Foyil City Breeze (Foyil City, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 14, Ed. 1 Friday, June 14, 1912 Page: 4 of 4
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Wage
Earners
Should Seek
Largest Income
From Labor
By CHARLES L. BAINE
f
NO ORDINARY wage earner can save enough to escape from the
wage-earning class. If by flic ordinary wage earner we mean
the average wage earner then we are dealing with a general
average wage of considerably less than $12 per week for the
fifty-two weeks in the year.
The present cost of bare necessities of life prohibits the saving of
any considerable amount from the meager wages of the average wage
wener. Certainly he cannot save enough in his prime to maintain him-
self in his old age. This would be true of those without family responsi-
bilities, while average wage earner with a family to support can save
nothing at all uuless the standard of living of the family is reduced to
inetet. advancing living costs, and then only a small sum which a brief sick-
Ofsg will absorb.
ft is the families of the wage earners that populate the country,
althv families are not usually noted for large numbers of children.
T* WHtfe earner's family must l>e supported before there can be any sav-
fon for the future, tfnd when that is done there can be little or nothing
Our large savings bank deposits as a rule belong to j^rsons who are
ui in the wage-earning class.
i^fome wage earners follow trades that are highly skilled and exoep-
ly well paid. It is possible for some of these to save a portion of
frth wages, but it should be noted that these are extraordinary wage
! rs, and even among these none of them may hope to escape the wage
«irr ti? class by saving alone.
A young man asked a prominent American statesman how to acquire
rich( , and the answer was: "Put yourself in a position to profit by the
Jgttx of other people."
| The wage earner who escapes from the wage-earning class does this.
His flvings are used as the basis of speculation or investment, which, if
Mm *f l. yields him a profit on the labor of other people.
l k if the wage earner builds himself a home he is gratifying the home-
i.vi ng instinct, but if he couples with it a tenement to rent he is devel-
opii the desire of the capitalist to profit by the labor of other people.
d t is well for the ordinary- wage earner to be prudent and to save
wfcti he can, but not with the idea of escaping thereby from the wage-
•s« ojr class, lest his wings be singed by the flame.
i'lie ordinary wage earner will do well to give more effort to improve
• h sndition of the wage-earning class through trade union work and
o an attempt to escape from the wage-earning cl%ss by an unsuc-
; ui imitation of the methods of capital.
' All wage earners should seek the largest income from their own
iatvir rather than to seek to profit _
■ \. j the labor of their fellows. ^ n i n ~
Real
Sorrow
Always
Seeks
Solitude
By UB. FRANK CRANE
One of the maxims that are not true
is "Misery love9 company." The fact is J
that it is happiness that loves company, |
while sorrow seeks solitude. We close the j
door to weep and draw the blinds; we go |
to the theater and crowded restaurants to (
laugh. i
Misfortune isolates. Pensiveness is un- j
sociable.
These lines are written on shipboard. I
We have been six days at soa and all the j
passengers have become acquainted; for an i
ocean liner a few days out Resembles a i
country village; everybody knows every- |
>*ly and everybody's business. Convention rules the decks and gossip
guards the cozy corners as thoroughly as in a New England town.
Only one man keeps apart. His wife is in a coffin in the hold. A
ii onth ago they went to Italy for a long lark; she died in Naples. This
i in speaks to no one. He keeps his room. He may be seen of nights
f looking over the rail into the boiling dark of the sea, alone.
ji When an animal is wounded he flees the pack and in some cave or
* Wider some bush, solitary, he licks the bleeding paw or torn shoulder. So
J ^pAcn the human heart breaks its cry is for solitude; it shuns light; fellow-
ship is pain; lonesomenesa Incomes luxury.
Joy is the centripetal, sorrow the centrifugal force of the world. Joy
maki's cities; disappointment makes emigration.
The treasurer of a Massachusetts bank
is reported to have died of infection from
handling bank notes. Death was caused
by complications following blood poisoning.
This incident calls attention in a tragic
manner to the necessity for improving the
condition of the bank notes in general cir-
culation.
Some of the bills are so filthy that they
are not fit to handle. The remedy for this
condition is very simple.
All that is necessary Is for the banks,
trust companies and other financial institu-
tions to retire the notes as they come in.
These notes should be sent to Washington and there redeemed for
new ones. I understand that in England a dirty bank note is never seen,
•a they are retired as fast as they become soiled.
All the bank notes there are crisp and clean. The same condition
could prevail everywhere if the dirty bank notes were retired soon enough.
Many
Dangers
From
Handling
Filthy Lucre
By C. B. RICHARDS
The application of the term "luck" has
been extended to such a great degree that
in many cases it is incorrectly used.
While it is true that many instances of
good or bad fortune can only be ascribed
to "luck"—such as the finding of a puree
or the loss of an arm by accident—the term
cannot be used in cases where some one has
had financial circumstance* or position
changed by application, education, ability
as well as other factors.
It cannot be. doubted that some persons
are affected more than others by lock, bat
the meaning of the word should be "con-
Satd within its proper limits and not applied to incidents controlled
ia one way or another by the actions of the persons so affected.
The True
Meaning
of Term
"Luck" In
Business
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ABOUT BUTTER
USE OF SEPARATOR AFFECTS
ITS QUALITY
CLEANLINESS ESSENTIAL
OTHERWISE BUTTER QUALITY
WILL BE LOWERED
Professor CalwaKadsr, of the A. A M.
College, Stillwater, Telle of the
Separator and Ite Relation
to Quality of Butter
The cream separator is oue ot the
greatest Inventions thut has helped to
revolutionize the dairy Industry. Us
effects has been especially noticeable
apon the quality of butler manufactur-
ed. Its tendency has been to lower
the quality of butter which, however,
iB not due to any fault in the cream
separator but chiefly to the lack ot
proper care of the separator and hand-
ling the cream. Before the band sep-
arator came into prominent use the
rarmers delivered their milk to the
creamery at least once a day and in
some casea twice. There a large fac-
tory separator separated the cream
from the fresh sweet milk and the
flnest quality of butter was made.
After the advantages of the hand sep-
arator to the farmer became evident,
great numbers were purchased by the
dairy farmers and 'the whole milk
creamery with its skimlng stations
farmers began hauling and shipping
were gradually supplanted by tne
gathered-cream creameries and many
their cream to these new creameries.
The poor butter made from hand
separator cream has been largely due
to the age of the cream before it
reached the creamery, poor methodn
of handling and shipping. The centrt-
fugal cream separator is a great ma
chine and may mean a saving of many 1
dollars to farmers where it is cared
for and operated properly. On the
otther hand unless it Is used properly
and cleaned thoroughly, it may cause
great losses through inefficient sepa-
rating and by infecting the milk and
cream with bacteria and tilth, thereby
causing it to deteriorate very quickly.
Milk Bhould be separated while
warm, a temperature of 85 to 90 de-
grees in heat. This can be accom-
plished best by separating as soon as
the milk Is drawn from the cow, for at
that time It has a temperature of near
&9 degrees F. Some separator agents
in order to make large sales have
represented to the farmers claims for
the separator that it would separate
cold milk. There may be some makes
of separators which will separate
milk at a lower temperature than
others, but these same machines will
do more efficient work with the milk
at a higher temperature.
Since bacteria are the cause of
souring the milk and cream and tbey
grow rapidly at high temperature, es-
pecially the undesirable kinds, the
cream should be cooled as soon as
possible to 60 degrees or lower. This
can be accomplished by passing the
cream over special coolers made for
that purpose or in case there is only
a small amount of eream it may be
placed in a tin vessel of some kind
and cooled in cold running water or
ice water. All utensils which come in
contact with the milk should be
washed thoroughly with boiling water
and placed in the sun.
It is the custom of some farmers to
run the evening's milk through the
separator and then run a quantity of
water through the bowl or rinse it
out and let It stand until morning
when it is washed after the separating
is done. In some cases the bowl is
not taken apart irore than once a
week to be thoroughly washed. This
condition will surely cause the cream
to deteriorate quickly besides causing
great losses of fat in the skim milk
due to inefficiency of the separator
by clogging up the cream and skim
milk outlet also it has an injurious
effect upon the machine itself by
shortening ita life. If the separator
is properly cared for it will last
many years and will do good, efficient
work.
A separator properly used and
cared for will also improve the quality
of the milk and cream, because the
centrifugal force will take out a large
amount of the dissolved dirt In the
milk and deposit it on the discs and
wall of the separator bowl. For this
reason it is highly important that th<>
bowl should be thoroughly washed
each time after using.
Not until the buyers of cream adopt
a system of grading and making a dif
ference in the price paid for a Rood
quality and a poor quality of cream
can we hope to see any great im-
provement in the quality of cream pro-
duced. In atudylng the methods pur-
sued bv some of the older dairy
countries we find that they have
placed a premium on a first class pro-
duct. They have made an induce-
ment which encouraged the produc- j
ilon of a better product. flood butter
can be made only from clean sweet:
cream and cohseqently this butter,
will sell for a higher price on the [
market. It doe* not coat the butter
manufacturer any more to make a
good grade of butter than to make a,
poor grade. In fact It ia a great ad-
vantage tb have a good grade because
he can get a higher price for It. Then
the farmer who produces a Unit grade
cream should receive more for his
cream thsn his neighbor wo produces
second or tlrd grade cream.
If some method could be adopted
among the buyers ot cream to regu-.
late the price paid according to the
quality, poor batter from farm sepa-
rator cream would not be heard of so •
•(tea.—J. M. Calwaliader, Depart-:
of Dairying.
UP TO DATE FARM EQUIPMENT
"I am starting In dairying on a
small scale. Have a small herd of
pure bred Uolstein-Freislan's. I want
to buy tlrst a cream separator. What
make do you use at the College, and
what Bhould you recommend that I
buy? Will build a silo this spring and
would like your advice as to kind of
silo and size. Will tight to ten cows
and fifteen to twenty head of colts
and horses; also ten to fifteen head of
young cattle. Would also like any
advice as to barn building and con-
veniences. What (vice on kind of
ensllagea cutter, and kind and lioras
power of gasoline engines lor running
cutter.—O. B. Toalson, Washington
County, Okla.
Practically all the makes of cream
separators will give good satisfaction
ir properly operated. We have a
number which are used in connection
with our class instruction work to
college students and I could not say
that 1 have any preference. My ad-
vice to you would be to purchase a
separator of one of your local dealers
in cream separators and the one who
would make the best terms and give
the beat guurantee with the separator
ts the one 1 would patronize.
I would say thai ensilage cutter
with a 14-Inch throat which lias a ca-
pacity of from eight to ten tons per
hour would require a ten to twelve-
horse power engine when run at full
capacity.
I am enclosing under separate
cover Circular No. 15 from our Agri-
cultural Kxperlmrnt Station, whjch
entitled "Some Types of Silos and
Silo Kquipment." which will furnish
you with information in regard to the
different types of soils. On page 3 of
this circular you will And a table
which will furnish you with informa-
tion in regard to the diameter and ca-
pacity of the silo you would require
For dairy supplies including sani-
tary milk pails, milk bottles, bottle
tillers, etc., I am pleased to give you
the name of The Creamery Manufac-
turing Company, Kansas City, Mis-
souri; also, the N. A. Kennedy Supply
Company, of the same city, as reliable
firms who handle these suppiles.—
Roy C. Potts, Department of Dairying,
Oklahoma A. A M. College, Stillwater.
FEED'S THE THING
It certainly has rained enough In
Oklahoma for one time, says the Ok-
lahoma Farm Journal. April ended
with floods and storms in many local-
ities and with abundant rains all
over Oklahoma and the surrounding
states. With the spirit of hopefulness
characteristic of mankind, there is a
general feeling that everything's all
right now and that thi/ aeason Is
bound to bring bountiful crops. And
the chances are much better than
they have been for the past three
years. The soil is filled with mois-
ture; there is enough, if it is not al-
lowed to be loat through evaporation,
to produce fair yields of most crops
with only occasional showers. The
outcome of the corn Is, however,
problematical. Corn was pldnted late
and much of the seed was poor. Very
little corn will be out of the way of
the effect of hot weather before July.
Average weather conditions then will
mean short yields. Abundant July
and August rains must be had to pro-
duce average returns from cora. Corn
needs clean, careful, and frequent cul-
tivation this year more than ever. A
crop of weeds and a crusted soil will
waste the moisture now in the soil
and increase the risk of failure. With
<he corn crop in this uncertain con-
dition, It is more important than ever
that sure feed crops be planted. Every
farm In the state should have not less
than ten to twenty acres of blackhull
white kaflrcorn planted before July
1st for the production of grain. With
the good supply of moisture now in
the soil, this will absolutely insure
the production of enough grain for all
of the livestock on the farms and a
little surplus to sell. Oklahoma farm-
ing is pure gambling until feed enough
for all the livestock is certain to be
produced in the most unfavorable
years. Kaflrcorn Is the one sure
thing. In 1901, in Kansas, the kaflr-
corn crop was worth 110.32 per acre
and the corn crop. 13.23. In 1911, the
kaflrcorn crop was worth $15.72 and
the corn crop J7.fi8 per acre. The av-
erage value of the kaflrcorn crop per
acre in Kansas for the last eleven
years was $11.18 and of corn $9.02.
NEVER TOO MUCH FEED
Last fall parts of the state had an
abundance of rough feed. Many ex-
pressed the belief that they had "more
than could ev?r be used." Some of
it was saved but more of it was
wasted The early winter made it
impossible to store some of it safely
away. And in April, anything that
looked like hay or rough feed was
selling for twenty dollars or more per
ton. Oklahoma can never have too
much feed. Kven where there are
no barns, it will pay well to have a
big supply of sorghuni hay In re-
serve. There can be no possible harm
in having a stack of twenty-five tons
or more of sorghum hay left every
spring. The livestock business is on
a shaky foundation without such a
reserve supply of feed. The horses
and mules which are doing the work
on abort grass rations this spring
needed it last winter. If this turns
out to be a year of plenty, form the
habit of stor.ng up a reserve supply
of feed. The lean years will come
again. They need not bring disaster
to those who prepare for them.—Ok-
lahoma Farm Journal.
Aroused His Congregation
There is a story that a preacher
pawned his watch and the following
Sunday preached' four hours because
ne had no timepiece. At the conclu-
sion of the sermon there waa a special
collection raised and sent to the pawn-
broker.
Our Groceries
Are new, pure and of the most popular brands. We handle
nothing but the best, realizing that the best is none too good
for our customers.
Our Prices
Are as low as we can possibly make them. We know that
these are very hard times for the farmer and laboring man and
be are striving to meet you half way. We hav* some excep-
tional bargains in dry goods and shoes. - „
Call on us at Burr's ofiTstand, first door south of Postoffice,
Foyil City.
C S. ROBERSON, The Farmers' Friend
JOB PRINTING
THE BREEZE office is well
equipped to do your job
Printing. We have a new and
up-to-the-minute job press, one of
the best in the country; and our
type is all new and of the latest
faces. In addition to this advantage
our Printer knows his business and
will take pleasure in supplying you
with the best in Envelopes, Letter
Heads, Statements, Cards or Hand
Bills. .
NO USE TO 60 ANY FURTHER
Your Deposits are Guaranteed by the State of Oklahoma
Guarantee Fund—which stands the test of time.
We stand ready and willing to assist you in any way that
we can, fully realizing that your prosperity means our pros-
perity.
Safety Deposit Vault for the protection of your papers.
NOTARY IN OFFICE.
FOYIL STATE BANK
Foyil City. - - Oklahoma
INTEREST PAID ON TIME DEPOSITS.
Mr. Homeseeker:
If you are looking for a wide-awake community in which
to locate we have a message for you—one that you can scarce
afford' to ignore.
COME TO OKLAHOMA!
I.ook the country over thoroughly. It is well worth look-
ing over. You will tind it to be one of the finest states that
ever a crow flew over. You will find about seventy-five good
counties. They are all good, but soine of thetn have certain
features not consistent with your desires for a place to build a
home and raise your family. After looking the state over to
your heart's content you will doubtless agree with us that
Rogers County is by far the best one in the bunch. P re
will find your ideal. That means that you witl
Come to Rogers County
and the balance is comparatively easy. You will find a s '
of good towns—all possessing many advantages and very tew
drawbacks, and more good farming land than a thousand men
could handle—just any place you visit you will find conditions
for either a poor man or a rich man, better than in any place
you have ever visited. In making your rounds and viewing
all these good things you will doubtless
Come to Foyil City
You will find all the advantages of soil, climate, water and
and right here you will "pitch your tent," and locate for life,
other resources that heart could ask—and them within the
reach of the man in moderate circumstances. You wilt find
one of the "nicest" little towns that you ever beheld. You will
find a set of Intelligent, Prosperous and Happy People. Yoii
will find a delightful location; soil as rich as ever a crow flaw
over; water as pure as ever went down the throat of man, al^
an abundance of coal and wood for fuel. You will find an ele-
gant brick School House, with the best of teachers employed.
You will find a beautiful church house and a score of fraternal
organizations. If you want to buy a farm it will be no trouble
to find it—we have plenty of land and not enough farmers.
You know a good thing when you see it and will locate right
here in our midst and help us to make this one of the finest
"settlements" on earth.
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