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Tuesday, April 4, 1005. 8 PROGRESSIVE FARMER AND COTTON PLANT. Tne Progressive Farmer AND THE COTTON PLANT. (Consolidated September 27, 1901.) Entered at Raleigh, N. C., as second class mall matter. CLARENCE H. POB, B. W. KILGORB, 1 C. W. DURKBTT. J C. G. LANE, Traveling Agent. Editor and Manager. Agricultural Editors. T. B. PARKER. Sec-Treas. CURRENT EVENTS: THE TREND OF THINGS AS WE SEE IT. President Roosevelt does such a variety of things that it is not surprising that the youngster mentioned on page C mixed up his history and physiology, declaring on examination that "The Alimentary Canal was first commenced by a Frenchman in 1G07. It was bought in 1903 by President Roosevelt, and he is going to finish building it." The President Probably Going too Fast in Santo Do mingo. Of course, when a man does so many things, he is likely to do some thoughtlessly or rashly, and it seems that the President is probably about to overstep the limits in this Santo Domingo af fair. On this matter we do not profess to be an authority, for it is the very topic that called forth our quotation from Mr. Dooley two weeks ago: "We iTon't know anything about it, and we don't care, and what business is it of ye-ers anyway?" Still while we have a great deal more respect for the President than for the handful of moneybags who seem to rule the Senate, the Senate has rights that everybody ought to respect whatever may be said of individual Senators. And when the Senate showed so plainly that it disapproved of meddling in Santo Domingo affairs, it would have been better for Mr. Roosevelt to drop the matter. We are not surprised therefore to see that among the protests aroused, the Indiapolis News, in which Vice-President Fairbanks is a large stock holder, sounds a note of warning, saying in part: "The President's attempt to secure for himself the power to negotiate arbitration agreements without the consent of the Senate, the action of the government's agents in the matter of the re cent protocol with Santo Domingo, and now the efforts of Mr. Roosevelt to establish a protecto rate over Santo Domingo without the co-operation of the Senate and in the face of the refusal of the Senate to ratify the treaty which was de signed to accomplish that result, have all com bined to direct attention only more to the Presi dent's rather unconventional way of doing things. If we are. as many believe, to have a direct issue between the Senate and the President, it is great ly to be desired that the President shall put him self in the strongest possible position. This he cannot do if he persists in his policy, at least, of seeming to regard the" law as an obstacle to be got out of the way or got around." Who Will Succeed Mr. Roosevelt ? Speaking of Mr. Fairbanks just now reminds us of the zeal with which he is promoting his Presi dential ambitions, and also reminds us of some very interesting gossip from the Washington rep resentative of The Progressive Farmer, as found in a letter bearing date of March 31st. We do not know that the outlook for the Presidential succession (in case the Republicans should. con tinue their hold on the National Government) has been anywhere more accurately portrayed than in the following paragraphs which we re- print: . "The proclamation, 'The king is dead. Long live the king,' has always seemed to Americans a cal lous custom, possible only in effete monarchies; and -yet the inauguration of every President is attended with lively surmise as to his successor. Hardly has a man entered the White House, be fore tongues are busy with the aspirations of oth ers. This inauguration was not an exception; in fa6t, seldom has a new administration been at tended by so many outspoken ambitions. Never before have so many of the aspirants belonged to i ' v" .ir Urn I il fnmilv. Of course.-Mr. Roose "lint. ho. would not again be i candidate for the nomination has much to do with the frankness of his followers. Three members of the Cabinet Mr. Shaw, Mr. Taft and juj Cortelyou are candidates; so is Mr. Fairbanks thfi office of Vice-Presi dent. It has become almost a political proverb that Presidents are not chosen from the Cabinet ; it was also said that .Presidents were never, in these days, taken from the Vice-Presidency. ALT "Roosevplt. hns smashed one tradition: and the oth er will probably not weigh with the heads of the War nnd Trensurv Departments, although it may lead them to retire from the Cabinet earlier than would otherwise be the case. Mr. Root who would certainly not refuse the nomination is also not to be deterred by Cabinet traditions. As .... . . ii i . for Mr. Cortelyou, his crndidacy is not liKeiy to require his retirement from the Cabinet. His official advancement up to the time of his selec tion as chairman of the Republican National Committee was not the result of Dolitical organi zation. He has no constituency to return to for support as a favorite son, and the influences iav orable to his nomination may operate as effect ually while he serves as Postmaster General. If Mr. Cortelyou should win the prize, it would be not only the first instance of a man reaching the Presidency through the classified service, but would be another step in a most remarkable career from obscure typewriter to Cabinet officer and chairman of the Republican National Committee, without political "pull." Which candidate Mr. Roosevelt may favor is an absorbing question among friends of the parties interested, for if the popularity of the President proves perma nent, it will be well within his power to greatly influence the choice of his successor. In any event, Washington will be more than ever the mecca for Republican politicians during the next few years, as it happens that five of the ambitious rivals including Senator Foraker are practical ly residents of this city." "All Have Agreed on Peace Except the Belligerents A St.Petersburg diplomat very aptly sized up the Russo-Japanese situation in the sentence: "All have agreed on peace except the belligerents." It has been a play of Hamlet with Hamlet left out. France, which is financing Russia, seems very anxious for peace; England would be glad to see the war stop while the tide is so much against Russia; and the press correspondents have cried "Peace! Peace!" But there is no peace. Russia in some fashion managed to make it known last week that she would 'not consider any peace proposition involving " the payment of in demnity or the cession of territory, and the victory-flushed Japanese are very well content to try the efficiency of cannon balls in convincing her that this would not be morally correct. Mr. Takaharshi, the Japanese' special financial commissioner, in an interview said: "The war cost between $250,000,000 and $300,000,000 the first year, and will probably cost $350,000,000 dur ing the present year. It would be unprecedented in the history of great was that no indemnity and no territory be given up by the vanquished. While it is beyond my province to discuss terms of peace, I can express my personal opinion that as the war was iorcedupon Japan it is not likely that she will waive the ricrht to an indemnitv and cession of territory when concluding peace. What indemnity will be demanded, 1 cannot say, but is is my private opinion that it will at least cover the expenses of the war." fco the war goes on. Ovama. it. is renorted V.ns begun another general advance, and at St. Peters burg, Russia is again face to face with desperate internal dissensions. Ihere is a very general feel ing that General KuroDatkin has heen nninstlv ' ---j used as a scapegoat by the Russian G and that the old hero who has grown gray in the service ot the Czar was not responsible for the crushing defeat for which he has been retired in disgrace. "O Cromwell. Cromwell. Had I but served my God with half the zeal I served my king, He would not in mine age II ave left me naked to mine enemies." The noble spirit of the old General h shown so finely as in his volunteering to t.nlro humbler position under his successor and oontin- . - . uing his services to an unappreciative government. THIS WEEK'S PAPER SOME RANDOM - COMMENTS. Our Cotton Growing Talks were concluded last week, and the last of the Corn Growing Talks ap pears in this number. We have seldom published two more valuable series of articles than these, and we hope that hundreds of our readers will utilize their teachings in this year's farming op erations. In the report of these five year experi ments we have the most striking illustration yt-t furnished of the value of the Department of Agriculture's Test Farms. And this leads 'is to say that the mountain Test Farm is to begin op eations this year, and that Wilmington and Fay etteville are contesting hotly as to which town shall have the farm proposed for that section. Dr. Freeman's testimony to the value of spray ing is no stronger than that which could be given by thousands and thousands of other farmers. And should not the bald fact that an inexpensive spraying apparatus enabled him to have more fruit last year than for all the five previous years combined should not this set you to thinking? Write Prof. Franklin Sherman, Raleigh, for his free bulletins on spraying. Also see the note on spraying on page 2. Mr. Gerald McCarthy's paper on improving rundown lands is full of good suggestions, and the same is true of the Georgia Experiment Station's report on "Fertilizers for Corn." On the same page Mr. J. Washington Watts seems to give a fair and full statement as to the effect of feeding sor ghum tc stock. But all in all, the most valuable article in this number is Dr. Tait Butler's informing paper on "The Value of Cottonseed in Feeding Cattle." People are only beginning to appreciate the value of this great Southern by-product which once went almost utterly to waste, and is not yet utilized to half the good advantage it might be. Dr. Butler's article is worth filing away for fur ther consideration next winter. Mr. T. B. Parker's additional suggestions on alfalfa growing will be welcomed by many read ers who have become interested in that crop. Now is the time to plant. The rotation of crops doesn't yet get the atten tion from our farmers it should have, and the ar ticle on this subject should cause some of them to plan more wisely in deciding what crops 'to put on different fields this season. We are glad that so many country teachers are regular readers of The Progressive Fanner and - Cotton Plant. Now when agriculture and natuer study are beginning to find such a large place in the school work, no teacher can do it justice without reading a good farm paper. But what we started out to say is that if your teach er is not one of ' these who read The Progressive Farmer regularly, you should remind him or her of Dr. Stevens's article on page 5. Every teacher in the State should have the bulletin to which ref erence is made in this article. Edgar C. Pinckney, whose "Serenade" we print this week, belonged to the celebrated South Carolina family of that name. His "A Health" which we used in our last issue is one of the most popular American poems. The Raleigh Times gives good advice in the ar ticle, "Every Woman Should Learn to Cook," re printed on page 6. The girls are learning in Raleigh, where sewing and cooking are regularly taught in the public schools; and the same thing is true of Durham. After awhile we shall have central high schools throughout the country dis tricts, too, where the girls whose mothers fail to teach them will be instructed, and where all will learn something of the chemistry and composition of foods as all ought to do. And this will mean a-great saving in human efficiency and human life. Our last paragraph probably looks as if we were a shining example of the man-described in "The Boy's" composition on spring which isn't bad