Dodge City times., 1890-05-09
when properly fed, will make Eve

when properly fed, will make Eve
pounds of pork, you could. out of your
"a, 900 lbs, or 42s Al bushels of corn
make Zip ca lbs of pork, at 9 cents
pound, would be worth S162.S5
clean loss, by not converting the corn
INTO pork, Of sl37.14, or more than
double the value of the corn; and load
the same car with wheat, at 55 cents
per bushel, and it will bring in 1920;
but when loaded with -four (best brand),
at 81 per sack of 80 lbs., it would bring
in $3.50, difference Of s24O, or more
than the cost of the wheat.
A little reflection on the above figures
should convince any farmer that the
quickest and most practical way of get
ting even with the railroads, is to put
every product Of the farm, before ship
ping, in finished and condensed form,
and supply our home markets as far az
possible. Give the St. Louis grain
merchants to understand that Harper
county mills can make as good -four as
can be made in their city, and that they
can have our wheat in that shape and
in no other
But to carry out this reform we
must help ourselves, and not wait for
foreign manufacturers to take the lead.
We should take immediate steps to
erect packing house, even though it
be small one, sufficient only to sup
ply the home demand for salt meats;
and with salt at our door, for almost
nothing, We can surely compete with
foreign packers. Next, we want an
elevator, or several Of them, in the
county, in which to store the grain to
keep our mills running to their full
capacity, every day in the year; and if
We have not enough of them, build
more. There are other advantages in
storing our graf n at convenient points
for shipment, should we not be able to
manufacture it all at present. We
could then be relieved, in a measure,
from the horde of grain sharks who are
ever preying upon us; and when the
grain is deposited and is properly secur-
ed, money may be secured on 1t at a
reasonable rate Of interest, to supply
those farmers who, by reason of their
circumstances, are compelled to shove
their grain on low, depressed market
Warehouse certificates could be issued
to such farmers, equal to IS or so per
cent. of the value of their grain on de-
posit, and when sold they could have
the advantage of the advance price.
A paper mill should be in operation
at an early day, to utilize and work up
the straw and waste materials of OH
farms.
Now, brother farmers, l would not
have you think that | am not in favor
of the Government owning tn e rail
roads and telegraphs; that am not in
favor of remodeling of our monetary
system, or not in favor of legislative
interference with trusts and combines,
to the extent that it would be impossible
for them to form or longer exist, but
these evils have such a hold upon us
that they can only be reached by legis-
lation; and legislators, now elected, can
only be reached by resolutions and pet
itions, which are so cheap that you
must agree with me that We have amp
lie time to work up little home manu-
featuring enterprise, which will enable
us the better to take advantage of the
victory should we win it. For US to
decline to do this, and continue paying
freight hundreds of miles on articles we
have at home, and only needing little
change of form to be utilized, reminds
me Of the great philanthropist who was
continually getting up schemes to re-
lleve the poor Of the whole world at
once. but refused to assist the poor of
his own neighborhood.
As our next meeting will last two
days, we will have ample time to DIS
cuss the Sc home matters, as well as
make resolves and sign petitions.
Then let each delegate come prepared
to submit plan of operation, remem-
bering that step taken in the right
direction is sure to be followed by
others, which will soon induce foreign
manufacturers to come in ard help us.
The history of all our Eastern man
ufacturing centers show that the second
plant was easier obtained than the first;
the third easier than the second, and
SO on, until towns that were hardly
thought capable Of handling q single
enterprise now have their dozens, ad-
ding wealth to the towns and surround
ing country as we'll.