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TTEARST’S SUNDAY AMERICAN, ATLANTA. C!A„ SUNDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1913.
Co-operation Keynbte for Farm and
City Is Chief Recommendation in
Report of New York Delegation
Which Studied the Subject Abroad.
XBW YORK, Dec. 20.—Forming an
exhaustive study of agricultural con
ditions abroad, comparative with
those of this country, the report of
the New York State delegation of
the American Commission 'will be
presented simultaneously with the
presentation to Congress of the re
port of the Federal commission.
The report, which is the result of
the work of the American Commis
sion abroad, was compiled after in
vestigations which extended through
France, the British Isles, Germany,
Switzerland, Italy, Austria, and even
as far away -s Egypt, it arrives at
the general conclusion that American
farming may be pushed to a higner
degree of development bv adopting
do-operative measures similar to those
employed in many foreign countries
and which have reached their most
efficient condition in France. This, in
effect, is the real solution of the high
Dost of living problem, the commis
sioners believe.
The Members.
It was prepared by Frederick H.
Allen, Robert B. VanCortlandt, C. C.
Mitchell and Professor George N.
Lauman. It says, in part:
“Some of the points that strike an
American most forcibly in European
agriculture are:
“The high price of land, which sells
for $40 an acre for pasturage in such
countries as Ireland, to $3,000 an acre
for the best orange groves in Spain
and Italy. Vinyard lands in France,
Italy and Spain sell at $1,500 and $2,-
500, whereas cultivated lands adjacent
are worth only $125 to $500 an acre,
and cultivtaed land in Germany $80
to $500 an acre.,
“The high price of such products
as wheat, which sells at $1.60 a bushel,
and beef, which sells at 16 cents a
pound, dressed weight, in Italy, and
proportionately high in the other Eu
ropean countries. The only cheap
farm products are fruit, wine, olive
oil and eggs. Grain is raised every
where and often ground into flour in
co-operative mills. Milk is distrib
uted economically and is cheap; poul
try also.
Co-operative Societies.
“Co-operative societies exist in all
the countries, especially among the
farmers, for the purchase of seed,
fertilizers, agricultural machinery and
other things. Only recently have
marketing societies been established
for the sale of farm products. Never
theless 1 some of them have attained
marvelous results and their rate of
progress is notable.
“Most of the European countries
have built up agriculture through as
sociations highly developed, France
having attained probably the most
success through this method.
Grange Idea Improved Upon.
“The Syndicates Agricoles and
their affiliated societies correspond to
the granges in America, but differ
from them in their perfection of
business organization and the re
markable success achieved In up
building the commercial side of agri
culture. The general object of these
Is to study and protect the economic
interests of the farmers. They ex
amine and point out all legislative
and other reforms and improved
methods; uphold their cause before
the governing bodies; claim their
realization, especially as regards the
charges that weigh on land: the tar
iffs of the railways, commercial
treatiesAcustoms and octroi duties,
the rights of stalls and fairs and mar
kets.
“They spread agricultural teaching
and knowledge of farming by courses
of instruction, lectures, distribution
of leaflets and establishment of libra
ries. They encourage essavs on cul
tivation. on machines perfected im
plements and everything which fac A-
Itates work, reduces the cost and in
creases the production.
Furnish Credit.
“They start and support institu
tions for agricultural credit, for pi\-
duction and sale, for insurance
against lire and accidents; establish
office? of information as to supply
and demand, produce, fertilizers, cat
tle, seeds and agricultural machines.
“They become agents for the sale
of produce, for the purchase of fer
tilizers. seeds, implements, live stock
and ;^1 raw or manufactured mate
rials. so as to profit the members.
They supervise deliveries made by or
to Us members, so as to secure hon
esty and repress fraud.
“As an outgrowth of the agricul
tural purchasing societies, associa
tions for rural credit, mutual insur
ance against damage of crops and ac
cidents to live stock, stock breeders’
and cow-testing associations have
been formed.
Recommendations.
In making its recommendations the
commission says:
“It needs a readjustment of existing
methods in distributing, marketing
and delivery of farm products, par
ticularly that part which takes place
between the city terminals and tlie
consumer.
“Co-operation is needed among con
sumers in purchasing their supplies
at wholesale and an effort on their
part to simplify deliveries so as to
eliminate rehandling and overlapping.
“Co-operation is needed among tlv
producers in wholesale purchase of
supplies, study of market require
ments, standardization of produce, full
carload shipment and cold storage
collecting stations.
“Conservation of soil fertility is re
quired, reafforestation, development of
water power, adaptation of crops to
locality and market and mu' inten
sive methods of cultivation.
Accounting Needed.
“Industrialization and commercial
ization of agricultural business is
needed: keeping accounts and regu
lating operations accordingly and not
waiting for the end of the year, but
checking up frequently, as contract
ors do.
“We need a more reasonable stand
ard for the quality and purity of milk
and a better regulation of the cold
storage of eggs and butter.
“Simpler and cheaper means of
borrowing money for the acquiring of
farm land, for permanent improve
ments and also for seasonable opera
tion.
“Better roads in the country, par
ticularly the side roads which branch
out to the farms away from the State
roads.
Farm Demonstrations.
“Practical demonstration on the
farm of what it is possible to do un
der average conditions in farming for
profit.
“An open market for all farm
wroduce in the large consuming cen
ters, where the farmers can send their
commodities and be sure of having
them placed at the disposition of the
consumers withotu being held for
speculation.
“Our problem is one of reducing
the excessive expense of getting prod
uce from the city terminals to the
consumer. The power to cut down
this cost lies in the hands of the con
sumer himself, and he must exercise
this power if he is to reduce the cost
of living.
“For example, the producers and
transportation companies are doing
pretty well to get milk to New York
>ity at 4 cents a quart; oranges at
$2 a box of 200, and potatoes at 50
cents a bushel. If the consumers
want to enjoy these wholesale prices
by combining to purchase collective
ly, they have only to follow the ex
ample of those in Europe and form
themselves into co-operative associa
tions, and the producers will meet
them at the city terminals at prices
250 per cent to 350 per cent less than
they pay at present at retail.
“Some non-perishable products can
be bought at wholesale \.ith almost
as much saving as those above re
ferred to. Retail profit alone amounts
to 100 per. cent on rice, 112 per cent
on tea. 114 per cent on dried codfish,
and an average of 50 per cent on
canned goods. The co-operative so
cieties in Europe are paying these
profits to themselvesT’and at the same
time they see that the goods age gen
uine and full measure.”
Mrs. Zinn Divorced
From Gridiron Hero
Evidence Secured by Detective Who
Follows Husband—Both Promi
nent in Social Life.
RICHMOND, VA„ Doc. 20.—Mrs.
Flora Cameron Zinn, daughter
Colonel Alexander Cameron, retired
millionaire tobacconist, of this city,
has just been granted a divorce in
the Law and Equity Court from
George Zinn, of Orange County, Va„
former football star at the University
of Virginia! and a relative by mar
riage on Iris mother’s side to the
wealthy Dul’ont family of Delaware.
Mrs. Zinn 'Obtained the divorce on
the strength of evidence which New
York detectives recently collected
against her husband in that city,
when he was trailed from the Wal
dorf-Astoria to a house on Fifty-
second street. Zinn did not oppose
the action. He is well known in fash
ionable horse show circles. At col
lege he was a member of the Delta
Psi Fraternity and other exclusive so
cieties.
Wilson Message to
Be School Textbook
KENOSHA, VVIS.. Dec. 20.—Class
ing the recent message of President
Wilson to Congress as one “never ex
celled for terseness, clearness, schol
arly handling of great questions, and
for the subordination of ihe lesser
matters to the greater matters *jf
state.” Mrs. Mary D. Bradford has or
dered the message be made a textbook
for the use of all students of civics in
the schools of Kenosha.
Printed copies wore distributed to
day. and the pupi s will study the
message through December and Jan
uary.
Wind Takes Check 52
Miles; It Is Recovered
HARRISBURG. Dec. 20.—A check
of $32.50, belonging to S. F. Hess,
of Woodbine, Md., was found to-day
near Hummelstown. Pa., where it had
been blown by the wind.
The check was in the home of Hess
September 21, when a tornado demol
ished his house and barn. The dis
tance between the two towns in a
beeline is 52 miles.
‘Spotless Town’ Calls
For Saloon Election
ST. LOUIS, Dec. 20.-—Aerial bombs
and the blowing of bugles to-day
j awoke the voters of Webster Groves,
I “spotless town” of St. Louis County,
| and called them to the polls to decide
whether for the first time in its his-
! tory saloons are to be permitted in the
\ suburb.
Heretofore saloons have been kept
! out of the city by a license fee cf
$5,000.
‘Salt” Painfully Wounded When
He Tries to Keep Pet From
Chasing Rat.
CHICAGO, Dec. 20.—Frank McCau
ley, some time a deep-sea sailor,
•thrust across the operating table at
the Chicago Avenue Station yester
day two hands that looked as if they
had gone halfway through a sausage
grinder. And while Ambulance Sur
geon Heiwig was sewing and bandag
ing, McCauley explained:
“Me an’ old Roughneck—that’s my
' noncpfui on the quar
terdeck of my apartment at No. 228
ucm superior street, snoozin’ in the
sunshine, enjoyin’ the calm day.
“All of a sudden a pirate-lookin’
rat—meanest-appenrtn’ rat you ever
saw—scoots out o’ the cook’s cabin
and jumps clear £ut in the middle o’
the hack yard
“ ‘The rats is leavin’ the ship, I
yells, which in deep-water language
amounts to the same thing as sayin’.
’Man the lifeboats.’ But it seems to
have a different meaning for Rough
neck.
“Roughneck was lyin’ asleep in my
lap—but the way he sleeps is like the
sleepin’ of a battery with the switch
turned off. Just that simple word
‘rats,’ if appears, was the snitch to
the battery for that cat.
“Anyway, up jumps Roughneck an 1
digs his hind claws into my stomach
as he starts to take up the pursuit o’
that rat.
“ ‘No, you don’t.' says I, being will
ing to let the rat move to the apart
ment across the alley if he wants to,
an’ I ^rabs Roughneck by the reason
for his nomenclature. Now, look al
me.”
The surgeon pasted down the final
bandage and inquired:
“What are you going to do to pun
ish Roughneck?”
“Well” said the sailor “Roughneck
did do a lot to me, but, on the other
hand, 1 kept Roughneck away from
that rat. I guess me and Roughneck
is about even.”
FISH KILLS AN OYSTER.
. MIDDLETOWN. DEI . Dec. 20.—
J. W. Wilcutts, a restaurant proprie
tor, on opening an oyster shell, which
was four inches long and to all out
ward appearances perfectly good, in
side found in place of the oyster a
I living fish, which measured four and
| a half inches. Apparently there had
I been a battle between the oyster and
, the fish.
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Reduced ever N., C. & St.
L. Ry. and W. & A. R. R.
Apply any Agent.
Dash It All! He Nevev Cusses,
Even if He Did Write
About It.
PITTSBURG, Dec. 20,—Professor
H. C. Long, of the Carnegie Institute
of Technology, would like to have it
thoroughly understood that he knows
nothing about profanity. He'doesn’t
use It, he doesn’t like it and he is
mighty tired of it. and anything that
he may have said aoout'it he takes
back.
Last year one of the editors of The
Tartan, the institute paper, told Pro
fessor Long that the principal edito
rial of a coming issue of tne paper
was to deal with profanity. The young
man stated that an effort was being
made to lessen the evil among stu
dents and requested that Professor
Long write a contribution «>n the sub
ject. Mr. Long said he didn’t know
anything about it, but wrote an iron
ical article on profanity as it is
spoken.
Within three days after tl# article
was printed in The Tartan it ap
peared in newspapers all over the
country. Attention was called to the
fact that Professor Long believed that
the quickest way to relieve overheat
ed feelings was to say something,
neat, snappy and reasonably profane.
He was hailed as an authority on tne
subject and was swamped with mall
from persons who had thought up
something he might like for it* terse
ness. Now the very word profanity
irritates him. He’s sorry he e’ er said
a word about it.
PAROLED CONVICT BARRED.
LA PORTE, IN in.. Dec. 20 -Antone
Maladrak Malabara, a paroled convict,
returned to the Michigan City prison
expecting to he permitted to complete
his manslaughter sentence of two to
twenty-one years, only to find that he
had been finally discharged. Malahra
told the Warden he had tired of the
battle with the world and wanted to
end his days in the prison.
‘Great Unkissed’Now
Is Episcopal Rector
Son of John Alexander Dowie Or
dained Into Priesthood by
Chicago Bishop.
CHICAGO, Dec. 20.—John Alexan
der Gladstone Dowie, son of Alexan
der Dowie, the founder of Zion City,
was yesterday ordained as an Episco
pal minister bv Dr. G. F. Toll, suf
fragan bishop of Chicago, at St.
Luke’s Church, Evanston. Mr. Dowie
has been a deacon of St. Luke’s Mis
sion in South Chicago, anc l.ow that
he has been ordained he will assume
active charge of the church.
Gladstone Dowie long was known
as the "Great Unkissed," lecause his
father asserted publicly that his ma
ture son never had felt a woman’s
embrace, save his mother's.
Mrs. Jane Dowie, mother of the
Rev. J. A. Gladstone Dowie, was In
the audience. She also is a member
of the Episcopal Church, having
j«^ned it since Dr. Howie’s death.
Woman May Control
Gary’s Police Force
GARY, IND„ Dee. 20 - Mayor Thos.
E. Knotts, of Gary, is considering the
appointment of Mrs. Kate Wopd Ray
the Gary suffragist leader, to the va
cancy in the Safety Board caused by
the resignation of President II. II I
Highland.
Should Mrs. Ray be'numed as Safe
ty Commissioner the other tw> mem
ber® of tHe board would appoint her
as president and Gary will be the only
city in the United States with a
woman Police Commissioner.
Woman Follows Her
Husband in Office
JEFFERSON CITY, MO., Dec. 20.
Governor Major has appointed Mrs.
L. T Cashman, of Gallatin, Recorder
of Deeds of Davies County, to fill
the vacancy caused by the death of
her husband, elected tq the office in
1910.
There were several applicants for
the appointment before Mrs. (’ashman
signified she would like to have the
place. When the fact became known
the wanted it, everybody who had ap
plied withdrew in her favor.
Poses Wife for
‘September Morn’
Indiana Woman Objected So Loudly
Policeman Heard Rumpue
and Interferes
TO DRY STATES
Webb-Kenyon Law Does Not Bar
Personal Shipments, Accord
ing to St. Paul Decision.
DUS MONKS, IOWA, Deo. 20—The
Webb-Kenyon law does not prevent
the shipment of liquor into dry ter
ritory for the consumer’s personal
use. Judge Charles A. Willard has
made this ruling in Federal Court
at St. Paul in the case of the Hamm
Brewing Company vs. the Chicago
Rock Island and Pacific Railway. A
copy of this order has been forwarded
to Attorney General George Cosson.
The brewing Company consigned a
shipment of liquor to a Mr. Moss, of
Iowa, to the Rock Island. The railroad
refused to transport the liquor on the
grounds that to do so would be to
violate the Webb-Kenyon law. which
declares it to be unlawful for a ship
ment of liquor intended to be re
ceived, consumed, or sold in violation
of any law of the State to which it
is sent.
The court held, in effect, that If
Moss had intended to use the liquor
for bootlegging, the shipment would
have been illegal, but that for per
sonal consumption it could not be so
held.
There Is a law In Iowa, Judge Wil
lard pointed out, prohibiting the
transportation by any common car
rier of liquors billed to any one*not
holding a permit. The Webb-Kenyon
bill does not prohibit interstate trans
portation of liquor in violation of a
State law, however, the court said.
It is the carrying of liquor intended
to be put to an unlawful use that
the Webb-Kenyon bill prohibits.
HAMMOND. IND., Dec. 20.—The
more Joseph Dettloff saw' of “Sep
tember Morn,” the more he admired
Mary, his wife. It was at nlgliu
Dettloff had come home late. Under
his arm was a tinted replica of “Sep
tember Morn.” /
“You’re a sight more charming than
the picture—or you would be under
the same circumstances,” said Dett
loff. and he produced a can of re I
paint and a whisk broom.
“I’m some artist myself, said !v.
“Now. you get a washtub and I'll fill
it while you’re preparing to pose.”
“Preparing to what?” raged the
scandalized wife.
Dettloff was arrested and fined $4.
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DEADWOOD. S. DAK., Dec. 20.—J.
\V. Young, a mining expert of Salt
Lake City, is here investigating
sources of radium production in the
Interests of a Pittsburg chemical con
cern. He made a trip to the up-gulch
country, in company with John Tre-
bor and went over the ground which
was formerly owned by the late
Baron Dafler and is now among the
holdings of the New Reliance Mining
Company.
On the ground there is exposed a
40-foot vertical vein of uranium bear
ing rock, which is heavily impreg
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mineral. Samples were brought to
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He Sees Flag First
Time at Age of 24
DENVER, Dec. 20.—“Big Hank” —
as he introduced himself to a police
man—an ungainly youth of 24, who
had spent his boyhood on a cattle
ranch in Wyoming, had never seen an
American flag until he came to Den
ver to attend a turnfest.
The national emblem draped over
the welcome arch attracted his atten
tion as he walked along Broadway.
‘ I see.” he said, wonderingly, to the
patrolman, “it’s a sort of brand like
they put on cows.”
“That’s a right bright idea, now
ain’t it?” he added, as he turned away
to watch a popcorn popper, which
alf*o was a "brilliant invention” to
him.
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four corners of the earth for the heirs
of an ancient estate In Holland, said
to amount to more than a billion dol
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