The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1889-12-27

The GRAPHIC commends to its pro-
hibition friends-and all others as
weli-the review of prohibition in
Iowa as told by the Des Moines Reg
lister and published elsewhere in this
issue. AS is generally known, the
Register bears the name OF being the
father of prohibition in Iowa. 1t I'M
doubtedly did more than any other
ten papers towards getting the law
enacted and has since labored equally
as hard for its enforcement. 1t can
not he said, therefore, that tho article
in question which the GRAPHIC repnb-
fishes to-day is the production OF an
enemy Of prohibition. Aside from
the fact OF the general interest that
attaches to the article, the GRAPHIC
prints it as being an endorsement Of
Its own position all through the late
prohibition campaign in South OAK
ota; i. e., that the so called prohibition
movement did not strike at the saloon
as an institution and end there; that
once give it q foothold and there was
no knowing where it would end.
What the rank and file of the radical
prohibition element want, is TO do
away with the use of alcoholic bever.
ages absolutely. The saloon cry is a
bait and a bug.bear held up to catch
votes from the conservative element
who are frank to admit that the sa
loon as an institution is a curse to So
ciety. But when that same oonserva-
tive element finds that it cannot roll
a barrel OF cider into its cellar, then
there's q kiek-then a reaction sets IN
such as just swept Iowa and such as
Will IN due time be experienced in
South Dakota.
AT the annual session of the Mary
land State Grange held in Baltimore
recently the lecturer of the grange
said that thoughtful men were con
WINGED that IN spite of the farmers
leagues, farmers alliances and farm
ers' clubs the American farmer OF
to day is a lost cause. He SAID:
The shrinkage in the value OF farm
lands has been from 20 to so per
cent. The greatest advantage of az
r%icu!turists is IN the far West. We
see lands in u own section ~valueless
as a marketable commodity. The
farmers Of the best counties in Mary
land are not now looking for profits,
but have been struggling for years to
make both ends meet and living in
hopes that a better day might come.
The same story from New
England. Among the phenomenal
instances of the decline of farm lands
in that portion Of the United States,
says the New York Sun, Judge Mott
cites the following: There is now q
farm tor sale-the Foster farm, on
the Cold Spring road, g mile distant
from the most beautiful village in
New England, Williamstown, Berk.
shire county, and within two miles OF
the station at which twenty passen
ger trains a day stop. This farm
has twice taken the premium as the
best managed farm in the town. Ii
contains LOG acres, has upon it tie
vel! known New England farmhouse
white, green blinds, and two lars,
maple trees before the door, and ter
farm buildings. 1t is well fenced
chiefly post and board. Tho build
ings cost $4,000, and are fairly
worth $500. Yet this farm has
been offered to Judge Mott, if h,
will pay the owner what the build
ings and fences are reasonably WORT
that is, two,thirds of what they
cost, while the land will be thrown
in for nothing.