January 18, 1919 
Tht RURAL NEW-YORKER 
No Money Down 
For the MAJESTIC 
Indoor Closet 
Yoo mast actually put this wonderful, new Bflnita*T 
convenience in your home to realize what a contort it 
Is. And to let you prove it we will send it for SO days 
free trial—and this free trial offer means free. Don t 
eend a penny, just the c 9 upon. Don t keep the cloeet 
unless you find it as serviceable as the costly toilets m 
the best equipped homes and city hotels. If you keep it, 
pay on our easy year-to-pay terms.. If not satisned, 
ship it back—we will pay transportation both ways. 
Sanitary—Odorless 
Get rid of the outdoor privy with its decaying offal, 
bad odors, flies and deadly germs. No more going out in 
the rain and snow once you have this clean, sanitary, 
absolutely odorless indoor closet installed in your home. 
Put it where most convenient. Connect ventilating pipe 
with outside flue—or directly through roof if there is no 
flue. No water connection to make.. Automatically dis¬ 
infects contents with powerful chemical. Madeof strong 
sheet metal. Seat golden oak finished with hinged 
cover Large inside galvanized retainer with strong bail 
and close-fitting lid. Need be emptied only occasionally. 
Think of the convenience and aaftey it gives in case ot 
•'flu" or other serious sickness. May prevent disease. 
Accessories Included 
With closet we send 6-months* supply of chemicals 
for average family- (New yearly supply costs only 
81.76.) 2 rolls toilet paper and holder; four 2-ft. sections 
of 4-m. enameled ventilating pipe; 1 enameled elbow; 
1 disc; one metal shield. Costs less than 1 cent & week 
per person to use. 
Year to Pay 
No big sum to pay at any time. Just a little every two 
months—a year to pay. Don't be without this great com¬ 
fort,try it anyhow—free. Send coupon now. No money. 
NO MONEYS 
The comfort and the health of vour family demand 
that you at least try this sanitary closet. Send—try it— 
return if not satisfied. No risk to you 
cent to pay unless you decide to buy, Don t let this 
offer pass. Sign and mail the cou pon t oday. 
THE "HARTMAN CO. 
4019 La Salle St* Dept. 1682 Chlcaso 
Send the Majestic Indoor Toilet No. 229AMA52 on 80 
days’ free trial. If satisfied, I will send $3.00 in 60 daya 
after arrival and $2.97 every 60 days until the price $17.86 
is paid. Otherwise, will return it after the 30 days and 
you will pay freight both ways. 
Name. 
Address. 
Nearest Shipping Point. 
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Up-State Farm Notes 
Supervisors Reconsider. —The Super¬ 
visors of Cayuga County reconsidered 
their decision not to increase the appro¬ 
priation of $2,000 for the support of the 
County Farm Bureau. Such was the de¬ 
mand for this work among farmers that 
they made the sum for 1919’s appropria¬ 
tion $2,500. When the women of the 
county asked for $l,S0O to support, a 
county agent to assist in their problems 
the appeal was denied summarily. W hen, 
however, notes, petitions and telephone 
messages from their women constituents 
all over the county began to pour in, 
saying even $1,200 would be of great help, 
the board was forced to reconsider its 
position on this question. The women 
hope to be able to secure the $1,200 ap¬ 
propriation as a help in carrying on the 
work in 30 home economies clubs of the 
county, and the large number of other 
clubs in process of formation. 
Timely Act of Subordinate Grange. 
-Chicago Grange, one of the active 
Granges of Cortland County, telephoned 
a resolution to its State Senator, C. R. 
Lusk, and Assemblyman Irving F. Rice, 
on the eve of their departure for Albany, 
asking their hearty co-operation in com¬ 
bating the efforts of Mayor Hylan and 
District Attorney Swann this week in 
their effort to secure the re-enactment of 
the provisions of the Donnelly law. This 
effort would be a direct attack on the 
Dairymen’s League and all other collec¬ 
tive buying or selling by farmers. The 
resolution was most timely and well ad¬ 
vised, and if only every other Subordinate 
Grange of the State, and all other farm 
organizations, would take equally prompt 
and effective methods to instruct their 
constituents at Albany, over one-third of 
whom are new to the Legislature, the in- 
trests of ogriculture would not be driven 
to such dire extremities as they are now 
on almost every hand. Many of the city 
legislators especially, who are not familiar 
with farm problems, would willingly grant 
farm interests a fair chance if they un¬ 
derstood conditions, but for lack of in¬ 
struction from the ones most concerned, 
often the very ones who put them in 
office, they will vote against the interests 
of farming and play into the hands of 
greedy, avaricious politicians, who are 
never slack in giving timely and most 
effective instructions. 
State Building to Be Resumed.— 
The program of State building, inter¬ 
rupted for two or three years because 
of high cost of materials and labor, will 
be resumed as a new policy of the 1919 
Legislature. The chairmen of the various 
committees will be watched with interest, 
as a large part of the 25 legislative com¬ 
mittees’ last year’s heads will be absent 
in this Legislature, necessitating new 
leaderships. The first few weeks’ sessions 
of the body will be given to routine work 
to enable the large per cent of inexperi¬ 
enced law-makers to learn the ropes, post¬ 
poning the bigger subjects for later ses¬ 
sions. 
Milk the One Topic. —The one topic 
of the week both up-State and in urban 
counties has been the milk situation. As 
usual the city element has unthinkingly 
blamed the farmers for the milk strike, 
which came without warning to either 
consumers and even to producers in gen¬ 
eral. Producers had not believed the 
dealers would refuse point blank to pay 
a price which barely covered the cost of 
production, asking no profit for January, 
and not until word was passed to cease 
shipping did the farmers realize the stub¬ 
bornness and completeness of organiza¬ 
tion that is thus evidenced by the dealers 
in thus standing together to control prices. 
The League is attacked as a trust—a 
combination to control prices—whereas 
its motto has been only justice to dairy¬ 
men, with only one month in its history 
a demand for a profit—yet the dealers 
may conceive and carry out a campaign 
to break the price that only covers cost, 
while their own profits are maintained 
unchallenged on a scale that would put 
dairymen into easy street at once if real¬ 
ized. But however unexpected the strike 
was its completeness up-State has been 
marvelous. Whole counties have seen to 
it that not a can of milk leaves its sta¬ 
tions unauthorized for strike-breaking 
purposes. The sympathies of farmers for 
babies and invalids have been genuine in 
this hardship, one that has hurt both 
farmers and consumers very seriously. 
The dairymen of Chittenango have of¬ 
fered to ship 300 cans daily to New York 
City absolutely free to the city’s poor. 
Many producers, for lack of equipment 
to save the cream or milk, have been 
obliged to throw away their valuable 
product. But by far the larger part have 
had some place to take it, to a neighbor¬ 
ing farmer who has a separator and 
churn, or to some cheese factory or 
creamery. Often the latter has been 
reached by long hauls of five to 15 miles 
daily. Practically every farmer has made 
a supply of butter for future needs, and 
some have even tried their hands at 
cheese-making. The number of pigs and 
calves being fed has increased, while poul¬ 
try and other stock—where they could be 
made to take milk as a food—have fared 
well. The dairymen’s morale has been 
fine and promises unlimited continuance. 
Everywhere farmers are taking steps to 
put up quick-built creameries, locally 
owned, to make up their output for a long 
period if necessary. Tompkins County 
farmers are considering a county-wide 
movement of this sort, where already sev¬ 
eral unused factories have been opened 
up and put to work. An encouraging 
feature of this strike has been the action 
of many non-League members in refusing 
to ship milk without the receipt, of the 
price demanded, a virtual recognition of 
the necessity of the producers’ unity an 
action, and a promise of future support 
on their part. Onondaga County will 
take step6 to own its own stations an 
future, to prevent such an extremity 
again, and to secure their independence 
of dealers’ autocracy. Tully farmers 
owned their plant and promptly converted 
their milk into cheese, as did the Bald- 
winsville farmers. Though the “strike is 
broken” is announced by the city dealers, 
yet reports from dealers declare only -o 
"per cent, instead of 75 per cent of milk, 
is being received. G > 
Obituary 
THEODORE ROOSEVELT. — The 
following chronology covers the outstand¬ 
ing facts in the life of Theodore Roose¬ 
velt, who died in his sleep at Sagamore 
Hill, Oyster Bay, N. Y„ January 6: De¬ 
scended from Claes Martenzoon \ an 
Roosevelt, who migrated from Holland in 
1649; through other ancestors acquired 
Scoteh-Irish blood; son of Theodore 
Roosevelt of New York and Martha Bul¬ 
loch of Roswell. Ga. Born in New York 
Citv. October 27, 1S5S. Graduated from 
Harvard University, 1SS0. Married Alice 
Hathaway Lee, October 27, 1S80, who 
died February 14, 1884. Member of Now 
York Assembly, 18S2, 1883, 1884. Chair¬ 
man of New York delegation to Republi¬ 
can National Convention, 18S4. Lived on 
ranch in North Dakota, 18S4-18S6. De¬ 
feated as Republican candidate for Mayor 
of New York City, 18S6. M'arried Edith 
Ivermit Carow at London, England. De¬ 
cember 2, 1886. United States Civil Serv¬ 
ice Commissioner, 1889-1895. President 
of New York Police Board, 1895-1897. 
Assistant Secretary of the Navy, 1897- 
1S9S. Lieutenant-Colonel and Colonel of 
First Volunteer Cavalry (Rough Riders) 
Regiment in Spanish-American War, 
1898. Governor of New York, 1899-1900. 
Vice-President of the United States, 1900- 
1901. Twenty-sixth President of the 
United States as successor to William 
McKinley, September 14. 1901. to March 
4, 1905. President of the United States 
by election, March 4, 1905, to March 4, 
1909, on the largest popular majority ever 
awarded a candidate. Awarded Nobel 
Peace Prize. 1906. Went on hunting and 
exploring trip into heart of Africa. 1909- 
10. Special Ambassador of the United 
States at the funeral of King Edward 
VII, 1910. Defeated for President ns 
candidate of National Progressive party, 
of which he was founder, 1912. Visited 
South America, and delivered lectures be¬ 
fore universities and learned societies, 
1913. Went to Brazil at head of explor¬ 
ing party and made extensive discoveries, 
including a river named for him, 1914. 
Active since 1914 as lecturer, author, 
publicist, and also took vigorous part in 
the national and local elections. Nomi¬ 
nated as President by the National Pro¬ 
gressive party, but refused, add supported 
Charles Evans Hughes, the Republican 
candidate. 1916. Offered to raise an army 
division when this country declared war 
on Germany. Was vigorous in denounc¬ 
ing pacifism and continually worked for 
whole-hearted support of the war. 
DAVID LUBIN, founder of the Inter¬ 
national Institute of Agriculture, died in 
Rome New Year’s Day of influenza. He 
was 78 years old. He introduced the rural 
credits system in the United States and was 
instrumental in the passage of legislation 
improving the parcel post system. Lubin 
was born in Poland in 1849 of Jewish 
parents. He became interested in agri¬ 
cultural problems and was the owner of a 
California fruit farm himself. He worked 
out his plan for a non-political interna¬ 
tional institute for the publication of 
reports at stated intervals showing the 
quality and quantity of crops in different 
countries for the compilation of reliable 
data on the demand and supply of agri¬ 
cultural labor in various quarters of the 
world, for collective defense against dis¬ 
eases of animals and plants and for a 
general clearing house of agricultural in¬ 
formation. He then began seeking sup¬ 
port for his scheme. After a conference 
with the King of Italy in 1904 Emanue. 
agreed to call an international congress 
of agriculture. Lubin’s plans were 
adopted by the congress in which 40 na¬ 
tions were represented. The King of 
Italy gave the newly formed institute a 
building and an annual income of $60,000. 
Lubin was appointed the American dele¬ 
gate, and much of the success which the 
institute has won is due to his labor. The 
40 nations which joined in the original 
movement have been increased by 13 
others. 
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