The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1879-09-25
RIGHT'TO THE POINT.

FLORENCE, Iowa, Sept. IA, 1870.
EDITOR ADVANCE: Your article
copied into the New York Truth Seek
er of Sept 6, is right to the point.
The conflict is worldwide. Heredi-
tary kings in Europe. Money kings
here. But their purposes are the same.
See my article, DUTY of the Hour"
in the Truth Seeker Of August 23d for
a fuller exposition of my views. The
Liberals cannot afford to be found
fighting for the old parties and the old
Yours for humanity.
T.. G.. WALKER.
Mr.. Walker is an entire stranger to
us, and his letter is but one of many
which we have received from Liberals
in different parts OF the country who
have come to know of the ADVANCE
through it's articles copied into the
Truth Seeker, The Independent Age,
the Religio-Philosopl,ical Journal, and
other papers DEVOTED to free thought
and the emancipation Of the people
from superstition ard the ''letter that
killeth." The ADVANCE is only a
county paper on the frontier, but it is
having an influence far beyond its
own circulation in strengthening the
Liberals in their noble work and in set
ting the people to thinking against the
old methods, the old superstitions, and
the old organizations which are hold
ing them in mental slavery.
We haye often urged upon our breth-
ern of the country press the Importance
and duty of speaking out upon religi-
Gus and social topics us well us upon
general political and material mat
ters. The combined influence of
the country press is u hundredfold
greater directly than the combined in
tluence Of the city press. The newspa-
pers haye it in their power to raise men
out of the old ruts and educate. them
clear out Of the swaddling bands which
Bigotry and Phariseeisln insists they
shall Wear rs long as they live. If each
country newspaper would ''stine in it's
little corner,' us Beecher says, the COM
bined light would bring in the Noon
day Of Free Thought and every toad ola
Priest, Il bigot, Il Ph.risce, il Comstock,
now squat at the ear Of the people,
would spring up in his true shape and
stand revealed to the world as an enemy
t. human liberty and enlightenment.
u'fVY'EJ, II'EfE41,
The partial failure of the Spring
Wheat crop in Southern Minnesota for
the past few years, has turned the at
tention Of farmers and others to the
question Of raising Winter Wheat in
this section. w. J. Aberuethy, Agri-
cultural Editor Of the ioneer Press, in
All article OIL this subject says:
Now VIC wish to suggest winter
wheat us IL crop in this section. With
some pains it is grown in certain local
tiles every year, while it might be made
Il { ener,sl crop with but very little
trouble. The only obstacle III the way
of its growth is winter killing it, and
this might be oEyiated by spreading
straw over the ground after it had froz-
en-. One man ought to cover two or
three acres in II day. aid possibly might
more, and once Oh the ground it would
not only answer as Il mulch, but also be
rotted and ready for turning under the
| next year. AS we remarked in some
parts Of the state where the soils are
light, it has been grown without diff
Guilty for several years, ard while it
might find no market in Minneapolis,
it certainly would in Chicago. The
crop this year in Illinois and Michigan.
not withstandi1Ig the early unfavorable
reports, turned cut well, ami in some
eases the Yields We're phenomenal.
Prices have been good and IL stimulus
given to the b.lsiue SIS that will lead to
the sowing OF a large area anotheryear.
Cannot it's culture form Il part Of our
farming in the section named ?
Rev. Moses T.. Lard who stands at