The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-07-09

his necktie. The contrast between him
and Uncle Jerry Rusk, whom saw just
before he left Washington, Was striking.
and as said GOOD day" thought his
appearance gave the lie to the statement
that there 10 no money in farming in
Nebraska" and asked:
"Mr. Secretary. is it true that the
farmers are ruined in the West and the
days OF money making for them have gone
forever?'
II think not" replied the secretary OF
agriculture with q smile. .sOf eli classes
in the United States today Il seems to me
that the farmers have the best outlook.
They are not half SO badly off ~ they have
been painted, and many Of them are max
ing money. OF course there are failures,
but Of all tho businesses Of the United
81 atcs farming il the least liable to fail.
and there are more successes in il than in
aim ost any other business. Take the dry
goods business; 81 per cent. Of the men
who 90 into it become bankrupt, and the
propo rtion OF failures in all mercantile
pursuits Is very large. As to farming, I
know hundreds Of instances Of success
right around me in Nebraska. One of nv
neighbors came out West with only ~
cents. He bought his land on time. and
he now owns SD acres. He il the prcs-
dent oil bank and Is rich, and all Of his
possessions came out of tho soil.
Around him you will find many poor
farmers. They came to the same
place with more money and better
prospects. out they were shif,less. They
have not stuck to their work They hay.
lett their farms to sell patent rights and
have been inveigled into schemes 10 make
money fast without work. No business
can succeed without thrift, energy and
brains. Pure muscle will not make a good
farmer or good farm. The land has got
70 be MANFRED with the brains OF the
owner in order 10 make il pay. The
average farmer IL better o.! now than he
has ever been, and l believe he will con-
time TO improve
Why do you think SOP" asked
III is the only logical conclusion" was
the reply. The government lands are
nearly ali taken up. Sioveniy farming j.
wearing out some OF the bes, farms of the
country, aad the limit Of cu.tiyab,e farm
lands has been nearly reached. We double
our population every twenty-five wears
Ia quarter OF a century sc Will have 1871
osl.uo tn feed instead of 6. 90 o(o and
their ioot IS ali 70 come from the soil o.
TIE farmer. The result IL that lands mus.
rise and farm products viii increase IN
price. The iaS OF supply and demand
makes u certain thai farm prouer,y VIII
oe the most valuable of ali property in the
future, ami the farmers viii be the ma
bots"
VIII we have large farms or small
farms IN the future. Mr.. Secretary" |
asked.
Il think the tendency is toward small
farms cur farms all nc more like those
% rance The land will be better tilted
and the deserted farms aiil be brought IN
Take TIE abandoned farms OF New Eng
land. believe that the next great ems
sfaiIon 81 our farmers viii he 10 the Ney
hng.and states. Land has dropped down
"a certain parts OF these states 50 ia at yo,,
can bay tracts which were once cultivated
ioF from s. 10 s. Per acre. These lands
nave ccea abandoned by their owners ge,-
Ing tc ,he West. They have lain iSIe fn-
years ao1 nature has been reter,;sixinw
them. ihev ARE nos covered with nader
EroNth aud they Will have To- ID. clrar.I
again Bat. veil iarmr!, they viii pro-
a@ce Troh'aaIy. and within ;he pasf ieg
years capitalists and Others have been
ouYtuS them. Snos number O: ris.h
hen Mo nave large tracts IN Nen Frs
sand. Austin Cornin recently sseuu6s
500 acres, and Morrison. the famous
osi4se paudes. has lasi purchased n large
tract bes. concluded The secretary er,.
r.atlea!iy, Il lcsok .or the re,arrerti.,a of
N~w kasisnd and IL VII. again otsssana "a
the rose. ~
How about she lands OF the South
suppose saanv u them have h.eu Killed hv
bat farming
No, they are no. killed. " replied seer-.
saFy Aersca. and Proper fertilization
ans work xiii again 6rine them into hear
Ing sIeakiGs abogs killing the sail
makes rue think OF az old MsssassriSr nh,.
came AN into Nebraska IN isay some and
lie locked about with doahtsns ere. an
Ire atfSeFsas farms in Eny ue.gab orhoosi
unt.i some 81 the agents xonlseresl a aeth.-
as knew anything ABOUT land and thnv
ASKED hlm whether he had ever fayts,et
lie replied Yes. / hey aggravated ,hs
s.as! los nigh oato thirty years ThIs il
the Erssah2e With tns SOUTH: the SOL 49,
tsea badly aggravated. though II has no.
a@va Allied &"
DO yoa ;aink the Soath wlu eve- es,v,.I
'ae North ss ar Agricultural ecagtry ea
aSGbs H. was the reply. Climatic
aA1aeEees are sub tAxs the people OF The