The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1875-01-14
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4 DxAn SIE--As corresponding SEQ
'oesry Of the LAkin TIP. Relief Com
.issse q Hsr.Ff iIEfM -
4 Representatives, my views with
regard 10 the situation here, and the
policy that sshould b. spnrsed by
Ccngrdo 1sAfafEsh y klEka
/ have have been . lifelong farmers
Z resident for four wears Of this coun-
", and an one Of the sufferers b
lwQ>O@HlEvasoAh 81 al j. 80
m pTlps 4 to 49, g !,
be. hkMss fprmsslya N lows man,
and one Of your admirers. Heacs, I
loxeRhosen addsess this sconHpni-
49, r. yo,nye,s f.s,saq. ss
Oar real situation is but imperfect
lWp1euteedSag NAare beyond ths
i1 p tke d 1Setff H " wefe 70
Judge by the tone OF the local press,
or bTslpetsgs written hers aad found
in the papers Of other States, We
should readily couDlade thai u was
no better understood - home. a
The Gayspor. message, and the
adieo q ~ Ie9aatnre als0 ienere
6M Mtnafloh. Judging from any Of
those sources on which We people
usually rely fo1nG ellon, wei Assld
naturally infer that there is no cause
e(Al>ehs RQe NE people here know
better and yet they purposly and
systematically concealthe facts.
Th6 reason for this course is not
far to- seek. 1t may oil be summed
up in the word inauguration, Imni-
gjsaf III M u,sscso that islto cure
az our ills. xw.tass
The railroads want anmigsation to
aalae theieS inEestments spro6tables
* ~ ~ h1S1ast wants immigra-
'0on. e. raise the pries Of land, and
thus add to its wealth. The towns
and cities wan. immigration, for it Is
sbv that means that they are to grow.
The counties, townships, and school
d(stricts want immigration to double
their power, and divide their burden.
The farmer wants immigration to pro-
vide market for his produce. The
MERCHANT, the mechanic, and the pro-
fessional lnan want immigration
Socially, politically and financially We
want immigration, and every body
wants it. II is thought, if our real
situation isss understood, tina, imni-
grafton WILDE checked. Hence this
studied Discrimination. | do not wish
to be understood as charging the
Governor, the people, y Che press
with falsehood. They publish truth,
but they do not publish the whole
truth. They do not falsify the facts,
thew select 1.-THE public will always
remember, that whatever they see in
print which emanates from the West.
is put there for the sole purpose Of
encouraging immigration, they need
not be. misled. You are to under
stand everything emansting from this
region just rs you would understand
an honorable and truthful witness in
court, whose sympathies we're strong
" enlisted IN favor Of one of the par
ties. You must interpret.
Having made the preliminary re-
marks, | nov wish to refer briefly to
to the extent of the disaster, relying
only ON undoubted and unquestioned
facts-1st h is fact thaE the entire
surface Of the three great States Of
Minnesota, Nebraska and Kansas was
overrun throughout their length aad
breadth.-2pd It is 4 fact that these
insects lefts.no green thing behind
them. All the people got in these
States are such things as had matured
before their. appearance. Minnesota
was the first to be invaded, and but
for one fact, wouif have been the
worst to suGss. The last wAs that
the leading cropcfl Minnesota iswhest,
which had partially ma'ured before
the grasshoppers appeared. Nebras-
- olso . a hrge wheat growing
Sk sd her wheat. crop matured.
&tkhSat Is nos a 1esding crop in
A4As. Corn = OUT staple here.
LAT ~ rive ~ statistics of this
towuni,fp q steW Me relative impor-
lance Of the corn crop with us. Our
county has been settled four years.
Older counties may raise more wheat.
In this township the past season there
were Of winter whest 03 acres, spring
wheat 1873, rye q, oats l6l, potatoes
60, corn cultivated 763, corn on sod
1856. Winter wheat aud rye were
good crops; but nearly every bushel
Of those cereals raised was sown
again for seed. Spring wheat and
oats were about half crops. Corn
and potatoes were total failure ex-
cept in the south east corner Of this
STATE, where some of the early plant
ed corn matnred. A&
Now il is known that in these
States there are 100000 people, and
that the vast majority are farmers who
depend on their crops from year to
year for living Capital is SO scarce
here that with the best securities it
readily commands % per cent. per
annum. For the farmers to 60 in
debt a. this rate TO obtain the means
ofl.sing aud raising another crop,
would be, simply, financial suicide.
and make it certain that they would
lose the homes which the govern
ment has given them. Ifthey should
raise crop another year, every Blu.
shell Of corn which they bought this
year would cost them ten to pay for
it. 49, .M--
/ understand that measure has
been introduced in Congress, propo-
sing to appropriate 100000 as . re-
lief fund. Now, l wish to enter my
solemn protest against any such tri-
ling. As well migh. a millionaire
Fopose to givea dollar to found
bospitsl. There are at least 100000
teams in these States that are beibg
Starved through on prairie hay. Next
spring they will be staggering, reel
ing skeletons, wholly unfit to make
crop without grain. With corn at
one dollar per bushel, the munifcence
of this goyernment would feed them
two days. A much larger sum ia
actual value than 100000 is drop
ping in among US every week, con-