The Okeene Leader. (Okeene, Okla.), Vol. 7, No. 16, Ed. 1 Friday, November 15, 1912 Page: 4 of 8
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H
WESTERN CANADA’S
PROSPERITY
NOT A BOOM, BUT DUE TO NAT-
URAL DEVELOPMENT.
Ono of tho lnrKi'nt banka In Holland
hiiH boon (IttlnK a big bUBlnena In
Western Canada, unci Mr. W. Wester-
mail, tho 1‘resident, on n recent visit
Into tho Provinces of Manitoba, Sna-
hntchewan and Alberta, expressed
himself as being much impressed with
proHont conditions and prospects, and
was convinced that tho groat pros*
perltj of tho Dominion was not a
boom, but merely tho outcome of nat-
ural developments.
Not enl) has money been Invested
largely In Western Canada by the
Holland Hanks, but by those of Ger-
many, Franco, as well nR Great Brit-
nln. Not only are these countries con-
tributing money, but they are also
contributing people, hard headed. In-
dustrious farmers, who are helping to
produce the two hundred million bush-
els of wheat and tho three hundred
million bushels of the other small
grains that the Provinces of tho
West have harvested this senson.
During the past fiscal year there
(tamo Into Canada from tho United
Plates 133,710; from Austria Hungary
21,551; from Delglum l.fiOt; Holland
1,077; France 2.094; Germany 4,(164;
Sweden 2,394; Norway 1,692; and
from all countries tho Immigration to
Canada In that year was 354,237.
From the United States and foreign
countries tho figures will be Increased
during the present yenr.
Most of these peoplo have gone to
the farms, and it Is no far look to the
time when the prophecy will ho ful-
filled of half a billion bushel crop of
wheat In Western Canada. Advertise-
ment.
Farmers’ Educational
and Co-Operative
Union of America
Matters g/ Especial Moment to
the Progressive Agriculturist
Newspapers and Literature.
All this over emphasis of the un-
meaning surface Is due to a confusion
of newspaper and literary standards,
ends, alms 1'he word literary has come
to suggest an absence of red blood;
tpinners and knitters In the run; the
85 cent magazine crowd; this is non-
sensical. of course. In Its elemental
meaning literature Is at least as stern
a Jab as Journalism, albeit the Inten-
tion and function of the latter Is mere-
ly to present things 'that happen, of
the former to volatilise such material
Into hovering and potent meanings, to
strike the rock and raise a spirit that
is life.
Any animal fed on cornstalks ought
to bo very husky.
Th'o Hour merchant always tnkes
i the mill for tho deed.
Somebody calls thinking tho tap
i root of good farming.
Stretching the imagination will not
make both ends meet.
Use tho best at hand, that the
hoped for better may come.
Keepu keen lookout for the sharper,
so you’ll know him on sight.
The farmhand Is so close to nature's
heart that he can hear it beet.
When tho harness Is stolen, not a
trace of It Is left by the thief.
High thinking Is In no way respon-
sible for the cost of high living.
Many a man who thinks hltuself
strong'-minded Is only bull-headed
A notary public will acknowledge a
bad man's good deeds everytime.
A full market seldom has anything
In common with a full pocketbook.
Comfort Is better than a lawsuit
over the disposition of the property
That crop pays best which with-
draws tho least fertility from the soil
It Is better to be thinking than
drinking, even during carnival time
The best way to conserve our for-
ests Is to build homes with the tim-
ber.
Failure overtakes the man who Is
going down hill never the man who
Is climbing.
Running expenses that try to keep
pace with fast living are sure to keep
a man behind.
The boy who spends ten of Ills best
years sowing wild oats usually reaps
screenings the rest of his life.
The consumer pays a dollar for
food; the farmer gets less than 50
cents for it? Who gets the rest?
Enterprising.
In a section of Washington, says
Harper's Magazine, where there are
a number of restaurants, one enter-
prising concern has displayed in great
Illuminating letters. "Open all Night."
Next to it was a restaurant bearing
with equal prominence the legend:
"Wo Never Close.'*
Third In order was a Chinese laun-
dry. In a little, low-framed, tumble-
down hovel, and upon the front of this
building was the sign In great
scrawling letters:
"Me Wakee, Too."
An Underworld.
"You say you saw New York’s un
derworld*" said the horrified relative
"Oh. yes." replied Mrs McGudley.
"And 1 consider It very neat and In
teresting 1 think every large city
ought to have a subway system."
Political arguments lose us more
friends than they gain votes.
Thin
Bits of
Corn
Toasted to
A delicate
Light Brown—
Post
T oasties
To be eaten with cream
and sugar, or served with
canned fruit poured over—
eather wav insures a most
delicious dish.
PLAN FOR COTTON PLANTERS
If They Should Succeed They Must
Adopt Methods Used by Big
Corporations. Says Carter.
While in Baltimore recently T W.
Carter of Jackson, Mlsa., president |
of the Mississippi division of the |
Farmer's un.cn, talked at some length
to a representative ot the Baltimore :
American of condition^ in the south
Mr. Carter is also president of the :
National Warehouse company which
in an offshoot of the union and which
was founded for the purpose of as
sisting the southern planters in the
marketing of their chief crop
"The cotton planters." said Mr
Carter, "can only succeed by adopting
the methods used by the great bust |
ness concerns of this age. I do not i
refer to monopolistic combinations,
but to the approved. up-to-date
methods that successful corporations
employ Individually the producer
down or. our plantations is too feeble
to protect himself, he is usually hard
pressed for cash and is forced to sell
his bales for whatever the buyer
chooses to offer It Is high time to
ring down the curtain on such a bar-
barous epoch of agriculture. Rec-
ognizing that the individual is power-
loss. the producers have at las: seen
that their only solution lies in their
collective strength and that safety and
financial independence can only be
gained through concerted action.
" The plan of cur warehouse com-
pany which is bu: tnrec years old. and
up to this time in operation only in
Tennessee and Mississippi, is based on
the owner^ p sad control by the union
of about I.?-?; warehouses scattered
throughout all the states of the south '
Our aim Ih to remedy the present
defective scheme of selling by Induc-
ing tho growers to store their prod-
uct In theso warehouses Instead of
Hooding the market ue they do now
with cotton Just ns soon as it Is gath-
ered and ginned. Naturally the glut-
ting of tho niurkct at the opening of
the season causes prices to drop, and
tho producer Is kept In a state of
poverty. But the National Warehouse
company comes to the rescue by ad-
vancing SO per cent of the value of
the amount stored, and thus relieves
the producer while It also maintains
an equilibrium of prices by keeping
the bales off the market at a time
when there is little or no demand.
"Stability of values Is more deslr-
atle than a high price with intervals
of wide fluctuation. The plan also
Includes a standardization of ware-
house receipts which will be recog-
nized In every pa. of the cotton belt.
There is no better collateral on earth
than this fleecy stuff, and the nun
who make it If they handle their pro-
perty with cleverness, can be abso-
lutely masters of the situation—the
elect of the whole agrarian brother-
hood—for they are almost the solo
makers of a crop that civilized human-
ity must have regardless of cost.
"1 have been talking about cotton,
but there are other things In which
the baleful influence of the middleman
Is Just as easily demonstrated. What
is the one prevailing subject of com-
plaint throughout America today? Is
is no! the high cost of living? And
what mnkes these inflated prices? I
can vouch for it, being a farmer ray-
self. that the growers of grain and
fruits and vegetables are not reaping
any fat returns. All over the south
potatoes are allowed to rot In the
fields, and even peaches are left un-
picked on the trees when they are tn
keen demand in the cities of the east
and north. The explanation Is that
there Is no profit to the producer, but
that all the financial gain accrues to
the different middlemen who stand
between the producer and the public.
Railroad rates are not to be blamed,
for they are not unreasonable, but
when a heavy toll is taken by four or
five different parties handling the stuff
ere the last retailer's tax is added,
what hope has the purchasing public
of a fair deal? I repeat, that tho
extortionate prices now being levied
on the necessities of life are the direct
result of a vicious economic system.
It can be ended only when those who
produce can sell directly, or as neat
as possible, to the army of consumers
The idea that the tariff or the in-
creased gold production has anything
to do with the ridiculous raise in the
cost of living may sound well, but It
has no basis In truth.”
OTHERS KNOW US TOO WELL
Easy to Deceive Ourselves, but the
Rest of the World Is Generally
Too Wise.
Senator Pomerene has a happy
knack of driving home a statement
with an epigram.
At a luncheon Senator Pomerene
described as a would-be litterateur.
"Thanks to whisky and strong
cigars," he said, "the poor fellow has
failed to make good. IIo earns a pre-
carious living by newspaper work,
but though he is 50 now, none of the
wondrous novels and thrilling stories
that he used to prate about have ap-
peared.
"And yet, in his shabby apartment,
over a bottle of cheap liquor and a
box of cheap cigars, he will boast by
the hour—poor, gray, wrinkled duffer
—of his unfinished MSS. Oh, they
will appear yet! Yes, he will yet Il-
lumine the world with the light of his
genius.”
Senator Pomerene sighed and con-
cluded:
"Ah, if we could deceive others as
easily as we deceive ourselves, what
reputations we'd all have, to be sure!”
Quite the Thing.
"I told you that If you came tomor-
row morning I would give you the
money for my wash. Why did you
come tonight?" said Miss Phllis to the
daughter of her laundress.
"I know you said tomorrow morn-
in’,” responded the girl, "but me moth-
er she told me to come tonight,'cause
she was afraid you might be gone
away by tomorrow mornin’.’’
“I certainly should not go without
paying my laundry bill,” said Miss
Phllis sharply. "No respectable wom-
an would do such a thing."
“Oh, yes, ma'am, they would," re-
plied the child knowingly. “There's
lota of respectable ladles does.”
What a Question.
"There is a use for everything."
"Huh! lias any one ever found a
senslble use for a phonograph?"
—»■
EC
THE RIGHT SOAP FOR BABY’S
SKIN
In the care of baby's skin and hair,
Cutlcura Soap 13 the mother's fa-
vorite. Not only Is It unrivaled in
purity and refreshing fragrance, but
its gentle emollient properties are
usually sufllclent to allay minor Irri-
tations, remove redness, roughness
and chafing, soothe sensitive condi-
tions, and promote skin and hair
health generally. Assisted by Cutl-
cura Ointment, it is most valuable in
the treatment of eczemas, rashes and
other itching, burning infantile erup-
tions. Cutlcura Soap wears to a wafer,
often outlasting several cakes of ordi-
nary soap and making its use most
economical.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample of each
free with 82-p. Skin Book. Address
post-card "Cutlcura, DepL L, Boston."
Adv.
DON’T
"Be Peeved"
because your stomach Is
unable to do its work prop-
erly—or because your liver
is lazy and bowels clogged.
lx] CHEER UP-GET [x]
A BOTTLE OF
HOSTETTER’S
STOMACH BITTERS
today. For 60 years It has
been effectual in such cases.
GROWTH OF BIG INDUSTRIES
Truth About Old Age.
George F. Baer, the famous Phila
delphia railroad man, said on his
seventieth birthday;
"I agree with Professor Metchnikoft
about the wisdom of the old. Profes-
sor Osier made It fashionable to de-
cry gray hairs, but my experience has
been that the old not only possess
w isdom, but they seek it also.”
With a smile Mr. Baer added:
“The only people who think they
are too old to learn are those who
really are too young.”
Crops of Many Varieties Have Been
Developed In United States in
Last Few Years.
The Bermuda onion industry which
last year amounted to over one thou-
sand car loads hats been developed in
the United States in the last few
years.
The large celery industries of south-
ern and central California were de-
veloped during the past decade. There
has also grown up in connection with
the celery industry the cauliflower
industry, which places a product In the
eastern markets at a season when
they are not supplied by tho Long
Island-and up-state sections of New
York. There has been at least fifty
per cem increase in the area devoted
to the production of celery in Florida
during tne last decade and similar ex-
tensions of the potato, tomato, and
strawberry interests of this state.
There has been a very large In-
crease in the acreage of truck crops In
the vicinity of Norfolk and Ports-
mouth. The area devoted to spinach
and ka;e has teen greatly Increased
as well as that devoted to the stan-
dard truck crops such as potatoes and
cabbage The successful development
of truck interests on the eastern shore
of Virginia was accomplished in the
last few years.
The Crooked Way.
District Attorney Whitman of New
York, according to the Washington
Star, was talking about the sad case
of a western banker who had stolen
a great sum from the depositors.
‘The man,” said Mr. Whitman,
“lived beyond his means—motor cars,
a house with eleven baths, son at col
lege, daughter coming out, wife hun-
gry for diamonds The inevitable re-
sult followed."
Mr. Whitman smifed and ended:
"The unfortunate fellow got strait-
ened, so he became crooked."
His Business.
"I see where Smith went to the
wall."
"How did that happen."
"He's a bill poster.”
Their Use.
“Why do ships have needle guns?” |
"To thread their way with, stupid.” I
Burroughs Prices
We make Burroughs
machines for as little
as $150—and sell them
on little monthly
payments.
But a retailer who
“had flo use for an add-
ing machine” last year,
boughta $540 machine,
and “saved its cost in
three months” — for
he got a system that
told him what to do,
when it should be
done, and he had time
to find out how to doit.
A demonstration i9
rather interesting to a
man who wants to
make more money.
Burroughs Adding Machine Co.
3 Burroughs Block, Detroit, Michigan
Brood Mares.
In St . x'r.:r.g br»d tuar-ss and sis',
ions with which to mats them small
breeders should plan to produce ani-
mals that combine speed qualities
v -,:h # : sty'- b a ity and finish By
so doing their animals which are not
tace winners when matured will sell
for good p- ces fort other than track
lurposes
Sweet Potatoes for Cows.
!r. the south it 1s found that swee
potatoes fed to cows In connection
with cottonseed meal and wheat bran
will produce mere milk than when
sorghum silage is substituted for
swe-et potatoes. 5>en a: the rate of
14? pounds of silage to 100 pounds of
potatoes
Keeping Up Vi a Coas.
It s poor economy to allow the
cows to fa.; in m k for want of a lit-
tle CTs:r or other feed in audition to
- - - -
of mi!X which can be obtained by a
reasonable outlay of feed s alwiy;
the most profitable
Should Be Leading Feature.
Too mar y dairymen are conducting
their rus ness ns a side issue when
they sccn’.d be making it the leading
feature of their firming.
The Stomach
Is the Target'
Akn to make that strong—and digestion good—and you
will keep well! No’chain is stronger than its weakest
link. No man is stronger than his stomach. With
stomach disordered a train of diseases follow.
I>r. Pierce’s
Golden Medical Discovery
zrairs -the rtcciach braft!-r. the liter active *rj the blood Male from
finest Ivors, «-j extracted without the vse of alcohol. Sold by dnissuts, in
bjuxi ior=a a: St-.'O per bottle for over «0 years. stVin* general MtizfacUoB.
U T®o prefer tablets as modified by K. T. Pierce, M D.. these can b#
hag of metficlae dealers or trial bo* by mad on receipt of SOclastaaws.
Pen for the Mule.
The mule should never fee kept In a
f-a.:: tut :a a Large roomy p-ea An
:p«?r with a shed for shelter U
tetter
EVERY CHILD SHOULD HAVE THE
Faultless Starch Twin Dolls
YjV.nv*'V
If ye* will we the Nw« etetvh tn».to tv-th of th<**w
rac fScttx. each til-3 In. he* hv»h ftn.l tve.ix to cut cut
*na ssnff. wi!l be erat to an. u.i.itv-v tvwirata, V'U re.
reijw nttlxfmWrtXImt Fault Io*» braivii yuctiuve.
or twelve fixinte of > orut Stervtv
•si Scent* in Memo*to cv'.er porter* »<\1 p*. Vm*.
r Soil wi.l b* w>nl revir-t ot three l.l.v
W.th e*ch *t-ytk>oton.
FAULTLESS STARCH CO.* Ksmm City. Hw
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Ragland, J. H. The Okeene Leader. (Okeene, Okla.), Vol. 7, No. 16, Ed. 1 Friday, November 15, 1912, newspaper, November 15, 1912; Okeene, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1173465/m1/4/: accessed April 23, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.