The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1890-03-27
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Faerurl roryT, ~ july n. 1887,
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! corn broom, ~
0tainsry labor u TIA, tine vas from
aity 10 sgyesiy GIVE oeals per day. with'
cat board
Iareply 70 sanator Yooboss spoech SEQ
siur wilsga Of lows read the followine
statement sives ban by Charles II. Cor
ass. farmer Of that state which was Al
fellows.
10 isi6. as ny books show, Se soi
ouiy 10. ~ i,2. asi Is cents for corn, and
wheat 10 proportion. ! remember selling
hoss Ia Sc bthek 4 Denise pork. house in
Burlington. Iowa. Tor 81 20 per HUNDRED
oct. Sometimes would have 10 stay 10
toau. pay hptel bill, take MY turn while
the hogs were weighed and slaughtered.
sales ~ere made IN this city to-day for
50 ~ gross Every practical iatmer k0o~s
ibe difference between 81 90 mes aud 50 20
gross. remember seeing Jacob Cum
stock hauling wheat into town with an
u team ADD selling II for 81 liz cents 9
bushel. Thst was iD 1916, That year
we got 10 cents for corn aud cents ior
cats.
Now that would not have been no bad
II We could have bought everything We
wanted as cheap in proportion. But un
fortunately for us, that was not the case
We bad to pay IS barrel for salt, which
We eau buy nov for Sl20 to 81 30 A
Farm wagon cost Sli0. We can buy now
a much better wagon for 500; aud hard
ware Ne can buy cheaper dozen files
Tor Instance eau be bought now Tor the
price which We then paid for one. That
vas not au exceptional case by any means,
but all along through those years prior to
tae adoption Of the protective tariff, 10
1861 there was not any great opportunity
for farmers to make money We had 10
pay $50 to $50 for good overcost which
can now be bought for $40 TO $50, and not
body ever imagined that good suit of
clothes could be bought for $40
With the development OF our manuiac-
lures 10 this country and a diversity Of
Industries an immense amount OF farm
products is now raised for which there
Was then no market And the rates Of in.
tersst are much lower now than then, l
remember paying as high as % per cent
before the war. but money can now he
had for from 6 to per cent. We used to
pay $3.50 to $500 for harvester; now we
can buy one With binder complete for
500 So 1t was at every point where .be
interest Of the farmer is touched. We can
get better prices for our products. there Ii
an exception to this, We sometimes
bought sugar as cheapi as now. but it was
not as good a quality; mostly common
brown sugar
Then there is another thing to be COT
sidered. Farmers now buy great many
things that in those days were uuthought
of or would have been looked upon as
Injuries and extravaganza. Our homes
nov have carpets and furniture and q
great many conveIiences that we could not
have afforded 10 the days OF low tariff. We
dress better, we have better touses, they
are better furnished. We have better
farm implements. We have a great many
comforts that were not enjoyed by the pic
neer farmer These things, OF course, cost
money. II we would live as plain now as
In those days, and do as little for schools
and churches and the requirements OF so.
cial life, We could probably put more
money in the savues-bauks than we do
now But the modern farmer is intell;.
gent and progressive and wants to keep
abreast OF the times. He is reading man
aud takes a list OF newspapers and maya.
zines that in the days Of low tariff would
have appalled, him by their expense. Every
farmhouse has its little library. The
prosperous farmer keeps his family car.
riage, and IN multitude OF ways be in
dulges 10 expenditures that he would not
have thought OF in the days of low
tariff.