Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, January 12, 1915, Page 6

——— .. :ELECTRIC cscs0v to the Kibler Hotel Annex Our New Store will be the Finest Electrical Store in Florida FLORICA ELEGTRIG AND MAGHINERY GO, THE ELECTRIC STORE Phone 46 307 E. Main St. FEPREPEPPPESP0OPIPD @ @i “Don’t fail to see us” before having your Electrical work done. We can save you money and give you better *stuff "’ than you bhave been getting, and for a litt'e less money. T.'L. CARDWELL, Electrical Contractor EVERYTHING ELECTRICAL PHONE 233 West Main Stres: and New York Avenue SHUPOBCHIHOIOFOEOF000 40O OF & @ & 4 - L4 @ =3 5 BHPE SeedlPotatoes; periSackii v oo dsiutsis tienivnssisouin $3.00 ve +....$6.50 to $9.00 Sced Beans, per bushel ...... Tomato Seed, All the Best Kinds, per Ib. $1.75 to $2.50 Watermelon and Cantelope, Seed Corn, and all Other Field and Garden Seeds. Fertilizers—V. C. C. Co's Make. CALL TO SEE ME. D. B. DICKSON SOEEEFFFS0F0FOFOH P OPOFVFOIOVOBRCOBOBOBOBTHFIOPIEOPOPL SPEGIAL DAL I For THIRTY DAYS we will ( Make a Special Sale on the New Improved White Rotary Sewing Machine Thirty Dollars Cash Just one-half the usual price Takes one of them supplying your needs. limited. Come at once. gone we can’t duplicate the order. Machine. Our interests are mutual. Come let us Serve you. WILSON HARDWARE CO. ;/Ve will Jfiove January I.s;t - PAYHU“- I]l: Don’t let this opportunity pass without The quantity is When they are We need THE CASH. You need the | CVILIZATION MET BY FARWER WANTS NO “DEADHEADS” ON LIST OF EMPLOYES. OHOBOEDEOEOELWND A Call Upon the Law Makers to Prevent Useless Tax on Agriculture. By Peter Radford Lecturer National Furmers' Union. There is no payroll in civiliza- tion that does not rest upon the back of the farmer. He must pay the bills—all of them, When a farmer buys a plow he pays the man who mined the metal, the woodman who felled the tree, the manufacturer who #0+0+0+020404040¢0 IYLIITI o ass: a i 4052 ER0EEE0IEEPALIesse 255embled the raw material and shaped it into an article of use- fulness, the railroad that trans- ported it and the dealer who sold him the goods. He pays the wages of labor and capital em- ployed in the transaction as well 1as pays for the tools, machinery, buildings, etc., used in the con- struction of the commodity and the same applies to all articles of use and diet of himseli and those engaged in the subsidiary lines of industry, The total value of the nation’s annual agricultural products is around $12,000,000,000, and it is safe to estimate that 95 cents on DS DBDOPBBOEAOPPTDREDFFS PP @ & FEOFERIOFEPPEBobbess | CVETY dollar goes to meet the in GH0E0POP0S0 | CXPENses of subsidiary industries. | The farmer does not work more than thirty minutes per day for himself; the remaining thirteen hours of the day’s toil he devotes to meeting the payroll of the hired hands of agriculture, such as the manufacturer, railroad, commercial and other servants, The Farmer's. Payroll and How 1 He Meets It. The annual payroll of agri- culture approximates $12,000,000,- . A portion of the amount is shifted to foreign countries in. ex- ports, but the total payroll of in- dustries working for the tarmer divides substantially as follows: Railroads, $1,252,000,000; manu- & $655,000,000; banks, $200,000,000; mercantile, $3,500,000,000, and a heavy miscellaneous payroll con- stitutes the remainder. It takes the corn crop, the most valuable in agriculture, which sold last year for $1,692,- 000,000, to pay off the employes of the railroads; the money de- rived from our annual sales of livestock of approximately $2,- 000,000,000, the yearly cotton crop, valued at $920,000,000; the wheat crop, which is worth $610,- 000,000, and the oat crop, that is worth $440,000,000, are re- quired to meet the annual pay- roll of the manufacturers. The money derived from the remain- ing staple crops is used in meet- ing the payroll of the bankers, merchants, etc. After these ob- ligations are paid, the farmer has only a few bunches of vegetables, some fruit and poultry which he can sell and call the proceeds his own. When the farmer pays off his |help he has very little teft and |to meet these tremendous pay- L T THE EVENING TELEGRAM La» ELAND, FLA; J. facturers, $4,365.000,000; mining, | siatuté pook of = it should come ofi of all statute books where it appears and no legislature of this nation should W or similar legis- equires unnecessary expe T applies to all regulatory measures increase the ex- penses of indu without giving corresponding I its to the pub- lic. There i< ofttimes a body of men assembled at legislatures— and they have a rizhit to be there —who, in their zeal for rendering their follow-g es a service, | Sometimes )T an increase in the expenses of industry without due regard for the men who bow their backs to the summer's sun to meet the payroll, but these com- mittees, while making a record for themselves, rub the skin off ithe shoulders of the farmer by urging the legislature to lay an- ,other burden upon his heavy load and under the lash of “be 1t en- acted” goad him on to pull and surge at the traces of civilization, no matter how he may sweat, fua_m and gall at the task. When legislatures “cut a melon” for labor they hand the farmer a lemon. The farmers of the United States are not financially able to carry “dead heads” on their pay- rolls. Our own. hired hands are not paid unless we have some- thing for them to do and we are not willing to carry the hired help of ‘dependent industries un- less there is work for them, We must, therefore, insist upon. the most rigid economy. Legislative House-Cleaning Needed. While- the war, is on and there is a lull in business, we want all legislative bodies to take an in- ventory of the statute books and wipe off. all extravagant and use- less laws. A good house-cleaning is needed and economies can be ;instituted here and there that will patch. the clothes. of indigent chil- dren,. rest tired mothers and lift mortgages. from despondent homes.. Unnecessary workmen taken off ard useless expenses cliopped. down all along the line will add. to the prosperity of the farmer and encourage him in his mighty efiort to feed and clothe the world. If any of these industries have surplus employes we can use them on the farm. We have no regular schedule of wages, but iwe pay good farm hands on an average of $1.50 per day of thir- teen hours when they opoard themselves; work usually runs about nine months of the year and the three months dead time, they can do the chores for their board. If they pre thieir own account, are mi than 14,000,000,000 acres of idle land on the earth's surface awai:- ing the magic touch of the plow. The comper.ation is casily ol- tainable from Federal Agricul- tural Department statistics. The total average wal sales of a rm in the continental United States amount to $316.00; the cost of operation is $340.00y leay. ing the farmer $170 per annum to live on and educate his family, T to farm ca There is no occasion for the legislatures making a position for surplus employes of industry, Let them come “back to the soil” and share with us the prosperity of the farm. | rolls he has been forced to mort- | gage homes, work women in the | field and increase the hours of | his labor. We will devote this article to |a discussion of unnecessary ex- penses and whether required by law or permitted by the man. agements of the concerns, is | wholly immaterial. We want al] ! waste labor and extravagance, of whatever character, cut out, We will mention the full crew bill as illustrating the character of unnec- essary expenses to which we refer, Union Opposes “Full Crew” Bill The Texas Farmers' Unijon Study the Child, | Many of the supposed harmful de- slres and tendencles of childhood are to be not opposed and suppressed, but wisely guarded and exercised. There are in truth natural and necessary fac- tors of a continuous personal growth and experience, and it is only our ig- norance which hinders or prescribes their normal development. The un- consclous crimes of parents against their own children constitute a terri- ble list whieh rises up In condemna- tion of parental ignorance, stupidity and inhumanity.—Exchange. | registered its opposition to this | character of legislation at the ||l.4~l annual meeting held in Fort | Worth, Texas, August 4, 19i4, | by resolution, as follow | tance to the farmers of this state { keting system; and we recogniz ithout adequate ratlroaa embracing the gr unt of service at the least We further recog that the farmers and p i in the end pay approxi- |mately 93 per cent oi the ex |of operating the r is, therefore, to the inter Ithe producers that the exy jof the common ¢ small as is po with good servi We, therefore, call upon our law- | makers, court d juries to bear l‘the foregoing facts in mind when dealing with the common car- riers of this state, and we do especially reaffirm the declara- tions of the last annual conven- tion of our State Union, opposing the pamfe of the so-called “full crew” bill before the thirty-third legislature of Texas.” e farmers of Missouri in the last election, by an overwhelming majority, swept. this law off the ¢ Cost. be consistent and safety riers as { “The matter of prime mpor- | is an adequate and efficient mar- | [that such a system is impossible | Quite So. “Young Whitcombd should the world. He's a plugger. “Yes. What's he doing?" “Dentistry."—Philadelphia ledger “Home, Sweet Home." It was dark and cold and the gaunt and leafless trees were swayed by fit- ful gusts of wind that spoke of com- ing rain. Plodding Pete and Weary Willie quickened their pace in order to reach a place of shelter ere the storm should overtake them. This sudden burst of energy seemed to excite con- versation. “Wot's up with yer, Pete?” inquired Willie. “Yer look as if yer goin’ ter ery.” “I dunno,” was Pete's reply. “I don't feel the joy o' livin' like I used to. I've been thinkin' ¢’ my wasted life, an’ I've got a sorter uneasy, homesick feelin".” “Homesick!” broke in Willie. “Why, bless me, I believe that's wot both of us are sufferin’ from. We ain't nei- ther of us bin inside a jall for close | in three months now, 'ave we?" Just So. “Do you think that marriage is a lottery?” “Can’t say I do. Still, everybody who marries takes a chance.” A DOMESTIC TREASURE By ISABELLA D. DAILEY: Mrs ble in her which was ciean t listened rather husband’s con i In her youth beauty, but pering of her constant strug: a limited allowance, had T charms into workaday obscurity had become nothing housekeeper who was troubled about many t Mr. Lyman did no* was not a model fami grown accustomed to { work from morning until nig ing their home in immacu making dainty elothing for S dren, and cooking meals to please i3 fastidious taste. was On this particular mifl’flihd‘. he e e discussing pretty Mrs. Hickson, U wife of his new partner. . “She is really the most rll'l sald, with candid enthusiasm so bright and up to date and looking; I was surprized to lear: she is the own mother of Hick teen-yearold daughter. I sup she was a second wife.” “I heard Mrs. Hickson say always boarded sinee her me quietly remarked Mrs. 1 course she has loms of Ui pains with herself. I gue & doe Airt de much but play bridge ; V(v - ba “That is very ungenerous, -’I o said Lyman reprovingly \.r: i son is a lady of exqu you should not be scand she is not inclined to be a ba ber. 1 don’t wonder that Hickson I oud of her.” |)r"l don’t think she is 23 I\"r‘"\'v as mamma,” lovally declared little Bert Lyman, whose youthful mind grasped the Inference that his idolized mother was suffering from indirect criticism Mr.eLyman laughed. “There was a time, son, when vour mamma was a daisy in looks, but that was before she settled down and had twosexpensive youngsters to take care of.” Res: “And a popular soclety man,” ‘a_d\lfln! Mrs. Lyman, with a shadowy smile ; Lyman did not appear to catch any sarcastic intonatior in his wife's mild observation. s “Well. I must go downtown,” he said, glancing at his watch. “A man can’t linger forever in the bosom of his family. By the way, Bess, | wish vou would see that my evening clothes are all right. Fm gofng to an Elks' re- ception tonight. There will be a dance afterward, and that calls for stiff togs.” “Are you going, mamma’" asked Vera, the small daughter of the house of Lyman. : “No, dear, I hadn't thought of going anywhere.” o Lyman looked up in carcless won- ' “Go, of course, if you w 1 didn't think to ask von, be- se you never care for such af- Mrs. Lyman gave her customarv an- & swer to her husband’s indifferent in- vitation “1 think I shonld prefer to stay with the children.” She did not mention the fact that all her party gowns were .’ severai years behind the fachion “1 thought so,” said I . accom- panying the remark with a light con- jugal kiss. “Those muffing were tip- | top, and the beefsteak broiled to the queen’s, taste. Nobody can beat you, Ress, in the culinary department, even if vou don’t shine in =ocial functions.” After the children had departed for « . school, and the morning's work had been done, with the inefficient aid of ¢ the diminutive colored maid-of-all- work, Mrs. Lyman went to her room. Seating herself before her dressing- table, she gazed critically at her re- flection in the mirror. | “T am altogether too domestic,” she commented audibly. “I think I'l fur- | bish up a little, even if we go without a new parlor carpet and lace curtains in the sitting room.” During the following week, Mre. Ly- man went on several secret rim- ages downtown, and herojcally prac- ticed mysterious exercises in the se clusion of her room When Mr. Lyman announced his in- tention of taking a trip to Chicago business which might detain him a fey days, he did not notice that his wife packed his suitcase with unusual cheerfulness nor did he think it strange that she made him pr to wire her when to Chance sometimes s and Mrs. Lyman's pl 4 liege lord were aided, bevond her pectations, by his accidentally m ing, on his war home. a trg who was an old acquainta They crowded many remin and jokes possible into the hours they spent tog: but still their fu not exhaunsted ‘As von are town,” said Lyman put up at m You a good ect him s plotters o d will treat you to lin yovr mouth, though she | ceive you in a calico dress, ju, comes from a kitchen. §o Wwish she had a little more | she is a domestic treasure. cooking that will mely & may re. st as she metimes | style, but PPV PRPPEPOPDIPE PP DI When the train pulled int, ¥ tion, the two gen| o the sta tlemen hurrieg out [} ‘ll;;n the long platform, chatting jovj. retort - “1 should say not; sicelied Vetieath 3 man: “but why didn' ,;’T‘“ “For two reasons" Tephisy . woman,” €% man, not a whit ahy | cap't faucy BET' of being merely a ., linary art, and T am o,; as young and agre, son. It would be greg: ¢ for your second wife “I have decided ty, to spend so much upon the table It gy, - to-date clothes. 3 costume in-| “Hereafter I shall p,. Ny s fidence, and parties with you. of Coupse . o prettier than ' not mind a few extry yy, | her puzzled | you must have often beep ag | me—1 have been such , 13 [—I'm surprised,” he it is never too late to ineygs y limp from bewilder- S ) : ! “Do you Fl:!:‘:: :he famy, g L had en- 0 ¥ 2" said the g rdfid mf"“'::s ‘,’E: fanghing drummer, “I don’t blame yp, _ ed a ghost, | bit? I have my way o Caniy 2 | ing and they have thojpg» wits sufficiently | Bt Whad abont el asked. “Oh, I was in a town j Intig | week and one day | falt shivey my back. I went ty 5 doety said I was in for the grp flashes came and I went ¢, D. He said it was o case qf and wanted me to g0 to the once. Felt a bit berer but a third, and he said it ight jy of bubonic plague or spingj gitis, He was way of, howergy “But did anything really all “For sure.” “Then you got over it veryg “I did. - T brought my wijjy, bear, you see.. Yes, sopg me. I was.in love wit, good-looking girkand | found g she was a grass widoy iad chance to-get a divoree yy years!”: reached home. the trio, and was ng her husband’s ing ingeniously: “1 i vou will find things rather .4 1 have been out all the af- . and left the children playing | recognized his and he was almost ! b mortification and dis- n they sat down to a fried steak, lumpy and soggy bread, sup- v a thin lemon pie from a London's Wonder St/ Fleet street was f ey der place of London, waep was novel;’ bizarre and rany exhibited « by enterprising 4 Ben Jonson alludes to of the city of Nineven, wit, J; the whale, at Fleet briige ' u) Eagle and Child was lection of freaks & fed husband felt that he reaming. Mrs. Lyman v unconcerned, and in 1 rhfl hy the unappetizing »r by the blundering service of kwani maid d her conversation been 80 g. The visitor thought his host into a bad practical d wondered if he would be » to get a satisfactory lunch at the club. Lyman finally began to get angry. After the wretched meal was finished, but not eaten, he contrived to draw his wife astde, and whispered: that set: the whole ‘own g 1710, too; was adverised as bition .at Fleet bridie “tw [ wonderful and remarkabie creatures, an old she dromey en feet high and ten feet Iy ingocently, 2 “Mm‘: s ‘What under heaven do you mean, in getting up such a dinner—for one, being the grestest woug) om v, too!” and novelty. ever: seen iy i “1 didn't get the dinnesr,” sald Besa. kingdoms.” arrived: from- Tartury with i Extends to you The Congratulations of the Season @ And Best Wishes for 1915 BRIPPGPP Lowe. Prices on Ford Cars: hective August 1st, 1914 to Augustist, 5 wnd guaranteed against any reduction ¢ that time. 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