The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1895-12-26

EDITORIAL NOTES.
"By the living jingo, Grover.
England will find a way out without
fighting.
Whalebone is scarce, it is said. bu
backbone plenty.
England will settle with Venezeuls
amicably on the boundary dispute, and
that will be the way out, thus ignoring
the United States.
In Congress bills have been introduced
appropriating 900, 0O0, 900 for armament.
This will not scare Great Britain, but il
will raise patriotism in America.
A farmer in Edwards county gives his
experience in cattle raising and farming
for the past nine years, and in his letter
t. the Kansas Farmer he closes Is fol-
lows:
The man Of family who will keep cows.
hogs, poultry, fish and raise garden.
can live well at small expense, and to
make this prosperous country numbers
of such persons are needed rather than
ranchers of great extent. All the crops,
as vel! as horses, cattle and hogs, fluctu-
ate greatly in price. and the keen pressure
of debt affects so many of US that we are
unable to depart from the old beaten
paths of industry.
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A series of ten meetings will be held
in Illinois and other eastern States, in
which the advantages of Kansas will be
offered. Some of the beat speakers of
Kansas will attend these meetings. 1t
may be slow and tedious movement to
induce emigration to this state, but the
is bound to come.
Over-built towns have furnished houses
for farms in many parts of Western Kan
sas. These houses are we'll constructed
and are bought at nominal prices. The
moving about of houses in many towns
goes on, Dodge City in the number. A
farmer IN Edwards county writes that
''houses are purchased in the oyer-built
towns at nominal prices and
moved on wagons at small cost. More
than a dozen such houses have been
moved into his township during the past
year.
The GLOBE-REPUBLICAN has received
= pamphlet containing the report of the
Committee, Detroit, Mich,
on the cultivation of idle land by the
poor and unemployed. The report is
written by Cornelius Gardener, vice.
chairman, who Is stationed at Fort
Wayne, United States fort, near De-
troit. Lieut.. G. Gardener was stationed
'everal years at Fort Dodge, and is well
known by the old time citizens Of Dodge
City. The report gives 1.-THE methods
and the results obtained in carrying out
he so-called potato patch scheme y"
which originated with Mayor Pingree Of
Detroit. The plan "has for its object
he assisting of people with families, who
ire in poor circumstances, by permitting
md encouraging them to cultivated idle
and lying within or near the city limits
If Detroit, gratuitously offered for that
purpose by the charitable PERSONS
Vegetables are the crops mostly raised.
This year the value of products was
s27. 1890. 5000 was given by the city
council for the expenses necessary in
pushing the work. About 1000 families
we're engaged in the work Of cultivation.
Congressman BOutelle. considered an
in public affairs, pursued a
stand when the bill came up
q the House for army appropriations
nd said s'he had been accused of being a |
lingo, whatever that MEANS" but he |
wanted "no one to believe he would |
lesitate in support If the honor, dignity
II safety of the country required, to take |
Ip arms against any or all Of the nations |
f the world. But the press shows the
ountry to be in a state of feverish ex-
itement."
A jingO statesman, as defined by