The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1892-08-13

hens nest, with some bad eggs In it
Get a tight grip on the tip of you,
smeller ifyou mediate an assault.
The Reporter and Farmer, at
Webster, contains an account Of a
meeting of old veterans at Madison at
the time the Republican convention as
sembled there in which 4O5 veterans
participated. They passed resolutions
of confidence in the Republican party
and pledged hearty support to the
State and National tickets.
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Recently after hearing the editor of
the ODida Journal rave about the
Homestead affair an intelligent and
thrifty German farmer said: "If those
Homestead strikers are not satisfied
with such wages as employers are will
ling to give them why not come here
and build up home and business of
their own.
An article in the Womans Column
by Lucy Stone offers the only possible
solution of the labor question and in
substance is as follows: Some Is years
ago rs Sweeds at Rockford, ILL.,, with
a combined capital of $4,000 or 1850
each established a furniture factory.
1t now employs 1900 men, 95 per cent
of whom are stockholders, and she sug-
gests that the dissatisfied Homestead
strikers do the same for themselves.
One thing is certain men must work
for themselves accepting the result of
their own ability, or they must work
for others at such wages as employers
are willing to give.
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Smith said that the farmers are get
ting poorer every year and cited the as
sumed fact that they once owned 20 per
cent. of all the property and that they
now own but 40 per cent. Jones said
when the country was first settled the
farmers owned 100 per cent. because
the first settlers were all farmers, but
the diversifcatlon of industries has
gone on until the farmers do not con-
stitute more than 40 per cent. of the
inhabitants, but the per capita of agri-
cultural wealth is now twice as much
as it was when they owned 70 per cent.
of the property and Smith went off into
a brown study.
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After brief pause Smith said well
it there was more money times would
be easier. And Jones said suppose
there should be 81, 900 for every pres
ent dollar you would still have to sell
something to get it wouldent you? :?
Yes. Well you can get dollars now to
the full extent of what you have to sell
can't you. Yes. And If you could
grow twice as much wheat as you are
now growing you could get twice as
much money as you are now getting?
Yes. But to do that you would need
to be supplied with more rain would
ent you? Yes. Well then why don't
you drop your money made-out- of
nothing plank and promise a greater
per capita of frain from the same abund-
ant source, and Smith scratched his
head again.
Recovering Smith said it wonld dou-
BILE the price of my property. And
Jones said itwould appear to, provided
the money was worth only half its face.
How much are you worth Smith and
how much is Jay Gould worth? 0
about $1,000 and Gould is worth $780,
100000 they say. Well then while the
scheme appeared to donate you $4,000
it would donate to Gould $500, ,OOO,-
900. Doyou think that he or any other
millionaire would object? Not being
quite run down Smith said: well, it
would double the price of all products
Gncluding Carnegie's, Jones sandwich
in) and you know the farmers sell more
than they buy. That would help us.
And Jones replied: If the farmers are
selling more than they buy they must
be getting rich amt they and at the be-
ginning of this chat you said they are
getting poorer all the time? Your gear
Ing don't seem to match; and as Smith
moved off Jones gave this parting ad-
vice. Better cut loose from the money
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