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Relieving * Choking l>riou,
Pounding a person on the back until
bis ribs cave In or - I spine Is dislo
cated may lie an = t cating method
to treatment (for the administrator),
but there Is n more sensible and ef
fectual way of relieving the sufferer
Frequently the obstruelion is not be
yond the reach of a loug. slim finger
Forceps of some kind, however, will
prove more effective. If tin -e are not
within reach, a small wire with a hook
bent on on/* end may be used to ad
vantage on some obstruction!-. In tills
nnd similar emergencies carry n firm
hand, but work lightly nnd deftly
During the operation, the head of the
person afflicted should he thrown well
back nnd ihe tongue depressed so as
to permit of the freest possible access
to the throat. If the obstruction Is so
low os to be Invisible or hits passed
Into the windpipe, It coustltuP ♦ n case
for a good surgeon, ortu unit eiy,
enough air can usually I InImlod to
prevent Immediate suffocation, llontc
Magazine.
When Ihff Kltrlmn llftngft Ia CrflflWy,
When your kitchen rang fire refuses
to burn brightly and the oven falls
to l»Kke or roant properly, do not blame
the range until you have tried to find
the reason for ihe trouble.
A “clean" range Is a necessity for
satisfactory cooking, l.lfi off the <ov
ers and see If there is not a layer of
line ash on top of the oven so thick
tlint It lessens the draught nnd pre
vents the heat from penetrating to the
oven. This should he lifted out nnd
not swept Into the Hie or down be
Side the oven.
Brush the side of the oven elettn, then
get nt the most important part, the
hot tell). Home ovens have a plate
on the Inside that lifts out, some n
plate on the outside; mine arc made
to be drawn out altogether. If you
have a stove man once to clean for you
nnd see now he does It yii will not
need him again. Notice how he gets
at tile Dot tom, ami above till, him that
he leaves things so that you can lake
out the cover or oven yourself when
you wish to. You can get the ordinary
scraper at any department store, and
also u long handled dust brush or
whisk broom. These will answer In
nearly every ease. This Is a dirty job,
but should lie attended to once n
month.
Much often depends upon bow the
fire box la kept, Ma u*» of clinker*
nre allowed to gather on the hrlekl.
These should be renmvi i by common
■nit placed on them nlille the tire
1* hot. If they do not ct off the
first day they will the second or third
by usiug more salt nnd tappln
with the poker. Do not let ashes or
dud ers gather about the top of tho
fire box.
lu start lug a Are dump everything
out. Do not try to start a Hie on top
of ashes or cinders, as it u ill often sulk
for s whole day Tho duders can
ln< burned lu good advantage on top of
the tire afterward. IVc an little paper
as possible In starting, and do not
park the coal lit. Fill the box to the
top of the bricks aud no further. Pok
ing the fire spoils it, shaking never
hurts It.
If you range rets into the wall and
the pipe runs straight up into a sheet
iron board, and the i.raft Is poor, the
chances are that the pipe dees not con
nect with tlie Hue. Ion runs into the
opeu space above the board. Have
the pipe run up lute the end of Hie
flue and you will timl a vast Improve
ment. Then, If things are not satis
factory, there must be aomthlug wrong
with the chimney.
An Atlju.t,bl« Sum I’or Inr.lltK
For the bedridden Invalid who creeps
ont to the comparative freedom of sofa
life there are p> [billties of great re
lief lu the new tufted spring couch,
the long scat and head nst of which
la artfully hinged to admit of many
changes In the sics person’s position.
It can be adjusted to support a weak
hack, to raise or lower the head and
tbe whole cushioned top of the sofa
can also bp lifted off to slip into a
Wheeled spinal chair Hint the patleut
Occupies while stretched at full length.
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Bice, Baked with Dates Two even
tablespoons rice, one quart milk, one
cup of dates, stoned, one oaltspoou salt
Bake very slowly, with Just enough
heat to keep mixture bubbling gently.
Htlr once or twice; tben allow to
brown. Bake one aud a hi If Hour, or
until rice Is thoroughly * ‘ft. Servo
very cold.
Potato r.tucnkes Fare, wash and
grate four large six I (it •/.
Into a bowl aud -
the beateu yolks of two , 11 If ^
Xeaspootiful of salt, and a It
ful of tine bread c u; i; At =
gradually tbe Whites of the esl i
en to a froth and saute by spool l
a well-greased, sutokit;
String Beaus with Cheese This is
rot a comtnou way to cook ana but I
once tried It will i
way. Cook tbe beau as usual, af
slicing them lengthwi. flu t ]
drain. Put a tables'!*
in a frying pan over a hot fire; when
melted add the beans, half a cup of
milk, a teagpoouful of salt and a dish
of cayenne pepper, aud lately stir i lU
a heaping taUUwpeouful of grated 1’a
ineaan cheese. Let all
for five minutes aud you will Ua.e a
Behilous dish.
XALMAUtAUtAMAMAU «W
FARM AND GARDEN,
w*r*r*r*rw*'*r>r'jr'*rTtr in-ri :
Tlie Horie'l Pit In Winter.
When the weather becomes ee merely
cold do not overlook the fact th.tt to
insert a cold hit In a lumen in,>uth
is torture. Iron and steel rapidly <on
duct heat, hence the sensation of oitld
when the metals are touched Rubbt T
bits nre better, bat tihoulfl also he
warmed before using
Danger, in Clow Keeping.
in hot weather the chickens suffer
the rrost from overcrowding. It is
firtpo title fOr make them comfortable
In vuiemer utt’esa given plenty of room
an 1 air. stvcrepoWrffng in ho t weather
usually cause* su kites* and disease.
Usually tlie cofordv’* on the average
fsrm nre too larg's. anyway. They
run over rather than y* trier the limit
in most enses, and if tbl> I* k< ’P t U I>
In summer It Is bound to produce evil
results, it Is pitiful to see the good
layers alowly droop and craw 1 away
to some dork cool corner to die. W l, *t
.......- -I'* when they show this *’
termination to droop nnd ale? It a
UftUfllly Impossible to do Anything.
T.„. layers usually suffer from tin
effects Of the heat more than we ini
‘ nu * f K" , ‘ n,l Hlt
on a hot nest for an hour each 1 day ,
to lay alt egg, It nisy tie surmised niat
It Is II tax on her system of no stu’tll
degree. Indeed, 1 think this persistent
1'tying In ho, weather breaks down
more good layers than anything <*lse.
U’e can to a certain extent, make the
work more comfortnble for them by
lmvlng tile nest located 111 a
ventilated place, .. „ * !
have a door opened near the nest so
n cool draught can he created, nnd If
swung on hinges it can be closed In
rainy weather. A little attention like
this should prove beuellelal.
I have often wondered as I have seen
the men deluge their horses In hot
weather with cool water from n pall,
or hose, whether tt similar practice
would not suit Ihe hen. The latter
must feel the effects of the heat and
they show that by wallowing In the
cool dirt. If you dig up fresh dirt
and throw water In the hole to mofstort
It, the hens will wallow In It with
more eagerness than If the place was
hot nnd dry. Would It not then pay
to sprinkle the liens on hot days with
u hose? 1 have never tried It, but
should like to. Home day wo may
learn that every creature needs plen
ty of water, drinking and bathing, in
hot weather. Then we will see to It
that they receive It. Many of the aut
inale , are i-i like small ,, children , . ,, they .
show , a dislike to plunging , , in the
water, hut when once In they enjoy It.
Heentise the hen mother of young:
ducklings . , will ,,, never venture , to . wet , i
her feet when her brood scramble into
tho water, must we conclude that
chicken* will suffer if allowed to get
wet? If any one has had experience
in tills direction it might lie of value
to relate It.—Annie C. Webster, lu
American Cultivator.
Aiful I'M MlMck Cover.
Alfalfa bay wl.l not .urn rain, no
matter how well topped out ft stuck
may he. Where alfalfa hay Is raised ex
tenslvely It Is necessary to cover the
HtnekH In somo way, or to top thorn out j
with some ktud of hay or ktuhr that
will shod the rain. We recently saw «
Ktitck cover used on on alfalfa farm
which the owner said was equal In
keeping the hay to storing In a barn
ov mow.
The covers are made of ten-inch (
boards In sections six, eight, ten or ;
twelve feet long, as suits the pur
pose and convenience, The boards are
laid, beginning nt tbe top of the stack,
so that the upper overlaps the one |
just below, and all are held in place
by being stapled to pieces of No. 1»
smooth wire, one wire within a few
Inches of the ends of the boards, and
as many between ns may be thought
necessary. With the shortel sections
tlie end wires are sufficient. These
wires go on the outside of the boards
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and are left long enough nt the four
corners to fnsteu on a weight to keep
tlu- cover lu place. The use of weights
;s much better than stnklug down, ns
tlie settling of the stacks will not
cause the roof to become less solidly
In place. Painting the boards will
preserve them, and If rolled up nnd
stored In the dry, or laid on logs to
keep them from getting damp when
i not lu use, they will last for years,
j In taking down a stack but one sec
tion need bo removed nt a time, thus
j exposing but a small portion of the
' stack, lu getting the stack ready for
putting on the cover, do not top out
I with a high centre, but put on only
a well rounded top.—J. L. Irwin, in
i Ohio Farmer.
KjcomKi* /cal.
A railroad man told this story to the
conductor In charge of the train on the
lu-xt track:
“The 1-a Cross division established
n new Hug statiou the other day," said
he. ’’It's nothing hut a whistling post,
but tbe road built a platform and
laid a sidetrack.
•There was not euough business to
pay the company to put a regular agent
out there, so the old fellow who keeps
the store was appointed a kind of nu
tigeut. Well, the first day after he got
bis appointment the through passen
ger train was coming at about forty
miles an hour, and there was the old
Idlow on the platform waving his
little old red Hag. The ctiglinvr put
ou the air and the train stopp.nl nt the
platform When the conductor jumped
off there w t a man lu sight except
the man that ran the store
•* -Where’s your passengers'* the con
ductor asked him.
•••Why,* he sa.va. -I hateu't got auy
passengers-*
- -What did you flag us for?*
•• -1 thought inobbe seme one wauled
tt get off here.’** -Minneapolis Sent!
IK'1.
t'anada has spent iu connection with
the South African contingents over
jy.OOO.OOO, and the British doverauient
expended $4.tW0,9Q0 iu the Dotuluioa
tor sUFidivo.
•OME AGED ANIMALS.
Tho* Who Have an Eacy Life Live a
Long T ime.
la the vicinity of 'aria a beano l or
old domestic animals wa rtabiished ’ lC *'
j some time ago, or an eng the present
inmates, ant a mule a«* nt *■’* 0
old, a tow thirly-s.x sa a pig twenty
j j) V0 years old.
It 1 r clalD d that da nestle animals
which lead an ce?y htt an; cicely to
liv* far fce/unc. U a' erago age if
properly carol for. Mauv birds cer
t tinly attain an xtraor^ inary age.
Et gleg, ravens an<i parrots, frequently
live a hundred y ears, and pelicans !
prob.Vdy live as ion V for it Is record-1
i d that one of tbes birds was placed
in the jVmc.tordam zoological garden
somo tlm e before 1 79k and was still j
there In 1 ^70. This pel. can, too, was j
at least four or five y*. when it j
was P‘“ ce <l >*» lau **»•“<■ u -
Eels are also long live d- Professor
Buchner toll, of One Whic h '
for twenty f;.x year* in a pon 1 C ' 1 In,en
gen, in which it wat placed a l he age
of eight years It attained a L. ngth of
nearly five feet and itu favorite Haunt
was in the current that flowed ink’
A „ author !,’.k air,,, that lo
an imals which are. obliged L. 1
do a deal of work do not live .o -
, oDg ^ UlOH(> whlcL . , (;a<1 a placld 11Io .
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u . „ en ThC —. e
- that Urn rising ««ner ■
iitioL is rini/JK pretty fast, said the
1;(l( .helor, who expects soon to become
„ n,. fl edict, after his. friends had given |
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i'Rg with my intended the crthJl* day,
a£M : her gmaJl nfece, a girl not over
uev00 years df age, accompanied ua I
Naturally,' the conversation, owing <to !
the negr afrVi-ocoh of our wedding day, |
took a tuna IM ’.va/ interesting to two I
uf us, hut not to ttu, Uil.d. I
"Flually 1 turned !/» bride he young and lady ]
who is soon to oe f ny said
with a smile: I
“'I suppose all this ti'Jk Is over the
llttlo one’s head?' |
"Before she could reply the nose o!
the ‘little one' went tip seve.’a! degrees ,
and she answered, icily, her vords fall
Ing Uko so many hailstones on a tit.
roof,'
■"Oh, don't tilled me! [ know what
It Is! |' Vl y been In love myself!’
"It was several minutes before I
succeeded In tv telling my breath.”—
Detroit Free l’l’tss.
I lr*l Submarine Cable,
The first . , nubnuirm* , , cable .. ». .. « i„i,i win n ro q a
the English Channel about fifty y ago. It j
was Stomach also about Bitters tho the sumo world time tuut ivnowi i'ostettj < '‘ye- r’s 1
pcpsla “on eure.was first Introduced to tho vubne. , ;
Jf are a sufferer from thnsllm.ut. Conutip toon o
from imlifOHtfon, ilatukn v, fi
norvouHtiu.is or insoinnir.. von phonlcl try a
once, if you would wolf. Thu genuine mU-Ht of
have our Private Die kHuorp over tho nook i
tho bottlo.
Thin would ho n better w'orbi U all per
sons took their own advice. .
Now J.r.ey SUtn Trouble 5
Can't 10 , 1.4 Tett vino. “I have he it t,*onl>le«i
Bend another box." \v. C. Fuller, fiemino.
Cottage, Sen Cliff, N. J. BOo, » !.iu bv mail
-J-^ Hhu^ri"". bav.mnah, (la., If your
() it.
Belfast n Ireland's rahost and most
populous city.
A Christmn<* Diniior Tlu»t Whs Not Knten
BeoAuno of inili^cstit n! T'hla sorry talo
would not have b n told if tho svutcm had
b«on n?gnitttod and the dl^e^tion (.larheld |»o rfretod
by thv> uho of Naturo's roincdv, Tea.
Tain wonderful Herb nuulicine euros all forma
of stomach, liver and bowel derangement*,
cleanses the system, purifies tho blood end
lay# the foundation for long life and con
tinued good health.
A friend in need is a friend—who usu
ally wants to borrow a fiver.
Kadi package of Putnam Fadkman Pte
colors either tSilk, Wool or Cotton perfectly
at one boiling. Hold by all druggists.
(trade crossings in Europe are unknown.
Moat things grow smaller as they are
contracted except debts.
How's This?
We oflVr One* Hundred Dollar* Reward for
any cn*e of Catarrh that cannot be cured by
Hall s Catarrh Cure. Toledo. O.
F. J. Ciixxrr A Co., Prop*., known F. J. Cha
We, the undersigned, have
ney for tho last 15 year*, aud beliovo hirn per
fectly honorable in alt busine** tramuiotions
amt tinanoially able to carry out any obliga
tion made by thotr firm. Toledo,
Wm A Tniux, Wholesale Druggista,
Ohio. Wholoeolo
Walmnu, Kin nan & Maiivis,
Druggist*, Toledo, Ohio.
HaU'ti Catarrh Cure i* taken internally, act
ing directly upon the blood and mucous eur
faecH of the eyntem. Price, 75c. per bottlo.
Bold by all DrugrUto. Testimdiuais free. 1
Hall'i Family Pllia nro tho bo*t.
The coat of painting the Tower Bridge,
London, ia $25,000,
/i Syrvip.of Why fj^s
m Ike- bfst family laocotive
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18 It is
pure.
y It is gentle.
ffi I It is pleasant.
ru It is efficacious.
It is not expensive.
It is good for children.
It is excellent for ladies.
It is convenient for business men.
3 It is perfectly safe under all circumstances.
It is used by millions of families the world over.
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It st.-.nds highest, a< a laxative, with physicians.
V
k.,! If you use it you have the best laxative the world
I produces.
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A *100,000 Fiddling Tour.
Jan Kubelik, of Bohemia, aged L 1,
has Just arrived in this country wit h
his fiddle. He Is under contract t o
fiddio for American and Mexican ae -
dienc ** one hundred nights for $1,0(M >
a nighL
This breaks ai! records of “paying
the fiddler." Paganini, greatest of all
violinists, never dreamed of earning
$109,000 in one season. That it is pos
sible for an American manager to |
make such a contract today, with the
probability of clearing a large profit.
on it. Is a symptomatic twentleth-cecr i
tury fact.
Her Observation.
“Don’t the nights get longer pretty
soon?” said the young man with va
cant eyes.
“I don’t know,” answered Miss Cay
enne, “they have seemed longer since
you began calling."—Washington star.
n»!»t For thft Bowftla.
Ko matter what ail. you. beadaohe to a
cancer, you will never get weiJ until your
bowels am put right. C/sciaars help nature,
cent* to t Urfc getting your health back. Cab
^abetb 'Ymdy Cathartic, the gemxias. pot op d
of^Ye ....--—-— K^e^l^okr mei,t
non - ,, ^
dB - 1,6 U •“Stroke.
a Good w«y to Beam rooa.
Cleanse tho syetem, .kHtosys. purify stomsehandbow- tho blood and
*g* r^« thoUvsr,
f miriir T7’---*- in Massachusetts
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or nerrows
NotvoikiBtoJier. $2trisl bottleftiidkireatis©fieo ^hida.
Lr. Il-H. Kt ink,L td., 931A rc h Pt., Pa.
There; art three telephone circuits be
tween hi cw York City and Atlanta
Mrs. Witney's Bootht^Breup for infl&mma- children
teething, esft^n tho gum>, rcdl.ve*
tiefl.alfty syet a, cares wind colic. M o a bottle.
It takes a vise man to get others finan
ci.MJy iuP.-resta l in a fool scheme.
Piso CVe cannot be too highly tj token of
»» a cou-h cure.—J. 1Y. O’Bsiss, S'.tl Third
Avenue, is,, Minnouipolts, Minn., Jan. 6, 1900.
The man who knows the least a! tows it
the most. _. ._. _______
inn—aw. win— ■inanww — «
Bro nchitis j
“ I have kept A. »er’s Cherry Pec
toral in my house for a great many
years. It is the t est medicine in
the world for cougl'8 and colds.”
J. C. Williams, Attica, N. Y,
i All serious lung
I troubles begin with a
| tickling in the throat.
| You can stop this at first
J in a single night with
j Ayer’s Cherry Pectora’.
Use it also for bronchitis
| consumption, hard colds,
and for coughs of all kinds.
Three sizes : 25c., 50c., SI. All ini fists.
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Fruit.
' Its qual.'ly influences
^2* the sc lling price.
Profitable fruit
i growing insured only
when enough Actual
Potasl?
is in the fertilizer. s'
Neither quantity nor ■
good quality possible ■ f
without 1‘otash.
) Write for our fret book* V ■
I giving details.
1b| —— 93 GERMAN Nassau St., KALI New —J York WORKS. City. ■ ■
"X Z? VV. <\ HOLMES Improve,!
Kurin I.evvl "EcMptu*." level
m Host up-to-dato mail tv
l'rlo * ♦4.50 with rt>L Write for
descriptive circular. 12 North
l_ Forqyth St., Atlanta, Ua-
Sarcasm Vs. 8hingle,
‘ I didn't mind the spanking
dad gave
“ 'he^lked/ ,Ule
ich
"Wasn't it a hard iicKin'?”
“You just bet it was.”
“Well, what did he say that was
worse than the shingle?”
"He said, "Go way back and stand
up!”—Cleveland Plain Dealer.
All a nappy New Year.
gin Happjbess that comes with good health Is
ThJi -nt/j&ll Jj who use Nature's gift, GarfleldTea.
l/iood erb Cure cleanses the system, purifies
and removes the cause of disease.
-Australia has more than 1000 newt
PV.-ers.
t-ofl advertisement nt EE-M Catarrh Care In
s&othor column -the best remedy made.
It may sound funny, but the load makes
the cargo before the train starts.
m r \ ROYAL
o WORCESTER
?/« AND
BON TON
pi / % *L CORSETS
C< STRAIGHT FRONT
ZV32V3S&0£i min ^■R 'Jj » Arc made in all the latest shapes
i l and colors. They have no equals,
wit and no others are “just as good.”
Ask your dealer about them.
$ a Jj
■■ l Royal Worcester Corset Co.
yii Worcester, Mass.
.
fWO "NEW fS NCI-0 was ESI i
RrVAL” FACTORY LOADED SHOTGUN SHELLS
outshoot ail other black powder shells, because they are mado
better and loaded by exact machinery with the standard brands of
powder, shot and wadding. Try them and you will be convinced.
ALL ♦ REPUTABLE DEALERS » KEEP ♦ THEM
$2000.00 PER DAY
GIVEN AWAY!
VALUABLE INFORMATION
T!*horcby ° Ur FremiDm booklet expiring January a, igoa,
[extended FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR OF 1902
(except Present No. lag)
PRESENTS WILL BE GIVEN FOR TAGS I
< tng'brenil t > H vu/to§t be year x9 °*’ taken from the follow
a of
R. J. H eyno lds 1 8 oz., Strawberry, R, J, R., Schnapps
1
Golden C rown, Reynolds’ Snn Cured, Brown & Bro.’s
Mahogany, Speckled Beanty, Apple Jack, Man’s Pride,
Early Bird, P. H. Hanes & Co.’s N atnral Leaf, Cutter
and 0. N. T.
To appreciate oar offer, these facts should be considered:
That we ate giving $2000.00 per day for tags, to fix the mem
ory of chewcrs on our trade marks placed on tobaccos, to iden
tify otzr best efforts to please cbewers, and prevent them from
being deceived by imitators.
Full descriptions of Presents offered for our
tags will be furnished upon request to
R. J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO GO., WINSTON-SUEM, K. G.
Nice Little Boy.
Bof ton Transcript; Mother—You
little boy! In dividing that apple
kept the half with a wormhole
for yourself and let sister have the
half.
Joi'nny—Yes; I e’pected the worm
bored through to t'other side.
<3»>ld Medal at nutTnio KxrofittloB.
fllcIiLHENNY’S TABASCO
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Its component parts are all wholesome.
It acts gently without unpleasant after-effects.
It is wholly free from objectionable substances.
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It contains the laxative principles of plants.
It contains the carminative principles of plants. Hi
It contains wholesome aromatic liquids which are
agreeable and refreshing to the taste.
All are pure. i
All are delicately blended. t
All are skillfully and scientifically compounded.
Its value is due to our method of manufacture and to
the orginalitv and simplicity of the combination. a
To get its beneficial effects — buy the genuine.
Manufactured by
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COST. Wrtie Quick to GA.-ALA.
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The Beet Sugar Industry.
A most important article giving
Messrs. Oxnard’s and Cutting’s
on the beet sugar Industry in this
country appeared on the editorial page
1 of the New York Evening Post of De
cember 12 last, and as every house
hold In the land Is Interested in sugar
the article will be of universal interest,
THE BEET SUGAR INDUSTRY.
The Evening Post bids the heartiest
welcome to every American industry
that can stand on its own bottom and
make Its way without leaning on the
poor rates. Among these self-support
ing industries we are glad to know, Is
the production of beet sugar. At all
events, tt was such two years ago. We
publish elsewhere a letter written in
1899, and signed by Mr. Oxnard and
Mr. Cutting, the chiefs of this Indus
try on the eastern side of the Rocky
Mountains, showing that this was the
happy condition of the trade at that
time. If parties masquerading as beet
sugar producers are besieging the
President and Congress at this mo
ment, and pretending that they will be
ruined If Cuban sugar is admitted for
six months at half the present rates of
duty their false pretences ought to be
The letter of Messrs. Oxnard and
Cutting was probably written for the
purpose of inducing the farmers of the
Mississippi Valley to go more largely
into the cultivation of beets for the
sugar factories. This was a laudable
motive for telling the truth and show
ing the large profits which awaited
both the beet grower and the manufac
turer If the industry were persever
ingly and intelligently prosecuted. To
this end it was pointed out that farm
ers could clear ?t*>5 per acre by culti
| j $100. rating beets, and might even make
But in order to assure the culti
vator that he would not be exposed to
reverses by possible changes in the
tariff, they proceeded to show that the
| industry stood in no need of protection.
The beet sugar Industry, these gen
I | tlemen say. “stands on as firm a basis
as any business in the country.” They
j point out the fact—a very important
! one—that their product comes out as a
finished article, refined and granulated.
: It is not, like cane sugar grown in the
| West India Islands, a black and offen
i sive paste, which must be carried in
j wagons to the seaboard and thence by
ships to the United States, where, af
ter another handling, it is put through
a costly refinery, and then shipped by
rail to the consumer, who may possi
! bly be in Nebraska, alongside a beet
sugar factory, which turns out the re
fined and granulated article at one fell
swoop. Indeed, the advantages of the
producer of beet sugar for supplying
the domestic consumption are very
great. We have no doubt that Messrs.
Oxnard and Cutting are within bounds
when they say that “sugar can be pro
duced here cheaper than it can be In
Europe.” The reasons for this are
that—
“The sugar industry Is, after all,
merely an agricultural one. We can
undersell Europe iu all other crops,
and sugar is no exception.”
It follows as naturally as the making
of flour from wheat. If we can pro
duce wheat cheaper than Europe, then
naturally we can produce flour cheap
er, as we do.
But the writers of the letter do not
depend upon a-prlori reasoning to prove
that they can make sugar at a profit
without tariff protection. They point
to the fact that under the McKinley
tariff of 1890, when sugar was free of
duty, the price of the article was four
cents per pound. Yet a net profit of $3
per ton was made by the beet sugar
factories under those conditions, not
counting any bounty on the home pro
duction of sugar. They boast that
they made this profit while working
under absolute free trade, and they
have a right to be proud of this result
of tlieir skill and industry. Many
beet sugar factories had been started
in bygone years, back in the sixties
and seventies of the nineteenth cen
fury, and had failed, because the pro
jectors did not understand the busi
ness, Since then great progress has
been made, both here and abroad, in
the cultivation and manipulation of the
beet. What was impossible thirty
years ago is now entirely feasible. The
industry is already on a solid and en
during basis. There are factories in
the United States, these gentlemen
tell us in their letter, capable of using
350,000 tons of beets per annum at a
profit of $3 per ton, and this would
make a profit of $1,050,000 os the in
come to be earned under absolute free
trade.
It must be plain to renders of thia
letter, signed by the captains of tfcr
beet sugar Industry, that the people lft
Washington who are declaiming
against the temporary measure which
the President of the United States
urges for the relief of the Cuban peo
ple, are either grossly ignorant of the
subject, or are practising gross decep
tion. The tenable ground for them is
to say: “Other people ore having pro
tection that they do not need, and
therefore we ought to have more than
we need.” This would he consistent
with the letter of Messrs. Oxnard and
Cutting, but nothing else is so.
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