Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, February 16, 1912, Page 4, Image 4
4 THE SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL *f. \ _ <t z, ATLAITA, GJL, 6 MOBTK FORTSTX «T. Entered at the Atlanta Postoffice as Mail Matters of the Second Class. JAMES B. GBAT, President and Editor. SUBSCRIPTIOM FBICX Twelve months ,sc ' Six months 40c Three months The Semi-Weekly Journal is published on Tuesday and Friday, and is mailed by the shortest routes for early delivery. It contains news from all over the world, brought by special leased wires into our office. It has a staff of djaringuished contributors, with strong departments of special value to the home and the farm. Agents wanted at every postoffice. Liberal com mission allowed. Outfit free. Write to R- R. BRAD LET, Circulation Dept. » The onlv traveling representatives we have are J. As Bryan, R. F. Bolton. C. C. Coyle. L. H. Kimbrough, and C. T. Tates. We will be responsible only for money paid to the above named traveling representa tives. MOTIUE TO SURBCBIMBS. The label used for addressing your paper shows the time your subscription expires. By ‘ . renewing at least two weeks before the date on this label, you insure regular service. . ’ In ordering paper changed, be sure to mention j your old. as well as your new address. If on a t rcjute please give the route number. We cannot enter subscriptions to begin with back numbers. Remittances should be sent by postal order or registered mail. • Address all orders and notices for this depart ment t» THE SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL. At lanta. Ga. THE WEATHER. It was not so strange after all of that corres pondent who wrote that when he opened his paper he turned first to the weather news. Weather af fects ns all tn varying degrees, first of all in our moods; then in our business undertakings, in our comfort or discomfort, in our plans for recreation. It is always a topic of conversation, and many a poor jest has had to be put up with just because of the weather. A The oldest inhabitant will have trouble match ing the winter just coming to a close one in past weather history. It has not only been severe, but persistent with its cold. And yet real winter is seasonable, and being seasonable is natural and so has its own peculiar and positive benefits. There is also a certain picturesqueness, especially to us of the south. In rigorous winter weather, and any doctor will ten you that the system is at its best when the weather is coldest. Coming back to practical benefits weath er almost assures us of a large fruit crop. It is preparing by pulverizing with freeze and thaw, the farmer’s land better than he ever could; and while - spring may be belated it will come with all the greater charm for the sudden contrast. EGGS AND DIAMONDS. An Oriental dreamer is fabled to have sail that, had he two loaves of bread, one would he __sell and buy hyacinths to feed bls soul, coming from the mystic “eaSrITT ’rffl s height youth time, this is natural and seemly enough but how, ’ pray, are we to account for the fact that doilar driven Americans of the present time are parting ' with their butter and eggs for diamonds and other gems? •’Fact’* is perhaps too decided a word. Yet, the customs officials tell us that dur ing the past month there were imported to this country precious stones to the value of over three million dollars and that for 1911 these imports ' aggregated some forty millions. By what other - means could the average man have acquired a diamond, within the past thirty days, than an egg? Maybe it is true, as has been suggested, that •what we commonly call the high cost of living Is rather the cost of high -living. Or, perhaps, this liberal purchase of diamonds is, after all, a sign of thrift, for many persons in moderate circum stances buy diamonds not for decoration but as a stable investment. However, the matter is to be explained, experts in finance declare that gems are pretty accurate indicators of business, condi tions, for the reason that the trade in them is the first to feel the squeeze of hard times and the first to recover from depression. This being true, we may all gather a certain vicarious cheerful ness from the glittering streams that pour through the customs office. Wynken. Blynken and Nod BY EUGENE FIELD ♦ Wynken. Blynken and Nod one night Sailed off in a wooden shoe— Sailed on a river of crystal light Into a sea of dew; “Where are you going and what do you wish?” The old moon asked the three. “TVe have come to fish for the herring-fish That lived in the beautiful sea; Nets of silver and gold have we,” Said Wynken, • Blynken and Nod. . The-old moon laughed and sang a song, ’ As they rocked in the wooden shoe; t And the wind that sped them all night long, • '. Ruffled the waves of dew; * .The little stars were the herring-fish : .That lived in that beautiful sea; ’ . ”X OW vast your nets wherever you wish N4rer afeard are we! So cried|the stars to the fishermen three— * ... Wynken. Blynken and Nod. All night long their nets they threw Tothe stars in twinkling foam— Then down from the skies came the wooden shoe, •Bringing the fishermen home; •Twas all so pretty a sail, it seemed As if it could not be; And some folk thought ’twas a dream they'd dreamed Os sailing that beautiful sea; But 1 shall name you the fishermen three: Wynken, Blynken 1- . and Nod. Wynken and Blynken are two little eyes, {And Nod is a little head. And the wooden shoe that sailed the skies Is a wee one s trundle-bed; I So shut your eyes while mother sings Os wonderful, sights that be. And you shall see the beautiful things As you rock in the misty sea » Where the old shoe rocked the fishermen three — Wynken. Blynken and Nod. THE ATLANTA SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, .ATLANTA, GA., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1912. THE FARMERS' CONFENTION. The annual reports of the officers of the Geor gia Division of the Farmers’ Educational and Co- Operative union, which began its three days’ ses sion at Macon Thursday, indicate a new era of success and acompllshment’for -the organization. In his address President Duckworth states that the union now presents a solid front tor the solution of former perplexing problems anc| that all dit-, ferences that might have existed in the past have been settled and that the co-operation of every individual member Is pledged to the advancement of the common cause of Georgia farmers. It will also be gratifying, not only to members of the union, but to merchants and other business men of the state, to know that the state organiza tion is in better financial condition than in some time, and that there has been a large increase in the union's membership. The administration of President Duckworth, which began at the Fitzgerald convention eight months ago, has witnessed the inauguration of the most widespread and successful campaign for the education of the farmers ever undertaken In this state. Prominent leaders of the state union and high officials from other states have been brought to Georgia, and under the direction of President Duckworth and Secretary-Treasurer John T. Mc- Daniel, have spread the gospel of scientific and diversified farming from one end of the state to the other. ANENT TEACHERS AND SLAVES. It seems sensible and axiomatic that a public school board shall have the right to insist on its , teachers being diligent, competent, and of good moral character. A reasonable supervision of the public teaching force is one of the things a public school board is created for. On this, there can scarcely be any argument. But should the board’s power Include the right of prying to the very bottom of the private life of every individual school teacher it employs? Ought it have the authority to minutely inspect the soul and the cellar and the back garden of the men and women who serve the public? On this there is room for a good deal of argument. According to an Associated Press report, teach ers in the New York public schools are being re quired to give the board of education written an swers to a long series of questions of which these are specimens: “What theaters do you attend?” “What books do you read?” •‘Do you travel, and where, and for what purpose?” “What do you do with your leisure time?” In order that there may be no misconception, the board goes on to state “a teacher’s whole time belongs to the city, and good business policy de msnde_Llia.t he shall use it in away to Increase his efficiency.” Think over those question. . "Do you travel, and where AND FOR WHAT PURPOSE?" Suppose you were compelled to answer that question to a board of employers? Suppose you were compelled to answer it to anybody except God Almighty? Would you still consider yourself a free man? Or would you become a slave de facto? “What do you do with YOUR LEISURE TIME?” Suppose you had to answer that question regu larly to your employers? Or even to your wife or husband, as the case might be, or to anybody? Wouldn’t it be a nightmare? Wouldn’t you feel the chain tug? The press dispatch says these rules have already been put into force for all teachers of New York public schools. SILK STOCKINGS Southern women are paid a pleasant compliment In a buncn of statistics made public on the floor of the Southern Merchants* convention. The figures show that women in the southern part of the United States pay proportionately more for their hosiery and than for any other articles of their apparel or adornment. In other words, southern women are more particular about the appearance of their feet than any other detail of their garb. It is a commercial fact that they pay more money for silk stockings and buy higher priced shoes, proportionately, than women in other parts of the United States. From time immemorial poets have praised the slender ankle and arched Instep of the southern girl, but never, perhaps, before has the testimony coms in statistical form. There are, however, other statistics on dress, and they throw an interesting side-light on the above facts. New York women as a class, so it is said, will let their heels run down in order that they may save money to buy another gorgeous wir low plume for their hats. In France it a well known fact that women spend proportionately more for their corsets than for any other part of their apparel. A Parisian working girl of the better class, but of slender means, it is stated, will spend anywhere from >5 to >7 for a corset, and will make up the amount by fitting over It a sim ple dress that cost five or ten cents a yard. The American working girl of the better class, so statistics say, will spend her money for an elabor ate silk dress, and wear it over a corset that cost |1.29, or maybe 49 cents on a bargain day. Our old winter tourist friends the robins are with us again. There is at least no probability that the price of baseball admission will go up. "King’s speech falls flat in parliament.” They ought to have a congressional record over there to take care of such things. What will become of the old-fashioned feature writer who used to spread himself about the tan bark and the horse being king; and fashion in the hntp» —all la dress suits* “ DUCKWORTH MAKES PLEA f FOR CONTINUED HARMONY Annual Address of President of Farmers Deals With Success of Past Eight Months-Points Out Need of Future (Special Dispatch to The Journal.) MACON, Ga., Feb. 14. A plea for con tinued unity of purpose the many achievements of the past 8 months, the harmonious co-operation now existing and plans for the future, were a few of the many interesting features of the an nual address of President R. F. Duck worth, of the Georgia division of the Farmers’ Educational and Co-operative union, before the convention here. He said in part; DUCKWORTH’S ADDRESS. The farmers can succeed only by, standing together, having a unity of purpose, and refusing to be demoralized by rumors, insinuations or suggestions. They must learn- to have business judg ment, to investigate first, approve or condemn afterward. The experiences through which we have passed in winning our goal and in losing it has, I confidently believe, taught our membership A lesson which even time can not erase. Experience is a dear school, but there are many, many people other than those mentioned by the old adage, who neglect to learn at any other. I am glad to be able to report that there is peace throughout the union now, and every indication is that the membership realize what a fight there is before them if they are to get a rea sonable price for this cotton. I feel sure that the old time unity of action and unrelenting determination will charac terize the workings of the organization during the coming fight. We are not showing the noisy enthu siasm that we once did, but there is a steady, upward movement that means permanency. The organization has, been true to its name in educating the farmers and learning them to co-operate, and the lessons it has taught have already borne fruit to the farmers, their wives and children, mentally, morally and financially. Many other seed have been planted in good and honest hearts, and will produce an abundant harvest. The farmer has learned by and through organization. He may become indiffer ent for a time, but not for long will he permit the speculating "world to have things all their own way. The day of individual efforts has gone. No man can stand alone and prosper. We must join hands with our class. In doing so, we must necessarily surrender some of our individualism, often misnamed “rights.'” One man can not have every thing Wls way. There must be rules and regulations, and the individual must learn to submit and stand by them, or the organization can not be profitable to him. The rules and regulations of the Farm ers’ union have not been near so bind ing in Georgia as in some other states. RAISING. LIVE STOCK. The cotton farmer makes a mistake when he does not affectively encourage the growing of more and better live When we add to the recent number of horses, cows, sheep and hogs, we will materially increase the necessity for feed crops. To Increase the produc tion of our food crops we will neces sarily reduce the number of acres that otherwise would be planted in cotton. We now have a profitable market for all the live stock we can grow in Geor. gia for many, many years to come, and this growing of‘live stock is the best means available for the permanent improvement of our soils. We are sending out ‘of the state an nually more than SMbOOO,OOO for horses and mules, mostly mules. The mule that we pay 1200 for, could be grown oj» the average farm for from S4O to S7O each. We are paying many millions of dollars each year for meats that could be grown within our own borders at a considerable less price than is now be ing paid for first class western meats, and then our dairy bill is something enormous. Eggs are selling the year round at profitable prices. , T4ie marketing by the farmer of these products can be made much more prof itable to him by selling them through some co-operative corporation. CO-OPERATION IN BUSINESS. The meaning of the word co-operation as applied to business, was first Irecog nized by a very few men. In time oth ers began to realize the power of it. and then corporations were formed, and legalized. The principle of co-operation was carried still further, and we formed the great trusts and combines. The maesses observing the effectiveness be gan to make attempts at financial co operation. Just where the co-operative principle is to stop we cannot tell. Some say a great big co-operative institution will some day swallow all smaller ones. It was in the latter part of the nine teenth and the first part of the twen tieth century that the farmers began the most active, and extensive co-operation in all parts of the world. Holland began her present system of co-operation in 1900. Bavaria and other German states began at or near this period. It was In the nineties that France and Ireland became the most active. It was in 1902 that we began our own organization. In 1907 Holland spent for a member ship of 128,500 $7,497,200. Holland is about one-twentieth the size of Georgia, and her population is about the same as ours. Bavaria has 2,714 local organizations, with a membership of 200,000. The mem bers of this organization have taken stock to the amount of $5,402,600.00. Her population is 6,176,C57. The square mile area is a little less than one-half the size of Georgia. The Farmers' union is allowing simi lar organizations in other countries to out-strip her, in some respects. The general outline and purposes are about the same, but we do not require as a condition of membership that each one must become a stockholder in our enter prises. Neither do we require as strict a regulation as does the Bavaria organ izations. The Munich Co-operative Loan bank, requires its stockholders to de posit all moneys with It and to borrow money from no other institution. They loan the members of the farmers’ or ganization money at 4 1-2 per cent. In several of these countries the pos session of the member when he joins the organization becomes the property of that organization, there being a withdrawal privilege under restriction. In many instances the farmers’ com bine putting up their lands as the prop erty of the organization and use it as a basis of credit. \ MUST NOT LOSE STEP. The Georgia farmers must not lose step if he would possess that which by divine purpose was Intended for him. In studying co-operation and in our attempts to apply it we should under stand that it does not simply mean a stock company which is organized for the purpose of paying stockholders a handsome profit. This has too often been the mistake in the organizing of farmers’ institutions. The man who pa tronizes these institutions should at least reap a part of the benefit. The stock holders are entitled to a reasonable in terest on the money invested, but the re maining profit should be divided among ation believe in co-operation. Their or the people who furnished the patronage. The California Apple Growers’ associ-. ffo. * "P Fre B. F. DUCKWORTH ganizatlon dictates terms to its mem bership. The individual becomes a part of the compact body; which directs the marketing as well as the cultivating of the crop. No individual can sell a biishel of his apples out of the channels with out having to pay the organization a heavy penalty. The results of this is. organization has in a few years changed this from a community of poor, plod ding fruit growers to one of the richest in California. Many farmers who scarcely able to make ends meet are now riding in automobiles over pike roads, lighting their homes with elec tricity, and are loaning their money to those from whom they formerly bor rowed. The reason for this progress is found in the fact that the apple grower decided to use his brain a part of the time, and he has been handsomely paid for his decision. I believe the cotton farmers have brains enough to understand just such a plan for the handling of the greatest commodity and world necessity that is the proud possession of any section of the world. MARKETING OF COTTON The question of properly marketing our cotton is a scientific and not a sen timental one. From the very beginning of our organization this question has been much discussed, and a great deal of valuable information gathered. The proper marketing has been the slogan of every organizer and lecturer since the founding of our organization. We have made progress—great pro gress. Intelligent people can not have experiences without profiting by them. We have, in Georgia, made several ef forts, each one an improvement bn the other, until I *believe we are now able to build and carry a plan for marketing o’s cotton to success. The question of why keep on may be asked. The an swer is, we are forced to keep on by the very necessity of our situation. W’e grow cotton; it is our money crop; some one will control Its price; if the farmer does not, then some one else will. If the other fellow has the pricing, he certainly can not be expected to worry his brain about the farmer’s in terest. The people who produce the raw ma terial must either price the goods or work for a bare existence. The farmer . has the raw material in his possession » once a yeaY. He must price it then or 1 not at all; his failure to price it will cause the south to lose millions of dol lars annually, and be hindered in her commercial development. In consideration of this problem, we must not forget that he who would con trol the price of cotton must regulate supply to demand. There must not be more cotton grown than the world needs, and none of it should be crowded on the market. If we are producing too much, .it is necessary that we find some way to reduce the amount. ’l’he grow ing of other crops must be stimulated, and the cotton growers should see that the raiser of the substitute crops makes a prot on them. If the price of cotton is too low, because there is not enough manufactured goods being sold, then the producer should locate the trouble and proceed to apply the remedy. HINTS FOR THE FUTURE I think it proper at this point to say' that the southern manufacturer is mov ing very slow, using but little of the ‘“American push.” In the first place, he needs to throw away a great deal of the machinery he has permitted the northern factor to put off on him. after it was too old to be used by them. We should make a finer quality of goods or yarns. Second, the southern mill own ers should organize and put their own representatives In China and other countries, and stop depending on agents of the eastern state or fgreign manufac turing centers. These agents look out for their section, and not for the south. Some countries charge us a prohibi tive tariff. Brazil $3 .00 per bale; Mex ico, $9.75; many other countries similar amounts. Such a tariff could be re duced, if our people would go at it In the right way. The farmer should look into all this carefully and then recom mend such actions as would bring him the best He should know just what our cotton, cotton yarns and man ufactured cotton goods bring in the dif ferent markets, and the amount of toll charged against them, then and not until then will the farmer be prepared to hold his own in the coirimercial tar iff fight. The next question is, how can we do all this, the answer is simple, from a compact business corporation, finance it and use the business tact that has mark ed the success of corporation in other lines of industry, do not try to do ev erything at once, but lay hold with a determination and march steadily on. Such an institution should be built on a co-operative plan, and so outlined and safeguarded that it will be Impossible for a few men to grow rich at the ex pense of the many. Each man subscrib ing stock should take enough to cause him to put some brains into the work ing of the institution. I hope the convention will discuss this proposition thoroughly and advise a for ward movement that will mean the sav ing of millions to the growers of cotton and their families. AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION. Our free school system, it is thought by some, does not prepare our boys and girls for the responsibilities of life. They are taught away from work and not how to make work profitable. Their minds are filled with the glitter and glare. They are inclined to the sensational and but terfly xife, which does not satisfy. We often see them trying to drive away their disappointment by dissipation, or dragging out a miserable existence with out any definite purpose or plan. Our American school system has not No Appetite “I took Hood’s Sarsaparilla when I , was a very sick woman, had no appe tite whatever, and could not sleep more than three hours a night. I was per suaded by a friend to try it. took two bottles of it, and it greatly benefited me, gave me a good appetite and sound sleep.” Mrs. John Edens, 2220 W. 3rd St., Davenport, lowa. It is by purifying the blood, strength ening the nerves and building up the system that Hood’s Sarsaparilla re stores the appetite and makes sleep sound and refreshing in so many cases. Get it today in usual liquid form or chocolated tablets called Sarsatabs. Fertilize for Fruit, Not for Foliage A study of the formulas of fertilizers often recommended for fruits would give the idea that foliage and rapid growth is what you seek. The most of them lack fruit-producing POTASH Any fertilizer for fruits should contain at least 12 per cent, available Potash. The only Potash Salts that are safe for citrus fruits are Sulfate of Potash and Sulfate of Potash Magnesia [double manure salt). B Applications of such a fertilizer should beuin at plantine and r. U continue during the life of the tree. It means earlier and longer r o c ■ bearing, larger yields, better grades and shipping quality, and a ~ M hard, solid, growth of wood. In all these ways Potash Pays. If vour dealer doesn't carry 12 per cent. Potash brands or . Potash Salts, write to us for prices. W e will sell any amount from a 200-lb bag. up Write now for fertilizer formulas and to ~ make them for Fruit Culture, and special .free pamphlet. Orange Culture. German Kall Works, Inc. etta— -Z* - Continents' Side., Bslttmore Monsdnoek Block. CMeago, Whitnoy Central Sank Bail dine. Mew Orleaae dealt enough with the practical side of j education. Apparently we have not real ized the importance of teaching a child how to apply what it learns. We send ! a child to school for a period of 10 or ! 12 years and then the grown child must spend a similar period trying to learn how to use the Information. The sad part is, that a large per cent of them never learn. Someone may say you are opposed to free schools, not at all. I am in favor of free schools, but not as they are now run above the sixth grade, but I think I see an approaching improve ment. I cannot file all my objections, or sug gest the different remedies, but I will mention the establishment of an Agri cultural Free school in each county un der the direction and supervision of the board of education and school superin tendent. Support the institution out of the free school fund, and require every boy and girl to take at least a two-years’ course of' scientific instructions in the practic;.! side of farm life. If any boy or girl wants to go deeper Into the science of soil and plant life let them go to a district agricultural school or the State Agricultral college. Communities in each county would be glad to give the land; arrangements could be made for the buildings. You would not need many of them, as the pupils should spend most of their time in the field, woods, orchards and gar dens. The free school funds belonging to pupils who registered for this agricul tural school before some given date should be placed to the credit of this school. There should be arrangements made for an agricultural normal for teachers, to teach them how to teach farming. There should be at least one in each congressional district during the vaca tion period. This addition to the splen did work now being done by the State Normal and the School Extension work would in a few years prepare Georgia’s teachers for their agricultural school work. PEACEFUL ORGANIZATION. I am sometimes asked if the Farmers’ union is not too much of a fighting or ganization. Os course, this question is asked by persons who do not know what the farmer has to put up with on the farm. I always answer such questions by saying, ‘“We must fight for recognition, for better laws, and for better prides.” The fighting we have already done has helped, but the war is not over, and I appeal to you, officers and leaders, who are the selected guards of the organiza tion, to keep your "watch”’ well; do not sleep while on duty; be alert; be as “wise as serpents.” Do not be de ceived by the oily tongue flatter, but re member that hundreds of thousands— nay, millions of women and children are holding up their helpless hands to you while their hearts burn with the hope that they may be rescued from under the heel of the heartless speculator. Can you be at peace? Can you sleep? I do not believe you can when millions of women and children are pleading for the assistance that is in your power to give. But with the help of Him who rules, I believe you will battle for their rights, knowing they must suffer if you fall. 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Send me The Semi-Weekly Journal, Home and Farm and Roman's World each one year and mall me. Absolutely Free, one New Family Cenrm Calendar Atlas. Name p. o B. F- D state Send Map of OUR COUNTRY HOME BY MRS FELTON fl ' : ■ » ‘ • -sibm !• OH! WHAT WEATHER! When I woke Saturday morning, after appreciating the beautiful sunshine of yesterday, I said to myself, “I am going to try to get to church on. Sunday.” After I pullled up the window-shade and looked out, I saw it had been raining, so I became uncertain as to the chvrch going, so anxiously hoped for, becc.use there has not been a single Sunday in several months that I might venture. As I looked a little longer, I discovered < that the rain had turned to sleet, and in less time than it takes to write It down, the snow storm was on us. All day— every minute in the day—has the feath ery snow done its liveliest work, and as I write, at 9 p. m., jt is still doing a lively business after its peculiar style. There has not been a single day for regular farm work in 1912, and the pros pect is not encouraging for anything better very soon. Cotton acreage will be cut off by the weather if the farmer had a different intention. If there has been a furrow plowed, it was in land too wet, and it has been colder all the time since win ter set in. . ... . Old people are usually reminiscent, and I remember the greatest snow storm I ever 'saw in Georgia. It was in the early days of December, 1886, and it came with a thunder cloud, .about sundown. All night and next day it snowed until the roads were blocked to vehicles. People who were compelled to go went horseback, and. floundered in the snow at that. The fowls that roosted in trees didn't come down until hunger and thirst starved them to the effort. We had a flock of guinea.s» and I expected they would certainly die in the drifts. We had to cut paths to the well, and finally have a shade tree cut down, fire wood got so scarce. ’We have hqd a-plenty of snow today, and there Is no kno wing what the morrow willl bring us. I shall be satisfied to have a Are and a bite, and thank God for preserving mercies In this stress of wintry weather. MAy He watch over the poor and the needy, and give the sick and "weary warmth and comfort! ARE DIAMONDS THE HIGHEST AMBITION? Eyery daily paper that I saw today told of a party given in Washington city, where the hostess wore two jewels that were rated at a half billion of dol lars. It has been the habit for some years with the “new-rich” to buy. a title with a small son-in-law thrown in; but the current seems now to be setting! another way. It was the diamonds that “took the cake.” It was the hostess: that set out a feast and Invited ths people to come along and gaze at the diamonds. In old times, before the war, it was not considered good form for the hostess' to outdress her guests. She might put on her "best bib and tucker” when sh« was invited abroad —but in her own house (she wore simpler apparel, and so simple that every invited guest might feel easy under her roox in the matter of dress display.