Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, January 12, 1915, Page 2

. . E % THE EVEN! TELEGRAM LAKELAND, FLA. JAN. 12, 1915. ———————————————————————————————— y main assisting almost exclusivel e MAHKE'”"G wnfllfls on the production side of agncu( and we not only have this sur- ture. While the department of WE ARE LONG ON PRODUC- agriculture has been dumping tons of literature on the farmer TION, SHORT ON DISTRI- BUTION. finances to employ counsel 16 de- ' velop his side of the case and as plus area to draw on but it is safe a result, the products of the plow lo estimate that in case of dire ne- bear an unequal burden of the & cessity one-half the eartn’s popu- freight expense. lation could knock their living out , | Of the trees of the forests, gather | What is a Fair Rate? it from wild vines and draw it We do not know what consti- from streams. No one should be- tutes a basis for rate making and come alarmed; the world will have never heard of anyone who never starve. did claim to know much about The consumer has always feared it, but if the prosperity of the that the producer would not sup- farm is a factor to be conmdered ply him and his fright has found and the railroad con1m|==1on con- expression on the statute books cludes that an increase in rates of our states and nations, and the ' is necessary, wé would prefer farmer has been urged to produce | that it come to us through ar- recklessly and \\ngout reference ' ticles of consumption on their to a market, and regardless of the | journey from the factory to the demands of the consumer. 'farm. We would, for ;xample,] rate on hogs re- Back to the Soil. . i g "mam as at present and the rate The city people have been urg- | | on meat hear the increase, for any ing each other to move back ta DEOHOHOSOEOFD o s T Ot < o 191 5 Looking Forward Forward 1915 rs for the Commg Year! Let’s be Booste i 'Fell folks that you live in the ATE and THE BEST TOWN, THE BEST ST BEST COUNTRY ON THE GLOBE. BELIEVE IT TOO! IT'S SO! Become a Customer of the livest Hard. ware Store and you will surely be a Booster for the Model Hardware Co. Phone No. 340 C. E. TODD, Mg MAIN ST. and I‘LORIDA AVE. swmowmom«m telling him how to produce, the farmer has been dumping tons of products in the nations garbage can for want of a marker. & The World Will Never Starve. At no time since Adam and Eve were driven from the Garden of Eden have the inhabitants of this world suffered from lack of production, but some people have gone hungry from the day of cre- ation to this good hour for the portance of distribution as a fact-) lack of proper distribution. Slight or in American agriculture and |variations in production have promises to give the farmers the |forced a change in diet and ong go-operation of the overnmem locality has felt the pinch of want and the busmes! men gg solution | while another surfeited, but the their marketm fliis rasii If 57 “Ofldd an .TM le has has ever been | | farmer can then avoid the bu result wi N a ffcasyre, '3 land o plenty, Q“‘E'g,“.""‘-‘é%rr‘ Wa fi)sseé . the farm, but very few of them 06O B By Peter Radford Lecturer Nationsl Farmers' Uniom The economic distribution of arm products is today the world's greatest problem and the war, while it has brought its hardships, has clearly emphasized the im- ‘!"i-‘i"lfi!"i"i»O'!'D‘i'O‘!'O@")A 1= P B ¢ 000 5O rgen h\ raising his own meat, and a | We now have less (h;n o r who will not try to raise | e- | have moved. We welcom arme o1& for business interests and |tenth of the nlhble Yand of t&he city gnuus bacj( to the go[el :: H‘ own meat ought to be penal- ? government haye been _in_ the | earth’s surface under cultivation, | this earth's surface contains 16,- 'm:d We think the rate ofi coal | e and br can much better bear |§ }r _(,1161)1 ldle acres of tillable {an increase than the rate on coi- | land where they can make a liv- w“ and flour. We wounld prcicr‘ ing by tickling the earth with a| forked stick, hut we do not need | that the rate on _imywe rémain thg 1 1 "amt an(‘ m'\dnncr\. pianog and them so far as increastig produgs « tion is concerned. The efty man gyc'h Artitles as the poorer farm- has very erroneous ideas of agui- cannbt h“l'L to possess bear the burden of increase. | cultural condnlluxr The common- The increase in rates should be | 11y dccépted fhesry that we are short on production fs all wrong. !so arranged that the farmer who|———— lives at home will bear no part | to leave him before that insaue im- Our annual inérease in produc- tion far exceeds that of our in- of the burden, but let the farm- | Pulse overmastered him. crease in population. DG IOFOSOBOIOBOD BOIOIQ SOSTEDFOTOPOEOPOPOPOPDPOBOPY SPECIAL SALE Rexall Goods THIS WEEK 2 cby would miss him. And was delaying—perhaps he make dead sure of his aim Roberts saw the lion rise ; to spring. A scream of ho y miles as oby and him Roberts encamped tgun went down to anxious to sible He had never mui t to return to er who boards in other states and | i ut now, if Westoby died, countries and who feeds his stock | | England, b d why could he not go back : ¥ See Display. . Lake Pharmacy PHONE 42 All Rexall Goods Guaraateed D*G*D&WW 3»0-5-0 HGHOHOSOIOHOHOHIHOBOP OO DECPOBOBIPOFTIITHOTTHO. o ;wm RO i JIM SING Chinese Laundry Work Called for and Delivered I have been a resident of well known to many prominent gentlemien, will recommend me as doing Iirst Class Work at Reason- able Prices 218 Pine Street PRPODEBHIODES J G B. ST BB B S B First Class Work Guaranteed Florida for 20 years, and am all of whom ymzns»wws«ammni JIM SING Phone 257 DEP e deb RS d® 3 94 ‘REATERS CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER ITaving had twenty-one years’ experience in building and contracting in Lakeland and vicinity, I feel competent to render the best services in this line. If comtemplating building, will be pleased to furnish estimates and all mfor- mation, Phone 169. All work guaranteed. J. B. STREATER. o 1 Froducts of Plow and Farmer “Save Ten Dollars” By having your Fall Clothes made to your INDIVIDUAL Measure by us Suits or Overcoats No More 153 No Less Soft Hats and Derbies Large vanety of Shapes and Shad- ings, Trimmed with Contrast Bands — the Season’s —————————————————— $5 Styles ———————————————————— latest Conceptions $3 Quality ENGUISH WOOUEN MILLS Hatters and Tailors Futch & Gentry Bldg.,, LAKELAND, FLA. The World as a Farm. . | Taking the world as one big farm, we find two billion acres oi lamlmmlmntmn Of thisamount there is approximately 750,000,000 acres on the western and 1,260,- 000,000 acres on the eastern hem- isphere, in cultivation. This esti- mate does not include grazing lands, forests, etc., where large quantities of meat are produced. The world’s annual crop ap- mates fiiteen billion Lushels cals, thirteen billion pounds oi fibre and sixty-five million tons of meat. g The world shows an average increase in cereal production of 13 per cent during the past de- | cade, Uvm]r.\!('l with the previous five years, while the world's pop- ylation shows an increase of only 3 pér cent. The gain in production far ex («Ul\ll\u of vur increase in pop- | ulation, and it is safe o estimate ! that the farmer can easily in-| ! erease production per cent if a remunerative market can be found for the products, | | | | RATE INCREASE NEGESSARY FARMERS' CIALS THINK RAILROADS ARE ENTITLED TO MORE REVENUE. H UNION OFFI. Who Lives at Home" Should Be Exempt From In- crease. By Peter Radfora Lecturer National Farmers' Union The recent action of the Inter- state Commerce Commission in granting an increase in freight rates in the eastern classification of territory; the application of the roads by state and interstate commission; an increage in rates, and the utterances of §res~ ident Wilson on the _ subject lmng the farmerc of this nation | face to face with the problem of an increase in freight rates. It is the policy of the Farmers' Union to meet the issues affect- ing the welfare of the farmers squarely and we will do so in this instance. The transportation facilities of | the United States are inadequate to effectively mecet the demands of commerce and particularly in the South and \West additional railway mileage is needed to ac- commodate the movement of farm products. If in the wisdom of our Railroad Commissions an in- crease in freight rates is neces- sary to bring about an improve- in our transportation and an extension of e, then {be granted and the farmer is will- ing to share such proportion of the increase as justly belongs to 'h_im, but we have some sugges- | tions to make as to the manner in | which this increase shall be lev- ied. '§as, was having a hard time of it. , hights and on the third morning he . came upon the white man's camp. ° ilfle. Often the man relapsed into de- \ | his ears. in forcign lands, pay the price of | his folly. | SDHDEDEDEDIBE IN AFRICKS WiLDS | | By H. M. EGBERT. ! (Copyright, 191, by W. G. Chapman.) | “Mlungu!” said Roberts' native boy, | pointing to the faint wagon trail that' lay among the burned gras erts understood. The word means “white man” and is in universal use | throughout a wide region of Africa. | There was a wagon, and there were four oxen. As nobody starts into the jungle with less than eight oxen Rob- 'erts surmised that the other animals had been eaten by lions. If this were the case, the explorer, or whoever he i The oxen had lain down repeatedly— and it was 200" miles to the nearest settlement. Roberts pushed on for two days and The camp fire had gone out. The| natives had deserted, driving away the oxen with them. The explorer lay on | his back, unconscious, on the straw mattress in the abandoned wagon, de- lirious and apparently dying. It was | Westoby. | Westoby was the last man Roberts had expected to see in these wilds. He | had left England a year before, whe n| pretty Mary Joyce, in a fit of pique, | threw him over. Her engagement to Westoby had been announced just be- | fore Roberts sailed to hunt lions and buffalo in the jungle. Roberts encamped, and for eight days he fought the fever devil lhut} was grinding down Westoby's constitu- | tion. Ou the ninth day the fev 'r devil | Mthdre\\ bafled. But Westoby iay at | the point of death. It seemed lmpos-| sible that he could survive that dread- ful weakness. He opened his eyes feebly and rec- | ognized Roberts. “Hello, old man!” he said, s(relchlng’ out one limp hand. Roberts took the hand and for five days more nursed Westoby back to lirlum and whispered Mary's name. At such times Roberts resolutely closed He would not listen. and Rob-| . sensed his ow it down on the beast's skull { mouse. following question in an examination Mary's love. That she and hei band had developed irreconc ferences was sur should Westoby h left her after less | than a year of marriage? The two men 1 good-by and sepa- rated. Westoby was going to continue his hunting trip in the interior, he said. There was a native village a few miles away, where oxen could be pur cnased and fresh servants hired. Rob vrts announced his plan of returni ,_,‘ !'to the coast. !le had grown tired of the country. In truth, he felt that Mary's spiritual presence there, re- flected through \Westoby, made Africa impossible Without e p, Roberts rode om, his native hlmmmz to the oxen the rise Roberts looked b Westoby was sitting upon his horse, looking after him with a peculiar expression It looked almost ma nt to Rober! He wondered whether the man had n hostility toward him. all night. Roberts was iotion, with a final hand away beside his boy upon the seat At the top of They drove Next in- stant lion and man were fighting for , the mastery—for death and life Roberts ran toward them Dut long before he reached them the lion was standing over its prey, worrying and shaking Westoby a cat worri a Roberts fired his load of shot into the lion’s heart. Westoby opened his eyes. He frightfully m He was dying. He could barely ak. “Forgive!” he whispered. Again Roberts stretched out his hand and held the hand of Westoby. ! How could he but forgive? The same temptation had assailed them both. Westoby seemed to read that, for he whispered: “I—I came to Africa to kill you, Rob- erts. Mary loved vou. I found that ! out. She was going to marry me out of pique. She never loved me. She always loved you.” “You are not married?” cried. Westoby shook his head faintly, and | his eyes closed. Then, opening them was ; ing strength, he whispered: “I thought that if you were dead she would learn to love me. Africa to kill you. I meant to pre-, tend that we had met and that a lion | %ad mangled you. <coming. I had told her that 1 was go- | | ing to find you ard bring you back to | | her. Forgive!” | And Roberts forgave. Five minutes later Westoby died |mprov|seg Evolution, A New York college student met the “How does the evolution of the horse illustrate the principle of adaptation to environment?” His answer showed how the student-mind can wiecet | emergency. | “Adaptation to environment is ill | trated by the evolution of the | While the horse lived an ser- ! our! an increase should Unnerved Him. Rates Follow Lines of Least Re- sistance. The freight rates of the n:mon have been built up along lines of least resistance. The merchanl, the manuiacturer, the miner, the miller, the lumberman and the cattleman have had their traffic bureaus thoroughly organized and in many instances they have pur- sued the railrcad without mercy and with the power of organized tonnage they have hammered the life out of the rates and with un- restrained greed they have eaten the vitals out of our transporta- tion system and. since we have had railroad commissions, these interests, with skill and cunnin are rcpre‘entcd at every hcarA in which their business is in- volved. The farmer is seldom wepre- ented at rate heanngs as h:c or- | Finally the day came when Westoby | ‘\\us well enough to sit up. They had | touched upon every topic but the one ! which was vital to both of them. ' the time could be delayed no longer And so they dropped into the discus- sion simultaneously, after one of those silences which fell constantly between them. “How did you leave Mrs. Westoby?” inquired Roberts. “Very well,” said Westoby. “She often speaks of you, Roberts. You were old friends.” “Yes,” answered Roberts, resolute- ly. He had learned all he wanted to know. Westoby and Mary were mar ried. There was no more to ask. Why had he not let Westoby die? The damning thought occurred and re- curred to him insistently. Westoby, now rapidly strength end heslth \‘ | only one large toe. | Suddenly Saw a Sight That Completely | But | He had be- s gun to hate Westoby more than ever, regaining He would have the plains in the We broad teeth for eati ! were p | horse’s limbs de { could run very | traveled acros { Asia. There of helping m, pack animal | the horse returne and conauered tl veloped the trotti toes disany others are u rly deve loped veloped, it two of his Even two of , for he walks on The te ~vh at the side of the horse's m | a8 they were no lon | An Excepiion. { y Iy conserving her “For the most acknowledge that good care of her ba backward atural resources.” art You'd have > takes precious ball talent.” in [Psaaaaaaa s iic i Fresh Apalachicola :: Qysters 50c qt; pt. %c i '3 Chocolae tucge H. C. DENNY : Ehiston Ruilding, PEANE 226, Promp: Do, Try our Home-made o 4o++-z»4vunbo‘!vo'l-o«ro-rmoww dawn the s er, co hu "never in the open He shot a guinea fowl and was rest- ing upon the b to denly, as tha Five hundred ¥ st ark spot that he made against the hH rifle and worni'ng h hiu Roberts wi Two hundred pace an It, too, W the g Robe minutes it would be spring. Roberts sat and watched in fascing tion, mmhl Wi top of t! then the lion would be upon him. It seemed men in the ing them; amusement, wl s from Robert’s lips. “Westoby! ing as he yelled. - Toward Westoby leaped to his glanced backward. He wa to aim. The lion was upon Westoby clubbed his rifle a: A al then they ceascd abruptly. Rob- od thot the beast was stalk pbut he paid no further jatter. Lions were ' s driven by vardly bea ked a man, and, nger rarely The Value ot Good Clothes, Eccentricity is not to be desi either in dress or manners. Itis another name for vanity. Still, th is something to be said for those us whose circumstances often r us to wear garments not cut a the prevailing mode. Good clothy however, made in any fashion exe the “latest extreme,” hav Roberts, covering him with | effect upon the mental < way toward | the wearer. Even Emers | to discuss the moral effect ; clothes had upon certain tempey) i ments. He says: “If a man (or wof an) have not firmness and have k| gensibilities, it is perhaps a o e ! omy to go to a good shop und d to kill him irreproachably. One can then o kill Wesi- | miss all care from the mind | easily find that performance behind Westaby | tion of confidence, a fortificalic lion cronched on its belly | turns the scale in social enc « worming its way through | You have all heard the exjeri , hardly perceptible except to | the woman who declared t trained eve And in two | Sense of being well dresscd ave near enough o & feeling of inward peace vhich : ligion was powerless to bestow: N fiurbau Life, to stir. How soon would | T Lo o LN 19 :? When he reached the Formation of Calnfnrma Coast t little 1, no doubt—but , The geologists tell us ¢ f story of the California coast though fate had both | ance and were weigh- with a grim sense of Roberts waited to see | hat Westoby would do. waiting for the sun ing to camp. Sud- he saw a sight rise before retu he sat th it completely ur ymach, vigible only by reason of the was Westoby. Westoby, ) h horror. t at that nd it would be to the bush he had enorn rt and | height that Santa Barbara cha a vast valley over which roamed? elephant, camel, lion, saberoo Westoby was within 400 yards now, | tiger and other animals whose and the lion within 100 paces. by the lion cr: almost hidde Roberts could see the tip of its tail swaying slightly as it advanced. ‘now lay still. again and summoning all his remain- | erts. | hind him I came to | sat quite still. Mary knew I was | BP9 834 dd Peanut Brittle and 3! Westo- | remains are scattered over the &9 After him | try and some of which arc found a huge and lithe body, | the islands. n by the grass. vaens‘ Then the land again savk bex \the sea and again rose, and marine! sils are found in abundance alonf Westoby had reached the knoll and | shores and on the mountain tops & He was covering Rob- | miles from the sea. Numerous ¥ The lion was only 50 paces be- | hunters have been surprised to5 the skeletons of whales at an tion of 2,000 teet and two miles io was nearing the knoll. When would Westoby fire? Roberts He felt sure that West- * PEG OB ™0 You Want Fresh Clean GROCERIES? We are at your service for anything carried by an Up-to.-date Grocery Phone orders glven prompt attenticn W.J.RED DICK QIOVOLOE Office Phone \\ lake'and Paving and Construction; Cempi 207 to 216 Main St. LM\ELA\,\ ), FL e DEPOFOPOEOS0 H..m;. Res. Phon Beautify vour Lawn, Let us tell you how, Little it will cost. KELLEYS BARHR 1 Plymouth Ro¢ BOTH MATINGS Better now than ever High class breedm«' bir reason alle ]‘r ¢ high class pens lor h toh? Write me before orderid where, H. L KELL: Y, Giiffie