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TIIE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SUNDAY MAY 15. 1904. 15 GERMAN EXPERTS' OPINION Wl&t the Agricultural IoTeitigtor Et of Amsricm Methods. WEST GIVES THEM PLEASANT SURPRISE Development of Indlstrles Allied with Agrlroltare "sen as to Opea Eres of the Imperial Commission. Jn May I, 1908, n delegation of German agriculturists arrived at New York to in vestigate the agricultural conditions of the United Stats. The Department of Agri culture at Washington prepared the route for them, which lasted tw months. The report of their Investigation haa Just been completed by A. Wadsack, and we think review of their trip would be Interesting to our reader. Having arrived on the morning of May 1. they were greeted by the German consul and the numerous reporters. In the after noon at 2 o'clock they were escorted to Plainsboro. N. J., to investigate the Walker. Gordon Laboratory company. The main feature of Interest waa dairying and the feeding and taking care of cows. This farm furnishes largely earmary milk, and the way this farm conducts this business was of great Interest to the agriculturists. On May I they arrived at Washington. They wefe very much taken up with the capital of the United States. They appre ciated the nice wide streets and beautiful forest trees, and the general Impression that Washington madon our visitors was very good. They were somewhat surprised that the Department of Agriculture was housed In such small quarters. From the amount of work that this department was doing they expected to see more spacious Apartments. On May 6 they departed from Washington and boarded the Pullman car which was to be their home for the next two months. From Washington they went to West Vir ginia. Here they commented on the very good horticultural conditions. ' Next they arrived in the land that Is noted for its pretty women, fine horses and the good whisky namely, Kentucky. They were shown around by many colonels and many fine stallions were exhibited. The Kentucky saddle horse Is certainly a typo of Its own and was admired by all the visitors. They regretted very much that they did not see many of the pretty women for which that state is noted. They also visited the agricultural station and were very much pleased with the same. From Kentucky they arrived at St. Louis. The large brewery of Anheuser-Busch waa Inspected and, as stated In their report, it is truly the largest In the world. The exposition grounds were also visited under the guidance of President Francis. Impressed by Packing Home Industry From here they started for Kansas CJty to ) aspect tho large stock yards and that great city. At Kansas City (hey had their first Introduction to the large stock yard and packing house industry of this country and they were impressed with the large volume of business that the yarda are doing and they cannot comment enough on the amount of work that is done-with so few men, whan so many thousands of ani mals are slaughtered, each year. They were also very much taken with the beauti ful oltjr. ' From Kansas City they proceeded to the state of Iowa, which Is noted for Its fine live stock and for being one of the large corn states of the union., They were taken to Ames and were very much pleased with the Agricultural college. They give a de tailed report of what the college baa done, how many acres are cultivated and how roan students attend the college. They war pleased with their reception at Ames and with the experimental work which they aw In progress at the station. From Ames they went to Odebolt, la., where they aw the large Cook farm with Its many praotlcal devices in operation. They were amused at the amount of work that oould be done by concentration of energy as was shown on this remarkable farm. Their next point was Omaha. They were taken to South Omaha to Inspect the pack ing house. The oleomargarine process was shown to them In detail and they were surprised at the cleanliness with which this industry was managed. From Omaha they went to Ames, Neb., where they in vestigated the sugar beet factory. They were surprised at the number of tons of sugar beets that were raised to the acre and also at the high per cent of sugar that these beets contained. They could not realise that the beets contained this large a per cent of sugar and at first thought that there must be a mistake in the chem ical analyses. They also Inspected a num ber of small farms close to Ames to notice the conditions and domestic life on the farm. They were very much surprised to find organs, libraries, telephones, and the rural free delivery. They were also In terested In finding these farm houses clean and neat and that the farmers are of an Intelligent class. They also visited the Watson ranch with its 10,000 acres at Kear ney, Neb. Colorado Hospitality Pleasing;. From here they went to Denver, Colo. They wars very much Impressed with the capital of Colorado with Its busy western life. They could hardly believe that In forty years such a large. Industrious city could be erected. They Inspected some of the mines In Colorado, but the great Inter est to them was the sugar Industry. As stated before, they wondered at the large per cent of sugar that the beets contained in the section of country around Greeley. This large per cent of sugar In the beets Is characteristic of the soli, because It extracts most of the moisture and on that account gives a large amount of sugar. They .were very much pleased with the kind reception tTiey received In Colorado. Pike's Peak will never be forgotten. At Ban Francisco they were escorted snd shown through the town, especially the Chinese quarter, which was quite a revela tion to them. They were then taken to the university at Berkeley where they were shown by Dr. Hllgard the soil In vestigations that he has carried on for many years. Thy were -ery much pleased with what they saw at the station and at the university. They had many beautiful excursions In California too many to mention. The dairy Industry In California and also the fruit Industry was commented upon. As at other points the chief Interest seemed to be centered In the great sugar Industry in California They also visited Portland, where they were surprised at the lively streets and the Improvements that the northwest has made. They were amased at the wood and wheat Industry of that country. They have words of praise for the Columbia river, stating that It Is the most beautiful river, and they state that that country will be moat pros perous as a wheat country- In Oregon they again saw beautiful forestry and were sur prised at the horticultural conditions of that section, especially the strawberry In dustry. Washington was the next state visited. Here they again saw a wonderful country for wheat and forestry. They were much Impressed with the improved machinery that Is used In those western states to re duce labor. In Washington they also In spected the university and experiment sta tion at Pullman. Comment on American Nerve. From here they went to Yellowstone park, which fufly came up to their expec tation. Many of them saw the live Indians and the wild beasts In the park and were greatly delighted, especially at the number of bears they saw. They commented on the beautiful scenery of the park. Their trip through the park was a most enjoyable one. They commented on our American drivers for their nerve In driving over many dangerous passes. They passed through Montana and North I Dakota, but their first official stop was In Minnesota. They Investigated the large milling Industry of that state, also the beautiful university and Agricultural col lege, and were very much Impressed with the work done at the college and the eta-, tlon. They next Inspected the city of Milwau kee and from here went to Chicago, and were much taken up with the "Windy City." They were entertained by the live stock commission men and shown through the largest stock yards and grain elevators of the world. They were very much Im pressed by the good and the bad that they saw In Chicago. . From Chicago they went to Benton Har bor, Mich., and saw the large pech or chards and the horticultural conditions of that section of Michigan. From here they went to Grand Rapids, Mich., to see the great furniture Industry of Michigan. They Inspected the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. June 21 they arrived at Niagara Falls. Words fait to describe the beautiful scenery that they saw here. They made a thorough inspection of the falls and the city of Buffalo. .,'. They arrived in Boston June 22. Here they studied the market gardening and manufacturing interests of Massachusetts. From here they went to New York, where they visited the places of historic note, and then mads preparations for their return trip home. Impressions Made on the Visitors. The impressions made on the visitors. Is on the whole very good. They say our land and climate Is of a varied nature, and that our soil Is very fertile. Our social life Is quite different from that of Europe. They commented on the fact that moat of our railroads were owned by private concerns On the whole our railroad facilities seemed to be as good as those In Europe. They say our railroads are not built quite so substan tlal as those In the old country. It seemed to surprise them that our railroad com panles had so few officers around the sta tions, and yet, with all that, surprisingly few accidents. They were not so well pleased with our coaches as they are with their old-fashioned coupes. They were much pleased with our small villages and the small farms. They think the way our farms are fenced In is very good. In general, they noticed that our American farmers do not pay enough at tention to the fertility of the soil. They saw a great many farms that had excep tionally fertile soil which was not properly treated to keep It fertile for a number of years. They believe that some day these farmers will have to give an accounting, Their general Impression of agriculture1 was that farming was not done thoroughly, Usually where they found thorough culti vation of the farms they found that It was done by a foreign farmer. However, one surprising feature was that wherever hor ticulture was pursued the tillage of the soli was more thorough. With the exception of the American sad die horse they did not see any real, true type and could not understand why our practical American farmers were breeding more to an individual that had a ling red Igree than to take up a certain type that should be fixed In their mind. They eould not understand why all our American horses had such long backs, and that they were breeding to very Inferior stallions In' stesd of pure bred gray Percherons. Oar Primitive Methods. They were surprised at the number of Scotch Shorthorns to be found In this country, also lierefords, Aberdeen-Angus and Galloways, and that our primitive methods had made such wonderful Ira provement. They comment that they saw mostly good formed Individuals, even after they Had wintered through without being housed, which was a new Idea to them. However, they state that as long as this primitive method of keeping 5ur cattle out doors during the winter exists, so long will It be that the Americans can not compete with the line qualities of meat Europe is demanding, for our present method is bound to produce muscles that contain a large amount of fat. - Of dairy breads the Jersey, Guernsey and Holsteln were mostly In evidence. They stated that the first two have practically retained their character of small dairy cows. But the Holsteln, which Is con sldered the most useful In Europe, haa lost a great part of Its characteristics. They say that their body is here more the form of a Jersey. They were surprised to find that on account of one white Holsteln cow giving a large amount of butter that a bull of this family was sold for 6.000 marks, but that the individual had no other marked feature that would command this large sum. They comment very highly on this feature in breeding dairy cows, that the Amercan breeder had taken Indi vidual merit and that the European breeder should take an example from this and should breed such animals as are good milkers so that this quality can be trans mitted to their offspring. In hogs the Poland-China, the Berkshire, the Duroc-Jersey and the Yorkshire were the most abundant. It Is remarkable, they say, that the breeding of swine Is uniformly good. Recently the Duroc-Jersey has been bred more extensively. Sheep are not bred to any great extent for their" wool, but more for meat. On this account the meat-producing breeds are predominant. All through the west the chicken In dustry Is largely developed. The Plymouth Rock and the White Wyandotte were found to be the most numerous. Much good will Europeans learn concerning this wonderful Industry. American Farmer Wasteful. Much can be learned, the visitors say, from what they have seen In this country. On the whole, the average American farmer wastes a great deal on his farm, especially In fertilizing and In not studying more thoroughly the agricultural conditions. This will be lessened more and more as the land becomes more valuable and as the farmers read the valuable reports sent out by the government at Washington and by the various experiment statlona On the whole, the impressions from the tour of investigation were of much value. Many photographs of practical contrivances found In operation In this new country have been taken home with them to be inaugu rated on their estates. If a like party of agriculturists should In vestigate European conditions they would find that their farms sre run on a very much more economical and solid basis. (W" Barker'' a collars I ilW3l ' and CUFFS iW " l U7 ARB STAMPED I If J -P?ii Warranted Linen wpN tV V Yohi can get them at jrLrJ I M many reliable dealers in LiuT S i Omaha. JvN lZ "Hi . .irftCTOTi wrar Ts-or.si Y '. Bought Chamberlain's Conarh Rem .ody and Vent It to Friends. "A customer of Tains was so plecsed with Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, which she had used for her children when suffering from colds and croup, that during a fort night's time she obtained at my shop nine bottles, which she sent to her friends In different parts of the stste, telling them how much good It had done and advising them to give It a trial," says . F. W. J. Fletcher, a druggist In Victoria, Australia. The Ways of Girls. "I don't see why Ethel obtained employ ment in the telephone exchange," said Maud. "Why," explained Mamie, "you know she qmrreled with Herbert and told him she waa never going to speak to him again." "But supposing she has to call his num ber?" "That's It.' She 'doesn't want to break her word unless she Is compelled to by accident." Washington Star. RELIGIOUS. The Friends or Quakers are gaining somewhat in numbers, the gain last year 5?k'g bo" 39 in total membership of vl.VM. Indiana is their greatest strong hold. The Church of Ireland has now about 100 superannuated clergy, to whom It proposes to pay pensions from 150 to 200 annually. An Income of 3.000 toward the 16,000 needed Is already assured. The Negro Methodist Episcopal society In New York, one of the old religious land marks of the city, that has Just dedicated a new IS5.0U0 church, on which not a cent is owing anybody for anything, sets an ex ample to white sects of various beliefs which Is as admirable, as it would seem to be difficult to follow. It Is proposed' In Boston to erect the Clarke Memorial church at the corner of Poterboro and Jersey streets, on the Back Bay fens, In memory of that militant par son and patriot, Rev. James Freeman J. larke. He was a powerful factor for good in republican state conventions and so along many lines of steady and high endeavor. Among the pictures removed from the courts of Paris by order of government is a remarkable one which has hung (except for a brief interval after 17SM) for 400 years in the chief Judicial court room of France. It Is an elaborate triptych, the crucifix be ing surrouRaea Dy many figures. The uuvre nas maae many efforts to get It In Ihe late Rev. Charles Pierce, an Episco pal clergyman, who for fifty-two years preached In the wild mountainous country of Kl Dorado, Colorado, gave his life In Brrvic.a io me miners oi three generations. During his lifetime ha never nwnari Hniiu although during his ministry he received over io.vuu, aii or wnicn ne expended for " s"u ui m people, in nil last 11 Incus the people all through the hills of El Do rado county, tended him as if he had been Ir. Moncura D. Conwav. who rnnti celebrated his aevent v-second hlrthHnv i ucuruuaiii ui me wanmngion family and was born in Virginia. lie married Mixa Margaret Daniel, granddaughter of Thomas Clone a signer oi me declaration of Inde pendence, ur. uonway was a Unitarian minister at Washington, whence h wu compelled to go, on account of his sermons against slavery In lo7. doing on a visit to Kngland In 1863, he- became minister of Souih Place chapel In lSt4, where he stayed for about twenty years and whither he returned for another five years In 1HS2. President J. J. Hill of the Great Northern will supplement his many gifts to the Cath olic church by a donation of $1.6tjO,ouO, given Jointly by himself snd Mrs. Hill, toward tne erection or me new w.uou.U'W cathedral, which ArchbishoD Ireland is to erect ami In which two of the wealthiest of the Bl. raul parianes win join, rne cathedral Is to lie only a few hundred yarda from Presi dent Hill's immense palace. Archbishop Ireland has outlined plans for securlns the remainder of the money required Con struction of the edifice will btgin this sum mer. . The chief procurator In Russia, in a late report to the csar on the state of Russian religion, brings out the fact that the power and wealth of the Greek church arc Immense. There are tM.'xo of then, churches In the empire. During the last year 833 new nluces of wnmhin were ion. secreted. In connection with thette churches inert are in. hot moiius ana M.ita nuns. Thrre1 are I.xi head priests and 43.743 or dinary priest. These, together with S8.1M deacons and under deacons, 'make a grand total, along wnn seven otner divisions, the nnii res of which are not riven twilr. i lTO.itoO persona In official positions. A sum of nearly HO.OOO.OOO was paid by the Rus sian people last year fcr the support of VS VtHllMUUN, Schlitz Beer Is Just This Barley selected by a partner in our concern from the best barley that grows. And we malt it ourselves. Hops brought in large part from Bohemia selected by our buyers from the finest hops in the world. Water from six artesian wells bored 1400 feet to rock. Just a food and a tonic brewed with the extreme of cleanliness cooled and filtered air sterilized after it is sealed. Schlitz beer is pure, because our process is cleanly, and because the beer is filtered, then Pasteurized. It does not ferment on the stomach, because it is aged aged for months in refrigerating rooms before it is marketed. It is a health drink without germs in it. It gives you beer without biliousness. Ask tor the brewery bottling. 57 n II: fa Phone 918, Jos. Schlitz Brewing; Co., 719 S. 9th St., Omaha, Neb. Tne Beer That Made Milwaukee FamousJ Vff ne h a ' "a) lessing to her Home, yi Sakta Monica, Cal., Dee. 3, 1903, Wine of Cardul has proven a blessing to tne and my household because it restored me to perfect health. When my first boy was born I had an awful time and laid sick for over three months after child birth. When I was finally able to be up I was to weak I was unfit to attend to my household dirties. Before I was pregnant again I had heard of Wine of Cardui and so I decided to take that and nsed it faithfully for three months before my second boy was born. Yon can imagine how happy I was to find that I had hardly any pain at childbirth and within two weeks after I waa up, felt better and stronger than I had for years ana hare enjoyed the beet of health since. , t , - I keep Wine of Cardni in the house constantly and if I feel tired t,jjA af jjfj or worn out, nerroua or lose my appetite or sleep, a few dosea Qltlu V ttXfmM tone me up immediately and I hare no need of any physician csjajskaw. .xsctttit. oow-rrraa. and keep in constantly good health eaasus wo sum's smb. No woman can do better than taking Wine of Cardui. It regulates menstruation perfectly, cures bearing down pains, frees the sufferer from periodical headaches, backaches and nervousness. '' . h You can depend on this great remedy. It has never been known to fall to benefit any case. It seldom fails of an absolute cure, even curing cases that have been pro nounced chronic and incurable. You can secure a bottle of Wine of Cardui from your druggist today and begin the treatment immediately in the privacy of your own home. Will you try it? SHOD AND FED BY THE WEST St- Louis' Supremacy in the Shoe Business Establish! GREAT INCREASE IN FACTORIES One of the Reasons' for tbe Tremen dous Strides It Has Made In Mann factnrlnar is the Grit and Push of Its Merchants. "Westward the star of empire takes Its way," sang the poet. His allusion was to the resistless trend of clvlllzatlob to follow the sun in Its course. In these days, how ever, we place a different construction on the term "empire." With us It means com merce, trade, and its movement Is steadily from the east to the west. It Is not so many years ago when the west bought all its supplies from the east, paying for the manufactured products It consumed in wheat, corn and other food products. To day the west Is still the great food pro ducer, but it has also become a great man ufacturer, and has wrested the palm of su premacy in many Important lines from the east. One of these lines is shoes. For many years New England seemingly had a mort gage on this industry. The city of Lynn in Massachusetts was built by the shoe In dustry, and Its prosperity today is depen dent upon it. Many other New England towns are presperous or depressed accord ing as the shoe business Is flourishing or declining. Because the transformation of the shoe manufacturing center from the east to the west has been so quickly wrought, many people do not know that Bt. Louis today manufactures and sella more shoes than any other city In the country. It has attained its position so quietly and with so little ostentation that Its pre-eminence is hardly realised as yet. In the history of the Industrial quickening and development of the United States In the last decade a movement that has sll the fascination of a romance because of Its tremendous combinations of capital and concentration of forces there Is no chapter that la so pregnant with Interest as that dealing with the advance of the shoe busi ness of Bt. Louis. The Bt. Louis shoe men are today the Napoleons 'of the business, and Justly so. In the first place, they aim to give something In the way of goods that Is a little better than any one t-lse Is offer ing. The leather they UHe mimt be of the best, the ptyles and shapes must be the very choicest, and the workmanship un surpassable. Then, Instead of waiting for the trade to come and buy, they send out their representatives to sell, and fortify them with not only price but duality and service as well. They go out for buslnexa wtth a dash and vim that is typical of the west, and as a consequence the east hits been outclassed In the race for shoe su premacy. One of the exhibits In the manufactures building at the St. I-ouls World's fair serves. In a striking way, to show why the St. Louis shoe men lead las jSocMslODi The exhibit, which is made by the Roberts, Johnson & Rand Shoe company of St. Louis, Is that of the arrangement and proc ess of a modern American shoe factory. In this exhibit the manifold details that inter pose between the rough leather and Its transformation into the tasteful and orna mental shoes of commerce are every one shown. The concern making this exhibit, by the way, might with entire propriety be placed on exhibition Itself as an object lesson In accomplishment. The Roberts, Johnson & Rand Shoe company has led the fonces that have wrested from the east control of the nation's shoe trade and placed it in the went. Even In a community that is noted for its great business enterprises wtth world-wide ramifications, the progress onward and upward of thin concern has been watched with pride and amazement. Each year in the six yeats the concern has been In existence has been a record breaker. It has set a pace for the ensuing year to catch up and surpass. The fact that it has done so stamps the concern as the greatest expansionist known. An' approximate Idea of the magnitude of any business can be gleaned from statistics, which are generally pretty dry reading, but sometimes prove to be alive and fairly bubbling Over 'slth fascination. That Is the case With (he figures that tell of the Roberts, Johncim A Rand Co.'s growth. For instance. tr average production of its several faCtoriew varies from between 22,000 to 35.000 pairs oi finished shoes every work ing day In the year. It takes an army of workers to make all these shoes, rmd seventy-five salesmen are busy selling the enormous output. The fact that 1,000,001 people are today wearing Star Brand shoes is the best evidence of their worth aid merit. This company makes its trado mark stand for absolute perfection in shses. For the maintenance of this standard no f.etail Is too slight or insignificant to receive the most painstak ing attention. 'This thoroughness explains why last year the concern Increased Its sales (2,000,000 orer those of the preceding year, the largest gain for a year's business ever made by any shoe house In the world. Its total sales t f shoes for the year were over J6.000.000. The expanding business of the house forces it to kep constantly building new factories. "SU-r Brand' shoes are only six years old, but they are already a modern giant In public esteem. Devey & Stone Furniture Go 1115-1117 Far nam Street. ' ftklllrol Enslirtr. During the dig, ling of holes for New York telegraph soles not long ago the workmen noticed a mouse which had fallen into one of the cavities. For hours the tiny pris oner raced frantk-ally around the inclnsure, then he seemed to get over his hysterics and set hid wltu to wjrk Soon he begun systematically t( dig a eplral groove round and round the Winer surface of the hole, which was sevtral feet deep. Night and day tbe bisy lUtle captive worked sway, digging little po kts here and there as his Improvised sulrtase got farther from the ground so that li might rest from his hard labors. Th-i wo W men kept him supplied with food und ifter the third day the In defatigable lit t Is creature reached the top snd enthu ilaat4 1 cheering welcomed bis freedom. Sideboards and Buffets. "We have a lot of high grade, low priced sideboards and buffets we are anxious to close out, and are willing to sac rifice on them in order to have the room. These goods are made of selected oak, very nicely finished, best of mirrors and trimmings, and marked for this sale at a saving of'from three to seven dollars. VW ti.i;f,iA".- J ' 1.4. 3 HM;-. Mi - ;s il nt . I .IVti Sideboards At $15.00, $16. $18.50, $20.00, $21.00, $22, $24.75, $25.00 and $25.50. Buffets- At $12.50, $14.00, $16, $18.00, $21, $24.75, $26.00. $28 00 and $30.00. Also a large line of china cases with and without mirror backs at about twenty per cent under regular prices. CHINA OA HE, at $11.75, flo.00, flT.OO. $19.00, $21.00, $2:.00, $24.00, $2(5.00, $27.50, $29.00, $30.00, $32.00, $33.00, $35.00 and $38.00. . WE COUKT COMPARISON OF PRICES. rrs TEN CENTS n What To Eat Bni72 Bead for copy. 10 eents or fl.uo a ysar. IWlable Haulth An Was, Table Btaa-.es. Jsets, 1'oems, Clever Toasts. A good frlsnd to brighten your leisure mo ments. Foll of novel suggestions fa ntsrLslnlr.g. IV. tows BwlU B.I Ml. atr-"Ow vosIS k. kaslUOw ssS SspsW tt (as Isjssni vr mra of tsl. wort j sslillimU.s.H WHAT TO BAT (M.irtsly Btaci WassiagtM hi. ana raua Asa from SB? MUM For Menstrual Suppression ES-a' PEN-TAN-GOT St boi. koi.i. $& Sou la Om.li. tr Sb.rnun a CbartM Lg TWa All Other. 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