People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-08-12
PROFITABLE FARMING.
CONGRESSMAN TAYLOR, OF OHIO,
BOUGHT HIS FARMS WITH MONEY
MADE IN NATIONAL BANKS.
ADVISES FARMERS TO WORK HARDER
AND COMPLAIN LESS-THE KANSAS
FARMERS HAVE TOO MUCH SNAP.
BUT TAYLOR THINKS THEY
HAVE NOT ENOUGH.
A LITTLE BIT OF CONGRESSIONAL
RECORD ACCOMPANIED BY
THE TRIMMINGS.

has looked up that farm and given {
history Of it, which is here appended
with his remarks in the house. Mr.
Taylor said:
Mr.. Chairman, | want to say in re
ply to my friend from Kansas, (Mr
Simpson, that | expect | am about a.
much of a farmer as he is, and
think | am better Kansas farme-
than he is, because | bought farm
in Kansas last year, and that is more
than he would do, for he does not
think Kansas land at the present
time has much value.
Mr.. SimpSOn-Under mortgage?
Mr.. Joseph D. TaylOr-NO; there
was no mortgage on it. | do nOt
get my land in that way. | do not
believe in taking advantage of any
mans miSfOrtunes.
Mr.. Dayis-YOu ought to have
waited until now.
Mr.. Joseph D. TaylOr-I bought &
farm of 800 acres of land and paid fOl
that farm IS per cent more than the
land had been purchased for eight
years before.
Mr.. SimpSOn-YOu must have beer
tenderfOOt.
Mr.. Joseph D. TayiOr-I do not be.
lieye in this sort of nonsense, thai
the country is in bankruptcy anC
going to destruction and all that.
do not believe it.
Mr.. DayiS-We do not want to be
lieve it, either, but we cannot hell
it.
Mr.. Joseph d. TaylOr-I paid SIT
an acre for 800 acres of land in Green
wood county, and | regard it as a
good investment. | bought it last
year after | had been listening to the
speeches about the bankruptcy of
Kansas. Ihaye large farm at home.
| have some bank stock too, but | am
not professional banker. | never
stayed week in bank in my life,
but have spent a great many years
on a farm. | was born on one and
live on it until | was twenty-One
years of age. | have always had a
farm since | was able to own one and
| believe agriculture has a great fu.
ture in this country.
do not know of a better invest.
ment in this country than a gooC
farm. | know that agriculture ha.
been depressed for several years, but
this depression is largely owing to thu
ScandalOuS Misrepresentation thai
have been going over the country
about agriculture. You depreciat,
your own business. You cry dOwI
your own trade. You destroy YOU
own market and discourage your owl
people. What the people want il
Kansas is snap backbone, industry anC
economy. They want the same kinC
of thrift that the New England peo
pie have and the same kind of plucl
and energy and economy.
These farmers had better complain
less and work more. They had bette
talk less about mortgages and NOR
about their business. Complaints ar
always a poor investment. The,
should plOw their corn ear
lier and oftener, keep thei
moving machines in the dry
their threShing machines out 0
the storm and their cattle in barn
and stables in winter, instead of let
ting everything go haphazard. Nc
body in the east would make none
farming if they did as many of tn
western farmers do. They do no
know what economy is. They ge
rich in spite of themselves in man,
parts of the west, and when they d,
not they blame somebody instead 0
cultivating those qualities which ar
an absolute necessity elsewhere.
Mr.. Lewis-Will the gentleman al
low me to ask him a question?
Mr.. Joseph D. TaylOr-YeS sir.
Mr.. Lewiston say that those pee
pie ought to have the snap that tn,
New England people have?
Mr.. Taylor-YeS sir, do.
Mr.. LewiS-The kind of snap tina
made 200 of them abandon thei
farms in the state of Connecticut il
New England?
Mr.. TaylOr-Oh. | not believ,
that sort of stuff at all.
Mr., LewiS-NO, you do not believe
anything.
Mr.. SimpSOn-He would not beliey,
a census report.
Mr.. Watson-Will the gentleman
allow me to ask him question?
Mr.. Taylor-I am trying to answer
the question of the gentleman whC
has been interrOgating me. | will b(
glad to answer any question if / have