THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
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diers on their way up the Minnesota river from St. Paul 
to New Ulm, foolishly discharged their inuskcds sev(‘ral 
times, carrying terror to the hearts of people along the 
river who were already about to flee from tln^ drividfui 
Indiajis. Jean LaJfue heard the firing, he seemed to 
nearly lose his reason from fear, rushed into the house, 
seized his rifle and some other belongings, including 
about $700 in money, and fled, lie must have known of 
this hollow tree, sought to hide there, slii)ped dowji too 
far, and being unable to extricate himself, must have per¬ 
ished there where his body, ])reserved in the living oak, 
failed to decay. His rifle, bullet pouch and powder horn 
were found by him and the money, $783.50. was found in 
his pocket .—American Florist. 
MILLION GOOLILS NEEDED IN THE U. S. 
That the importation of one million Chinese coolies, under 
Government supervision, and their use as farm laborers and 
household servants, would increase the production of foodstuffs 
twofold, and inevitably decrease food costs, is the opinion of 
Hudson Maxim, internationally famous inventor, who was irter- 
viewed at the Bellevue-Stratford yesterday. 
“Through the use of coolie labor,” said Mr. Maxim, “the State 
of Louisiana alone could within a few years’ time produce more 
sugar than is now produced in Cuba and in the United States. 
The Chinese would, of course, be restricted from marriage, and 
could not become landowners. They would have a daily wage 
of fifty cents; two suits of clothes a year and their keep. They 
could return to their country any time they desired, provided 
they pay their own transportation, and the Government could 
also deport them at any time it so chose. 
“The Chinese coolie is really a human tractor,” continued Mr. 
Maxim. “He is possessed with dynamic energy, and an indefa¬ 
tigable worker and he gets results. Toil is his birthright. Today, 
in China, millions of coolies die of slow starvation, unable to 
gather the little bit of rice they need for nourishment.” 
Mr. Maxim spoke of the shortage of labor in the United States, 
and told how efficient the Chinese coolie was and how the house¬ 
hold labor problem could be solved. He then told of how the Al¬ 
lies imported the coolies into their countries, i)lacing them on 
the construction of railroads and bridges and how efficiently 
they performed their task. 
Hudson Maxim,—in Phila. Press. 
SPECIAL REGIONAL APPLE REPORT 
Condition 
. Commer 
cial crop % of 
Aug., 
Final Aug., 
Final 
last 
1919 
1918 
1919 
1918 year 
% 
% 
Barrels 
Barrels 
Western New York. 
. 21 
75 
1,344,000 
4,800,000 
28 
Hudson Valley. 
. 45 
37 
788,000 
647,000 
121 
Southern Ohio. 
. 23 
72 
184,000 
558,000 
33 
Shenandoah-Cumberland 
district 46 
65 
2,024,000 
2,600,000 
78 
Piedmont district. 
. 54 
48 
513,000 
465,000 
no 
New England Baldwin belt. 65 
43 
1,111,000 
645,000 
172 
Western Michigan. 
. 42 
59 
541,000 
760,000 
71 
Western Illinois. 
. 35 
48 
350,000 
480,000 
73 
Southern Illinois. 
. 25 
20 
375,000 
300,000 
125 
Ozark region. 
. 58 
34 
731,000 
429,000 
170 
Missouri River region.., 
. 42 
30 
924,000 
630,000 
147 
Arkansas River region. 
. 43 
42 
129,000 
123,000 
105 
Pacific Northwest. 
. 79 
65 
17,771,000 
1^5,037,000 
154 
Colorado. 
. 65 
43 
1841,000 
1/527,000 
160 
California. 
. 87 
79 
11,253,000 
1/1,127,000 
111 
iTo reduce to boxes, multiply by 3. 
ONE HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY 
Th(' P(‘(‘k, Slow k Wilcox Co., makers of the well- 
known P(‘xlo lines, and eonnnunity joim'd the Iasi three 
days of August in Southington, Conn., in a remarkable 
ohsei'vation of the 100th anniversary of the establishment 
of the nursery and nuThanies’ hand tool and tinners’ ma- 
ehiiu' busiiH'SS. 
The Soldiers’ Monument. 
Lyman H. Treadway, of Cleveland, president of the 
company, personally presented handsome gold or silver 
service badges to each of the 86 employees of the eom- 
pany who have seen service with the ])lant for 25 years 
and upwards. The 23 men who have been on the payroll 
for 40 years or more, were given gold badges, each en¬ 
graved with his name and period of seiwice (five of them 
