Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, April 19, 1911, Page 4

TAGE FOUR Greva Repits HeraiaReview Published Every Wednesday | By E. C. KILEY. TWO DOLLARS A YEAR IN ADVANCE Entered at the Postoffice at Grand Rapids, | Minnesota, as Second Class Matter. ~ | Official Paper of Itasca County SAME OLD TEDDY. If Theodore Roosevelt’s popularity is on the wane it was not manifest to St. scat Crowds of what Frank Eddy last fall described as (by the way Frank rode in the pa- rade last Friday) crowded the depot, the streets, the hotel, the capitol and even into the house chamber, So that the hero of San Juan and the jungle | on his reecnt visit “Roosevelt Maniacs’ was given the glad hand with a vim. | And Theodore expounded, and then pounded in, his thousand-told doc- | trines of political righteousness and} although more than once he tread n the toes of the members of the his remarks were fre- quently greeted by bursts of ap-! legislature, plause. In some ways his talk contained | silent humor. A few days previous | United States Senator Miles Poin- dexter of Washington addressed the and accidentally drifted onto! issues involving certain bills pending | before the Minnesota legislature. ! His remarks were general in charac- ter and the senator explained after- ward that he did not know he was stalking on pending legislaticn. r But if the lawmakers were offend- ed at what Poindexter said there was good reason for them to be “wild eyed” over the Roosevelt talk, for that strenuous gentleman took up al- most every one of the big issues: over which the Minnesota legislators: have been at war and he told them in plain words what ought and what eught not be done. “You should see to it that Minne-| sota has a direct voice in choosing United States Senators,” admonished | the distinguished visitor. Long and solons hearty applause greet- ed this because both houses of the legislature agree that form is needed. “Personally, I believe in the ini- Giative and referendum,” said Roose- | such a re- velt and he could get no further un- til the applause had died away when he added: “BUT I think there should be ay sufficiently high percentage both as ‘o initiating legislation and refer- ring it as to insure intelligent ac- This democrats to howl with delight for tion.” caused the Minnesota it was democratic Representative Ptaender of New Ulm who succeeded ; in having high percentages included in the bill passed by the present leg- islature, ‘If the recall is to be used,” said the colonel later on in his remarks, | “Et believe it should not include the judic y, which should be above the danger of a sudden gust of passion I believe the judges should be in a position to absolutely by their own with uo thought as to public approval. on the part of the public. be guided conscience And this struck home with sledge hammer force for less than thirty-|, six hours before in the very chamber in which Roosevelt was talking, it had been voted, after a heated debate’ to add the judiciary and the members of the legislature tto the recall bill passed by the senate.—Bemidji Sen- tinel. A WELL BALANCED STATE. There is something wrong in a state that has just one large city large cities, with all the rest of its community centers little more than hamlets. That “some- thing”, inevitably, must be transpor- tation conditions. Nothing else turns the wealth and industries of a state so exclusively to one locality. Minnesota is in this unfortunate condition. As regards everything except local government, St. Paul and Minneapolis are one city, and they have reached a combined pop- er two [ee another community that is in list, having but 78,400, to be consid- ered a big city, or even a large city. But, after Duluth, Minnesota has the 25,000 and over rank. It has Winona, above 20,000; then come Hib- bing, Virginia, Stillwater, Mankato, St. Cloud, Crookston, in the 15,000 and less class. Can anything ac- count for this except transportation ratea? i Can anyone say that Minnesota would not be a stronger, better bal- amced and more substantial state if these cities had each from 25,000 to 50,000 population? Can anyone say they would not have this population if they had had a square deal from the railrods? Unless a railroad gives a equal rates and service with compet- ing towns, there cannot be fair com- petion, and energy, capacity, public spirit and even capital are almost hopelessly handicapped. Under other conditions equal op- portunity becomes a farce, and the American fair chance in the business town race is but a phrase. Moreover, the one-city state is not the best, even for the one city. Minneapolis and St. Paul need the larger sister cit- ies to put an assured foundation un- der their financial structures. Duluth realizes this. Duluth asks only fair rates, in which it is willing all others should share. It has had the same experience as has every city in the state, twin octopus, the twin railroad trust, and business other save the for St. Paul and Minneapolis are that in the truest sense of the term. The Cashman bill may be wrong in detail, but it is right in principle; it may not be workable in practice, but it is unassailable in theory. It would merely let every tub stand on its own bottom; it would let every town work out its own salvation; where outside the boundaries of would permit industry a chance some the railroad trust. In some way this trust must be “busted,” if Minnesota is ever to be a great state industrially; if it is ever to rival New York, Pennsyl- vania, Illinois or Ohio. It must be made possible here, as in those stat- es, for a great industry to be built up or to locate in any part of the state, as well at Owatonna, Fer- gus Falls, Crookston or Winona, as at St. Paul or Minneapolis.—Duluth News-Tribune. WHY THE FARMERS SHOULD ORGANIZE | What the Producers’ Cooperative Association is Doing for the Farmers MARKET FOR EVERYTHING ON FARM 'Members of Branch Clubs Can Ship Vegetables, Potatoes, Poultry Veal and Everything Raised on the Farm (Concluded from last week.] The Producers’ Cooperative Market association was organzed to secure a market for the farmers of North- eastern Minnesota who had no home market; to enable farmers to ship |their products where such products were most in demand. This association was formed by a number of farmers’ clubs, each club jconstituting a membership in the central organization and having a voice in its manaegment. The association has headquarters at Duluth where a manager is em- ployed to look after the business. Any local community of farmers jin Northern Minnesota can organize f@ club and join the association for a membership fee of ten dollars. Five or more farmers are required in each local club to secure @ mem- bership in the association. The manager of the Producers’ Co- operative Market association, Mr. H, A. Hopkins, has written an article of instructions on the kind of pro- products the association handles and the way to put them up. This GRAND RAPIDS HERALD REVIEW mended as worthy of the study of every farmer who grows such pro- ducts, whether he belongs to the Producers’Cooperative Market asso- ciation or not. | POTATOES. Potatoes should be either put over an inch and three-quarters screen or assorted so as not to have anything under an inch and three-quarters in the stock sent to market. There should be no scabby potatoes or cut or bruised stock sent to market. When shipped in sacks they should be put up in even weight—150 Ib. sacks—securely sewed. Every pre- caution should be used in selecting seed so as to get potatoes of uni- form shape and color. Red stock should not be shipped in same car as white, as mixed cars scarcely ev- er command the same price. Best varieties of white stock are the Burbanks and Carmen No. 3. The Rural New Yorker is too late for this climate. For early potatoes we would advise Ohio. ONIONS. seed from reliable firms, so that you get pure strains. See that you don’t get your seed planted too deep. Deep planting causes what is termed as stiff necks and scullions. The two best varieties are the South Port, Yel low Globe and the Minnesota Red Globe. In harvesting, the onions should be pulled and topped and then stacked in the field in shallow trays always protected by water tight covering over top row of trays.They at least until thoroughly dried out. Then they can be run over an inch and a quarter rack, (which not only takes out all stock too small for market, but cleams all dirt and dead leaves from the onion.). When rack- ing, all stiff necks, splits, doubles and soft stock should be taken out. Your rack should be seven feet long and 3 feet wide with % inch strips, 1% inch apart. These strips to run lengthwise and form the bottom. The sides and end should be six inches high, and should be upon legs at a proper height, so that a man on each side can work the stock back and forth over the slats from the high end of the lower end where a bag can be fastened so the marketable stock will flow into it. Then sack in even weight 100 Ib. sacks, and sew securely. If you do not wish to ship aS soon as they are dry enough to rack, put them into bushel crates and place in a frostproof storage. Don’t send poor, dirty, unscreened stock to market—it hurts yourself and it hurts every member of the Association. | CABBAGE. Get your seed bed ready early--use plenty of fine manure and as soon as plants are ready to sow put them in rows 24 in. by 30 in. apart. Water plants well when they are set out, and work ground with fine tooth cul- tivator. Again see that you get your seed from some reliable seed firm, The best. varieties for earrly cabbage are “All Season” and Early Wake- field varieties. For winter crop, Hol- land Seed and Danish Bald Head are the very best varieties. When ready to harvest, select the hard, well formed heads of uniform size, head, catching a couple loose leaves |on each side, tip to one side and a light hack with a sharp heavy knife will cut the stump with ease. Cut two rows at a time. If you are figuring on loading cars, leave stock on the ground over night and the leaves will not break up so much in handling. If the stock is to be crated, it is well to put it up when fresh cut. All should be shipped in crates 17x17 inch | head, 34 inch slats; this will give you about 100 lb. of cabbage. In pack ing stock into the crate, pack the bottom tier with the stumps up, then start in by placing a head in the cen- ter and then putting in two outside rows always with the top of the cab- bage to the outside of the crate, which will give it a nice appearance from all sides. Pack the heads in firmly and fill the crate so that when the top slats are nailed on it will bel- ly out, thus insuring a good firm pack when it reaches market. The appearance of stock when it reaches market is what sells it to the very best advantage. Never ship spongy loose stock as buyers in the market absolutely will not pay a price for this spongy bitter stock. In selecting your plants frrom the seed bed, be careful to select strong and well developed leaves, and un- less weather is very wet be sure to use plenty of water at the time of transplanting. It is well to figure on using from % to % Ib. seed in your bed for each acre you intend to plant, as it will take from 10,000 to 12,000 plamts to the acre. For your information beg to say that we imported our seed this year wlation of 520,000. Next to them Hib-|pynetin introduces Mr. Hopkins’ ar-|direct from Odense, Denmark, thus 6 Duluth, but it is too far down the ticle which will follow. It is recom-linsuring our growers the very best from eight to ten inches in length. planting the Bliss Triumph and Early | Care should be taken to buy your | should be left in the field ten days | place your left hand on top of the | erated stock | stocky plants which have good roots | WEDNESDAY, APRIL 19, 1$11. seeds that can be obtained from any source. ‘ RUTABAGAS Rutabagas have been found to be }a profitable crop in the Northwest country as they can be grown at a very small cost. Some growers in this vicinity have ! reported crops of rutabagas running | from 8 to 12,000 bushels to the acre. This year the price ranged from 25¢ to 45c per bushel, and the demand has been fairly good all through the season. There has been a number of ; cars shipped by the Association and several carloads in local lots handled through our store in Duluth. A marketable size of rutabagas is from 4% to 7 in. in diameter. The stock should be smooth and well trimmed and no ill shaped scragly rutabagas should be put in. The stock should be put up in even weight sacks, holding either 100 or 140 lbs. each, these sacks should be securely sewed as they handle much better when well filled and it also gives a carload a much better ap- pearance. A car of bagas is often accepted orr refused on the appear- | ance when the buyer first opens the door to look at it. If the sacks are well filled and well piled in the car, the buyer will think much more fa- | vorably of the carload than as though some sacks were broken open or where some only contained 75 Ibs. | and other: 200 Ibs, to the sack. Bagas are a good crop to put into new land, as they keep the soil loose | ana well shaded through the grow- ing season and leaves land in good shape for other crops to follow. CARROTS. Carrots are one of the best pay- ing root crops that can be raised. The best variety for market use is the “Chatney Half-long.” This var- iety has a very fine color and is a well shaped carrot and usually grows quite uniform in size. In preparing your ground for carrot crop, care should be taken to get it into mellow fine condition. The seeds should be planted along in a row a half inch or so apart to insure a good stand. When the crop is up to where one can tell the good healthy plants, the row should be thinned so as to leave a carrot every three or four inches. Through the early part of the fall, bunch carrots always command from 25¢ to 40c per dozen bunches, three in a bunch, which pays the grower well. Carrots during the past win- ter brought from $1.25 to $1.60 per hundred, according to quality, and as 10 to 14 tons can be raised on an acre, one can readily see that they | are a profitable crop to grow. In shipping carrots in bunches, they should be put up in a regulation size box, carrying two or three dozen bunches. Top carrots should be shipped in sacks, even weighted at 100 lbs. securely sewed. PARSNIPS. Parsnips can be grown in this northern country to perfection. The stock that has been shipped in the past season has shown the very fin- est quality in soundness, smoothness and size. They are a crop that can be easily grown and as a frost does not hurt them, they can be put in a common storage and taken out and shipped at any time during the win- ter, or they can be left in the ground | usually bring a very good price. The best way to ship them is in| | sacks, even weighted, at 100 Ibs.,| securely sewed. ) | GREEN ONIONS. | Green onions should not be over- looked when you are putting out your ; truck garden crop, as there is al- ways a profit in the price, you will be able to get for clean nice stock, put up a dozen in a bunch, and shipp ed in small, light, wooden boxes, con- taining from 2% to 3 dozen bunches. The onion box we have selected is made of light material, but is plenty show up very niecly in the market, put.up.a.dozen. in a bunch, and shipp- other sections. The most desirable stock can be raised from white sets, | as they will produce just as good a type as the red or yellow set and la much cleaner, brighter young on- CUCUMBERS. ; Great care should be used in se- | lecting cucumber seeds. The very best variety of slicing cucumbers, an the only two the writer would recom- mend growing for market, are the White Spine and the Long Green. There is very little choice in these ‘two varieties for slicing cucumbers as they both grow solid, long, and of | uniform diameter. These should be | packed in boxes and each box should | {contain uniform izes. Grading | them in this way makes all the dif- ference in the world ini the price you will get for them in the market. |For instance, a package containing cucumbers from five inches long, to | strong enough to carry two or three | | dozen bunches and this package will | as compared with packages from | | ion. | j SPRING WORRIES Everybody has their worries about this time of the year and if you are worrying aboutthe weave or cut of your spring suit, come in and let us lighten you of your burden. Our line of samples is more complete than ever and our designs are more perfect in shape, fit and looks. No use having that troubled feeling as long as we are in business. 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