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COTTON EXCHMCES TO BE
HIT MIIO BI COMMITTEE
Whole City Walks Following
Walk-Out of Association of
Railway Employes
WASHINGTON, Feb. 19—The pro
posed legislation to abolish transactions
In futures In the exchanges and boards
of trade has rallied some of the fore
emost grain interests in the country to
the hearing on the anti-option bills now
in progress before the ' house committee
on agriculture, including President
White end Vice President Merrill, of the
Chicago board of trade, and leading of
ficials of other western exchanges.
The ethics of corners and of market
fetters sent broadcast by members of
exchanges were discussed today by Mr.
White. He disapproved comers as
■'wrong, detrimental to the exchange,
and disturbing to business.”
While the amount of business done
where there was a corner was very small
compared to the total amount of busi
ness on the board, the corners he said,
attracted more attention than the regu
lar operations.
"Men who have been successful in
corners," he said, “can be counted on
the fingers of two hands. Leiter lost
“He was a bright and shining exam
ple." interjected Chairman Scott, smil
ingly.
Mr. White said the board of which he
was president lately considered a ruling
designed to prevent corners and penaliz
ing anyone defaulting in the fulfillment
of his obligations to deliver. The change
eras voted down on the contention that it
might work so as to impair the sanctity
of contracts.
“I think.” he added, "that sentiment is
getting around to the point where some
thing along that line will soon t be
adopted."
"Would you regard it as an evil to
seek to induce outsiders to speculate on
the board?" asked Chairman Scott.
Byway of explanation. Mr. Scott read
a market letter from a member of the
Chicago board of trade which, according
to the chairman, was a “palpable bid for
Im ribusiness by which the lambs
out in the country are Induced to come
into the fold and be sheared.”
•The market letter question." replied
Mr. White, "has never been formally dis
cussed. but has been talked over in
formally.”
Vice President Merrill, of the Chicago
board. Interrupted to say that there was
a very general sentiment among the
members of the board that the exchanges
to maintain their high reputation for in
tegrity, “should exercise some censor
ship over letters going out from our
members."
Mn White contended that there was
no future trading in beef because beef,
being the more perishable, did not lend
itself readily to such transactions; that
the prices of hogs, pork and lard were
largely based on the future quotations,
that buying of futures by speculators
forced the p.*lces up and that the pack
ers were "holding the bag" in the mat
ter of the high price of hogs.
The farmers, he insisted, were getting
their full share of the high prices of
hogs and the consumer, he admitted, was
getting his full share of the burden of
the high prices.
While the committee on agriculture has
not yet formally canvassed its views, the
Indications tonight are that it will report
the Scott bill with some amendments,
aimed more particularly at the cotton ex
change methods.
The committee has been imp recced with
objectionable features in all the ex
changes. The fact that the producers of
cotton seem to be unanimous In the de
mand for legislation and that a consid
erable number of cotton spinners favor it,
whereas in the field of the grain ex
changee the producers have been prac
tically indifferent to the subject, will
probably have considerable weight with
the committee.
The hearings, so far, have Indicated to
members of the committee that on the
whole there are very serious conditions,
if not grievous wrongs, in the methods
of ail these commercial bodies They
seem to be more pronounced and indefen
sible in the cotton exchangee than in the
other forums, according to the views of
some of the committee.
The Scott bill prohibits the distribution
from one state to another of information,
by wire or mail, on cotton futures. While
it does not prohibit exchanges, its effect
would be to greatly cripple them.
The grain and provision dealers have
convinced members of the committee that
they are much lees black than the cotton
sharks. Mr. Burleson frankly admitted
that this afternoon. The Texas congress
man seems to think the difference was
more one of men than of the real morals
behind wheat and cotton exchanges, how
ever, Chicago being lees given to "skin
ning'* everyone and less dominated by the
gambling spirit than New Tork.
What has rather surprised the members
of the committee is that wheat and pro
vision traders, as well as cotton traders
have absolutely refused to separate the
sneep from the goats
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Agricultural
Queries Answered
Continued from page 8
adapted to the state. Os the two-eared
varieties, Cocke’s Prolific, Hastings’ Pro
lific, Whatley’s Prolific and Mosby’s Pro
lific are all good types. The corn in
our judgment should be fertilized with
a mixture containing at least two per cent
of nitrogen, ten per cent of phosphoric
acid and four per cent of potash, and
part of the nitrogen should be applied
in the form of nitrate of soda so as to
give a quick, vigorous start to the young
plants as soon as they germinate. The
balance may be supplied In the form of
cotton seed meal, blood or tankage, or
such other material as will supply it in
the cheapest form. We think four per
cent of potash is not too much to use on
corn, even on upland clay soila and we
are certain that a high per cent of phos
phoric acid should be used, since farm
yard manure if deficient in this particu
lar element, and you expect to use a
considerable quantity of it. Therefore,
you must put enough phosphoric acid in
the soil to balance up the food supply.
The question of applying nitrate of soda
will depend on the occasion and the con
dition of the crop. If it has made an
abundance of stalk and is in a vigorous
condition, we would not top dress with
nitrate; but if It is affected with drouth
and is backward and yellow in appear
ance and ceases to grow from any cause,
then an application of 100 to 200 pounds
of nitrate is advisable. We think 100
pounds is about the right application to
make at one time, and if 200 pounds are
used it is beet to put it on in two appli
cations, the first about one month after
planting, and the second Just when, the
corn is shooting Into tassel. You will
notice that we have suggested the use of
a fertilizer containing only two per cent
of nitrogen, but this percentage would be
raised to three or four per cent where
from 100 to 300 pounds of nitrate of soda
are used as a top dressing.
COWPEAS VS. SOY BEANS.
X O. E., Savage, 8. C., writes: 1
would like your opinion regarding the
value of soy beans versus cowpeas
planted in corn, and when would be the
proper time to plant them? Can they
be left in the field sci a length of time
after they ere matured and gathered by
hogs?
Where com is planted in five-foot
rows soy beans may be planted in the
center/ of the row with as good results
as cowpeas. Where the com is planted
closer than this, or the desire is to
plant the cowpeas close up alongside the
com so they may climb up on the
stalks, the soy bean will not prove sat
isfactory. It is not a climbing plant,
but is bushy and treelike In form. The
main stem Is stiff and grows upright,
and if you use a large variety of beans
the plants will often develop so they
may be cut and bound in sheaves with
a corn harvester or even a self-binder.
The soy bean is richer in nutriment ele
ments than the cowpea, containing
about 29.« pounds of digestible nutri
ents per 100 pounds, as compared with
lt.S pounds with cowpeas. One of the
earliest maturing varieties of soy beans
is the Black: one of the most vigorous
and late maturing variety is the Mam
moth Yellow. "We are inclined to think
you will fine one of the smaller and
early maturing varieties better to grow
between corn rows than the later and
larger growing types. While soy beans
take comparatively a long time to ma
ture, they do not vary greatly from
cowpeas in this respect, and therefore
they may bo planted relatively as late
after seeding the com as the cowpeas.
It will require about a half bushel pee
acre where they are drilled in rows five
feet apart. You do not need the beans
themselves closer than one foot to eigh
teen inches in the drill row. The beans
■Und the weather excellently. They
are very hard, much harder than cow
peas and much more resistant to the
weevil. In fact, they are resistant to
the weevil in so far as I know. They
will also not sprout nearly so readily
as cowpeas in a wet season. They do
not make as fine a quality of hay, but
a superior grain, and you will find that
hogs turned in the field to graze when
they are passing out of the dough stage
until they are fully matured will make
rapid gains and Keep in a healthy and
vigorous condition As already stated,
you can cut soy beans with a harvester,
and bind and thresh them out with any
machine that will handle cowpeas. The
pods open and the seed shatter very
rapidly when ripe; therefore the work
of harvesting must be dune when the
crop is slightly damp.
CORRECTING A DIGESTIVE
TROUBLE.
C. O. C-. Holly Springs. Ga., writes:
I am a subscriber to The Semi-Weekly
Journal and read your page, or "our
page” with interest. I have a nice Jer
sey cow that has diarrhoea most all the
time. She seems to get better for two or
three days at a time and then gets worse
again. She eats heartily but looks bad
and eats dirt regularly. Would like to
know what is the trouble with my cow
and what to do for her?
Diarrhoea Indicates some irritation of
the Intestines. This may result from a
THE ATLANTA SHOT-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GEORGIA. TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 22, 1910
PHILIBELPHW TIED IIP BI
STBIKEsHIOT FOLLOWS
Say It Will Report Scott Bill,
Prohibiting Disseminating
Futures by Mail or Wire
PHILADELPHIA. Feb. 19.—Coming
suddenly, when least expected, a strike
was declared against the Philadelphia
Rapid Transit company by the Amalga
mated Association of Street and Electric
Railway employes at 1 o’clock this af
ternoon, and tonight the police and fire
men are busy handling turbulent crowds
in several sections of the city.
Two cars were burned, a score more
attacked, their crews forced to abandon
them, and numerous arrests were made.
Except in the central part of the city
where the cars were heavily protected,
street car service was almost at a stand
still tonight.
In Kensington, Philadelphia’s great mill
district, the most serious disturbances
occurred. Here two cars attacked by boys
and striae sympathizers, after the crews
were compelled to flee, were wrecked and
set on fire. The cars were damaged be
yond repair before the firemen arrived.
Great crowds collected in this vicinity
and for a time it was feared a riot would
follow. When, however, the firemen were
ordered to turn their hose on the crowd
the mob quickly scattered.
Along Kensington avenue, lumber and
other obstructions were piled ,on the
tracks. The usual big Saturday night
crowd, out for fun, was In evidence, but
the street was heavily policed and no
further general disorder occurred.
The traction company withdrew all its
cars from Kensington tonight, declaring
that it had men to run them, but had no
desire to cause trouble.
West Philadelphia, the southern sec
tion of the city, Germantown and other
parte of Philadelphia also reported at
tacks on cars, forcing men and passengers
to seek safety. Many persons were
struck by missiles, but no one was seri
ously hurt.
Today’s strike, the second within a year,
came so suddenly that thousands of per
sons were caught away from their
homes. The leaders of the union claim
that the trouble was started by the com
pany. The corporation replies that the
strike was a prearranged affair on the
part of the Union.
A committee from the union and Pres
ident Charles O. Kruger, of the company,
had been endeavoring throughout the
last month to reach an agreement to take
the place of the one made after the strike
of last summer and which expires on
June 1. The men asked for an increase
in wages and among other things, recog
nition alone of the Amalgamated asso
ciation.
They charged that a rival organization
known as the United Car Men s associa
tion had been put in the field to defeat
the efforts being made by the Amalgama
ted association for better working con
ditions. The company declined these
terms.
The break in the negotiations came on i
Thursday and last bight and today about I
200 men were dismissed "for the good oi I
the service." This aroused the indigna
tion of the men and they began turning
in their cars about 1 o’clock. The news
of the desertions quickly reached union
headquarters, with the result that a strike
order was instantly issued.
It was after 2 o’clock when the curtail
ment of the service became noticeable,
and it became more uncertain as the
hours passed. The greatest difficulty
was experienced from 5 to 7 o’clock when
thousands of people from stores and oth
er places found it impossible to get a
foothold on the cars and they were com
pelled to walk. Enterprising teamsters
who had the Saturday afternoon holiday
to themselves, reaped a harvest in haul
ing "fares" to distant parts of the city.
Thousands refused to ride on cars be
cause of the fear of being attacked.
The police and fire departments in an
ticipation of a strike, had been on a
"war footing" for a month and were
ready for business when the trouble came
today. When the strike was threatened
in January all leaves of absence were
withdrawn and every preparation was
made to maintain peace. The moment
the fact that a strike had been called
reached the city hall, the police plans
were placed in operation. Several troops
of mounted police were assembled in the
city hall courtyard and squads of police
and firemen' irere assigned to each of the
19 barns in the city. Policemen and fire
men were also put on the cars to pro
tect the men who desired to work.
Mayor Reyburn remained at city hall
throughout the afternon and evening.
“My duty is to protect the interests of the
public,” he said, "and I will do that to the
best of my ability. I must see that or-,
der is preserved at all hazards. I will also,
make an effort to see that the riding pub
lic is accommodated.”
Shortly after 10 o’clock tonight a crowd
attacked two cars in the northern sec
tion of the city, drove the crews from the!
trolleys and smashed the windows withi
bricks. The police made several arrests.
variety of causes. Generally, exposure to
cold, bad food or irritating foods are the
cause of this trouble, though organic dis
ease or parasites may produce it. The
symptoms vary greatly. Sometimes the
animal does not seem to be seriously af
fected; at other times there is fever, de
pression and loss of strength. When the
disease appears to be due to some ir
ritating properties in the food, which is
apparently the case in this instance, it
is better to give a mild purgative, such
as a pint of castor oil. If the secretions
are of an unnatural condition, one ounce
of carbonate of magnesia and one-half
ounce of tincture of opium shaken up in
a quart of linseed tea given three times
a day will be found helpful. This treat
ment should be continued until the feces
present a natural appears nee. In cases
of debilitation, lack of appetite and evi
dence of fever, with watery discharges
from the bowels, an astringent will be
found helpful. A good thing to use in
this case is one ounce of tanic acid and
two ounces of powdered gentian. Mix
and divide into 12 powders and give one
powder throe times dally until a cure is
effected. In all cases only choice
bright hay should be fed with some
bran or other laxative soothing foods.
SEEDING OATS IN SPRING.
W. M. P., Tifton, Ga., writes: What
kind of spring oats is best for this coun
try? I want to sow the kind that ma
tures the quickest. How should they be
fertilised?
Probably the best variety of spring oat
is the Burt. This is what Is known
as a 90-day oat. It matures in a short
season, therefore, and if sown in late
February or early in March should have
about ripened before the very warm
weather of summer comes on. The oat
being a plant which thrives well in mod
erate temperatures should be matured as
early in the spring as possible, and on
this account the Burt is a favorite in
many sections. The Appier is also a very
excellent variety and may be seeded
either fall or spring. The same is true
of the Red Rust Proof. This oat Is par
ticularly valuable on sandy lands or on
low lands where rust is more likely to
attack the crop than on higher and
better drained soils. We would advise
sowing the oats in the open furrow and
as early as practicable, and we would
fertilise them with 200 pounds of a 10-4
mixture, and later use nitrate of soda as
a top dressing if the crop is not making
a satisfactory development.
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BIG FARMERS' MEETING
ON WEEK’S SCHEDULE
Semi-Annual Convention of
Georgia Union Will Launch
Food Crop Campaign
One of the largest and most important
gatherings of farmers ever held in Geor
gia will be called to order next Tuesday
morning in the senate chamber at the
state capitol, the occasion being the semi •
annual meeting of the Georgia division
of the Farmers’ Co-operative and Educa
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sions will be brought up, probably the
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an increased production of food crops,
to insure the farmers of the state against
the high cost of living and also to ma
terially reduce cotton acreage.
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by Increased production, * and henceforth
the whole educational force of the union
will be exerted in this direction.
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will necessarily mean a reduction of cot
ton acreage, as it will stimulate the rais
ing of various grains, potatoes, live stock,
poultry, and dairy products. Also, follow
ing so closely upon the heels of the recent
high cost agitation, it is believed that the
campaign will greatly strengthen the
meat boycott.
Plans for the campaign will be outlined
in detail by President L. L. Lee, in his
semi-annual address, which will take up
the most of the Tuesday morning session.
Delegates from every section of the
state will be in attendance, it having been
arranged to issue the call in such away
that every individual will be reached. It
will go out through the various state of
ficers, the presidents of the county unions,
the business agents of the state, the
couhty agents of the Union Phosphate
company, and through all the different in
dustries and enterprises affiliated with
the farmers’ union.
Advance guards of the delegates will
begin to arrive Monday morning, and for
three days thereafter the Georgia farmer
will be conspiciously In evidence.
Feeding the Calf
The calves should be well fed, but a lot of
calves are fed to death. Four quarts of skim
milk a day is enough for a four-weeks-old calf.
As soon as any sign of bowel trouble shows m
the droppings reduce the quantity of milk. Give
a calf all the hay and bran it will eat and let
it run on grass, but do not overfeed on skim
milk. The calf that Is reared paturally gets only
a small quantity of milk at a time and the
wild cow does not give much at any time.
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Raising Wild Geese, for Profit
BY B. B. BUCK HAM SALEM, MASS
A friend of mine had derived much
pleasure, besides a comfortable profit
from raising wild geese in captivity. The
idea first occurred to him while visiting a
gunners’ stand on the seashore, where
wild geese were being used as decoys.
During the long waits which necessarily
•ccur between the flights of birds, the con
versation naturally turned to ways and
means in vogue in this kind of shooting,
and the difficulty of securing good birds
to act as decoys was much dwelt upon.
“If they are so rare and expensive, why
could I not make an honest dollar rearing
them in captivity,” he reasoned, and then
and there determined to make the at
tempt.
To secure a pair of birds, goose and
gander, to begin with, was not an easy
task, and was yet successfully accom
plished before the season was over. As
the gunners fired upon the birds, now and
then one would be brought down which
was not seriously injured, and which with
care and attention would soon recover
from its wounds. Selecting a pair of these
“winged” blVds, he gave their injuries
careful treatment, and carried them home.
Soon they had completely recovered, and
were as well as ever.
Early the following spring, they built a
rude nest on the ground, in a secluded
end of their pen. which their owner had
taken good care to provide and make ap
pear as out of the way as possible to
prove attractive with them for this very
purpose, and before long he had a brood
of nine goslings running about the yard
and pen, as a result of the forethought
with which his plana had been laid.
Thus his little flock of wild geese had
its beginning. "I love to see them about,”
he says, "and hear their clatter. Harsh
and unmusical it may be, perhaps, but
full of suggestion for one who loves the
wild, and life in the woods and on the.
water.’
The young are easily tamed and accus- '
tomed to the presence of man, yet must
be clipped regularly and watched closely,
or some day they may yield Instinctively
to the “call of the wild," and join a pas
sing flock of their untamed brethren on
their way south or north.
“I have received as high as ten dollars
apiece for my young birds, ready for use
as decoys, and five dollars a pair for table
use. says the owner of this flock. "Not
a bad Investment, seeing that they cost '.
me nothing, at the start.”
And It would certainly seem that he has
suggested a means of earning an extra
penny, not to be despised. These birds
are very hardy, and able to thrive under
the most untoward circumstances. They
will even pick up a living unassisted on
what green food they can find, if no bet
ter is at hand.
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