Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1891-02-26

THE figures we gave two weeks ago
concerning the operations of an eighty
acre farm by Mr.. l. n. Darland, have
been taken as text by Bro. Chase OF
the Atlantic Democrat, from which he
makes the deductions that the farm
Melted only 1891 instead of 1851, as we
claimed. Oar respected contemporary
does this very easily, without sweat OF
brow or callouSed hands, simply by Gid
ing alphabetically into Statistician
Sovereign's peculiar legerdemaniacal
manner of figuring and charging Mr..
Darland with what he earned by his la.
Dor Instead Of giving him credit. Thus,
says the Democrat, $500 should be tax
Ell for help ''and other expenses" Us
ing his own figures Mr.. Chase admits a
profit OF 1881. OF course by his figures
labor and all other expenses were paid
so that Mr.. Darland need not appear on
the scene at all, and paying $500 for
rent, $500 for other expenses, he realiz-
eS on total investment of $500 a clear
profit of 1881. There is nothing dis
couraging about that at time when
Iowa is suffering from democratic adj
miniStration of state affairs. In this
estimate the Sovereign BOies manner
of figuring is employed by which the
debtor in the account is charged with
the cost of operation, and that cost is es-
timated by Mr.. Chase who is in frantic
sympathy with the administration.
And yet there is a clear profit of 1881
on an investment of 500 in one year.
But we do not commend this style of
figuring which charges mans wages
TO his expense account. 1t would pu,
every tOiler in the country under :
growing mountain of debt so deep and
so broad that he could not be extricated
by the Bank of England. But yet this
is the basis from which our democratic
statisticians figure. Now the farmers
whom the newspapers are discussing
are the ones who work for themselves
the land they occupy. The farmers
who own broad acres and herds of stock
and who employ men to do their work
are not OF the class whose plodding
career this food tide of democratic
sympathy is calculated to ameliorate.
IL is the small farmer who farms for
himself who is under discussion. Mr..
GARLAND made as his wages for working
that eighty of land whatever he realiz-
ed from its products ever and above the
cost Of rent and seed. The rent was
5000, and TO be liberal we will say that
seed was worth 800. The products
were worth 1881, 50 that Mr.. Darland
had clear for his work on that eighty
S53l.
The stupidity Of democratic devotion
and servitude to party is fully illustrat-
e1 in this instance. The eighty cited
syas unquestionably profitable one,
and yet ouF neighbor is so unfortunate
as to choose ii 30 illustrate the state
ments Sovereign and B0ies have made
TO inaugurate their calamity campaign
1T must be CALLING to neighbOr Chase to
go round The ring when the party whip
is cracked by this man Sovereign. Only
n few years ago he vas running a mon.
grel newspaper in Atlantic, was himself
political mountebank, and is no better
today, except by promotion over deserv
ibg democrats he occupies place OF
distraction. He was no more self al
horrent OF deserving of public contempt
when he proclaimed from the stumI
that human passenger should b,
transported by weight IL live stool
gates than he is today when under tn,
toga Of official position he ISLANDERS ant
misrepreselts our industries and on
people. This Sovereign feature of tn,
administration is disgrace TO TIL
state, and we dare say that behind Bro
Ghase's blustef there is not little con
Gsmnation of its stupidity.