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AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION BY DR. ANDREW M. SOULE A Wage For the Tanner There is an impression in the pub lic mind that the farmer is prof iteering along with the rest of so ciety. Every one glibly tells us that the price of farm products is now so extraordinarily high that this accounts for the high cost of liv ing. This would indeed be remark able if true. Os course, there has been an accession in the cost of farm products; otherwise we would have starved to death. The increase in the value of food products, how ever, has hot kept pace with that of manufactured goods. It will take only a very little study to establish this fact clearly in the mind of any unbiased observer. The farmer has had to face the same conditions as the industrial operator, and in fact, most of the ills from which he has suffered are the result of the greed and lack of judgment exercised by the industrial operators. When manufacturers desired labor and it was not forthcoming, they imme diately proceeded to bid up the price until now they have created a sit uation which has almost stifled their own industry. It was but na tural that the man working on the land should move to the city to get eight, ten or twelve dollars a day as an unskilled laborer. If he had remained on the farm and the land owner had attempted to pay him wages of the character indicated, the cost of food would have dou bled in many instances over the present figure and we would have been confronted by a program of high living costs beside which the present price would seem low. Do not unload on the farmer, and do not blame him for the conditions which he did not create. Remember that he has been faithful and effi cient in supplying us not only with an abundance of food, but with an excess for shipment abroad during a period in the history of the world when food was the paramount is sue. Next, let us see to what extent the farmer has been profiteering and what proportion of the land owners of our country are making large returns on their investment. In 1913 a survey of 534 farms in Georgia revealed the fact that it cost 12.2 cents to make a pound of cotton. In thdf same year the average price for cotton was 12.2 cents a' pound. These figures are easy of verification; yet they reveal the astonishing fact that it cost on over fifty per cent of the farms surveyed from 10 to 14 cents a pound to produce cotton. The cost varied from five to fifty-five cents & pound, and Immediately some brother in the back pew who lives in the city rises up and says that SAVED I7® Pleased and satisfied,” writes AFRAID OF | am enclosing order for I IMg M. OnUsis. Sr., of Cieola. Ga. "My WOOD SHINGLES I ?yerwear’ Roofing. My | * ■ 1 Barn is 30x40, which made a nice bam. . ■ shingle roof is sound, but B had no trouble in putting Roofing on. I saved lam afraid of fire. Ship as soon as you can.” writes G $20.00 by ©rderins from you. Mr. W. R. Alford. Pres., Camden Cotton Oil Co.» ■ •The roofing I bought of you is the best I have Camden, A*®. ever used,” writes Mr. C. B. Moor, Marietta. Ga. STANDS THE h ® vc tested your Everwear’ | •‘I covered my dwelling with it find it makes a TEST 1 *'’ oo “ n £* is the best of any I | beautiful as well as a durable roof . . . it was . have seen," writes Mr. P. C. hq trouble to put on.” Leonard* of Lexington. N. C. DIRECT TO YOU FIREPROOF EASY TO PUT OH Guaranteed E'or 20 dear’s FIREPROOF- I Everwear” Roofing is Fire- I OUR 30 DAY OFFER I Get your roofing now. g CAN’T RUST I proof. Can’t rust. Easy to nail SAVES YOU MONEY I while prices are low. We 3 3 ; L on. Can be used on new build- L —I Bell direct to you—pay H ings or nailed right over old wood shingles—quick the freight and ship quick. Be your own merchant E and easy. Comes in big wide pieces. Galvanized and keep in your own pocket the profit the dealer g Kails, Roofing Hammer and Metal rtTrn—would get. WRITE TODAY. Your name and g Cutting Shears furnished with ev- | FOK JbVEKi address on a postal brings Big f P d aKfi>TTQ I cry order, large or smalL | BUILDING Free Sampley and Roofing I I CAN BE NAILED OVER Book ’ lIOTEbI OLD WOOD SHINGLES , | I Fsncs & Roofing Co. | gHINULbXAIIpKN ! house, or plain as shown . . . e.u.„„.hr, I on bam. Write tor Free Fence Book. OSPt J SflVannan, Ga. g IM Send a Penny The shoes offered here are sucn wonderful values that we gladly send them, no money down. You will find them so well made and so stylish and such big money-saving bargains that you will surely keep them. So don’t hesitate—just fill'out and ipail the coupon and we will send you a pair of your size. No need for you to pay higher prices ZjjiiJaSßKJ when you can buy direct from us and no need sending money in '.. Smi advance before receiving the shoes. Why pay out $6, $8 or more for ; shoes not nearly so good? Act now. Mail the coupon today while this special offer holds good. Pay only when shoes arrive. Wsrk Shee Offer WW We can’t tell you enough about these shoesßiere. This shoe is built to meet the demand for an outdoor city workers’ shoe and for the modern farmer. Send and see for yourself. Built : on stylish lace'Blucher last. The special tanning process •• z -' makjb the leather proof against acids in milk, manure, \ soil, gasoline, etc. They outwear three ordinary pair of shoes. ■. -,i , z * --g-J.loet comfortable work.'shoe ever made. Very soft and easy on ihe ( £ ' *'■; ■ feet. Made by a special process which leaves all the life” in the leather and gives it wonderful wear-resisting quality. jgEjßßy*- Doublesolesandhcels.Dirtand waterproof tongue.Heavy f ■' chrome leather tops. Just slip them on and see if 4< C * • they arc not the most comfortable, most won- [WsBKw It JKffajfe. derful wearing work shoes you ever wore. V fit,£hQ for shoes on ar« Otdy rival.lf after •■ ■'■■' ; examination you don't find / -'•? them all you expect, eend them back and ' ' ° or “ er D Wff we will refund your these shoes money ‘ mark X in the Get This ■»’ WHII Remarkable *l .«* •«-> Bargain C Send No Money With Order Wk Stylish Dress Shoe Special bargain to close out a limited stock of these smart Dress S ' W - ' - Shoes. Act quickly if you want a pair. Made in classy lace I v -nk n Blucher style. Splendid quality calf uppers. Splendid solid AYtSiw' leather soles and heels. Come in black only. At our price AXI th ese shoes challenge all competition. Make your own de- pon. Be sure to cision after you examine and try them on. Sent abso- g.ve size warned. Kpgjfex lutely on approval. You must see them to appreciate C*tfs«a<S' ie ® ne Quality material, workmanship and aston- WIL Effißajrash ishing bargain value. No money with order. Pay on ty $3.98 tor shoes on arrival. And that re turned if you don’t keep the shoes. Send today. Keep your money until WHggHgt j r j ehoes come. Not a cent a __ ■■■ mm. seh. ■■■ am ■■■ aas bob ua naa aaa ai your home on approval? I® Leonard-Morton & Co. Dept. 6979 Chicago let the shoes themselves con- ® g Send at once the shoes which I have marked Xin □ below. I vince you of their bargain value “ will pay price for shoes on arrival with the understanding that if I or return them and get your money B do not want to keep them I can send them back and you will back. This is the modern, sensible g refund my money. way to buy —the way thousands are - (“IWork Shoes I - !Dress Shoes buying their shoes today direct from us- | LJNo. AXIBO6B $3.98 LJNo. AX15106 $3.98 getting satisfaction-saving money, r ilkout I the coupon and send it now. •©k®*-’’ | Leonard-Morton & Co. g Name Dept. 6979 Chicago , ■>« JMOrßnii—— ml Addt*- 31. . ,*.,«• ••w.......w«m........m.••••«••• .w.•••••«.,.... THE ATLANTA TKI-WEEKLY JOURNAL. such incapacity should not bo tol erated. We agree with this brother if a satisfactory remedy can be pro pounded by him. We are doing all we know how through educational institutions to correct this condition but in a republic with a liberalized government of our type we can not control the operations of the land owners, and so it appears that we will always have a certain per cent of inefficient producers, but this percentage will not be larger or more troublesome than that found in other industries. For a long time we have looked upon our industries with awe be cause they seemed to be profitable and successful; they grew and ex panded abnormally. We seem to have overlooked the fact, however, that in most cases their costs have mounted with tremendous rapidity, and so in the final analysis much of the so-called skill which has attended the success of our indus tries has simply been the ascertain ing as nearly as possible the cost of production and then adding to that figure as large a margin of profit as it was possible to put over on the public. This is not a criti cal statement and is not made for the purpose of arousing any ani mosity in the mind of the reader, but simply to call attention to a condition which has been in effect through a longs term of years. On the basis of the figures pre sented. the average cost of produc ing cotton per acre in 1913 on 268 Georgia farms was $39.28. The average yield for the state was 208 pounds which at the average price of 12.2 cents a pound brought our farmers $25.37i, which represented a loss of $13.91 per acre. Os course, our cotton farmers knew the price was too low at that time, but we have proceeded on the theory up to the present that the farmer was not entitled to an adequate margin of profit on the cost of produc tion though we seem to have applied and admitted the justice and cor rectness of this principle in so far as our industries were concerned. In 1918, the same farms previous ly mentioned were re-surveyed with the idea of ascertaining the cost of cotton production in that year. The figures indicate that the cost varied from eleven to seventy-one cents a pound. Over fifty per cent of the farmers concerned grew cot ton at a cost of 20 to 30 cents a pound. The average sale price in 1918 was 27.6 cents per pound, so it would appear that over half of the cotton growers - lost money at the price at which they were forced to sell their cotton. From the above figures it is evident that half of the cotton farmers were making a small profit, and about twenty-five per cent of them were making a fair profit because they were producing cotton for less than ten cents in 1913 and less than twenty cents in 1918. The average man would probably conclude that the public was not in terested in this question. They are, however, as vitally interested as a public can be in any proposition. In recent years fifty per cent of the producers in this country have not been able to supply its needs for mw materials, and with the pres ent inadequate supply of farm labor and the high cost of fertilizers and other conditions with which we have to contend, it is certain that there is not likely to be an oversupply of cotton very soon. At times when there is a threatened deficiency in raw materials it is always neces sary to encourage production. To this end prices -must inevitably go upward so that there will be a larger margin of profit available to a greater per cent of the growers. This has been properly termed by the experts of the food administra tion the bulk line of production. This line in the case of cotton farm ers should represent the costs per taining on about’eighty-five per cent of all the growers. In order to take care of a situation such as developed, therefore, in 1913 it would have been necessary for the cotton grower to have received 16 cents a pound, and in 1918, 32 cents a pound. What the figures for 1919 will reveal no one can say just at the present. They are now being worked up and will soon be ready for general distribution. Presumably they will throw about the same aver ages as the figures for 1913 and 1918. In that event it is evident that the cotton farmers as a whole are not by any means profiteering or mak ing undue earnings from their opera tions. As a matter of fact, only about fifty per cent of them are mak ing any money at all, and only twen ty-five per cent of them an appre ciable profit. These figures seem to indicate that the time is at hand when some sort of adequate surveys of the cost of production of all farm crops must be undertaken. When the proper data has been secured then there should be added to this figure a sufficient margin to give the farmer a net income over the cost of production of six to ten per cent. Every other line of business is try ing to operate on this basis and the public is bearing the burden as best it may. Congress in turning the rail roads back to the people said that they should have a net return on their investment of 5.5 per cent. What is sauce for the goose should certainly be sauce for the gander. The farmers of the south are not profiteers and do not want anything more than a fair living out of their lands. To this they are surely enti tled as are the owners or worker in any other industry. I for one believe that the people of the United States are willing to accord the growers of raw material a fair profit over the cost of production. It is only right and proper that this should be done. As a matter of fact, it will have to be done if we are to maintain ade quate supplies of raw materials for our industries. When this is done there will be less complaint and dis satisfaction on the part-of the farm er, and it will not be so necessary for the urban residents to be so per sistently urging the young men and women of the country to stay on the farm. It is surprising in vifew of the economic condition by which, our agriculture has been confronted for so many years past that such a large proportion of our people have been able to live in the open country and produce for the balance of the folks that which was essential on a basis which did not enti’le them to a just and fair profit. Merchants and Farmers Co-operate in lowa AMES, la. —Something new in co operation between retail implement dealers and farmers was successfully arranged in Hancock county, lowa, this summer in the establishment of a “Cash for Binder Twine Week.” It was the agreement that farmers would buy their binder twine sup ply from Hancock aounty dealers that week, paying cash for it, and that the dealers would sell it at a price somewhat below the regular retail price. Every dealer in the county except three entered into the arrangement and the farm bureau members generally bought their twine supply a-t home instead of sending away for a considerable part of it, as had been; customary for some years to an increasing extent. The price generally agreed upon as fair was 16 cents per pound, al though in one instance a dealer sold for 15 cents. On the former basis the saving was 1 cent per pound. AUNT JULIA'S I LETTER BOX, “Help for the Helpless—Kindness to All Dumb Things” RULES No unsigned letters printed. No letter written on both sides of paper printed. All letters not to exceed 150 to 200 words. , Dear Children: When you read this I will be on my way back home, and while I have enjoyed every minute, it will be a big pleasure to get in closer touch with you again. I am hoping to find’a lot of mail waiting for me. AUNT JULIA. Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Here conies n new cousin to speak to Aunt Julia about 10 minutes. Will you cousins give me a lit tle room? Guess you all had better get ready to run for I am going to describe my self. Blue eyes, blond complexion, light hair, freckle face, weight 109 pounds, eleven years old, go to school and am in the sixth grade, have a very sweet teacher. We sure are having some rainy weather down here. May is most always a dry month down here. Do you cousins like pretty flowers? I do. We have thirty-four boxes of flowers, five flower beds. W’e have plenty of fruit trees. My mother’s health is very bad. She is sick most all the time but she is. not helpless. Do you all like to go fishing? I do. Papa goes once a week.,, but I have not been but once this year. Will soon be time for peaches and plums. Do you cousins like them? W’e live on the farm and like it very well. Will end with a riddle. As I went across a field of wheat there I picked up something good to eat. It was neither fish, flesh, feather nor bone, but I kept it until it ran alone. Hoping this will escape the wastebasket. If any of you cousins wish to write to a south Georgia girl, let your letters fly to LUCILE POWELL. Dawson, Ga., R. F. D. A. Box 143. Dearest Aunt Julia: W’ill you admit an other Georgia girl into your happy circle? 11l promise to be right good and not make a bit of noise. I live in the country about five miles from the city, and dearly love country life. Now, don't you agree with me? Although I know but very little about city life, as I was reared in the country. How many of you cousins like to go to school? I do for one, and really delight in going. I think every one should strive for an education. I think that should be one of our greatest ambitions in these trving times of now-a-days, for it would be of so much benefit to us through life in later years. W’hat do you cousins do for amusement? I read, crochet and make tatting. I can imagine all of you like music. I’m certainly fond of it, and think it is simply wonderful. However, I will now try to de sribe myself: I have dark brown hair, blue eyes and fair complexion, weigh 150 pounds and my age is between sixteen and nineteen years, so I will just let you guess it. Well, as I heard Aunt Julia saying I am staying too long, so I will close, as this is my first attempt. Best wishes to all the cousins and Aunt Julia. „ CANER MIERS. Lithonia, Ga., Route 1, Box 147. Dear Auntie and Cousins: Will you please admit an Alabama girl into >our happy band of boys and girls? What do you cous ins do for pastime? I 'crochet and play the organ. I live on a farm and like farm life very well. Well, as it is the rule, I will describe myself: Black hair and dark brown eyes, fair complexion, 5 feet 10 inches high, weigh 155 pounds. I am 15 years old. Hilby T. Cain, come again. I have written you once, but did not get an answer. Well, I hear Mr. W. B. coming. Come on all of you Alabama kids, and dont’ let the others beat us. Your new cousin, ETHEL GIPSON. Georgiana, Ala., Route 6. P. S.—Will answer all cards and letters received. All of you write to me. Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: lam writ ing the first time and hope to see it in print. I enjoy reading the cousins’ letters very much and will answer all letters I re ceive from them. My mamma is dead and I stay with my grandfather and grandmoth er on a farm. I like to help them with their work. I wash disnes, sweep, milk and have lots of time to play, too. What do you cousins do for good games to play? I like to play with my dolls best. My school !s out. Wonder if you cousins like to go to school as well as I do. I hope so. Well, I will describe myself, though I wish that was not the rule. I have dark brown eyes and brown hair, fair complexion. I am nine years old and 4 feet 3 inches tall. A r.ew cousin. VIOLET THOMAS. Turnerville, Ga. jGood morning, Aunt Julia and cousins! Will you let me in for five minutes’ chat? I described myself the other time, so 1 won't tell you how I look now. I go to school and am in the fifth grade. School is nearly out; it lacks ten days. I am not glad. I like to go to school, don’t you, cousins? I have written once before and 1 thought I would come again. I live in town, and like town life fine. I would like to have a letter from some of you cousins, so let the letters fly to ROSA LEE WHITFIELD. Hartwell, Ga. Hello, Aunt Julia and cousins! Do let me in and have a seat by Aunt Julia. What do you all do for pastime? I crochet, tat and help mamma. My pets are little bid dies, the dishrag and washtub. "Well, as it is the rule to describe yourself, I guess I had batter obey the law. Hush! I hear some one laughing. It sounds like Laura Lee Eubanks, so here I go: Brown eyes, dark complexion, brown, curly hair; 120 pounds, 5 feet 7 inches high, fourteen years young. Well, as my letter is getting long, I will close with the answer to Irene South’s riddle, “What turns, but never moves?” Milk, isn’t it? Hoping Mr. W. B. will not get this, I will close with love to al| the cousins and Aunt Julia. MILDRED BREAZEALE. Cordele, Ga., R. F. D. C. Dear Aunt Julia: Will you admit another Georgia girl into your happy band of boys and girls? I would like to correspond with some one who loves flowers and music. 1 will answer every letter I get. MATTIE BELL UNDERWOOD. Denton, Ga., Route 1. Dearest Auntie: As I have not been read ing the cousins’ letters in a long time I will try and write and let you hear from me. As I have written to Aunt Julia’s letter box once before I will not describe myself. What do you cousins do for pas time? I play, read books and papers. I go to school and am in the sixth grade. I am taking music lessons. I guess I had better stop before Mr. W. B. comes, for I hear him knocking at the door. As my letter is getting long will close before Mr. W. B. gets here. All you cousins let your letters fly to THELMA AUTREY. Elza, Ga. P. S. —Here is a dime for the orphan children. Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Will you let me join your happy band of boys and girls? I am a Georgia boy, and, like most of the cousins, live on a farm. I like farm life fine. I enjoy hunting, fishing and going in swimming. I think the letters would be more interesting if they were writetn on flowers or something besides de scribing one’s self. Mamma and I have started vs a flower yard this spring. If I see this in print I will write again and tell more about our flowers and chicks. With love to Aunt Julia and cousins, A new cousin, RUFUS STOKES. Hatcher Station, Ga. Shows Labor Various Crops Require The approximate amount of labor required to raise some of the more important crops has been determin ed by recent farm studies conducted by the office of farm management, United States department of agri culture. The results show that it requires the work of one man and one horse for a ten-hour day to cut, cure and harvest an acre of hay. Oats, wheat, barley, rye, buckwheat and millet consume more labor; un der normal conditions these grains require the labor of a man for two days and for the horse three days. Corn for the silo in the central states consumes three days of man labor and flfty-flve days of horse work. Tobacco in Kentucky uses thirty-five days of man labor against eight days for the farm horse, but onions, as determined through studies in Ohio, sold in bunches, top the list of vegetables in the amount of man labor they require. Onions use 149 days of man work, but only ten of horse work. Beets and carrots, also sold in bunches, come next, with eighty-two man-days to each acre and eight days’ horse labor. It is interesting to note that a horse, in the eastern states, requires twelve-hour days per year from his master to care for him, and he con tributes only three-quarters of one day to his own upkeep—hauling feed, etc. Dairy cows need eighteen days from the marfd and two from h:s horse each year. These figures are given in farmer’s bulletin 1139, to aid the farmer in an analysis of his business. They will be useful in assisting the farm operator to estmiate his labor needs for the next season. —— - The Tri-Weekly Journal’s Fashion Suggestions A. SET An inexpensive set of undergar ments can be made from this pat tern, No. 8905, and trimmed as dainti ly as desired. Included is a simple little gertrude petticoat and a pair of closed drawers. The girl’s set, No. 8905, is cut in sizes 1-2, 1,2, 4,6, 8, 10 and 12 years. Size 4 requires 1 1-2 yards 36-inch material, with 1 1-2 yards insertion, 2 5-8 yards edging and 2 yards 4-inch flouncing for petticoat. The drawers require 3-4 yard 36-ihch material. Limited space prevents showing all the new styles. We will send you our 32-page fashion magazine containing all the good, new styles, dressmaking helps, etc., for 5 cents, postage pre paid, or 3 cents if ordered with a pattern. Send 15 cents for magazine and pattern. In ordering patterns and maga zines write your name clearly on a sheet of paper and- inclose the price, in stamns. Do not send your letters to the Atlanta office but direct them to— ' FASHION DEPARTMENT, ATLANT JOURNAL, 32 East Eighteenth St., New York City. MARY MEREDITMTADVIcF TO LONELY GIRLS AT HOME I a ma girl 16 years old, and am coming to you for advice. I am a girl 16 years old, and am years old, and love him*dearly, and he says he I‘oVes rhe better than any one else and wants me to marry him. His wife has been dead two years and he has seven children. He has a Buick “6” and comes to see me three times a week. Do you think' I would be doing right if I should marry him? My parents do fiot object to me going with him. Do you think he would make me a good husband? His oldest child is 18 and is married. All his children think lots of me. • Don’t you 4 thfrik it is right for a girl to marry the one she loves and the one that'-suits her, than to marry some other one your parents want you to, and you don’t love him? .What kind of dress would do for my wedding- dress, and what kind of hat and shoes. This widower and myself are en> gaged to marry October 25 and are going north on our honeymoon. Please print this and give me all the advice you can. Have written once beford' blit did not see it In Print. a. B. C. A. B. C.—You are rather young to jnafry a widower 47 years old.' Are you sure it is himself you love or the Buick ‘‘6’? It all very fine now to ride arpund, in his car, and have him show you much atten tion, but it’is a funny thing how quickly marriage changes these little sentijpaents. He may love you sufficient to do the right thing by yotf.' After all, mar riage is a.lottery, and one can never tell how it will turn out. A traveling suit is the most suitable frock to marry in. One of dark cloth -with hat and shoes to correspond with it. Unless you want a strictly evening af fair the suit is the proper thing tor the occasion. Velvet hats are the newest for fall wear. The shops have some beautiful ones on display. A navy blue suit for instance, and hat of rich brown duvetyn and brown shoes would look very nice, or blue velvet hat, either you prefer. I am coming to you for advice. I am a girl nearing' the age of four teen. I have brown eyes, black hair fair complexion and weigh eighty pounds. Do you think I weigh enough for my age? Am I old enough to go with the boys? If not, how old should I be? I received a letter from a boy and I Was not at home and my brother got my letter and read it, and he burnt it and would not let me see it. Did he do right in burning It? How should I fix my hair and how long should I wear my dresses? I think my father does me wrong Sometimes and quarrels at me and I think I shall leave home. 'Where is a good place for me? We’ll miss Mary. I wrote once and got my advice and wbote again and did not see it printed at all. When I am at school and every time I look at a certain boy he laughs and must I laugh at him? I think lots of this boy. I hope to see this in the next issue of The Journal. DEANOR. Dearnor: I have often said be fore that J do not see harm in a girl of 14 having a few boy friends, but at the same time I do not mean she should go about with men of all ages, and sit up late at night entertaining them. A few boy friends to meet at your house occasionally is all right. It is better to wait until you are older before you think too seriously of the male sex. Your father should know best what is for your good. I haven’t the right to censure him for burning your letter. And what ever you do, my child, don’t get the idea of “leaving home” in your head, just now. You are too young and inexperienced to battle with, the world, and you will live to regret the step if you take it. Try to be patient and hope for better things. Youth is full of fire and excitement but it is best ‘to hold yourself in check now so that you will be better able to cope with life later, when real trials arise. Take my advice and get the no tion of leaving home out of your head. Your father has the pow er to bring you back, and it will only cause - your parents, and, most of all, yourself, much sor ro w- The Country Home BY MRS. W. H. FELTON This Rainy Soascai For more than ten days in my im mediate section of tne country we have had drenching rain storms. Sometimes they continue all night, occasionally all day. The electrical storms have been many. Fortunate ly we have had no violent wind storms during this flood experience. In the gardens the vegetables have been injured. The tomato crop has suffered. The weeds have grown to unusual height and choked the plants. I saw a notice in the newspapers reporting the wise sayings of the weather man where fifty-two inches of rain have fallen since 1920 was ushered in. If I am not mistaken in my readings or remembrance, forty-two is our allowance during the entire twelve months. So we are ahead at a most unusual pace, as to the annual rain fall. Scarcity of labor has made repairs very difficult. Rotten roofs are both ering all sorts of house owners. The continuous rain has made piazzas and porches need attention, etc, etc. So there are various hindrances be side the overflows in the low grounds and a great deal more weed for cotton stalks than usual. Never theless there is some comfort to be extracted. Upland corn has had an extraordinary showing. In a drouthy year upland corn always has a dull time of it and a general poor yield. A wet vear will give you more com and more fodder (if it can be cured and housed) than a dry one. With good seasons potatoes will yield more liberally. To sum it up we generally get along with what the Almighty sends on us. and it also rains on the just as well as the unjust—and there is seed for the sower —next year. So take heart, and be thankful. We. should be thankful it is as well with us as it is. We have been blessed! The speculators are hammering the cotton market, so it is well to add a word of caution about selling too soon. It stands to reason and common sense that the world is anxious and ready to handle cotton. Don’t allow yourself to be persuaded to sell as soon as the cotton price is lowered to catch the unwary farmers. It is obliged to bring a good price when the manufacturer wants it so much and the need of raw cotton is so great. Don’t get scared at your own shadow. If you are wise you will not dump it on the market until you have time to recollect how anxious the world is for the southern cotton. Unrest and Uncertainty A state of unrest in any country will upset the existing order and will militate against contentment and public quiet. Therefore it was to be expected that all Europe would get in a tangle after the late war be tween the allied nations of Great Britain, France, Italy and Russia against Germany and Austria. War has broken out again be tween Russia and Poland. Ireland is in a seething state of revolt against England, and bloodshed is reported in every day’s newspaper. But this article does not propose to deal with European difficulties. We have unrest and uncertainty he:’e in the United States quite suffi cient to awaken apprehension among the sane and sensible, citizens of America. Strikes are getting more and more frequent. One is now convulsing upper Illinois and Denver has been in civil strife for a week or more. Such strikes affect the general reputation of our common country. They will hinder progress and shrink the population. Those who were preparing to build new plants—for conserving food and en couraging production—will postpone such efforts until a more propetitious season. They disorganize, they scat ter labor, they block transportation and cause a tendency towards hoard iirig capital rather than exploiting it in public endeavors or private in vestments. They chill the properties involved, almost to bankruptcy. They create suspicions, while de stroying confidence between the man who works for daily wages and the man who' signs (he paychecks for the laborer at the end of the week. An exodus commonly succeeds a strike. - The United States is feeling this unrest at a time when it more than ever needs The drain on ! LEMON JUICE | I FOR FRECKLES | t ♦ ? Girls! Make beauty lotion | I for a few cents —Try it! | t. ...... , T -1 J Squeeze the juice of two lemons into a bottle containing three ounces of orchard white, shake well, and you have a quarter pint of the best freckle and tan lotion, and complex ion beautifier, at very, very small cost. Your grocer has the lemons and any drug store or toilet counter will supply three ounces of orchard white for a few cents. Massage this sweetly fragrant lotion into the face, neck, arms and hands each day and see how freckles and blemishes dis appear and how clear, soft and rosy-white the skin becomes. Yes! It is harmless and never irritates. (Advt.) 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But this raise of 18*bents per hour, while it lasts, will only whet the appetite for another raise “before many moons shall wax and wane.” Every raise comes out of the con sumer, and thus the unrest and un certainty continually grows with its growth and strengthens with its strength. It is leading to a crisis. What that crisis will uncover or pre-, cipitate no man knows, but when ever the clash comes between the men who demand and the men who are too exhausted to pay, it is safe to predict military rule or the reign of mob law. The exodus of colored labor from my immediate section is very mark ed in many of its features. As time, rolls on there will come an im perative demand for some other sort of labor. In the early days of our republic slave labfjr was Drought in. When Ireland began to transfer its unhappy ones to the United States, then brawn and mtiscle built the early railroads. Then followed the flood of emigrants from northern Europe to the western states and ter ritories. 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