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THE FARMER: MARCH 13, 1914
.13
TRADE OF UNITED STATES
WITH ARGENTINA IN 1913
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UNEQUALLED ; VALUES IN THIS
of SUITS and
V ERGO ATS!
- Here's, a wind up of .one of the finest stocks we have
ever offered- " Every suit and 'overcoat in the sale is back
'ed by our guarantee, is all wool, positively hafidj tailored
and made in our own factory.
: ' We don't want any "left overs." ' Come and - take
your choice of the following: .-. '. .
$25, $27 AND $30
OVEECOA'TS
$20 AND $22.50
OVERCOATS,
$16.54 AND $18 '
OVERCOATS
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Sio.oo
New Spring Suits
The new Sprtm? Snlta' aro now ready tor Inspection, and you wUl find the
- IMfnn mrM AffPNwl lW till . "hOTl0- . . - -
The fabrics Include plain and fancy mixtures, and the tailoring Is of the
latest styles. - : - ; : - ,' . N ". . ; . - V
A perfect fit is assured in every case, ana a saving m a
on Rogers'-"Maker to Wearer low prices. 'Gome and see. , .
The Home Sf gerslothes
TRADE SCHOOL DOINGS j
CCommunicated.). . .
Mrs. li Mi. Valentine, director of the
feat and gowft shop, aoconanied bjr
J,Gse A. I Keating,, a teacher, . irere
visitors In New York on Tuesday and
Wednesday. (While there they viewed
some of tfa'.,fasbione for the coming
season.-- Many toeaartlful 'gowns - are
being made (by the girls and all are
busy preparing for a sale which will
to helA hi about a month. Some vy
interesting photographs showing the
girls at work and also eome of the
" finished model dresses were taken last
week. These pictures will, appear , in
the new catalogue which is at 'present
toeing prepared. This- booklet will
make its appeararicc31e latter part of
thki month and win E"!ve valuable in
formation concerning all the depart
ments and also the work of the school
es a whole- - ' .-
work at the school : after being con
fined to his home Vith .a severe at
tack of grippe. " - .;.. ,
The ..first transcontinental telegraph
line built before the railroad, extended
west from Salt Lake- City through the
prosperous , mining camps i of Eureka,
ran.nrir Austin, ana virginia utjr. neu
tJZ-ZjZl-. ...... 'twas transferred to follow s its rignt ,or
"' Paul Yopf, '12, .-has accepted a posi
tion, with: W- Chatlos, a. local boulder
and. contractor. , ; :: ; . ., ...
j. The cover for the February Issue off
the Artisan, which was very' artistic,
was designed by Miss Marion Proulx.
a student of the hat and gown. shop.
'. Daring the past week the students'
of the Trade School have been hon
ored y visits from prominent men" of
the city and outside towns.-- On Tues
day Messrs. Charles r. EHne, secret
tary of. the State Board of Education,
v e. P. Builard and W. R. Webster,
both of -whom are well known local
manufacturers, and IX Chapman,' su
' perintendent of the schools of Nor
walk, visited the various departments
of the school and all expressed their
pleasure at the work of the students. '
The many friends of .John- Jjoylan,
evening instructor of the plumbing
department, will be pleased to hear
- that tie) is much improved,', although
' as yet he 1 confined to tjie Bridge
port hospital. About two weeks ago
" Mr. Boylan fell on the slippery pave
ment and was so severely injured that
an operation was necessary. '
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Messrs. W. IT. Book,' director, of vo
cational education of Indiana, and M.
W. Black of the Indiana University
were among the recent visitors at the
school. - ' " . ... i '
- 3felkon Magaian, a former student
of the car penary department, has ac
cepted a position with the Grand Rap
Ids Furniture company.', . . - :
Eugene Battaghola has resumed his
The iclaeses of the wood working", de
partment are ' full and , there is at
present a. large list of young men who
wish to (be admitted 4 to .that -diepart-ment.
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! 'Oeorge Mhitor is -the new "mail -carrier
(for the trade -"echooj. ; $J i f.
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, A - large amount1 . of interest is . ap
parent among members of, the school
concerning the " semi-moithiy . I issue
which is .entitled,' -'Tie' Apprenfce
News.?; The paper, is a lively issue.
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PCEJOPHRTT OWNERS GO0T " .
:' ISTPROYEKHNT ORDERS
(Notices were .' sent from.-. the, city
clerk's- office to property owners ' to
lay or reset curb,., gutters and ' side
walks on EJton street. Merchant street.
Deacon street and Railroad avenue in
the -West ,EJnd. ..'Sidewalks were' or
dered repaired on Hancock avenue
from State street to "Fairfield avenue,
East Main street from Bvitts lane to
Nichols street and along south side of
Nichols street to 188 East Main street.
GREAT SALT, LAKE
- . RESERVES TIMBERS
1 1n "replacing -a-railroad . trestle re
cently burned along 'the! .north ) shore
of the Great ' Ljake Shore, -engineers
have- justound that the piles are, still,
perfectly", sound after 43' years .of ser
ice.' Looking? for the cause, since these
were only . of ? local' pine and fir, they
foundv the timbers were impregnated
throughout ' with salt from the- lake.
At another-point on . the lake, 18 inch
piles,- set 29 years, are similarly pre
served with salt which has penetrated
to-' their -very center: Timbers in the
Southern "Pacific ttrestles '. across Salt
laake, . placed in 1902, -'appear to be as
good as ' on the day ' when' the piles
were driven.Tb.ey have been preserved
well above the water line- by the salt
dashed" on to . them by -the waves, a
fact, apparently -' anticipated ; by. the
engineers who built v the trestles.;
way and the -old poles sawed off at
ttte ground. An engineer ivuu icbuj
examined the butts left in the ground
in the salt deseA near "Fish Springs
found -that,' although fifty years . had
passed since the poles were cut orr,
the old butts were perfectly sound".
Telephone and electric companies in
the Salt Lake valley have used ; the
local-salt for preserving poles. , When
set - up, about 75 pounds of salt is
placed around, the pole on the ground.
This method can not be used, however,
when the pple isi on or- near a lawn,
or; in" any place where vegetation is
desired.'- - - - ; . . ' V -- '.
It is pointed out' that the ' reason
why"the waters of Salt , Lake act as a
strong - preservative, as distinguished
from ocean waters.is because the lake
water . Is so much saltier, being prac
tiQaly a saturate solution. -Preservation
with salt is-of. no use in ocean
piling against the attack of', teredos
and otherrmarine -borers ' ; t
Experts ; in the - forest . service who
have been investigating the preserva
tive treatment of timber of'er the sug
gestion that ties and poles which have
been immersed for some tima, in the
waters 6f the laker ought to be im
pervious to decay if. the salt is not
leached out by the action of the . ele
ments. J,lt , has been suggested that
this canNbe guarded' against, .for ex
ample, by painting the butt of the pole
with 'a coat of . .creosote hich will
keep . out ''the moisture .and keep in
the salt. s , . ' .
roiA'xs op in-
1ST.
Saturday; as usual ,will be bargain
day. ' ; We are displaying an unusual
large stock of spring hats, " trimmed
..and vUntrimmed. priced at least oner
third less than elsewhere at E. H. Dil
lon Co., 1105 Main street. Adv. ;
Some "wonderful bargains have been
given by Radford. B. Smith to his cus
tomers - lately ; ap.d Mr. Smith says he
has made arrangements for - many
others so that ft will pay to watch the
advertisements in this paper and also
go1 "often, to the store. Try the sale
Saturday. Adv. ;( Kj 1 . -i ;
' TIt'a more difficult for a man to keep
a' secret after- Jiis'wlfe discovers that
he has one. - ' -' . ; '
FRESH FROM THE CHURN
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Teleplioiic 589 130 Stale Street
Washington, D. C, March 12.
Popular - interest in the trade and in
dustry of Argentina, - which has -recently
besti" aroused by reason of its
increasing contributions to bur food
supply, is heightened by- 'the -announcement
that the American mis
sion to Buenos Ayres is to be raised
from the rank of a ministry to that
of an embassy. -
..Argentina; is; the foremost South
American country as a market , f or
products of the United States, - our
sales thereto in the last calendar year
having been 55 million dollars in val
ue, compared with 40 million to Bra
zil and 52 million- to the remaining
twelve countries of that . continent. "
Our trade with Argentina shows-
constant and rapid expansion," exports
thereto having grown from S million
dollars in 1893 to 14 million .in 1903
and 55 million in 1913;while import-?
therefrom rose from 5 'million- in
1893 to 9 million in 1903 and 27,
million in. 14 13..' Thus exports to Ar
gentina- quadrupled and : imports
therefrom trebled during the last 10
'years. . i -r - , :A
- American manufactures have . long
been popular . in Argentina,! and con
stitute an important part, of the
rowin&r exDorts to that countrv. Sales
tp that country .during the last fiscal
year, as shown by. statements recfentr
ly prepared by the Bureau- of Foreign
and Domestic Commerpe, Department
of Commerce, included many, articles
of - wide use' in an agricultural and
rapidly developing country such , as
farming irrpl-lkients, f 1-3 million
dollars;' twine, 2 million'; traction and
E-tationary engines, ' - 1 - million; and
windmills, a half , a million. - 'Auto
mobiles were -expoted to - the extent
of ; 1 14 million dollars worth; oth
er cars and carriages, 3 million; sew
ing machines, 880 thousand' dollars1'
worth ; typewriters, --355' thousand ;
cash registers, 261 , thousand i and
miscellaneous -machinery, - 3-4 mil-'
lion dollars. Other, articles exported
in - large quantities included : boards
and blanks. 5 2-3 ' million rinlln.T-s.
shocks, 2 1-3 ' mihion; furniture- and
other wood manufactures, 1' million;
gasoline and naphthas, 2 13 million;
illuminating- oil, 2 1-4 million; , cotton-seed
oil, "1: million; leather man
ufactures, including boots and shoes,'
2 , 1-4 million; chemicals, ' drugs, and
medicines, 1 1-4 million? ; and cotton
goods and electrical appliances, each
: about a half million dollars. . Musi
cal instruments, clocks and watches,
-glassware, wheelBarx ows, soa. black
ing, firearms and scales and balances
are among the numerous other items
illustrative or tne wide range covered
by the experts from the tTnited States
to Argentina.- ' - f
Argentina's sales . to. the United
States are chiefly of hides -and skins;
wooi, . cnemicais: ana. -- in - recent
months, corn and beef.- Imports of
cattle hides in the' last " fiscal, year
a.ggregateds67 million pounds, valued
at 12 1;2 inillibn dollars;' the fast six
months, however, - being only - about
halt as much as those of the corres
ponding months of 1912. i Imports of
Argentine goat skins1 during the year
amounted to 4 1-2 million - pounds.
yaiueja at ll-2 mllUon dollars; 1 wool
2 5 1-4 million pounds, value 5 mil
lion; , and - quebracho wood? and' ex
tract thereof, used in the tannine m;
austry, sr x-4 miUlon dollars in value.
Corn and beef show "greatly in.
creased imports from '"Argentina in
the period following . the ; enactment
of the new tariff law,- which placed
those articles on the free list. In
the fiscal year 1912 only 23 09 buslv-
wi. kkji ii airivtju irom Argentina,
ana in the fiscal year 1913, only
879,822 bushels. Of meat and " meat
fc.x.Lx-a.vLa exclusive - or . sausage Cas
ings the imports during 1912 'were
but J2.929 and, $7,395, respectively.
In the .three months of October, No
vember and December of last ' year",
however, -imports of Argentine, corn
rose to 4,102,598 bushels, and those
of Argentine. beef to 6,606,886 pounds,
while unofficial reports indicate even
larger :. arrivals during January and
February of the present year: '
-In general terms, Argentina takes
about 15 per' cent. , of its' imports
from the United Kingdom and 17 per
cent, from Germany.- Of -its exports
it sends about 7 1-2 per cent to the
United States, a portion of the ship
ments being consigned direct to this
country and a portion leaving Argen
tina "for orders,' hut eventually sold
in ; our market." Consular advices
from Argentina indicate that its total
imports in 1913 were valued at SJ406.-S-605,200,
and .its total exports, $466.
581,888. ; - " ; - , '" -. -
Argentina's .'present foreign , com
merce of 873 million s dollars a year
is' an -earnest of : what nlay ""' before
long be expected of a country possess
ing its wealth in the basic : factors qf
economic- progress. Its. productivity
rests upon an -area of 1,139,000
square miles, or 729 million acres, of
which 253 million "are available : for
agriculture' and grazing. ' ; The coun
try also : possesses certain mineral ,
including petroleum, gold, silver, cop
per, lead and coal. Sjmall quantities
of copper, copper ore, and wolfram
ore are, being exported,, and produc
tion of petroleum and coal has be
gun. There are, however, no Gov.'
eminent statistics 9f mineral produc
tion. " ' .".
While .: Argentina is five times' as
large -as Germany, "its population of
1 ONE I m -g m&ji?m L Tivgty
I PRICE - J .MISIO ? 3 1
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P I SAAG MOSS.
GOLD ST
Proprietor
CASH
OR
CREDIT
STYLES
IuoSi' Suits & Cloalis
In announcing our Spring styles in wearing
apparel we take particiilar pride in the fact that
we are able togive the very latest thing in style,
and values that runaway, above the standard. 'Iiu
has-been our aim always, to "combine these two
features, but thia season -we have succeeded to, a
greater extent than ever.1 . ' - ' -
Y.ou will find Xiadies? Suits with the Eton
jacket effect, some. plain, -others with tiers, in at
tractive "colors and trimmed in appropriate fashion
; Balmacaan Spring Coats - fort JLadies are an
otljer departure, from severe lines, and this style
coat promises to be particularly popular. Here in
all the most desirable fabrics, and mixtures.
lO.OO to $35.00
A MRGB STOCK OF BABY. CAR
RIAGES A3TD COIiIiVPSIBTK
,- ; .-: '-'' GO-CRTS
v OUR CREDIT TERMS - -
The books in this .store re always open for new - accounts.
We welcome strangers to a charge aeconnt and nrge old customers
.. to early purchases. Buy . while stocks ' are complete - and have
the goods char Red. , ''
Men' Soils- Balmacaan Top Coals
The latest InnovaUon In
: Men's Wear' ,
We can say little aboutt our- Men's Suit and Overcoat
DepartmehtHhat we have not already said, but we do wish
to emphasise one thing: -.The '.completeness and variety
of t the stock, as well as the exactness and dependability of
the styles and make. . Our Spring stoct furnishes an apt
illustration of values in Men's Spring Suits'. '-
For real novelty,in Topcoats,, see our Balniacaans.
SIIOES FOR 'RNTniE
lJiDO to Si5S5CDCD
7,17i,000 - is but one-ninth and - its
foreign trade only, . .about , pne-flftn,
that of "Germany. ' . -;'".'' '.
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TOBACCO CULTURE -. .
IX CONNECTICUT.
Tobacco culture in Connecticut and
elsewhere is the 'subject of a recent
bulletin by the agricultural depart
ment.. The bullptin discusses- the
Connecticut broad leaf -seed tobacco
and other varieties of tobac6o grown
in the Connecticut Valley.. The, first
mentioned type is ' sown in co!d
frames or hothouses about the middle
of March and trinsplantei May' 15 CO
June 1, according to the , bulletin.
Fertilization of. seed beds and steril
ization of the same to prevent fungus
diseases .is recommended. The meth
od of sowing the beds and trans
planting the young tobacco plants is
described'-' :
The bulletin says that, great care
mu3t be taken in transplanting. . The
land shoulo. first be heavily, fertilized
with manure,' lime tndH other sub
stances,', and - carefully :t plftwed nii
harrowed before the transplanting.
The latter may be" done by rrfachine.
Plants should . ordinarily be set1 seventeen-inches
apart and in, rows three
and one-half feet apart, Cultivation
should . continue regularly by hoeing
and otherwise. Topping and .suckl
ing is recommended, in. the bulletin.
Either of two methods of harvesting
may be used, 'cutting '' the wholejstock
and hanging it in- barns, or picking
the leaves from the growing stock as
they ripen. The leaves should be
strung on thread and tied -to laths
hung-in the barns for curing. . '
Connecticut- -broadleaf should , bs
eown, transplanted, .-, and cultivated
and fertilized in much the same way
as ' the Havanna seed, .tobacco, the
bulletin- states. ' Harvesting - should
be by cutting the whole stalks, -
"Acclimated strains of Cuban seed
are grown under artificial shade in
the Florida-Georgia .district and in
the Connecticut 'Valley for the pro
duction of a high priced cigar-wrapper
leaf." says the bulletin. i"That
phase of the industry, ' however,, is
very intensive and highly specialized,
requiring "the greatest skill and ex
pert knowledge,- and is largely carried
on by, corporations , or individuals
having ample capital." . .
Biil-p-Everythihg he. touches turns
to gold. , v..,,.,..-. ,
Jill I don't believe it. , y
"Why not?" .-
"Because, he;' was here and ftoueh
ed mo. tp-day." Tonkers Statesman.
"You've gone to a great deal of
trouble and expense to give your bey
an education.'' ' '
''JL wouldn't mind . that,,"" repMdi
Farttier Corntossel. "if Josh wouldn't
eome home and expect to learn m;
as. much in tw o or three weeks as li
found out during the whole term."
Washington Star.
Home the place", where you are
best and grumble the most.
Race Extinction Threatened ; Whole
: 4 '-V;-' "iS'tandarcl." if Civilization '-.Will
f H Have ' to Change
By the Rev. NEWELL D WIGHT HILLIS. Congregational Clergy
r , ' ' man, Brooklyn, N.'Y. -
HE TIME HAS PASSED WHEN WE CAN SAY THAT RACE DE
' GENERACY IS SIMPLY BUGABOO CREATED BY PESSIMISTS
t .nbuiQTD rue 'bict is THAT A TIDE OF DEGENEB-
ACY IS ROLLING IN '.: UPON US,! AND THE TIME HAS COME TO
RECOGNIZE iTHE FACT THAT UNLESS DRASTIC , MEASURES ARE
TAKEN THE WHOLE STANDARD OF CIVILIZATION WILL HAVE TO
CHANGE IN ORDER TO AVERT' RACE EXTINCTION.
The wise mail always" studies the signs of his time. Oar experts are
our physicians and scientists who have had an opportunity for observa
tion. The EngUsh author. Professor Watt Smith, tells me that in 1813
the English standard for admission to the army was six feet, in 181
the standard was dropped to five feet six inches, in 1883 it was lowered
to five feet three inches and in 1901 to fire feet. The commission of the
English, government appointed to study this subject says
IN. ENGLAND DEGENERATION IS ESPECIALLY MANIFEST IN MAN
CHESTER' AND OTHER MANUFACTURING PISTRICT8. THE POLICE
FORCE IS ' LARGELY RECRUITED FROM COUNTRY DISTRICTS, IT
NOT BEING POSSIBLE TO FIND MEN WHO ARE LARGE ENOUGH
IN MANCHESTER AND SALFORD. . ,
Prop
y !Laridlord Clan Improve
By Wiring His House For Electric Light
Tenants are demanding this modern convenience more and
moreand premises which do not have it are out of date.
Our Contract Department will be pleased to furnish esti
raates for wiring property to any one interested.
Tlie United Illuminating Company