Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-10-17

ance. Ga .he cars especially intro.
ductions and all other formaliiics are
waived, aud every man has the
right TO go n talking 10 his uaighbor
just as u he had known him a d0z.n
years These casual conversations are
often most interesting. because couHdcn
tiaL IL Is the style ont Ia that country
for every man 70 talk OF himself. bic
achievements aud troubles, on all coca.
sions One railway friend told Inc he
Ind a farm ont near kenmey Junction.
Neb. Last spring" said he, ~ wanted
to sell 1t Tor 800 cash Could have got
twice that In Old horacs and wagons.
but wanted cash 90 get out Of the cuuu-
Try with Not finding anybody to buy
my place for cash | WINS compelled ~
stay there Am very Glad / did. for
this year ! have harvested of that farm
nearly 5000 worth Of grain, nearly all
with my own labor Where am going
now Down to Omaha to have a good
time, bgosh"
Farming pays IN the west. and farm.
ing doesn't pay In the vest" said man
from South Dakota. "ln ten years 1
have made $4,000 farming. starting
with nothing. Men all around me have
starved TO death. or pretty near It. one
thing is certain Big farming doesn't
pay. There's Dalrymplo. whose place "a
not far from mine. iiu tried farming on
- large scalc-G0. coo acres. believe. Ho
was n good farmer too. Ho had real sx-
ocutiye ability, a fine organization. lle
had q tremendous advantage 10 goiling
most Of his machinery Tor nothing. I've
known the agents Of reaper aud mower
factory 10 put sixty machines Ou bal.
rymplo's farm without charging him q
cont, simply for the advertisement Yet
Dalrymplo hns not mado amy money
don't know whyit l.. unless n large farm
cannot mako use Of tho small economies
which make a small farm self sustaining
--iso egg, the butter. tho garden. tho
vomen'a work Ia kitchen aud round.
about
Tho faddcst thing raw In journey
90 the west was tho old fashioned rail
fence IN Pennsylvania. Ohio. eastern
Indiana and southern Michigan. How
cruel Of fate not to permit tho wire
fouoo to b. invented 900 years before It
was. Probably enough labor and tim.
Dor have been wasted IN the buildiug Of
the OLD "worm" fences In the east 10 pay
of fifty national debts like ours. II
makes one almost weep TO think Of the
backs that have been broken, u the
hands worn out. the energies sappod, the
boys kept ont Of rchool--in falling trees,
splitting logs, driving posts, laying rails
for those thousands Of miles 81 rail
fence, When our western farmer wants
a fence now he buys few poats and n lot
Of barbcd wic. Three mon can put up
half mile Of fence In day A rod Of
fence costs completc-lgbor, posts and
Rll-twenty.fyo cents i mile VI Fence
costs but eighty dollars II the farmer
had plenty OF growing timber " his own
he could not hiru man to cut Out the
posts alone for that money. 10 say moth.
ing Of the rails
Ibid you ever hear how Ellwooi. the
hnrh,d wiro man. Of D,lalb, lils.. made
his money! asked one " my train 90.
quaiutancos. "wcli. you zee. twelve OF
fifteen years ago hc was making n llitl'
wiru in his blacksmith shop, putting thu
barbs ON with u pair OF pinchers. ono
day n couple Of young men stopped In
his shop 10 get out Of tho rain. aud as
they thought tho wire looked like COOL
thing they asked Ellwood 10 send them
out ON tho road selling It. After q
weeks trip They came In and compared
notes. Both had found the wire great
| hit, everybody wanted a. But they
we've pretty shrcwd boys, and they fzgi
1t up between them TO fool Ellwool.
When he asked how business WIS they
/ showed him few orders and shook
| their heads obviously. Not much In
IT, Better try again. said Eilwood
! Wen, II yun'll give as n i've year con-
! tract on Missouri. southern Iowa, Ar
kansas and Texas woll go out and sec
what wo cun do. Ellwo0d agreed,
and one OF the young men started
| for Texas In week lac scnt an
order for car load Of wire En-
wood was nst0nishcd Il would take
| him month 10 make a chr load. he
/ carried tho letter over 90 bis hank,
Must he some mistake, no nil, NO.
said tho banker, its plain. llc wants
n chr load. 'lmp1hblr,' replied Eli
wood: ri telegraph him. Tho reply
cannot Yes, a car load, make It thrgc
car loads. ship quick.VAgain Ellwood
went TO his banker He was puzzled
II seemed like hoax 10 him that any
ono should want three carloads OF wire
Prcpostorous, The banker finally con-
WINGED him tho order was genuine.
Mr. Banker, said Edward, I'm a
poor man. I'm worth two or three
thousand dollars How much can |
draw ON this bank for on my reputation
and my prospectsy Fifteen hundred
dollars Good. Give mo $500 now,
In an hour Ellwood was ON his way 10
Chicago. In two weeks no was making
barhel wire by machinery. In ten youIl