Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1882-12-28
on the Weather and
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Ed. Register-My last had hardly
gone to mail before the fine and genial
weather I had been rather boasting
about, was a thing of the past, and
those tomatoes, four feet high, sank to
four inches or less. BOreas got the
quicksilver down to zero with jerk
and has kept it pretty low ever since;
indeed, one morning we walked up to
find out heat measure marking is.
Day before yesterday it was As, but a
sharp northwest wind made it ex-
tremely uncomfortable to be out; while
yesterday it was i, and ranged lower
all through the day than it did the day
before, and yet with the same cloth
ing on it was pleasant out of doors, as
there was an almost perfect calm. In
this part of the country, as, 1 presume,
in most others, there is q considerab BILE
difference in temperature in distance
of a few miles. Where your CORE
spondent lives, ten miles east and one
and one-half miles south of the county
town, Winchester, the elevation is at
least one hundred feet above the level
of the county seat, and in passing be-
tween the two points one can hardly
help noticing the difference of CHI
mate.
Your writer had little experience
in this county lately that contrasted
with his experience in Iron county,
placing the latter in the better light.
He was settling with the County Com
missioners and had made his account
out at So per day, while actually over
seeing, and there was no charge for
warning, or settling day; but our large
hearted County Board cut the account
down to 81 a day, aud SO squared it.
Now, dollar day is something, but
not much, as we may see. Suppose
man has a wife and four children: al
low them five cents each for meal;
that is 80 cents for grub and 10 cents
left for tucker. Now, the cheapest
meal one can get in town is 25 cents,
and the hosts claim that they can
hardly live at that. ALLOW the labor
ing man to get for himself and those
who depend upon him food at one-fifth
of that rate, and yet it will be seen
that 81 day is not living wage,
though it is in fact above what labor
averages in the United States. No
wonder crime and ignorance increase
with us. This same County Board,
the members of which get So day
for their valuable services, lately re-
fused to pay the fees of defendants
witnesses in some road suits in which
the county was plaintiff and was cast.
The county issued the legal processes
to compel attendance, ard then told
those it compelled to attend and to
board themselves while attending, to
get their money where they could.
This year it raised taxes nearly one
third, and yet insisted upon a three
days. capitation tax, for road purposes,
though the statute is clearly unconsti. |,
tutional. This was not the kind of
economy practioed in Iron county
when ! was there.
The tricksters who are now tryingl
to tickle the typical gentleman with
the fuzzy hat had better give respect
tul heed to this question of the requite-
ment of labor. or the fuzzyrhat man
may soon use his cowhides with an
effect that would not be eleyating in
every sense. The present cause of the
prevailing through the
" hole country arises out of the ugly
fact that labor pays as much every