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About The Coos Bay times. (Marshfield, Or.) 1906-1957 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 27, 1915)
M IW u 1 U' Ml C HOME AND FATIM MAGAZINE SECTION Editorial Page of Home and Farm Magazine Section Timely, Pertinent Comment Upon Men and Affairs, Following tho Trend of World News; Suggestions of Interest to Readers; Hints Along Lines of Progressive Farm Thought. TO ADVKUTISKItS. Advertisers In this locality who nlh to fully cover nit sections of Oregon and Wash Ington and a portion of Idaho will apply to local publishers for rates. General advertisers may address C. !. Hnr (on, Advert IhIiir Manager of Orcgon-Wnshlng-toii-IuTtho Fanner, Oregonlnn ltulhllng, Port laud, Oregon, for rates and itiforinntlon. TO ItRADKnfl. Readers arc requested "to send loiter and articles for publication to The lvdltor, Or egon Washington - Idaho Parmer, Oregonlun Hulldlng, Port In lit), Oregon. Discussions on questions and problems that hear directly on (ho agricultural, live stock and imultry Interests of the Northwest, and on the uplift and comfort of the farm home always are welcomed. No loiters treat ing of religion, politics or the Kuropcan war uro solicited, for the Oregon-Washington-Idaho Farmer proclaims neutrality on these matter. Comparatively brief contributions aro pre ferred to long ones. Send us alo photo graphs of your livestock and farm scenes that you think would be of general Interest. Wo wish to make this nmgazlno of value to you. Help us to It. AMERICA'S RESPONSIBILITY. IP EVER America puts its hand to the plow in its effort to feed the world, it has assumed that responsibility now. Not since the burrowing days following our own great civil strife of the 'GOs have the tillable acres of this country faced mwIi a possible drain upon their bonntifnlnes. "Without even dimly prophesying the dura tion of tho war now raging, we are already assured of the fact that this country will PROFIT AND LOSS. WIII3N estimating at tho close of tho season your profit or loss in tho busi ness of farming, don't bo bound too closely by tho actual financial showing. There is something in this world but wealth as figured in dollars and cents and it is quite important that it not be overlooked. It may bo observed, tritely enough, to be sure, that riches do not mean happiness. If, when you go over your accounts' you find that you have received goo'd prices for your wheat or corn, that your stock has multiplied rapidly and that the beef, mut ton and pork represented in your hold.ings aro commanding a high market, you proba bly decide it a most prosperous yonr. But wait. Suppose yonr son has tired of country life and has been enticed by visions of life in bright cities. Supposo yon have worked too hard in the field ami that your health has been impaired. Suppose that your wife is not happy with her surroundings and friends. Suppose that your daughter is dis contented. In what really counts in this life, where do you stand? Let's change the scone. Your crops have been but average. Many cattle have died on your hands. Tho market is dull and tho auto mobile you had planned to purchase this Spring seems far away, farther away than ever. Yet, you arc in robust health. The outdoor life has proven a tonie that loaves your spirits high. Your son does not grum ble at his share of tho chores, and even is much interested in tho welfare of a bright oyed lassio on a neighboring farm. Your daughter willingly postpones her hopes of college and decides to do much instructive reading, that sho had always wanted to do, during tho coming year. Your wife sings as sho goes about her homely duties. Man, is there a profit or loss on y.our books? If you aro content, not weakly content with that which it is in your power to make better, but content with life as you have niado it, you are near that happiness which philosophers have said is the solo aim of human existence. be the storehouse of the world. Every farm owner, every tenant and every share-worker will have his part to play in meeting this great responsibility. No matter how remote his residence, he will hear Europe's call for beef, bacon, beans and bread, and on the amount ho has to sell will depend not only his satisfaction of having served his fcllow men, but the additional consolation of hav ing served himself ; for big crops, much stock, many hogs, will mean big profits. It is thus that the American farmer begins his Spring work with two slruigs to his bow- With one hand ho is rescuing the perishing and with the other he is reaching out for tangible encouragement toward a bank ac count and a better home. Now is his golden opportunity. There are two lines along which lie should plan his work, but only one line along which ho should work his plan. First, he should utilize every available part of his land and then he must strive to raise the overage yield of his ranch. There will be no danger of over-production for the crops sown this year. The man who has a big yield will find a big market. To get this yield means better farming. CURING A COLD. DR. HARVEY W. "WILEY, former chief of the Bureau of Chemistry, is reported as having said that tho best way to cure a cold was "to take a bottle of cough medicine, set it on a table in the patient's room, open till the windows, and throw tho bottle through one of them." In other words, instead of taking patent cough and cold rem edies, breathe plenty of fresh air. And without a doubt there is much wis dom in this advice. As soon as cold weather sets in people shut their doors and windows tight and live cooped up in stuffy rooms. The consequences are that the entire Winter is one long siege of colds and other catarrhal affections. Loss medicine and mora frosh air and outdoor exercise would prevent a great deal of the suffering and inconven ience from these bad-air maladies. MILITARISM IN SCHOOLS. STATE MASTER REAM, of tho Nebraska Orange, introduced in the meeting of the National Grange a resolution protesting' against the War Department installing in the schools of the country a military system. It appears from tho tenor of the resolution that the department has secured tho organization of rifle clubs in 42 universities and in 84 privute and pre paratory schools of tho country and is press ing the work. All tho high schools in New York are utilized as rifle clubs and mora than 700 boys between 10 and IS years qualify annually as junior marksmen under a course approved by tho department. The objections to the action do not appear to be well founded. The trend of sentiment in America has al ways been against the maintenance of a large standing army. So long as that senti ment is existant the first lino of defense fol lowing the Navy will be the militia. Will it not be bettor, in the event of trouble, to have Mich militia, or volunteers, composed of men skilled in use of weapons, rather than row recruits who would not know the difference between the bayonet ond a cleaning rod? In common with millions of men and worn en, this paper believes the war is folly ami hopes the day will soon come when it will be iio longer the means of adjustment of ques tions affecting the welfare of the people of the earth. But so long as war exists it would be folly also to take u step that would leave us entirely helpless simply because we advocate a policy of peace. Until other lands agree with ours for general disnrmi. I ment, simultaneous in character, it is the uur.y oi mis country to he prepared for poi siblc contingencies. rru SOMETHING NEW IN TAXATION. iiAliS are taxes the world nv i course, but onco in awhile sometliim? startlingly different appears even in this line. This timoit is an account sent by United Stales Consul Andrew J. McConnico from V.Vinidad, in tho British West Tndiej, of a tax imposed there to "meet the ej. peases incident to tho importation of coolie laborers from Indin and to maintain the sys tern under governmental supervision." Tho tax is imposed on tho produce of tho colony, and for this year it includes the fol lowing items: On sugar, ,1(1 cents per 100 pounds; molasses, 24 cents per 100 gallons; rum and bitters, G8 cents per 100 gallons; couee, b cents per 100 pounds, and cocoa nuts, 8 cents per 1000. How would our American workmen litce it if tho goods they produced were taxed to raise a fund to bring cheaper labor to this country? A great system is it not? Of course conditions in Trinidad and in this country nro vastly different, and no doitht plenty of fault could bo found with any at tempt to draw n parallel. But the fact of the Trinidad system is interesting to every student of taxation and industrial problem?. INTEGRITY. THIS was the right kind of a description wo heard tho other day given by on breeder to another concerning a third breeder : "No matter what you buy of him, yoy will got the truth of tho matter, lie will not dis appoint you. Ho is one among many whom I would rather trust to pick out a young bull for mo than trust mysoir." What n splendid ambition for any man to build up a trust and confidence in his honor and integrity like that. Before it tho few dollars to be gained by deception pales into insignificance, , A high-brow professor says the United States will he compelled to fight tho whinner of tho present Avar. But then there aro so mnny things said by u professor that never happen. ' The colored troops from India and Africa are fighting nobly for tho allies. And tho battlefields of our own civil war aro proof that the black soldiers can bo depended on. Hats off to Holland! She doesn't want anybody to assist her caring for the stranded Belgians who uro in that country. That is the Dutch of it. In some colleges they nro now reducing the time of tho courses to equal that re quired to make a good footbull player of student. s When the European capitals have no vic tories to report, they oven up by counting over again the number of prisoners they have. Tho pursuit of pleasure is by no means the samo as the pursuit of happiness. You can listen to any kind of political talb you want to hear. um :y