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UPS AND DOWNS.
There are all sorts of ups and downs
tn this life. This has been true as regards
the daily acts and doings of the human
family ever since the days of Adam and
Eve. In every community or neighbor
hood. whether in the town, city or rural
districts, some men are advancing and
progressing along the avenues which lead
to success, while others are evolving
in the opposite direction. In the study
•f the human character It is Intensely
Interesting to note these kaleidoscopic
changes which are ever taking place in
the endeavor to ascertain the causes why
it is that some men succeed while others
fall. Success in life cannot be attributed
to chance, nor is failure due to some
mysterious and unknown agency, which
is not capable of explanation. Tn the
study of the lives of successful business
men we find readily that such success
which has been attained ip due. largely,
to close attention to their business in the
first place, and the cultivation of a dis
position to economy and save tn the sec
ond. Investigation into the lives of the
men who fail show that such failures are
due largely to Indifference. Idleness, or a
want of sufficient ability to manage suc
cessfully that which has been underaken.
In other words, some men fail because
they do aoJ- try to succeed In their chosen
in life, while others endeavor
"“to reach the top round of the ladder be
fore they have mastered the middle
rounds. And so It goes with life being
filled with all kinds of successes, mis
haps and failures. Now. if each man.
particularly the young, and yet untried
character just embarking into life, will
take as his ideal the life of some suc
cessful career and earnestly strive to fol
low the pathway there marked out. not
only will a safe guide ue found to fol
low. but the realization of hopes are
much more apt to be attained. Life on
the farm la largely what each individual
engaged in agriculture makes it. Commu
nities influence one another. The life
work of every progressive farmer has Its
influence for good, and presents an in
centive for progressive development to
a greater or lesser extent to the minds
oS-fll other farmers which feels that in-
AflNraenc*.
Business Talents.
Every man is bom with a brain capacity
sufficient to solve the riddle of life in the
business world, and ft rests largely with
him whether or not that brain shall be
cultivated sufficiently to enable him to
weather rhe storms of life, and if culti
vated. whether or not he will properly
ultiltze the wonderful powers given him
by his Creator to the end that his path
way may be made a beacon guide to
. others. We all have talents of one kind
or another, and it behooves each x individ
ual to ascertain as early as possible In
youth in what direction of usefulness that
talent can be best ultfltxed. and then with
a steadfast and unwavering purpose exer
cise that gift to the best of our ability.
There is no field of usefulness broader
than that of agriculture, no field of work
which is nobler nr which more quickly yet
lastingly appeals to the highest sense of
manhood. It is God's chosen avocation
for mankind, and as such should occupy
in, the thoughts nf all men the highest,
mdst bedbrable and" most worthy occupa
tions in which men can engage.
But to succeed In agriculture and make
of that avocation what it ought to be our
business talents must be cultivated and
properly exercised just the same as in
the case of the merchant, the hanker or In
any other line of commerce and trade.
Simply to delve with the plow and hoe.
exercising the muscles while the brain lies
dormant, is not confirming to the laws,
either human or divine.
There needs to be a constant awakening
and activity of the brain in dtder to make
the earth yield up its golden treasures in
the first place, and to secure the respect
and admiration of the world of trade in
the second. There ar* too m&ny "downs''
and not enough "upg" on southern farms
in this day and generation. They are
largely due to the inactivity of brain pow
er. and it is along that line we must work
in the future in order to bring about
those changes which are so needful. If a
man is snaking no progress in his farm
ing operations and- the clouds cover a
wider space over the horizon of his life
than sunshine, let him stop and think,
exercise his brain, search for the causes
which annually build up the stumbling
blocks across his pathway, and then
straightway set about to effect such
changes In his system as are essential to
produce the desired end. The problem is
capable of easy solution to every man
who tries. To the Indifferent, failure will
always be the reward. It is not so much
advice as to correct methods of farming
that we need, as a more thorough inspec
tion and overhauling of our own wrongful
acts and doings. Cultivate the business
talents more extensively and the problem
of successful farming in the south will
soon solve itself.
HARVIE JORDAN.
INQUIRY DEPARTMENT.
R F. Allen. Richmond Co.
In the Semi-Weekly Journal of the 29th
instant I read with Interest, as I do all
your articles. I sowed oats | n September
and October, which I hope are not all de
stroyed by frost. In the latter part of No
vember I sowed more, which, from ap
pearance. have not germinated. You write
that last year you sowed oats in the sec
ond week in March which you had cut
three-quarters ripe, which you used as
feed. Would they have matured If given
time, or would oats sowed after Febru
ary 13th mature as well as If sown tn Sep
tember or October, if seasons are favor
able?
Further on you say. "Take no chances,
but go ahead at this time. ' Does this
mean in thia month even with the ground
so cold?
Answer: Tea. the oats sowed the second
week In March would have fully matured
by the middle of June, if had been
allowed to remain in the field uncut. They
were mowed when three-fourths ripe, or
about ten days before maturity. Spring
oats sowed the middle of February will
mature In our climate as well as those
•own in September, but are not near so
likely to produce as many seed or as
heavy oats as those sown in the fall.
No. I did not mean to sow In January,
but go ahead and put in a crop by the
middle «jf February and take no chances
: SHAW & CAMP, MACHINERY.
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shaw CAMP.
o 47 $. Forsith St. Atlanta, Ga.
jof getting the food supply cut off in
! spring and being forced to buy high priced
I corn. The fall crop of oats is always most
| desirable, but If that crop is killed, then
a good crop may still be grown by plant
ing the middle of February In fertile soil.
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The Farm Repair Shop.
J. F. Thomas. Cambria Co.. Pa.
• I often wonder how I got along without
a repair shop. The building need not be
expensive, but tight and warm. One end
should be rigged up for blacksmithing.
Build a hearth of stone and ordinary clay
mortar, with a good-sized flue, about nine
bricks to the round. An opening should
be left at the proper place for the admis
sion of a5 or 6-inch stove pipe. Procure a
blower or bellows, an anvil, a drill press,
a vise. some dies and tops. 1-4 to 5-8 inches,
for cutting thread, a hammer, tongs and
two or three sixes of heading tools. Steel
punches for hot iron are also necessary,
but these can be made.
After some experience, many other tools
can be made that come handy. Much of
the equipment mentioned can often be got
ten second-hand from machinists or black
smiths. Collect all kinds of scrap iron,
bolts, old horseshoes, etc., from about the
farm. Much useful iron may often be got
ten for a trifle at public sales. Old horse
shoes welded together and worked out are
very useful for making nails, rivets, links
for chains, etc. I have been using for sev
eral years a heavy farm chain made en
tirely from old horseshoes. As to the ac
tual work in this line, many valuable
hints may be gotten from a good-natured
blacksmith. • One may need instruction
particularly on the working and temper
ing of steel. For a time the novice may
be discouraged by his seeming awkward
ness, but after he gets the set of his ham
mer and the hang of his tongs, some ex
perience in welding, etc., there will be
little repairing that need be taken away
from the farm.
Put in the other end of the building a
bench or table. Provide a cross-cut hand
saw. nine teeth to the Inch, a square, a
smoothing, a jack and a fore-plane, a
brace with at least seven bits differing in
size 1-8 inch, three or four sizes of chis
els. a drawing knife, a miter square and
a hand ax or hatchet. A supply of
different sized nails and wood screws.
This will equip the wood-working end of
the shop for all ordinary repairing. Many
new implements can be made and Ironed
complete later. Now get or make a sew
ing or sadler's horse, procure some
needles, wax and thread, harness rivets,
etc. Put up a stove, fix up the harness
and gather the plows, harrows and other
Implements that need repairs.
Short Points.
Farm and Ranch.
There is no economy in growing a crop
of grain, harvesting it and leaving the
ground bare until next seed time. Mexi
can June corn, cow peas, sorghum or
fall potatoes, or even sweet potatoes, may
be grown after harvest. These crops, or
any of them, are therefore that much
clear gain. Farmers, the same as other
men. should push their business, to keep
other business men from pushing them.
Farming is the most independent busi
ness known to men. Why? Because it is
the only business by which men can be
fed and clothed without assistance from
elsewhere.
A country home without a plentiful sup
ply of fruits and vegetables, is not a home,
in the higher sense of that term, but sim
ply a place to stay. Some walls, a roof,
and a fireplace, are all right enough but
it takes something more to constitute a
home. y
In no way can the surplus of fruit and
vegetables grown on the farm be better
disposed of than by putting them up for
Snter use. Dried or canned they will
ve many a doctor's bill through the
long winter months.
When men don't do their plain duty they
always suffer the legitimate consequences.
It Is the duty of every farmer to make
his land yield as much as he can make it
yield. If he makes no effort to do this,
he is delinquent, and should not complain
when poverty presses.
Some farmers have caused an acre of
land to produce more than 200 bushels of
corn, and others have caused an acre to
yield three and even four bales of cotton.
Others make fifteen bushels of corn and
one-third of a bale, thus showing that
there is more difference In men than in
land.
To Cultivate Peanuts.
First break the land good and deep;
then with a large bull-tongue or small
shovel plow lay off your rows three feet
wide, drop your seed, with the hull on
them, in this furrow, about ten or twelve
inches apart; cover them pretty deep with
same plow. When they have sprouted and
about ready to come up. put a board, on
your plow and knock the ridge off light
ly; then in three or four days they will be
up and the drill will be clean, or nearly
so; and as soon as you think they are
about all up, take small bull-tongue and
small heejsweep and run around them:
then go over with hoe and draw the dirt
up to cover any little weeds or grass that
may be left in drill. Before you leave
them, put a larger heel-sweep and run
once in middle, after which they can be
plowed once or twice with heel-sweep
and kept clean. In thia way I do away
almost altogether with hoeing. '
Harrison County, Texas.
W. H. CALAWAY.
DOING THE RIGHT THING.
The trouble begins with a tickling in the
throat aud a nagging little cough. Soreness
in the chest follows and the natient won
ders if he Is going to have an all winter
cold. Probably, if he does the wrong thing
or nothing. Certainly not if he uses Perry
Davis' Painkiller, the staunch old remedy that
cures a cold in'twenty-four hours. There is
but one Painkiller. Perry Davis.'
SAYS WE SHOULD EAT
ONLY TWO MEALS A DAY
To the Editor of The Journal:
In your issue of January 27 I notice, un
der the department "Suggestions from
Correspondents." an article. "The Need of
Diet Reform." Vpon this much needed
reform I have placed considerable study,
and in its domain I have had some rich
experience.
Investigation has led me to adopt the
•two-meal-ajday plan and experience has
led me to champion it. This properly
practiced is a panacea for suffering hu
manity and a preservative for healthy
manhood and womankind.
Anyone interested in this common sense,
progressive movement will receive needed
information by sending me a self-address
ed envelop*' P. V. RICE.
Comer, Ga.. Jan. 28. 1902.
Under the new law in Pennsylvania vot
ers in that state may now deposit their
own ballots. But in view of the fact that
the “machine" will still do the counting,
there will probably be no material differ
ence In the returns.
THE SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1902.
* POLITICAL GOSSIP. ♦
Now that Pope Brown has said that he
would not be a candidate for governor,
Isn't it about time Mr. .Tames Smith, of
Oglethorpe county, was acquainting the
people with what he proposes to do? Mr.
Brown is a farmer. In his letter to the
podple declining to make the race, he
said that as he rode over the fields, which
had been his friends, and the friends of
his fathers before him. he thought he
would be making a mistake In turning his
back- upon them. Mr. Smith, of Ogle
thorpe. Is a farmer as well as Mr. Brown,
and the people are wondering if he is
going to say something similar to Mr.
Brown, or If he is going to announce that
as he rides over his fields which have
been his friends, and the friends of his
fathers before him. he thinks he would
be making no mistake by running for the
office of governor and letting his over
seer look after the fields while he looks
after his campaign.
Mr. Smith Is rich. He has said to some
of his friends that he is tired of farmirig.
and that he wants to go into politics. He
has told other people that he wants to rtin
for governor. But he has not been saying
much recently He is keeping his an
nouncement In. and the result Is that he
has a lot of folks wondering. Mr. Smith
is very popular. He would have mafiy
supporters if he entered the rgee,' but
those supporters are beginning to think
something strange when Mr. Smith keeps
so silent. A certain gubernatorial candi
date has received as many as one huh
dred letters during the past week saylrig
that if Jim Smith did not run they would
be glad to support him. They were only
waiting for Smith to announce, and tt he
didn't announce soon they would vote for
the candidate who is already in the fleid.
Mr. Smith may say this week what he will
do. or he may remain silent. There I* a
report, which has been gaining tn circu
lation for the past three weeks that he
would not be a candidate. It has been
told over and over again at the capitol.
and now it is being whispered around in
the different counties. It is generally
conceded if Mr. Smith does not correct
that report within the next week or so.
that it is true that he will not be a can
didate. Tt is possible that he might want
to wait until after the Democratic com
mittee meets and arranges for the pri
mary before he says anything, but at that
time the race will practically be settled,
as Chairman dußignon has stated that
there would be no meeting of the com
mittee until some time in May.
That withdrawal of Mr. Brown's which
appeared in The Macon Telegraph of Sat
urday morning is regarded as an unusual
sort of withdrawal. With so many -can
didates running, it is generally customary
for a candidate who withdraws to give
his support to another candidate, but this
Mr. Brown did not do. There is no telling
who he is for now. Mr. Guerry said In a
speech some days ago that Mr. Brown
was. his choice for governor outside of
himself, and that if he was not in the
race he would vote for Mr. Brown. Judg
ing from the remarks of Mr. Guerry, it
might be construed that Mr. Brown fa
vors Guerry for governor, and that he will
use his influence in throwing votes Mr.
Guerry's way. It may be also that, as
Mr. Brown holds a state position—that of
railroad commissioner, which pays a sal
ary of $2,500 a year—may think it is im
proper for him to have any choice in the
matter and keep his hands off. Mr. Brown
is generally regarded as a prohibitionist,
and in support of those principles he
would probably vote for Mr. Guerry. who
is now the only advocate of state prohi
bition. Mr. Brown has about four more
years as railroad commissioner.
At the time he was appointed railroad
commissioner in August. 1900. by Gov
ernor Candler there was considerable talk
that he had been sidetracked in the race
for governor, that the appointment was
for that purpose. At the time the report
was denied by both Mr. Brown and Gov
ernor Candler, but since Saturday there
has been a revival of that talk. Mr.
Brown practically admitted in September,
1900, that he would be a candidate for the
governorship, and a few months ago he
said he would be a candidate, and now
he has withdrawn from the race.
Now that Mr. Brown is no longer a
candidate for governor and Hon. F. G.
dußignon has announced that on account
of his health he would be unable to get
into the mixup this year, it is said that
Governor Candler will support Terrell.
Governor Candler will not talk about the
matter further than this: "When I was
elected governor of Georgia I made only
one promise, and that was that I would
not attempt to dictate who my successor
should be. I Intend to stick to that prom
ise. I am not going to take any active
interest in this race. Os course, I have
my choice of the candidates, but I am
not saying who it is.”
The general talk at the capitol is, how
ever, that the chief executive is for Ter
rell, and that he might put some votes in
Mr. Terrell's ballot box when the time
come*.
Joe Pottle, of Milledgeville, will be a
candidate for solicitor general of the Oc
mulgee circuit, when Gray Lewis runs
for judge to succeed Judge John Hart,
who is a candidate for attorney general.
It is not thought that Mr. Pottle will
have any opposition. He is one of the
brainiest young lawyers In the state, and
will get elected, so his friends say. with
out any trouble. Representative Barron,
of Jones county, will oppose Gray Lewis
for judge. The race between these two
men for the judicial position will be a
very interesting one as both are splendid
lawyers and very popular with the ptople
of that circuit.
Representative Kelly, of Glascock, and
Teasurer H. A. Williams, of the same
county, were in Atlanta Saturday. Dr.
Kelly says that he will run for the house
again and that he will introduce, in a
modified form, the Australian ballot bill.
He stands for fair elections in Georgia
and says that he thinks he can the
bill passed at the next session without
any trouble. It is understood that Dr.
Kelly" will be a candidate for the senate
some of these days, and that when he
does it is the intention of Mr. Williams to
run for the house. Dr. Kelly says that
in the coming race for governor Terrell
will carry the county. He is also of the
opinion that Hardwick will win in Glas
cock in the race for congress. Mr. Wil
liams says that Terrell will carry Glas
cock. but he thinks the people of that
county are for Fleming in the congres
sional race.
The Terrell headquarters in the Kimball
house are becoming very popular. Satur
day afternoon shortly after rooms 114 and
118 were • opened up thtre was a large
throng of Mr. Terrell's friends on hand.
Mr. Terrell was kept busy shaking hands.
Rooms 114 and 116 are regarded as very
lucky ones. No candidate who ever had
those rooms as his headquarters has lost
in the race for governorship or any other
race, and the friends of Mr. Terrell are
hoping that the tradition will be the same
this year as it has been in the past. Mr.
Ttrrell will spend this week answering
the numerous letters which have been
received since he made his announce
ment for governor. Hon. Warner Hill,
his campaign manager, will be at Green
ville this week where the superior court
is in session, but will return to Atlanta
next Saturday, and will be at the Terrell
headquarters until the end of the cam
paign. He is confident that Mr. Terrell
will carry at least 100 counties.
Is J. H. Estill, of Savannah, going to
withdraw from the race. Some people
say they think so. The meeting which
was held In Savannah Friday night evi
dently means something. Terrell seems
to be the second choice in event of a
deadlock In the convention. But the old
time politicians say that Colonel Estill Is
considering the matter of withdrawing
from the race. One of Mr. Estill's warm
est supporters who was In Atlanta Sat
urday night became indignant when the
matter was brought up. and did not hesi
tate to say that Colbnel Estill was In the
race to stay, and that he would be elected
governor when the election came off.
T. J. SIMMONS, JR.
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♦ SOME INTERESTING ♦
FACTS ABOUT SUGAR. ♦
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Washington Post.
The facts of the sugar, situation are
much more pertinent just now than the
theories advanced by interested parties.
On January 7. 1902. as stated by’ Messrs.
Wiiletr & Gray, sugar statisticians and
publishers of the Weekly Statistical Sugar
Trade Journal, sales were made of
96 test centrifugal sugar. In New York,
at 3 9-16 c per pound, duty paid, say 3.5635
The duty is 1.685 c per pound 1.885
1.8775
Freight and insurance from Cuba Is .1 <»
Value, free on board, Cuba, cents per 1b...1.7875
The duty of 1.686 cents per pound on f.
o. b. value of 1.7875 cents per pound is 94
per cent ad valorem.
Not long ago the same authorities gave
other facts as follows:
The steamship Dunottar arrived at New York
October 22. 1901. from Iloilo. Philippine Islands,
with 5.(100 tons of No. 3 sugar on board.
This sugar was sold at 2 9-16 c per pound.
duty paid, for 82 test, say 2.5625
The freight and Insurance was 3-10 c per
pound ' 30
2.2*25
The duty, 1.195 c per pound 1.195
Making the free-on-board value at Iloilo.. 1.0675
Th* duty of 1,196 c p*r pound on the free-on
board value of 1.0475 c per pound Is 112 per cent,
ad valorem.
Again this is the fact capable of con
firmation as stated by the same authori
ties that granulated sugar was made In
1901 in more than one factory in irrigation
states of the west at a cost of not ex
ceeding 3 to 3.15 cents per pound. As the
average pricte of granulated sugar at New
York In 1901 was 5.05 cents per pound and
the freight to the west one-quarter to one
half cent per pound, it is evident that the
profit to such factories was not less than
2 cents per pound. Two cents per pound
on a cost,of 3 cents is a profit of 66 per
cent, or sufficient to pay the entire cost of
the factories within three years running.
A Michigan prospectus states that a
factory construction company will guar
antee to produce sugar from beets at a
cost of 2 3-4 cents to 3 1-4 cents. It also
states that any well equipped refinery will
pay for Itself in three years.
The proposal under consideration to give
Cuba a drawback or bounty of 25 or 50
per cent would assume a much better as
pect If the proposers offer to pay the
bounty out of thelr,profits of 66 per cent.
Some gentlemen are not over modest in
their requests for paternal consideration
of their “infant industry.”
The United States is a chivalrous coun
try, otherwise it would never have taken
the part of down-trodden Cuba against
Spain. Chivalry never does things by
halves. Chivalry demands that the United
States give Cuba entire free sugar, not a
quarter or half a loaf, which will prove
only a bare sustenance to her and scarce
ly more than offset what it costs her to
raise sugar above the present highly de
preciated value of the article below the
cost of production.
A present of free sugar to Cuba means
$20,000,000 less revenue to the treasury
(on crop of 1901), which can be spared
without being missed, and still leave $36.-
000,000 revenue on 1,000,000 tons sugar out
side. The impetus given consumption of
sugar in the United States and the slow
increase of production in Cuba from 800,-
000 tons basis will continue the $36,000,000
revenue on 1,000,000 tons required from
countries outside of Cuba for at least
two years, and then be gradually reduced
as the Cuba and beet-sugar industries
grow together to meet our requirements.
The first for supplying our needs east of
the Missouri river and the latter the en
tire region beyond, to the Pacific coast.
Under free Ciiba sugar the beet-sugar
industry is bound to grow with vastly
more rapid strides than under a constant
dread of the ghost of free sugar. This
is the position taken by Messrs. Willett
& Gtay and which they are backing up
with facts, and the facts they give ap
pear unanswerable.
With all due deference to the 66 per
cent protit gentlemen, "our first duty
now is to do ‘something for Cuba.” Shall
it be a quarter or a half a loaf, or a gen
erous full loaf, in harmony with what is
required by our relations to Cuba from
the chivalrous standpoint we occupy to
ward that Island?
Messrs. Willett & Gray give the follow
ing additional statistics bearing on this
point:
1901. k
Consumption o’ sugar In United States for the
calendar year 1901. Tons of 2,240 pounds.
Total consumption of sugar from foreign coun
tries and Insular posessions—
Cane
Refined 42,515
Total 1,932,330
Os which from—
Hawaii 309.070
Porto Rico ...... .. .. 66.279
Philippines 5,100.
Total 380,449
Os which—
Cuba. 559,800
Consumption of domestic production—
Louisiana and Texas, cane 292.150
Domestic beet 124.859
Maple J.WO
Molasses sugar.... 17.97<
Total of domestic production 439,966
Total consumption. 1901.. ~ .. 2,372,316
Os which not dutiable—
Domestic, cane 292.150
Domestic beet .... 124.859
Domestic maple 5.000
Domestic molasses 17.977
439,986 i
Porto Rico M.»79
Hawaii...: 309,070
Philippines Idutles assessed
but refunded by supreme
court) 5,100
280,449
Total free of duty, 1901 820.435
Consumption of dutiable sugar, 1901 ..1,551.881
Consumption of Cuba sugar, 1901 559,800
Dutiable sugar outside of Cuba, 1301 .. 992.081
1902.
Estimated consumption for 1902 at un
ohsnged duties. 2.550.000
Or with Cuban sugar free 2,700,000
Os which say—
Louisiana 300,000
Porto Rico 100,000
Hawaii 300.000
Domestic, beet 175,000
Free of duty 875.000
Dutiable sugar. 1902 1,825,000
Os which Cuba crop estimated .. 875,000
Less Cuba local consumption ... 50,000
Free of duty 826,000
Dutiable sugar outside of Cuba, .1902.1,000,000
1902.
Estimated consumption. 1903. with Cuba
free...... .... •••••• •••■ ••••..3,000,000
Ot which
Louisiana. 300,000
Porto Rico 150,000
Hawaii 300,000
Domestic, beet..... 250.000
Cuba'
, Dutiable sugar 1.000.000
Average cost of raw sugar to refiners, 1901.4.047
Cost of refining, including expenses di5......
tributlon 625
Average cost of granulated at New York,
1901.., 4.872
Average price ot granulated at New York,
Refiners' average profit. 1901 378
.378 is 8 per cent profit on cost of 4.672.
Cost of manufacturing granulated sugar in
several factories in Colorado and Utah in
1901 did not exceed 8.15
Average price of granulated. 1901, New
York 5.05
Plus freight west H to He per pound.
Profit on beet granulated at least 2c per
pound.
2c per pound la 66 per cent on cost of 3c.
Coat of manufacturing granulated in Ger
many. 2i4c per pound.
Cost of granulated. 1901. by refined 4,672 per lb
Duty on raw sugar 1.68 per lb
Average cost of granulated by refiners. 1901,
under free sugar everywhere.. 3c
Average cost of granulated by beet re
Oners. 1901 3.00 to 3.15
Lose of revenue by free sugar from Cuba—
-559,800 tons at 836 820.152,800
Continued revenue by duty on—
-1.000.006 tons for several years at 836.. $36.000,
Average price granulated at New York. 1901. 6.0 S
Plus H to %c freight to west 5.30 to 5.55
Inexperienced factory made granulated
1901. at cost of 3Hc to 4c 3.50 to 4.00
Profit to such factories.. 1.80 to 1.58
Profit of such factories, 1901 ..51 to 38 per cent
* OTHER PEOPLE’S VIEWS. ♦
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DR. CURRY A GEORGIAN,
DECLARES ONE WHO KNOWS
Editor Journal:
I notice in your paper both Virginia and
Alabama are claimed as the birthplace of
Dr. J. L. M. Curry. I want to put In the
claim of Georgia for this honor. This I do
on two authorities. In Cathcart's Ency
clopedia. which lies before me, I find this:
“Curry, Prof. J. L. M., D.D.. LL. D., was
born in Lincoln county, Georgia, and at
the age of 13 removed to Alabama.” My
other authority is Dr. Curry himself, who
haa often told the writer he was a native
Georgian, born in Lincoln county. I am
sorry for Virginia and Alabama, but they
musi.i't have our Curry. I am especially
sorry for the gentleman from Alabama. I
do not know how to help him, unless he
can induce Dr. Curry to become a native
of Alabama as Dr. Lansing Burrows i»
said to have become a native of Virginia.
I do not vouch for the story, but give it
as I heard it. It was during the war; Dr.
Burrows, who was born in Philadelphia.
Pa., was a red-hot rebel, and withal quite
bitter toward the Yankees, day he
was abusing them at a terrible rqte. when
a bystander, in a somewhat disgusted
tone, asked: “Dr. Burrows, where were
you bom?" Quick as a flash came the an
swer. "At Alexandria. Va., str. at 12 years
of age.” Perhaps our disappointed Ala
bama friend maj- get Dr. Curry to agree
to be born in Alabama at 13 years of age.
He might try, and so appease his feelings.
W. A. M.
Decatur, Ga.
WE ARE AWAKE, THANK YOU,
'SAYS THIS PRESBYTERIAN
Editor Journal:
In your kind editorial of yesterday un
der the caption: “Presbyterians. Wake
I’p.” there is slight evidence that some
of your editorial writers do not consult
your news columns closely.
In your reports of the meeting of the
Presbyterian synod during the latter part
of last November you told of the resolu
tion that was unanimously passed by that
body to raise SSO 000 at once for the es
tablishment of a college in this state. A
board of trustees was also appointed by
the synod to push the matter to immedi
ate completion. This board consists of
Revs. J. W. Walden. A. L. Henderson,
C. C. Carson, D. D. Brannen and Messrs.
C. E. Montgomery and C. L. Hughes.
The board has been busily at work since
November formulating plans for an ag
gressive campaign.
We hope to have a first-class male col
lege in operation wimin twelve months
somewhere in the state. The location will
depend upon several circumstances.
We appreciate your concern for our al
leged somnolence. At 4he same time we
might throw out the gentle Intimation
that you read your news columns a little
more closely. D. W. BRANNEN.
Milledgeville. Ga.
IS THE SEED NECESSARY
TO PRODUCE A PLANT?
Editor Journal:
I ba\> the information that a farmer in
Maryland had the following experience,
and as ine Journal Is the vehicle for dis
pensing information, will you kindly fur
nish the facts of the experience to the
public.
This farmer, to get rid of weeds, made
the following experiment: He sowed one
and one-half bushels of salt on a plot of
ground 15 feet square, the plot being cov
ered with weeds. In a short time the
weeds all died. He then covered thd plot
with clay. The next spring the weeds
came un thicker than before. He again
applied the same quantity of salt to the
plot, and the weeds died as before. The
next spring blue grass came up thickly
on the plot. There was no blue grass
about, nor had there ever been any. Why
the blue grasa?
I answer by the following suggestion:
The blue grass was the outcome of condi
tions favorable to blue grass. In a general
sense, did not everything result from fa
vorable conditions? Are the seed merely
something deposited to insure perpetua
tion through want of favorable conditions?
I am satisfied that this is true, and al!
successful agriculture and. in fact, success
In everything is the result of favorable
conditions.
Because it is easier to propagate from
seeds, plants or cuttings does not prove
that it Is a better way than prppagation
through discovered favorable conditions.
We have' spontaneous combustion, which
is the result of favorable conditions. We
have the toad stool from favorable con
ditions. Why not have plants from the
same cause? W. A. JOHNSON.
Atlanta. Ga., Jan. 15, 1902.
HEALTH AND HYGIENE;
SOME VALUABLE SUGGESTIONS
Every new year we make new re
solves—determine to overcome or to ban
ish old doubts—and It is wise to do so.
Let every busy housewife tketermlne to
“shut the worry door" and open the rest
door.
Physical work is immensely harder and
more fatigueing when it is done under de
pressing mental conditions. If we try
honestly to banish all disagreeable
thoughts It is wonderful what the results
will be.
A truly noble thought is greatly helpful.
It opens the gate to restfulness and
strength.
Did you ever notice how quickly all
minor petty cares and worries vanish at
the approach of real trouble?
It is an admirable thing to keep well
poised both in mind and body. We have
the power to make clear skies for our
selves. and it is our duty to keep well
and strong.
Frequent bathing is necessary to secure
perfect health, as it is also necessary to
good looks.
Hard water is fata! to good looks, as It
reddens and roughens the skin. It is best
to always put a little borax in the wash
water, as it dissolves quickly, makes the
water soft, and gives the body a healthful
glow and leaves the skin soft and smooth.
It 5s perfectly harmless, and a good dis
infectant.
Cheerfulness is the sunshine of life.
Good temper is characteristic of great
mental power. No people are so tolerant
as really great men and women. For tol
erance has its source in both the heart
and the head.
Think over these few ideas. Good health
is most of all Ills, and let
us try first to secure it, and the other
good things will follow.
KENTUCKIENNE.
Georgetown, Ky.
John Riedel, of Hoboken, who was 97
years old Jast week, is an inveterate
smoker and beer drinker. Still, there are
people who will argue that he might have
been 107 by now if he had been more tem
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Mr. Dooley On the of ’Royalty
e
BYF.P. DUNNE.
Copyright, 1901, By Robert Howard Ruasell.
I TELL YE.” said Mr. Dooley,
they won't be enough iv th’ first
fam'lies left ip this counthryj
this summer to make a scan-
' dal.”
"Where'll they be?” asked Mr. Hen
nessy.
"They'll be in London,” said Mr.
Dooley. "They're all goin’ over to see
th' coronation iv King Edward. hin
that proud monarch Is declared iv
Great Britain, Befast an' certain wards
iv Ixindonderry. King.-whin he comes
out an' takes th’ oath iv office an
puts on th' crown an' begins his in
agguryal addhress, he’ll look down on
a sea iv upturned American faces, an
I won't blame him. Ivry scow that
crosses th’ drhink is loaded down with
thlm. They are firin’ th' British aris
tocracy out iv their proud but un
heated homes. Whin th big doin s
comes off. I wudden't be surprised if
ye found manny an honest American
heart batin' behind an ermine robe.
'Tis a great chanst f’r th’ jooks to get
even with th' steel thrust. What wan
Iv our princes iv thrade wudden t
change In a little Iv his pro-ceeds f r
th' chanst to wear a coronet and give
three cheers f’r th' King? Mind ye
now, Hinnessy, if I was th' K,n &«
with me commercial thrainin’ I wua
den’t be crowned at all. I'd rent out .
th' job. I’d advertise fr sealed bids
an’ whin th' coronation come off, 'tis
at home I'd be. sittin' In me slippers,
countin' up th' money while J. Pier
pont Morgan, as king, me frind Jawn
D. Rockefeller as ‘Lord High C han
chellor. an' Jawn W. Gates as th
Ar-rehbishop Iv Canterbury, received
th’ applause iv th’ House iv Lords, an
wives, thlm bein' th’ officers iv th a
Steel Thrust, th' Pickle Thrust th
Solder Thrust, an’ th O1 Masther
Thrust.
"Ye see. we've got to do these things,
Hogan tells me. • because we re a
wurruld power. A wurruld power,
d'ye mind, Whin we was less iv a
power an' thought oursilves more whin
we were resthricted to our own back
vard an’ nlver had throuble with
annywan but whin he come over th
fence, it didn't, make anny diff rence
to us whether th’ coronet was wore
on th’ front or back iv th’ bair or
carrid in a saliso, A prisldlnt iv th
United States was swore in as though
he was a Pole wantin' to cast his first
vote. Him an’ th’ man befure him
rode up to th’ capitol followed by a
procession tv naygurs. th' Chief Jus
tice ast him if he felt competint to
hold th' job an’ he said he did, he
made a speech that had been printed
in th' mornin' papers f’r th’ last time
an’ wint over to th' white house an
had his bed made up. A cabinet officer
was all right if he cud get his appro
priations through be standin' th
dhrinks f’r Congress an' cud make a
threhty that wud break in th’ hand.
All that was required iv an ambassa
dure was that he knew th' best place
Ur a wandhrln* pathrite to buy a
readymade necktie an' that his wife
didn't put on airs. In thlm happy days
whin we were strugglin' to th' front,
a king seldom come this way. Wanst
in awhile a naygur potintate wud slip
up fr'm th’ South Sea Islands, but we
niver paid much attintlon to thlm. I
mind well whin King Calico come here
fr'm th' Sandwich Islands an' stop
ped at th' Grand Passyfic Hotel. A
comity iv citizens was appinted to fix
up an intertainment f'r him. They
decided to give him a poker party.
"But. now, be hivens. ivry other day
we're threatened with kings. Down in
Wash'nton they tell me there's a build
in' ful iv clerks figurin’ out how to
rayceive royalty. Ye’d think it was an
aisv job. All that annywan wud ex
pic't wud be: ’Good mornin', king,’ or
•.‘How-do, kaiser?* or 'How's thricks,
impror?’ But'tis not so. No, sir, if th'
prisldlnt was to make wan small blun
der. if he was to tap th' impror on th'
shirt stud where only a king shud be
tapped, we’d have a European war on
our hands before nightfall. Sure! Sup
pose they're all settln' in th' parlor an'
th' hired girl comes in an' rings th’
bell f'r dinner. Ye'd say ivrybody out
to th' vinds as soon as he can. th' man
that paid for th' food first an' maybe
a fight or two in th’ dureway. Not at
all. Be no meftns. First th' king or
impror. thin fifteen minyits later th’
sub king, thin th’ fam’ly iv th’ king,
thin anny morganatic relations, thin
th’ staff an' so on. In th' dinin’ room
ye’er idee is haste to th' place nearest
th’ duck. Wrong. No wan must set
down till th' king sets. Thin wan be
wan down th’ line accordin' to rank.
Th' rankest down first. Afther th' din
ner no scramble f’r th' rockin’ chair an’
th’ place near th’ stove. Out as ye
come in—king, prince, jook. earl, land
grab. von. excellency, s’ob. Where's
th' prisldlnt? In th' panthry doin' th’ *
best he can.
" 'Tis a dellycate job an' anny man
that knows jus' how rielty shud be
threated can get a good place in
Wash’nton. Ivry day some fine point
comes up. Supposin’ th' king asts
himsilf to th’ house, is it betther to go
out befure or afther he comes? How
shud a Missoury congressman ap
proach his majesty? On his hands an'
knees or through th' window? Shud
th’ slcrety iv state speak befure he is
spoken to or afther or not at all? If
th' impror is caught slippin’ a king
out iv th’ deck, shud th' fact be min
tioned thin or whin ye have played th'
ace fr’m th' sleeve? Shud the prisi
dint an’ cabinet back away fr'm the
rile fam'ly on'y as far as th’ sthreet
or to th' city limits? All those ques
tions have got to be answered an’ an
swered right.
z ‘No wan knows what th’ horrible
raysuit iv a fluke might 'be. I was
readin’ in th' pa-papers th' other day
“an’ I want to tell ye about It.
so ye can advise ye’er daughter in case
e'er a king come out this far. A cer
tain king that Is now. I won't say who
he was because I might be locked up,
but whin he was Prince iv Wales, he
see a beautiful American woman in a
German city where th' rich an'
fash’nable go to get their first dhrink
iv wather an’ he attimpted f’r to make
an impression on her. He thried all
his arts, whistlin' at her on his fingers,
callin' out ‘Hi there,-haven't ye f*rgot •
somthing,’ givin’ her th' eye. an' so
on, but she was a pure American wo
man be birth an’ she didn’t see him.
He niver got within miles iv her. He
aint her prisints—flowers, a dog. a dl
mon’ necklace, a tank iv golu fish, a
horse, a volume iv pomes, an’ a cam
el’s hair shawl. No answer! He put a
pers'nal in the’ pa-aper sayin’ that a
young an’ atthractive prince wud like
to meet th’ handsome young American
lady who caught his eye with a cat
sup bottle at th’ hotel dinner table. It
was no good. Thin he was forced to
take determined action. He asked her
to come to dinner with him, an' in a
ragal manner sint another invitation
to her husband, rayqnestin’ him to
give that night to th' fam’ly—his own
at home. An* th' poor foolish woman
rayfused. Says she. ‘Not without
Fred,’ she says, an’ she wudden't go.
Well, sir, wud ye believe it—there it
is in th' pa-aper in black an’ white—
twinty year afther whin th’ presidlnt
appinted th’ son Iv this varchous but
scary lady"to go over an' see this hpre
king crowned, th’ king almost ray
fused to lave him come. He surely wud
have rayfused if he cud raymember
th' name but his life has been busy.
It’s not sure that Reginald Wilaeboye
can get in,yet. His father was up to
th' White House ylsterdah to see
whether 'twud be neclssary f’r him to
be adopted into another fam'ly. Think
4v it! Think what simple people we was
in thim days an’ how foolish! Thank
goodness, times has changed. It cud
den’t happen now. But it on’y goes to
show. Hinnissy. how neclssary it is
f'r us, not on’y as a na..on iv raypub
licans. but as indlvldools, to keep a
close tab on th' customs iv rielty. We
get betther ivry day an’ th' corona
tion’ll be a long jump ahead.”
"Will ye be in Westmlnsther Abbey
in June?” asked Mr, Hennessy mock
ingly.
"Not if I live,” said Mr. Dooley.
I __________
SAVING NEtsRO ORPHANS
FROM IDLENESS AND CRIME
You will please allow me space in your
columns to thank the good white and
colored people of Atlanta and other cities
of the state for the deep interest they
have manifested in the development and
uplifting of the poor little outcast and
friendless colored waifs of Georgia, who
are growing up on the streets and in the
alleys, and gutters and dark places in
our towns and cities without proper train
ing. By the liberal donations made to
me last year for the benefit of Georgia's
Colored Industrial and Otphans’ home, lo
cated in central Georgia, near the city
of Macon upon a farm of twenty-five
acres ot land, these waifs are cared for
and given mental, moral, manual, agri
cultural and industrial training, and are
being made useful citizens to hebp build
up this great state of Georgia. This home
was established in 1899 with four childr«n
and'a four-room building. In the past two
years we have enrolled fifty-four inmates
and have enlarged the building to eigbt
rooms and erected three small buildings
for industrial training and other necessa
ry buildings have been erected, and many
other improvements around and aboilt the
place and farm. The boys are being train
ed farming, shoe and harness repairing
and mechanical work. Girls are trained
in cooking, house cleaning, washing apd
sewing. Also each child is given three
hours each day to study their books. Now
we feel grateful to our friends and the
public for past favors, and as we are in
much need of Increased buildings, both
for their shelter and training, we solicit
vour continued co-operation, as the only
hope for the bettering of this class of the
colored race is to take them in from the
streets and teach them to work.
Trusting with the aid of our' friends
that this will be a year of great progress
in this Jrork and that we may be able
to shelter and care for many more, I am,
respectfully yours for humanity.
B. J. BRIDGES.
Macon, Ga. President.
Now that Admiral Schley has run the
gauntlet of Savannah "chicken salad.”
the Chicago stock yards and Kentucky
sour mash, it ought to be conceded that
he to a real hero, no matter what hap
pened at Santiago.
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