol' the CI consuls general now serv
ing 22 have been promoted under this
order and three appointed after ex
amination, the otners having been in
the service before the order. Of 229
consuls, 106 were serving before the
order, seven have been promoted and
50 appointed after examination.
The assumption is therefore justified
that the membership of the service to
day is better qualified by length of
service or by proved fitness upon ex
amination than there was any hope
that it ever was under the old spoils
system ol appointment. Under the ad
ministration of Secretary Knox abso
lute fitness will continue to be the test,
as he has upon more than one occa
sion made plain. The consuls are the
business agents of the government
abroad with certain clearly defined
duties. Hereafter a consular post will
not be a foreign vacation at the ex
pense of the government. The incum
bents will have to earn their salaries
and it is well to learn that in the first
case it is .cen they are capable of do
ing it
Solidified the Party.
If the effect of all this shall be. as
Republicans of various shades predict,
to restore unity of the majority party
in the house, the Democrats will get
rather worse than nothing out of their
demonstration of strength. Instead of
holding aloof and allowing the Repub
licans to fight their own battles, they
fought the insurgents' battle for them
and helped them to extinguish the
\*ry offense that was counted on as a
campaign issue to help the Democrats
in the elections for tiie new congress
There is no prob
lem of increased cost
of food if you eat
more
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Compared with other
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Algy Explains.
"What do you suppose, Algernon,"
tho young tiling asked, "is the reason
the ocean is salty?"
"I am sure I don't know," drawled
Algy, "unless it is because there are
BO many salt, fish in it." —Success.
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Address, Allen S. Olmsted, L,e Roy, N. Y
Tuberculosis in Ireland.
A bill will be brought before the
British parliament calling for steps
to be taken to prevent the high mor
tality from tuberculosis in Ireland.
The bill will demand the compulsory
notification and registration of tuber
culosis cases, the establishment of spe
cial institutions for consumptive pa
tients, the instruction of the public
about this disease, and improved con
trol over the meat and milk supplies.
The President's Speech.
The president of tho Hewitt Bros.
Soap Company, Daytpn, Ohio, says:
"Buy two cakes of Easy Task soap for
ten cents; use one bar and if it isn't
just what we say it is, you got your
dime back in a jiffy." It is a strong
claim to say that Easy Task soap cuts
the work of washday in half, but the
fact can lie proven by tho evidence of
thousands of delighted women.
Used to It.
Recently a lady witness in a court
up the state was subjected to a
troublesome fire of cross questions,
and the lawyer, thinking that some
apology was necessary, tried to square
himself.
"I really hope, madam," said he,
"that I don't annoy you with all these
questions."
"Oh. no," was the prompt reply; "I
am accustomed to it."
"You don't mean it?" wonderingly
returned the lawyer.
"Yes," rejoined the lady. "I have a
Bix-year-old boy at home."
Newfoundland's Bad Record.
The Newfoundland Society for the
Prevention of Tuberculosis is carrying
on a vigorous and necessary campaign
this year in the island. The death
rate from the disease in Newfoundland
is very large. About one in every
five of the total population dies of it,
and, what is worse, in the last six
years the death rate, which is sta
tionary or decreasing elsewhere, has
increased about 50 per cent. This is
due largely to the native horror of
fresh air in the house.
Returning to Prose.
Flushed with triumph and 90 de
grees in tho shade, parched and scant
of breath, they stood upon the tower
ing mountain peak, and surveyed the
gorgeous panorama that spread itself
beneath them like a two-inch to the
mile ordnance map of the whole
world.
"There!" she exclaimed, angrily.
'We have climbed all this distance to
admire the beauties of nature, and
we've left the glass at home!"
Tranquilly smiling, he shifted the
lunch basket to the other arm.
"Never mine!, dear," lie replied.
"There's nobody about. It won't hurt
us just this once to drink out of the
bottle."—Answers.
ABANDONED IT
For the Cld Fashioned Coffee Wa«
Killing.
"I always drank coffee with the rest
of the family, for it seemed as if there
was nothing for breakfast if wo did
not have it on the table.
"I had been troubled some time
with my heart, which did not feel
right. This trouble grew worse steadily.
"Sometimes it would beat fast and
at other times very slowly, so that I
would hardly be able to do work for
an hour or two after breakfast, and if
I walked up a hill, it gavo me a se
vere pain.
"I had no idea of what the trouble
was until a friend suggested that per
haps it might no caused by coffee
drinking. 1 tried leaving off the coffee
and began drinking Postum. The
change came quickly. I am now glad
to say that I am entirely well of the
heart trouble and attribute the relief
to leaving off coffee and the use of
Postum.
"A number o f my friends have aban
doned tho old fashioned coffee and
have taken up witli Postum, which
they are using steadily. There are
some people that make Postum very
weak and tasteless, but if it is boiled
long enough, according to directions,
It is a very delicious beverage. We
have never used any of the old fash
ioned coffee since Postum was first
started in our house."
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