Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-04-14
WHY \ PROJECTIONS I.
Not Always Best to Buy Where it is
Cheapest.

Cheapest.
On a western farm in ---- town
ship, ---- county, -- state, dur
ing a busy time, when the harvest was
ready, one of the boys had just returned
home from school. The Their proposed
to the son that he go into the wheat
field and assist in cutting the wheat.
The price to be paid was 81 per day
just double the ordinary harvest
days wages The boy accepted the
offer and continued to work until the
harvest was putt away. The father,
sometime afterWard, " en- hauling his
wheat to market, asked the kook-keeper
in the large mill where he was deliver
ing his wheat, to do little figuring for
him so that he might be able to deter
mine the profit on his crop. In giving
the items of labor he said, "13 d iys at 81
per day for John" The clerk looked at
the farmer in surprise and said, "Why,
you did not pay that much per y to
your hands in the feld?" Yes, [ did"
was the reply. Well" said the clerk,
1 know that could have hired plenty
'of help at less than two dollars per Y;
why, there were strangers passing the
mill, looking for work, almost every
day"
The farmer, after a moment of serious
thought, said: well, / did pay that
boy of mine more than / need to have
paid to some stranger or foreigner, out,
you see my boy, John wants to go back
to school again next winter, and he is a
good boy. He always pays me we'll for
what | do for him, and you see, after all,
it is not big price. That thirteen
day. work just comes to $50 cash. |
give the 10y the money in his own
hands, and | know where it is; he Just
give it to his mother to keep for him.
So you see that money is in our house;
it is whore we could get it in case of
tight times. Now, if | had hired some
Of those fellows who come along to-day
and are gone in few days, even though
! only paid s. day, I would lie out
some money, for the stranger would
have taken away 500 for the thirteen
days that I never would see again. Also,
John, my boy. would not have So. So,
when he is to get re1dy for school this
winter. [ would have to raise Just
So which he now owns himself, aud that
ain all; have payment to make on
that old swamp prOpert which [ bought
lat year, and if [ should he little short
John can loan me $50 without interest
bliOiA SSp GLlC pClobO O1OO I'LL ~, YOU
see Mr.. Clerk, you may be great de-
smarter than / be in figuring but | tell
You that [ believe in takin' care Of
thi gs about home If you do pay
little more to them who you may expect
some return from. | never could see
no use in sending the money away to
ny things cheap. I'm for home market
home industry.
I'VE cid farmers don't know so much
as some of those Congressman do about
the great country we live in, but we
know too much to he fooled by English
men and foreigners who come to
America crying, ''cheap," cheap" We
don't want ny free-trade, cheap labor
conditions forced upon US or our child
rem. We have great country, great
opportunities, great comforts, and by
| far the best place in which to live and
prosper in all the world. Now, young
man, l don't what your politics may be,
but hope you are not one of those fell
lows who are crying for reform, free
trade, and buy where you can buy the
cheapest. I've lived my three score
and ten years, and I want to tell you
that times keeps getting letter every
year l don't want a change"