Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-12-04
From scott County, Illinois

now over, and people are turning their
attention to common things again.
Winter seems to he We set in sharply
here, at last, and, if it continues to i'm
prove upon the start, will cause much
suffering; for, not only in the country,
but especially in our towns, there are a
larger number of needy and destitute,
every year, in spite of the fact that the
aggregate wealth of the country is in
creasing. Wheat is so low in price this
year that farmers are greatly disheart-
ened, and many continue to leave for
the west; some TO get homes, some
speculate in land, and so do what they
can to hinder the needy from getting
homes.
Not only is the price of wheat below
the cost of production, but the pros
poets for the next crop are not flatter-
ing, OH account of the fly. Upon the
sandy, warm land, early seeding was
SO badly killed that much was resown
very late. Corn was good crop this
year; but on prairie ground that was
in corn last year, and more particu-
larly where the stalks were cut up by
machine and plowed under. white
worm or grub, destroyed the roots; SO
that, in spite OF very good season, the
yield was only moderate. Corn is
worth from 30 to 40 cents, but hogs
only cents, so that many are in a
quandary what to do with piggy. We
had grass very late; ipdeed, on blue
grass, cattle are still doing without
feed; but never before, for some un-
known reason did cattle bleat, or hoyen
SO badly; and what was strangest OF all
nearly every case was where red clover
could not he had. Some of the worst
cases were with cattle turned to craze
in the pnblic road.
The honey industry received set
back; for, except in locations where
needle-point was abundant, no surplus
Was gathered after the first of July,
giving only four weeks, in twelve
months, to get u crop in. From III
colonies your writer got but 1900 lbs.
Potatoes and cabbage were not ravag-
ed by the usual pests, and of course are
not hardly worth hauling to market.
Our clod-hoppers ought to see that
they are the support of every other
class, and take more interest IN social
and political matters: for they suffer
more f.om their own ignorance in re-
gard To these things, than from any
other source or cause. Let the words
production and consumption supplant
supply and demand, aud then try to
understand why both are not full aud
free.
The Republicans Committed suicide
by taking the high tariff shute, when
public conviction has set in the direc-
ton of free trade. The campaign had
Que very marked feature here; aud that
was the unexcited manner in which
the older and more thoughtful men
conducted themselves. Tney seemed
to regard party ascendancy as the real
issue; and they left the whooping to
the registering youngsters who cared
more for noise and racket than for
principle. Your correspondent stayed
at home, and neither heard u speech,
nor saw u crowd; but he was told that
there was, at the rallies, and jnllifica-
tons, more of the hoodlum element to
b. seen than ever before. Many old
Republicans refused to vote the nation
al ticket of any party, or threw their
votes away purposely upon Butler, or
st. John. A few Democrats dbl like
wise.
a local issue with regard to issuing
bonds to build new courthouse in
Winchester seems to have called out
more votes than there were registered
voters I'm the couaty. TIE tickets were
all printed for" but not against" the
me ,sure, and unwary voters were
caught; SO that while there is small
majority in favor of issuing the bonds,
1t was clearly obtained through this
trickery.
An appropriation to finish the State
Huase at Springfield hn. been lost for
two nr three elections; bat this carried
by the same skulduggery this time.