THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, OOTOHEIt 4, 1011,
PAGE 3
CONSERVAT
CONGRESS
WL
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BE DEVOTED TO THE FARMERS
Topics of Interest to
Them Compose the
Program
O Ooo
By JAMES A. EDGERTON.
THE conservation congress of this
year Is devoted chiefly to the
farmer. Most of the subjects
already announced relate to
tome phase of agriculture or to the
country life movement. The keynote
of the gathering Is conservation of the
soli. A statement by Gilford Plnchot
made two years ago shows that In
America the average wheat yield Is
less than fourteen bushels per acre,
while In Germany It Is twenty-eight
and in England thirty-two bushels per
aero. The contrast Is mado all Iho
more glaring by the fact that most of
our soil has been In use less than a
hundred years, while that of Germany
and England has been farmed a thou
sand years or more. Yet naturally
there is no richer soli on earth tlum
that of the Mississippi valley and of
other portions of tho United States.
"Why, then, is tho yield of this fertile
and virgin soli less than one-half that
of the two older nations? Obviously
because we have not resorted to in
tensive and scientific farming to tho
same extent as Europe. The small
amount of land nvallablo and the ne
cessity of forcing this land to produce
to its full capacity have compelled the
European farmers to get out of every
acre its greatest possible yield. Hero,
where we have had millions of acres
unused, we have squandered our re
sources and neglected our opportuni
ties. Now that our country Is more
thickly settled wo are beginning to
face similar conditions to those of En
rope. Ye must learn tho same lesson
that the older nations learned Ions
ago. Hence we have the conservation
movement conservation of forests,
conservation of natural resources, in
cluding water power and minerals, and
conservation of soil.
What Farmers Must Study.
Rotation of crops, fertilizing, morn
careful and intelligent methods, closer
economy, co-operation In buying and
Belling, are among tho things that
American farmers must study. All of
theso subjects are treated In tho con
servation congress. One entire ses
slon is devoted to soil conservation.
It will be presided over by P. D. Co
burn, secretary of the Kansas state
board of agriculture, and among the
speakers will bo ex-Governor W. D.
Hoard of Wisconsin, editor of Hoard's
Dairyman; Dr. P. D. Mumford, dean
of tho school of agriculture, Univer
sity of Missouri; Professor E. M. Ten
Eyck of Kansas and Professor Cyril
G. Hopkins of the University of Illinois.
Among other subjects that should
interest farmers are "Tho Trend of the
Conservation Movement," by Dr. W.
J. McGee of the bureau of soils;
Washington; "The Social Life on tho
Farm," by Professor T. C. Atkinson
of West Virginia, overseer of the na
tional grange; "The Country Church,"
by Dr. Warren H. Wilson, superin
tendent of tho board of homo, mis
sions of the Presbyterian church; "Tho
Country Life Movement," by Walter
H. Page, editor of the World's Work
and a member of President Roosevelt's
country life commission; "Co-operation
Among Farmers," by W. A. Beard, of
tho samo commission and "Cutting. Out
the Middleman," by Charles S. Barrett,
president of tho Farmers' Educational
and Co-operative Union of America..
Mr. Barrett's Address.
The title of Mr. Barrett's address la
especially significant in view of tho
fact that tho state granges of New
York and Pennsylvania have already
started a movement in New York city
to eliminate tha middleman by bring
ing the farmer nnd retailer together,
hoping thus to lncreaso prices to the
farmer nnd reduce those to the con
sumer. If thlB movement succeeds In
now xoru ii is ine assign or tno
unge to extend if to every city of
no country, n we jnnnora- nmon
also talcoa up a similar work it will
liririHIT IlKUfUMII I Mill rT IIII ITITUI in
America, containing millions of mem
bers, mostly In the south, whihs the
range is strong in tho north. Secre-
jirv nr AirripniTiiro wiiom nna n n
been talking along this line, ndvocat-
ni? rnnr rn ntMnmaiHi niminiM in ,na
The address of Mr. Beard on "Co
operation Among Farmers" follows
in Nil inn mnarn i nirArinn ri'hin t.
as to look Hko business. If the
4n.f.n - 1 1 A- i I
luestlon will be In the way of sola- j
kiii. 'iiiiM is h p-rnnr nnnnrw f hnv
" f -v
eu us iae greatest in tno world, Willi
in lit-sl liuvtiriniiirrir. i irnnren vot
ii I'liiinirv wilt Hrnr nn rrrrxi r ftit it-
;ould not learn. Now and then the
test of nations reach the point where
uey simpiy uave 10 reaajust them-
It-da In naiv ...nrtft Iftn. IT..
lot reached that point now7 With
ho constant boosting of prices to con-
rcaso in tho prices paid to farmers
iro wo not confpelled In the very na-
uro oi inings o proieci ourselves j
uo producern anu consumers constl-
uto tho vast bulk of the neople. Yet
President Taft the Fea
ture of Opening
Day
O OQi . . . . .,......
between these two tho predatory in
terests place themselves and grab the
lion's share of profits. Thoy force
down the amount pold the producer
and raise that charged the consumer,
thus enriching themselves at the ex
penso of both. In the old days the
feudal baron took a position on the
main traveled roads and compelled all
merchants passing that way to pay
tribute. The modern baron camps out
sn the road that loads from the pro
ducer to the consumer and levies a
larger tribute than ever did his feudal
prototype. It is tho nature of this
species to Increase their exactions.
The more they get the more they
want. Finally their demands grow so
Insolent and oppressive that their -victims
combine to put them out of busi
ness. That was the history of tho
feudal robber, and that promises to be
the story of his latter day successor.
It Is to be hoped that speakers in tho
conservation congress may havo the
patriotism, the love of humanity and
the courage to handle this question
without gloves. If so they will Inter
est not only the farmer, hut all classes
of the population. This, too, belongs
to conservation, for It means the con
serving of the people's means. Money
' t. o equivalent of all other forms of
held the same offlco under Roosevelt;
Glftord Plnchot, who was given a no
tablo ovation at the last convention;
Senator Joseph L. BHstow of Kansas,
who speaks on "The Farm and the
Postal Service;" Senator Gllbort M,
Hitchcock of Xcbrnfc'.;a. whoso subject
Is "Conservation In Congress;" Dr.
Harvey W. Wiley, who will talk on
"The Health of tho People;" Captain
J. B. White of Kansas City, chairman
of the executive committee, whose
theme is "Practical Forestry In Eu
rope and America;" Governor Herbert
S. Hndley of Missouri, who delivers
tho address of welcome; Governor
Walter Roseoe Stubbs of Kansas, who
presidos over a conference of the gov
ernors present, nnd perhaps Speaker
Champ Clark and William Jennings
Bryan.
The Convention Hall.
Tho great hall In which the conven
tion meets Is the same that housed
the Democratic nntlonal convention In
1000. It seats 15,000 people, but will
bo filled to its capacity with delegates
alone if even a fraction of those at
tend who aro entitled to do so. The
governor of each state Is authorized
to appoint fifteen delegates, and may
ors of all cities over 2.",000 name live
delegates each and of those under 25,
000 three each. Three is also the
number allotted to each board of
county commissioners throughout all
the states of tho Union. Each nn
tlonal and stato organization having
to do with conservation names five
delegates, each state university, col
lego, agricultural college or experi
ment station names two, and each
board of trade, commercial club, or
similar organization is entitled to
'three. Then there aro n large number
of honorary members who have been
Invited. Altogether there Is a possi
bility of r0,000 delegates to tho con
vention. Of course not all of these
can attend; but, the railroads having
made a spe-.-Ial rate, there may be ex-
LOCOMOTIVES COMPARED.
' ''"'
'i..d Wallace raagfry
property, nnd therefore the man or
combination of men who have the
power to take nway tho money of the
common citizen can thereby confiscate
his homo nnd livelihood nnd destroy
Ms life itself.
Other Subjects.
The country, llfo movement, the im
provement of tho country ocbool,
church nnd social conditions and tho
betterment of the farmer's lot gener
ally aro also scheduled to occupy a con
siderable portion of the convention's
attention. This was a pet themo dur
ing Roosevelt's administration, but has
dropped out of sight somewhat since.
Now it Is again to come to tho front,
thus giving notico that the Roosevelt
Influence 13 stlH dominant in tho con
servation association. It could not be
otherwise with Gilford Pinchot as
president. It should bo explained In
passing that, while Mr. Plnchot Is head
of the association, Henry Wallace of
Iowa is president of tho conservation
congress. Wallace Is also a member of
tho country life commission. In com
menting on tho prominent place given
to tho farmers on tho program Mr.
Wallaco said this happened by design.
Ho expressed the hope that when tho
proceedings, of the convention wero
printed they would form an authorlta-
tlvo handbook for the American
farmer.
President Taft will bo at the con
vention nnd deliver an address. He
has tho evening of Sept. 25, tho open
ing day, nil to himself. Tho conven
tion meets lu tho auditorium in Kan
sas City Sept. 25-27, inclusive. Among
tho other speakers schedulod are Sec
retary of tho Interior Walter L.
Fisher, who stops on bis way back
from Alaska: James It. Garfield, who
pected an Immense outpouring of peo
ple from tho section of country close
to Kansas City.
The conservation movement In
America Is comparatively young, this
being tho third of these annual cosi
ferences, but already It has millions
of adherents. Last year there was an
Immense gnthering at St. Paul, and a
president nnd an cx-presldcnt wero
among tho speakers. Tho subject
then was public lands, and quite a
little factional feeling was aroused be
tween the respective adherents of fed
eral and stato control- Theodore
Roosevelt made tho chief address on
the sldo of federal control and was
ably seconded by former Senator Bev
erldgo of Indiana and others. James
J. Hill made a rather vigorous speech
in behalf of state control.
In later years there has sprung up
in America a cluster of movements,
that, while In one sense idealistic, are
still practical nnd highly necessary.
Among these may bo mentioned tho
good roads, country life, back to the
farm, city beautiful, reclamation nnd
conservation movements, all of which
are kindred and aim at a common'goal.
With rather lofty scorn Uncle Joe
Cannon would doubtless lump them
nil under the general head of "uplift"
Closely associated with theso is tho
effort toward co-operation in city and
country. More and more the masses of
the people aro being influenced by tho
spirit of theso labors In their behalf,
for they are beginning to realize that
they will be tho ones to reap tho ben
efit. Taken together these lines of
endeavor constitute one of tho most
hopeful signs of this age. Tho causa
la humanitarian and means tho in
crease of bcuuty nnd of human happiness.
Progreti In Eighty Years Shown The
Powerful .Paclfio Type.
Comparison between the largest pas
senger locomotives built for the Penn
sylvania railroad and the oldest loco
motive in America shows the progress
mado since the first railroad train was
put into service nt Bordentown, N. J.,
on tho Camden nnd Amboy railroad in
1831, eighty years ago. Tho oldest
locomotivo, John Bull, is still intnet at
the National museum in Washington.
The locomotive which the Pennsyl
vania railroad has adopted for heavy
pdssenger service is of the Pacific
tynp The locomotive and teuder
when loaded with coal and water
weigh about 430,000 pounds. The
John Bull, loaded for operation,
weighs 24,025 pounds, about one-seventeenth
ns much as the new engine,
which has six driving wheels eighty
inches in diameter. The driving wheels
of tho old engine are only fifty-four
inches In diameter.
The boiler of the new type locomo
tive contains 330 tubes, each 20.0 feet
long, making a total of nearly a mile
and a half of two and n quarter inch
tubes through which the flames and
heat from tho firebox pass on their
way to the stack. The heating sur
face of the tubes is 4420.0 square fcut.
and, in addition, tho firebox has a beat
ing surface of 109.3 square feet. This
space Is heated to a high temperature
to convert the water In the boiler to
steam at n pressure of 205 pounds per
square Inch. Tho tubes in the John
Bull, are seven nnd a half feet "long,
nnd tho tube heating surface is only
213 square feet.
FRENCH NAVY HAS HOODOO,
Is a Cook an Artist?
Controversy has been stitrod up by
Uie Chicago Tribune among the hotel
and restaurant cooks as to whether
looking is an art or a trade. The ma
jority of cooks agree that it is an nrt
or they would not endure a tempera
ture of 110 to 120 degrees for fourteen
hours a day seven days a week. But
one cook declares that "no artist, un
less something was wrong with his
head, would work fourteen hours a
day, with only half a day off each
week."
Judicial Wigs.
Large, white, full bottomed wigs are
still worn by English judges as a sym
bol of the age a.id dignity which
should characterize tho judiciary.
Perished on Shasta.
Slsson. Cul.. Sept. 28. Harry Mapes
ami Herbert Hall of Slsson aro be
lieved to have perished in tho snow
on .Mount Shasta Tho boys have
been missing since Sunday morning.
THE FAVORITE LAXATIVE.
One at Night Makes the Next Day
Bright No Charge if It Doesn't.
Because of its extremity gentle nnd
iffective nction, Hexnll Orderlies have
become the most popular Remedy for
Constipation.
We are so positive that Rcxall Order
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that we positively guarantee to hand
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upon your mere request, if you are not
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Rexall Orderlies aro eaten like candy,
are very pleasant to the taste, do not
gripe, cause nausea, or any other an
noyance usually experienced when or
dinary cathartics are used.
Rexall Orderlies have a positive reg
ulative effect upon the bowels and tend
to provide permanent relief from Con
stipation and tho myriad of assoointo
ailments. Besides, they help to over
come the necessity of tho constant use
of laxatives to keep the bowels lu nor
mal condition.
We honestly believe there Is no simi
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Remember, Rexall Remedies can
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We will help you with three
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positor is presented with a use
ful, as well as ornamental house
hold bank.
We make a specialty of loan
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Call and see us or you can do
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Write and wo will tell you
how.
JOS. A. FISCH, Cashier.
E. C. MUMFORD, President.
Torpedo Boat and Submarine In Col
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Paris, Sept. 28. Tho torpedo boat
Trl,dent struck tho submarine boat
Mousqueton nt Sallns d'Hyeres. The
Trident had her bow crushed In. The
Mousqueton was run aground to save
her from sinking.
Within a week there havo been
French tnnrlnc disasters on the war
ships Glolre, Marseillaise, Verlte, Li
berie. Mousqueton nnd Trident.
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AtterMon Is called to tne STRENGTH
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an
The FINANCIER of New York
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DR. E. F. SCANLON,
Only Permanent Resident Specialist In
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