The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1889-03-28
The farmers aud the BIsdIBE TwIn--
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The farmers aud the Binding TwIRr-
Trasi.
EDITOR J"URAL:
% seems Co he quite question now With
the farmers ~ to what manner they will
harvest their coming wheat and nai crop.
As the hearts Of the patient, hard working
farmers are made glad with the promise they
nov have of 4 crop once more they are in-
formed that the price Of binding tWinr will
likely - double what u Was last year which
means an extra toll Of from one Ia two
bushels of WhrIi pr acre quite nm item when
the margin is already smali In grain raising.
There have been meetings called Ia DskOish
aud some for the fam-rs TO counsel ioEeib-r
Ia devis- m-ans 10y which they can serur-
their rrUps without the use OF tWin- hui Il
seems to me that there has been nothing at
Il feasible nature presented get. There has
l--en THREE Suggestions made - follows: firSt,
r-mO,s the binding attachments from their
binders aud substitute platforms aud bind
by hand: 2nd cOnvert their binders into
hsaders: ard curtaiI the raising of small
grain to such an extent that 70 can be taken
care Of Without the Use Of seIf-binders. All
OF which u seems To be another expense snd
IosS To the farmer. Ia the puprhase Of more
machinery Which bcfi tur htcsiNN ol
hankrupiinE many. hut say some We will
nat pay the eNorbitant prices drmaHd-d hy
the Irvine trust for their twInr. We admit
Il II hard and seems unjust sud very Oppres
i've, but make the h.Si OF Il this wear and
grOwI In the mturr. ! believe We ha ~ the
r,-Inedy az home nj our very doors io prevent
another opportunity for any men Ia sci an
rSorbIIsnt prIrr un binding Irvine and NJ
try that will BE- ~ profitable ai least n the
cultivation of wheat and oats. Two rr"ps
that will la NV opinion continue To he IT. Rd-
ing crops In this country for many years yet
~ least. SaIlns j. situated In the center Of
the great wheat belt. She hiss been looking
arUund for sDme time for manufacturers.
Saline county has n line bottom land for the
culture nI hemp a. can b- found. FlaN
does fairly WeH Un our uplands. The
hI,er Of either can be- readily made Into bind
ing Irvine. The rNP-nsr ola twinr factOry
nred not ~ great. Why not give this mat
ter n thought. why not salina, the great
railroad center, he the supply point for twine
for the golden belt. We ind where hemp
has been raised Il has paid well. an average
of SLi00 per acre. Flax would pay well IL the
tibrr could he used. u II claimed that the
amount Of hemp In sight for the present
sasOn was l2O,U1 bales more than last year.
while the demand Was for ldU,tO1 more, max
ing n shortage of tn.0O bales. This sent our
manufacturers Of tWlne To the MsnillH |
islands and Mexico, the chief hemp prOduc-
ing countries, and the holders OF hemp then
took In the situation and advanced the |
price OF hemp just rs the holder Of wheat |
in this country would DO under similar cir |
and this advanced the price Of /
law material for Irvine up TO ~ to H..
cents per pound. Would ID not be well to i
raise hemp and FAX right here In Kansas; |
yea In Saline county the material for tWtnr Il
and rope: and In ~ doing every farmer Il
would raise his own building twlne. FinAn- Il
clal men Of Salina, why not look into the
atter and see 10 capital and labor cannot L
and create new Industry NJ our 4
own door. Binding Of grain by self binders
has steadily grown In favor over the header Il
and will continue Ia n tWine can be had At i
prices. Thousands Of dollars
have been paid for binders: nov must they Il
he set aside TO rot and the farmer he com. Il
PEELED 10 buy new machinery TO harvest ON Il
account OF scarcity Of Irvine material or of i
" Inc trust. II seems to me the better way Il
gtiuld be TO get along this year without any
radical change Of machinery and Sc ~ the
iWine can not he produced n . reasonable
price In the future. When the farmers get
iO raising hemp generally there will be No
danger OF n corner ON twine. liza Irvine fac
tory could he built a. Salina and successfully
Oprrated u would help To build up our thTiN-
iBs city snd b. of great u neri to iarIneTs.