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MERCEDES TRIBUNE
WEDNESDA, MAY 30, 1923
MERCEDES TRIBUNE
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MERCEDES, TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, MAY 30, 1923
“MEMORIAL DAY.’
The-tumult and the shouting dies—
Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet,
Lest we forget! Lest we forget!
—Kipling
Six years ago today, the “tumult and the shouting” had just
-gotten a start, following the declaration of war against Ger-
jnany by the United States. Five years ago it was at its height
■ms American troops were appearing on the battle line in Europe
.^nd American sailors were meeting the enemy on the high seas.
Today, Memorial Day comes as a shock—probably were it not
■for the American Legion and the veterans of the Civil War and
The Spanish-American War, the day would pass unobserved by
The great majority of Americans, save only those whose hon-
ored dead are remembered anew’ on that day and homage paid
.to their supreme sacrifice at the call of their country.
Memorial Day is not a holiday, in the usually accepted mean-
ing of that word. Rather is it a day hallowed by the memories
of the dead of all wars, who gave their lives to further the basic
^principles underlying the government of the United States of
.America.
Memorial Day is not a holiday for riotous joy making and
personal pleasure, rather is it a day consecrated to the memory
«of the heroes of the past, the day on which we wrho have been
spared the sacrifices they made pledge ourselves anew to the
ideals which they cherished to the* point of death.
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LET THE FARMER WATCH HIS STEP
The announcement of the Federal Farm Loan Board that
'$12,000,000 is now available for farm loans under the new agri-
cultural credit law, and at interest which while high is heavenly
compared with existing rates, will put heart into many a man
who for years has been struggling under the burden of financial
oppression; but it is hoped the tempting bait will not be swal-
lowed to the point of saturation.
The new system will have the effect of reducing interest
charges in some states from 10 per cent to 7 per cent, or perhaps
less. This sounds as cymbals heralding approach to the prom-
ised land, but it should not be forgotten that in many states in-
terest on private leans in excess of six per cent is considered
usury, and the lenders are punishable under the statutes. How-
ever, there appears to be one law for the commercial business
:.man and another 'for the farmer.
The law has inferentially acknowledged that commercial
:money cannot thrive on a seven per cent interest rate, and while
the relief of the farmer will be appreciated, it will be found
^mighty hard scraping for the farmer to get adequate reward
Tor his labor at this lowered rate. Danger lies in the likeli-
/hood that the farmer, so long used to extortion, will over-borroy
t the new rate, and will be disposed to seek temporary ease in
inance, not realizing that the mills of Wall Street, like the
ills of the gods, grind slowly but they grind exceedingly small
nd that the day of settlement is as certain as the day of judg-
ment. The farmer may obtain money at 5% per cent when
sorrowing through a cooperative marketing association, but
there again the overhead steps m and the additional charges foot
pup to a sum that still must make the tiller of the soil bond to
The burden.
HAVE ALL GOOD:—The young
lions do lack, and suffer hunger:
but the that seek the Lord shall
not .want any good thing.—Psalm
34:10.
KINGDOM AT HAND:— Jesus came
preaching the gospel of the kingdom
of God. And saying, Time is fulfilled,
and the kingdom of God is at hand:
repent ye, and believe the gospel.—
Mark 1:14,15.
SHALL DO THE WORK:—He that
believeth on me, the works that I do
shall he do alsoy and greater works
than these shall he do; because I go
unto my Father.—John 14:12.
CREATION SPIRITUAL—Through
faith we understand that the worlds
were framed by the word of God,
so that things -which are seen were
riot made of things which do appear.
—Hebrews 11:3.
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RULES FOR RIGHT LIVING:—He
hath shewed thee, O man, what is
good; and what do the Lord re-
quire of thee, but to do justly, and
to love mercy, and to walk humbly
with thy God?—Micah 6:8.
JUST BALANCES, JUST WEIGHTS
•—Ye shall have np unrighteousness
in judgment, in meteard, in’ weight,
or in measure. Just balances, just
weights, a just ophah, and a just hin,
shall we have—Leviticus 19:35,36.
WAIT PATIENTLY:—Wait on the
Lord: be of good courage, and he
shall strengthen thine heart wait, I
say, on the Lord.—Psalm 27:14.
Richard Lloyd Jones
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Cultivation cultivates you
MA^f?E A NEW 8R00AVLL SWEEP
CLEAN-BUT IT DOESN'T ALWA1P
KNOW ALL
CORNERS.
AGRICULTURAL NOTES
From the United Stat/s Department
of Agriculture
Over 600,000 far boys and girls
were enrolled in agricultural exten-
sion clubs in 1922, trying for them-
selves, under the direction of exten-
sion workers, approved methods of
crop and live-stock production, farm
and home management. The pro-
ducts grown or made by these young
farmers, and home makers are valued
at over $8,600,000
Louisiana State University will be
the first in the South to have a com-
plete course in forestry, announces
the Forest Service. This course will
be opened next September and is
an outgrowth of the summer forestry
camps conducted in various sections
of the State by Maj. J. G. Lee, of .the
department of forestry and horticul-
Man benefits more by the process
of labor than by the products of la-
bor. # Where nature gives most lav-
ishly man does least for himself and
there we find Humanity at its lowest
ebb.
The less man cultivates the less he
is cultivated. Nature often kills by
kindness. It is from the stem, rig-
orous and naturally unfriendly
stretches that we get our hardiest
and best Humanity.
The arid wast forces the farmer
to alertness and energy.
One must be more than a farmer
to farm a desert. He must be en-
gineer; he must bring water from
distant mountain basins and release
it on the parched ground. He must
master gates and sluices to make the
reluctant land yield its inherent rich-
ness.
Success comes to him who is big-
ger than his job. The idle are pena-
lized by weakness. The workers are
atom of strength expanded more en-
ergy is given.
Resistance produces friction and
friction gives the dynamo its driv-
ing power. Too much smoothness or
lubrication may result in a loss of
force.
Your automobile engine is never
likely to “go dead” as when you give
it no work to do—let it idle.
Necessity is the mother of inven-
tion, because need forces action,
want compels man to do.
Food too easily found alweys nur-
tures the sluggish mind and flabby
muscle, it takes true greatness of
soul to weather too easy a life.
We often hear of a man who can
master adversity, but who becomes
as putty under the consoling influ-
ence of affluence.
To be forced to fight for food
quickens the wit.
The smartest dog is not the pro-
tected lap pet, but the dog whose
wit is whetted by duty to perform.
Slouthfulness and waste are al-
ways found where Nature is kindest,
the soil richest, and competition lack-
ing.
Cultivation is a kindly habit. .It
is the expression of a mother in-
stinct; the passion for power to cre-
ate, develop and build. It is the wish
to nurture the seeds of good, to bring
them the moisture of gentle rain, the
warmth of the sun, the protection
from being crowded out by the
stronger things which are not of
service to the better end.
We cultivate tha,t the best possi-
ble may be brought forth. And in
the beautiful economy of life the
benefitis reciprocal.
It is our struggle against the ele-
ments that lifts our civilization.
Cultivate anything and you culti-
vate yourself. Make anything grow
and you make yourself grow. Build
anything and you build yourself. The
man who does the biggest work is
always recorded in hostory as the
biggest man.
Cultivation is the process of civi-
lization. Perfection is the product of
work.
TVhat Happened
From a recent popular novel:
“He hung upon her words'
her voice broke.”
Ain’t It the Truth?
Blythe: “Well I see the dirt is
flying this morning from the coun-
ty’s road grader.”
Smythe: “Yep—and I like it a
heap more than some of the mud-
throwing I heard down at the politi-
cal meeting last night.”
The Boy Was Right
Mother: “Jimmy, you stop pull-
ing baby’s toes! You’ll pull them
out.”
Jimmy: “No I won’t, mother. They
have got nails in them.”
ture, and V. H. Sonderegger, State
forester, of the conservation depart-
ment. Particular emphasis will be
placed upon southern timber condi-
tions, better methods of lumber man-
ufacture, closer utilization, fire pre-
vention, and reforestation.
Two research assistantships, giv-
ing opportunity for graduate work
in forestry, are available each year
at the University of California, ac-
cording to the Forest Service. The
announced aim is to give properly
qualified men an opportunity to
broaden their training in forestry
and at the same time useful investi-
gations in forestry problems.
POEM BY UNCLE JOHN
Unless. I’m poor at guessin’ there ain’t a grander blessin’
that's sent to cheer this anxious world of ours. .'. When the
farmer starts to frettin’ and the medder needs a wettin’—the
thing that helps the bettin’ is the showers. . . . I’ve saw a heap
of weather—takin’ years an’ years together,— an’ I reckon I
have et my sheer of dust,—and I’ve allers been befriended, when
the fervid drought was ended by a copious an’ splendid thunder-
gust! And I’ve never had it fail me, when the prickly heat
would ail me,—I’d do my level best to not complain, for I know
my blessed Master watches o’er His earthly pastur’ and will
jubilant disaster with a rain. ... In spite of their devotion,
there’s some that get the notion, that fortune’s only luck,— but
it’s been my observation, there’s a mighty close relation between
a man’s salvation—an’ his pluck! An’ so, in rainy weather, I
During several years’ comparison
of the relative value of animal pro-
teins and vegetable proteins as
feeds for laying hens, the Bureau of
Animal Industry found that minimal
proteins, such as meat scrap and fish
scrap always give the highest egg
production and usually are the most
economical. Vegetable proteins of-
ten give good results when used in
combination with animal proteins.
Used in this way, gluten meal was
the most valuable, followed by lin-
seed, cottonseed, peanut meal and
soy eban meal. Results with velver-
bean meal were not satisfactory.
Very nearly 36,000 farm girls were
enrolled in 1922 in the bread clubs
conducted by cooperative extension
workers, and they baked during the
year, over 415,000 loaves of bread. In
other words, 36,000 girls learned, by
practice, last year, what it takes to
make a good loaf of bread and how
to make it.
USE CAUTION BUT NOT TIMIDITY
Herbert Hoover, Secretary of Commerce, gives sound advice
:m summing up the manner in which we should hold onto pros-
perity. The most encouraging note in his remarks of course
lies in the fact that so astute an economist should state with-
out qualification that prosperity is wit hus, that it can be pre-
served, and that the existing business conditions are not in any
sense comparable with the wasteful boom conditions of 1920.'
Secretary Hoover calls for caution, for confidence, for cour-
tage, and marks emphatically the difference between caution
tand timidity.
This is a warning that might well be taken to heart by every
local merchant in the land. Caution means sound buying and
^courage demands a realization that goods can be marketed.
He points out that efficiency in. production has incresed
from 10 to 15 per cent per capita since the period immediately
preceding the war. Mathematically it means that America could
supply each person the same amount of commodities consumed
"ten years ago and yet lay off 2,000,000 people from the work.
' The answer is greater consumption which in turn means that the
celling efficiency must be brought to measure to the standard
of increased productivity. The live, courageous and progressive
■merchant has sound prosperity before him.
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HOMEY PHILOSOPHY FOR 1923
Remember that birthday when there were twelve candles
on the cake and the big piece rested on the plate of that' wonder-
ful girl whose golden curls were the most beautiful in all the world
—and then that birthday, when that girl with nut brown hair
glanced slyly as Dad told you you were now a man. And then
The birthdays came quickly, until there were no candles on the
•cake, but just a touch of thoughtfulness and love reflected in
the making. Now in the mellow of years we can think of birth-
days and the joys just as the mirror of the only birthday—the
day we pass into life—into Eternity. Smile as the hour nears.
Cheddar cheese making is "a popu-
lar phase of extension work in Ban-
nock oCunty, Idaho. Through in-
struction in this process many fami-
lies effect considerable savings, as
most of the farmers keep several
cows. As a result of demonstrations
iii the county about 2,000 pounds <Y
choose was made by the farm women
of the county up to July, 1922, ac-
cording to a report received by the
never wonder whether we face annihilation by the flood,—but United states Department of Agri-
I keep my sperit happy with a rhyme that’s nice an’ snappy, cultui‘e> and many women made a
fhough my cloze is wet an’ flappy with the mud! * I sood deal of fal1 c*ieese.
Memorial Day Thought
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A She and He Joke
She: “What did Jack do down the
river las,t night when Agnes refused
to let him kiss her?”
He: “Paddled her back.”
She: “You rough thing!”
My! My! My!
Johnson: “Man, you talk like an
ignoramus, How long has it been
since you went to school?”
Jackson: “Let’s see—I ain’t never
went atall. How long is ’at?”
We Slept There Once
Guest: “Is ;there any water in my
room?”
Hotel Boss: “There was—but I
had the roof fixed.”
Poor Teacher
Sunday School Teacher: “Willie,
what are you doing?”
Willie (shooting paper): “Just
trying to make Sunday school more
interesting.”
Blond Bess Opines
“Mother’s face is like an open book
when she sees .these modern clothes
of mine. It’s red.”
Leather Medal Gent
Housewife: “Well, what do you
want?”
Tramp: “Lady, believe me, I’m
no ordinary beggar. I was at the
front.”
Housewife: “You were?”
Tramp: “Yes, indeed, lady; but I
couldn’t make any one bear, so I
came around to the back.”
Part of the Job
Gossip: “I heard she accepted a
ring from a man she didn’t even
know.”
Killjoy: “Sure—she is a telephone
operator.”
Don’t Fumble This
She dropped her gloves,
He raised his lid:
He picked them up
With “Oh you kid!”
He smiled at her,
“How dare you, sir?”
Excuse me, miss,
“It’s just like this—
I meant the glove.”
Accurate
“Ah, so your son is in college.
How’s he making it?”
“He ain’t. I’m making it
spending it.”
he’s
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li/Jiwi are we
doin6 toward
the end that it
shaJJ not happen
again? 99
vuSuii.tR? ^CAfrtC Stfc/ICE
Lucky Yeggs
• Two yeggs held up and tried to
rob a Scotchman. It was a hard
fight but after the lanky Scotchman
had licked them both, he gave one
of them a shove with his foot and
said, between breaths—Weal — it’s
a good thing that I only had a nickel
with me: If I had had a dime I
would have, killed you.”
-—o---
Nearly all disorders or diseases of
calves are caused either directly or
indirectly by lack of cleanliness.
Filth,( wheather it is in feed, pens,
bedding or pails and utensils, is
dangerous to the health of the calf.
To be on the safe side use nothing
tut clean milk (sweet or sour),
scald the pails or sterilize them with
steam, 'remove old feed from the box-
es and clean them daily. Filth and
dirt are the natural breeding places
i f many bacteria that will cause dis-
turbances in the young animal’s
stomach. Freedom from filth usual-
ly means freedom from disease.
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Holland, W. D. & Buell, Ralph L. Mercedes Tribune (Mercedes, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 16, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 30, 1923, newspaper, May 30, 1923; Mercedes, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1003826/m1/4/: accessed July 11, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Dr. Hector P. Garcia Memorial Library.