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The moot startling headline three days is that telling of Mr. Coffyn’s daring air fllvbta- ' —— With Ballinger and congress both off his hands, the president ought to enjoy a vacation The Prussian bouse of lords is an up per bouse right. A plumber has been elected to ft. We opine that the peach crop, or that portion not actually killed, is fairly safe ‘ ,by this time. Again do the weather conditions make prophecy by the weather man a matter at difficulty. Some writer says Mew York affords ev ery fncUky for hiding. It may for every f body but the sucker. The more we think of it, the more re- markable it is that Senator Lorimer i missed tbo lightning We not only urge the visiting delegates to make themselves at home, but also i to make a home here. » The man who robbed SB flats in New I York in two months had a peretMene worthy of high finance. After the Commercial congress base- • .ball, and then the legislature. Who says things don't happen here? The Indians nun who drank 1J straight whisk fee to defy fate really defled his common sense, if be had any. This is the consolation for the congress- man tn an extra session He can renew bio promisee to hie constituents. Six hundred thousand dollars raised for the Y. M. C. A. and who would have thought there was SSOO.OOO in the world? Before the days of Columbus, says the » London Chronicle, the natives of Mexico used to chew gum. They probably haven't reformed yes Greece and Gaynor regret by thia time that they hadn't devoted their takwits and persistence to Wall street or some other more legal operation | The troops at Fort McPherson have been dispatched to Mexico. An Atlanta end to the revolution down there was £» inevitable from the very etart. L. Ea-apeaker Cannon has turned down an offer to go on the lecture platform, which Indicates that he is either indifferent to money er has his eyes on vaudeville. If all manufacturers were honapt they would stand up for the pure food law to a man. Bordeaux mixture was discovered by accident in the fall of 1883 by Professor r . Millardet Large-boned but smoothly built mares bred to a good-sized jack of good blood will produce the best mnlee. Commissioner Kone's account of the wort being done to aid the citrus and cape jessamine Industries by the fight being waged against the white fly should encourage those on whoso prem ises the pest has been discovered to at •nee bgm a campaign of eradication. TWE SWINE OR THE FLOWW Ah me! I nv a huge and loathsome sty, .Wherein a drove of wallowing swine were barred, Whose banquet shocked the nostril and the eye; Then spoke a roice, "Behold the source * cflardP I fed, and saw a field that seemed at first One ghsteoing mass of roses pure and With dewy buda 'mid dark green foliage And, as I lingered o’er the lovely sight, The summer breeze, that cooled that Southern scene. Whispered, "Behold the source of COTTOLENEI" THE GREAT CONGRESS OPENS. Atlanta is honored and fortunate in being the host of a con vention so important as that of the Southern Commercial Congress For several days to come this city wil be a center of national, if not world-wide interest, for in the sessions that began Wednes day morning at the auditorium there are being generated ideas and forces that will make a greater America as well as a greater south. Indeed, the influence of this congress will sweep far beyond any city or state or section. Its purpose is the awakening of the south in order that she may reach speedily her destined place of national leadership and contribute more richly than ever to the wealth and progress of the Union. Perhaps it would be truer to say that the purpose of this con gress is to bring organization into a renaissance that has already be gun. For there can be no doubt that within the past decade or two the south has wakened to the vast treasure that lies in her ■oil and forests and streams and hills and harbors. Her cities are leading the nation in their rate of growth. Under advanced meth ods of agriculture, her harvests are becoming more abundant. Her industries are multiplying. Each year her resources are attracting larger volumes of capital. Her people are thinking in terms of the broadest Americanism. The fact is we have already entered a new iera of development. The particular value of the Southern Commercial Congress lies in the fact that it is to co-ordinate all the forces of progress now astir in this section and to give them the effectiveness of a common aim. The methods by which this important end is to be accomplished may be realized in part from the following brief excerpts from the constitution of the Southern Commercial Congress: To promote and develop the interests of the following sixteen southern •tates: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mary land, Mississippi. Missouri, Oklahoma, North Carolina, South Carolina, Ten nessee. Virginia, West Virginia and Texas. To collect and disseminate information regarding the conditions ano resources of the said states and the opportunities and advantages offered them for the safe and profitable invertment pf capital; the attractions of fered In the south to the homeseeker, the artisan and laborer and the import ance to the national government of enacting proper legislation looking to the conservation of the natural resources of the south and the improvement of Its rivers and harbors and transportation facilities. To encourage, promote and foster the development of the resources or the eoath with its own capital and by its own inhabitants. It thus appears that this congress is to do, and is already do ing for the section as a whole what the chamber ot commerce or board of trade does for the individual community. By working for interests that are infinitely broader than those of any one com munity, however, the aims and achievements of the congress are correspondingly greater. , Frequent reference has been made to the number of distin guished statesmen and industrial leaders who are to be present dur ing this meeting. Almost every southern state has sent large dele gations, many of them accompanied by the governor of the com monwealth whence they come. President Taft, Governor Woodrow Wilson, former President Roosevelt, Secretary of War Dickinson, Secretary of Agriculture Wilson, William G. McAdoo, of New York; John S. Barrett, director of the Pan American Union—-the presence of these and many other men of kindred distinction, shows the importance the congress has assumed. A more significant gathering has never been known in Atlanta or the Bcuth. No matter what a citizen’s interests or occupation may be he has cause to appreciate and to seize the opportunity which these sessions offer. i HIP POCKETS. We are dumbfounded to learn that a Kentuckian, bred and born and still domiciled in that liberty-loving commonwealth, urges the prohibition of hip pockets. How any man could even harbor such a design, it is difficult to understand but that a native of Kentucky should openly advocate it as a law is shocking and grievous. Abolish hip pockets! Gadzooks! We’d as well abolish trous ers and return to a state of savagery. Yet Captain Fitzhugh, of Lexington, whose name bespeaks a long line of< ancestral patriots, is urging, so the news dispatches say, that the legislature make it a punishable offense for citizens to wear pockets beneath their coat tails. Such a law, the captain thinks, would diminish drunkenness and homicide. For he avers that whiskey flasks and pistols are almost invariably carried in the hip pocket. This is specious rea soning, as everyone who has a pocket will perceive. We may be sure that if the rum bottle were driven from this particular corner of the tippler’s raiment, it would soon find some equally seques tered place in the same suit of elothes. ‘ And as for pistols, anyone, who would carry a concealed weapon would have no scruples in carrying a concealed pocket. It is thus clear that no good purpose would be achieved by doing away with hip pockets. But what a deprivation it would be to mankind! Samson shorn of his locks was not a more pitiful or embarrassed figure than the present day male person would be, shorn of his hip pock ets. The every-day man’s antipathyto dress suits springs largely from the fact that these garments are so wofully short on pockets. There is no place to put one’s hands, not to speak of keys, tobacco, handkerchiefs, stray clippings, odd buttons and all the rest of that marvelous miscellany which, from a wholesome habit of boyhood, every man carries to and fro in the world. The fact is if there is to be any legislation on this matter, it should require the tailors to insert more pockets. A PERIL OF SPECIALIZATION. The old ideal of education that a man should first learn some thing about everything and then everything about something has been supplanted within recent decades by a tendency toward ex treme specilization. Not only our universities, but also the col leges and, to an extent, the high schools have adopted the idea that each course of study should have some definite, if not practi cal, end in view. Vocational fitness has been esteemed more highly than, what for lack of a better phrase, may be called liberal cul ture. It is heartening to note that a man of such distinction and practical sense as Ambassador James Bryce has pointed out the menace of this tendency. In a recent address to the students of John Hopkins university he said: The problem which today confront* us in all universities is how to find time both for specialised studies which have become so absorbing and also for a survey and comprehension of the general field of human knowledge which is necessary to make the university graduate a truly edu cated and cultivated man. . . . Devotion to any special study, whether in the sphere of natural science or not, tends to narrow the mind and pre vent the faculties from attaining their highest development. Most of the great men to whom the progress of science is due were not trained as specialists but had minds that ranged far and wide over the field of knowl edge. • There can be no doubt that the division of labor which in modern times has extended to professions as well as crafts and trades requires specialized ability and therefore specialized train ing. But it must not be forgotten that life itself is far more than a profession or a trade; it is more, as we were told long, long ago, than meat and drink. Indeed, tne very conditions of life and labor today cry out for those broadening influences and studies which may not lead to any practical advancement, but which make for freedom and poise and richness of mind. The great peril to every man of middle age is that he will get into a rut. His business or his profession compel him to think along one particular line so: twelve or sixteen hours of the four and twenty. Unless, therefore, he has some storehouse of ideas and appreciations from which to draw, some inward gleam to light his hours of leisure, his intellectual life becomes more arid and gray with the lapse Oi every year. If, then, it is the design of education to fit us for life, our schools should never overlook or minimize those things that bring breadth as well as keenness of vision. THE ATLANTA SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GA., FRIDAY, MARCH 10, 1911. (pUNTRY TOPICS 6WOC-TED BY7I RS. XZH.FEL.TO/C CONGRESS XS OVEB The 4th of March every two years, marks the time limit of each congress, and a new one begins at 12 o’clock noon. The pay stops when the clock strikes J 2 and the new men or the re-elected ones begin to draw their salaries at that time. The senate is a continuous body— it adjourns sine die when the house of representatives dies by limitation, but a senator’s term Is for six years instead of two, and when a senator’s term ex pires or he is defeated at .home, it nearly kills him, the shock is so great and the loss so heavy to be borne. Bach congressman and senator gets a salary of $7,500 and hire for one clerk— namely, $1,200, and the most of them put that in their pockets and allow some member of the family to do their writing. So it makes a big gap in the family finances when the pHy stops, as it does on high noon March 4. The expiration of the present congress has retired a great many Republicans of both house and senate. There was a general landslide last year and general discontent with the Republicans who had the power and failed to redeem their promises to the people at home—their constituents. Food products were so high and the extreme tariff men so heartless that the people at home became dis gueated with their congressmen and sena tors and turned over a new leaf. These northern and western costltuenta who rebelled against the politicians are not Democrats. I presume they will al ways be what they are now—Republicans in sentiment or belief—but they Intended to rebuke the domination of their former politicians wren thefr were so vitally interested in better or more reasonable legislation and failed to get it. If the Democrats hold on to the promises made tn the last year’s campaign, they will be again approved, but if the Demo crats begin to kowtow to the “interests” as the great syndicate corruptionists are termed in polite parlance, then these dis satisfied voters will find what they are seeking elsewhere. There Is growing in the minds of the people of this country a well-grounded belief that * their congressmen are not sincere either in their election pladges or in their conduct In/Washington city. They pose at home as the obliging ser vants of the people, they act in Washing ton as if they were under no obligations to them whatever. They have taxed the patience of the people to the limit and as it has reached a place already where THE MEXICAN SITUATION. His eightieth year found Porfirio Diaz still traveling prosper ously forward. For three decades he had been president of Mexi co, weathering one insurrection after another, foiling his enemies at every turn, and undei’ a dictatorship as efficient as it was cen tralized, fostering the country’s material welfare. And so far as personal vigor and resourcefulnes go, he might have been judged good for another thirty years of power. But within recent months the old statesman’s breath has been growing shorter. He has felt the clutch of age, and Mexico the clutch of political uncertainty and revolution. It is now rumored, and with apparent reason, that Diaz can hold on but a little longer, perhaps a few weeks or even a few days. When he does let go, in common mortal fashion, no one can predict what may happen to Mexico, for Diaz is the government. Twenty-one of the thirty states in this republic are in a fever of insurrection, more or less serious. Property interests are at stake., The welfare, if not the lives, of foreign residents is in certain quarters unsafe. The president is growing weaker. The insurrec tos have only a shadowy organization. It is extremely doubtful that they could maintain a government, were they to leap into con trol of affairs. With Diaz gone and the rebel army on top, the country might easily become a prey to anarchy. Under such circumstances, it is not surprising that the United States is mobilizing along the Mexican border the greatest number of troops that have ever been called together in this country in times of peace. It is scarcely credible that this massing of military forces is for no other purpose that field maneuvers and the practice of officers and men. x Nor is it likely that this step has been taken without an under standing with the Mexican govenment and also with interested Eu ropean powers. United States citizens have over two billion dollars of invest ments in Mexico. These together with the interests of Germans and Englishmen bring the total of foreign investments up to three billions at least. This property demands some assurance of pro tection, in the event the existing government should fall. With out some such protection, all interests would be open to the dep redations of picaroons like Castro and Zelaya. There is no probability that the United States would go fur ther than a maintenace of order until some responsible government could be set up. But in behalf of its own interests and in order to prevent intervention by Europe this nation would be compelled, should the worst come, t© step in and preserve a civilized order. THE CASE OF JOHN MITCHELL. I In the industrial life of the present generation, few men have done a more useful or difficult, and none a sincerer, work than John Mitchell. He has labored for the welfare of working people with equal patience and zeal and, above all, with a broad under standing of those principles on which this welfare is truly founded. He has interpreted the needs of his own people in terms of social and national good, thus planting the standard of his cause on high ground that must command the respect of thinking men every where. And now, as not infrequently happens in the case of real leaders, his principles, if not his motives, have been misunderstood by those he has served. At their recent international convention, the United Mine Workers of America adopted an amendment to their constitution providing that any of their members who accepted a position as representative of the National Civic Federation would forfeit his membership in the miners’ union. The National Civic Federation, as is well known, embodies a movement for industrial peace. It is made up of employers and employed, and includes among its ranks many of the foremost thinkers of this country. Its purpose is to bring about an intelligent understanding between what we call, for lack of better words, “capital” and “labor.” As a member of this federation John Mitchell has advanced the cause ob labor and the cause of social progress. It was manifestly unfair that the miners should call upon him to resign his membership either in their own organization or in the federation. But it is good to know that the great body of organized labor sees this situation in its broadest aspect. Elsewhere on his page is reproduced a wise and timely editorial from the Journal of Labor, which is published in Atlanta. It sums up the case precisely. We trust that it will be read as widely as it deserves to be. NO PEACHES THIS YEAR Unless all signs fail, we will not find many peaches on the market in 1911, un less they may be shipped from California. And we are going to miss the fruit! Wat ermelons and cantaloupes can help very much, but there is nothing that can take the place of peaches. The cold snaps in February and early March have been quite sufficient to put peaches out of con sideration. If peach buds can stand such blizzard weather, then w e can always raise peaches hereafter. I felt sure that the warm weather in January would \be fatal to strawberries and peaches. As the old saying goes it was “as plain as the nose on one’s face.” There are a great many prepared peaches on the market and in good safe cans. Would it not be well for those who have spare cash to bily up a quantity before the price is raised because of the scarcity of peaches? They keep well in well sealed cans, and I am satisfied that our readers will con sider what I am now writing to you about these canned peaches now in the market. It is a gloomy thought that we shall be deprived entirely ot this healthful, satis fying fruit for an entire 12-month. But it is also quite true that peaches must be held back by cold weather, or they will be killed in every February blizzard. no poor man can pay the expenses of a primary election In Georgia, it goes with out saying that thd face is confined to men whd have money or the candidates be long to men who use their money to elect them, and who expect to use tnem in the halls of legislation. Mr. Barrett, of the Farmers’ union has sounded the note of warning to congressmen who are derelict on this line. It is a fact not susceptible of proof perhaps, but never theless, a fact, that politics even in Georgia was dominated for a quarter of a century by 'prominent men who held leases on the revenues of the state through their watchful care that no man should go to the Georgia legislature un less they were satisfied as to the candi date’s willingness to prevent any inter ruption of their profits. Congress is full of such obedient men who do the bidding of their masters. Some of these men have been uprooted by popular disgust and the expiration of congress today marks tne outgo of po litical tricksters who have held position for a quarter of a century. The new ones may be equally as objectionable but the very idea of a change is gratifying. Facts About The Farm ABE GUINEA KENS PROFITABLE? There is no doubt that if the guinea hen is properly cared for at all times that it will prove almost as profitable as any of the ordinary breeds of chick ens. Guinea eggs are not always salable to country merchants because many people say they are not palatable and their color is against them, but bakers are always glad to get guinea eggs be cause it is claimed they can be used to better advantage in cake baking than any other, excepting duck eggs. If the eggs can be obtained from guinea hens that have been confined for a season or whose ancestors have been treated as domestic fowls, the birds will, in time, become almost as tame as chickens. When the hens are left out in the open they make their nests in brush heaps or out-of-the-way places, and when their nest is once located they rarely leave the vicinity, and it is, therefore, easy to find the nests. It is always better to place the eggs undei a chicken hen for hatching unless the guinea hen has been confined. Uhless the guinea hen Is confined she will take her brood on long journeys through the damp grass, and many are likely to die from this cause. One difficulty about raising guineas is that the young birds are very easily killed by mites and lice. They are ap parently more tender than the chicken and many will quickly die, particularly if the big head louse attacks them.. The utmost care as to cleanliness must be taken If the guineas are raised in con finement. CELERY FOR EABIT MARKET 'For the early celery crop in the north ern states the seed should be sown in February or March in shallow boxes and kept in the hotbed or kitchen window. Seeds are scattered broadcast and a little sand sifted over them. One ounce of sand will produce from 3,000 to 5,000 plants. The seed germinates slowly, re quiring from 12 to 14 days. During this time the soil should be kept moderately moist. As soon as the plants are large enough they should be set out Into other boxes or the hotbed, putting them an Inch apart in row’s three inches apart. In setting out pinch off a portion' of the top and cut back the roots to induce stocky growth. The plants should be set out as soon as the weather permits, which should be some time in May. Set the plants in rows four feet apart and six to eight inches distant In the rows. The same care in setting will be re quired as for cabbage plants. The stalks may be blanched by setting up boards along the side of the rows to exclude the ligtxt. Celery requires very rich . soil and an abundance of water. Well-rotted manure should be placed in the trench before transplating. DO NOT CROWD HENS It has been clearly shown that every one added to a flock.above a certain num ber, will diminish the production of eggs and also the vitality of the fowls. Fowls do not require much room at night, but during the day they must be so situat ed that they can take exercise and plenty of it. Watch the hens and you will see that those that are always on the go, searching for a stray grain and singing all the while, will be the ones that lay the eggs. It is equaly true that the hens that stand around in the sun by the side of the house, waiting to be fed, are the ones that do not lay and besides, they will be the first to contract disease that may sooner or later destroy the whole flock. Do not tolerate the lazy hen; like the lazy man, she never amounts to anything herself—besides, she is a handicap for the others. If the hens are idle, it is our fault and our's alone. Give them a place to work and they will gladly do it, for such is their nature. Texas Farm and Fireside offers its congratulations to the south Texas or ange growers on escaping a February freeze. We feel sure now that the dan ger is past. We shall say more about this later. It has developed that the cabbage crop was not as badly injured by the January freeze as was at first re ported. ALL SOUTH GEORGIA IS NOW ■ ENTHUSED OVER DRAINAGE The recent convention of the Southern Drainage Congress at Brunswick has aroused a deal of enthusiasm for the big project on which the organization has centered its activity for the pres ent, and all over southeast Georgia there is a feeling that something will be donte towards reclaiming the immense amount of waste lands that now consist prin cipally of swamps and marshes. The attendance at the Brunswick con vention was unusually large, and great Interest was shown in the question of drainage by all present It was recog nized that this movement is essential to the cultivation of the soil in the level lands of south Georgia and is closely al lied to the development work now go ing on in the state. It was most gratifying to note the spirit of progress manifested by those present The "back to the soil” move ment is taking a great hold in Georgia. Many of the speakers laid stress upon the drainage and otherwise proper cul tivation of the lands of south Georgia with a view to present to the home seek er and investor the most fertile soil throughout our country in such away as to thoroughly convince him of the wonderful possibilities of the section. The proposed drainage bill which the congress by resolution decided to pre sent to the next legislature is somewhat along the lines of the bill ?repßfred by the senator, L. R. .Akin, of Glynn. Some changes nave been made and the bill was presented by Judge J. L. Sweat, : Hood’s Sarsaparilla Is The Ideal Spring Medicine Alterative and Tonic Pleasant to take, agreeable in action, positive in effect. Purifies the blood, strengthens the nerves, builds up the whole system. Get it in liquid, or tablets called Sarsatabs. < THE MODERN FARMER The modern farmer is turning his at« tent ion to a study of the soil to ascer* tain its adaptability to the production of certain crops and its ability to with stand droughts And chemical changes. They are beginning to realize the impor tance of soil knowledge as well as a knowledge of erpp care. Along with the study of- soils the modern farmer is devoting his thoughts to soil preser vation—the preservation of its natural fertility—and the storing of moisture to tarry his crops through the growing season. He realizes that our climate is erratic and that he cannot always de pend upon rain just when it is most needed. Tq make up for the difficulty of precipitation during the growing sea son the modern fanner is learning to so treat the soil as to maintain a portion of its moisture stored during the win ter months. There is an art in this, but he has mastered the secret and is largely 'increasing his. yield thereby. The boys’ corn clubs have demon strated the efficacy of the new cultural methods and the older farmers have learned a valuable lesson from the boy. This fulfills the prophecy that “a child shall lead them.” J. W. Neill, director of farmers’ in stitutes, is making a progressive cam paign in behalf of this new agriculture which has revolutionized thought on the possibilities of preserving soil moisture. Some people call this the Campbell sys tem of culture, but Mr. Neill goes fur ther than Mr. Campbell especially in the first preparation of the soil and the* new bed. MARCH AMD APRIL These are the two best months for the poultryman, for it is then that he lays the foundation, as it were, for his flocks. S Whether it be good or bad, he must make the best of it for at least one year. Os course, he should have the fowls already selected for the breeding pens, but then; as a matter of fact, the work has just begun. The food must be looked after if we expect fertile eggs; the mites must be fought and the general sanitary condi tion of the surroundings looked after. The hens must be given green food and fbesh w’ater. and there are many other things necessary for best results. The chicks hatched out during these months will be thriftier and, in the end, better fowls than those hatched later. The pullets will mature and begin to lay about Oc tober or November, and the males will be in prime condition for the early fall shows. x ‘ Small breeds may be hatched later, but be sure to get other breeds out early. Those who have never seen Mexican corn wil certainly be interested in it. The ripe grain of this novel variety is black or bluish black, but when in con dition for the table looks remarkably whiter Many consider this the sweetest and most tender variety of sweet corn. North American interests dominate the beef industry in Argentine. In order to induce natives to raise the right kind of cattle one of the companies operating in Buenos Ayres recently paid $6,000 foe five steers shown at a fat stock show in that city. Some of the animals brovght $5 a pound. The rain of last Sunday was welcom ed. It came just right to enable the » south Texas trucker to put out his transplanted vegetable crop and to putt ‘ his land in good condition for spring and summer harvest There is a large increase in acreage of spring vegetables at Alamito. All kinds of bunch crops are not being ship ped from this point, but the later :rop will be larger than the early crop. Texas Farm and Fireside contains more matter directly affecting the far mer, fruit grower and trucker than any similar publication in the country, and we feel that those interested in these industries would be aiding themselves when they lend a helping hand in ch arging its ciriulation. There Is a shortage of Satsuma or ange trees. The nurserymen have about sold put and hundreds of orders are being turned down. ( chairman of the legislative committee of the congress. , In every address delivered there was a ring of enthusiasm over the wonder ful possibilities of the state and its fu ture prosperity. The principal address of the meeting was made by Governor elect Hoke Smith, and he covered the subject in a splendid manner, encourag ing and advising the people with respect to the methods of procedure to bring about the best results, and laying great stress upon the great resources oi Georgia. He commended in the strong est terms the organization of the oon gress and its object, and stated that they could count upon his co-operation and outlined some splendid plans in con nection with the movement Governor Smith took occasion to com mend the industrial work of the A. B. and A. railroad, impressing his hearers with the fact that that company is lead ing other railroads in Georgia in this progressive movement He spoke of the work of the A. B. and A. in a most com plimentary manner, and in such away as to infuse enthusiasm and encourage ment into the representative of that company who was present and who also briefly addressed the meeting, outlining the plans followed by the company. The congress was a great stimulus to those who were present, encouragipg them in the great work of development of Georgia, and daubtless in addition to its object from the standpoint of drainage will prove of great value along general industrial lines in Georgia.
