Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1895-09-03
TUESDAY,, SEPTEMBER BIRD, 1895.
JOHNSON & LAWSON.

Wea are of course all mighty
thankful for the big crop here
about. But under our present
monetarys ystem thatkeeps wheat
below 50 cents per bushel and
other farm staples in proportion,
the farmer is not going to realize
the main benefit of his bountiful
soil and favorable conditions OF
climate. The big crop will of
course help the railroads. AS
they charge as much for trans
porting a bushel of wheat wheth-
er it is worth 50 cents or $1.00,
quantity to transport and not
prices is what they desire. So
likewise the elevator and com
mission men. They charge SO
much per bushel to handle and
store in any event. Nor have
they any extra outlay by virtue
of a large quantity of straw.
On the other hand the farmer is
put to greater expense for Irvine
and handling the crop by virtue
of abundant straw. When the
latter deducts these extra
expense from the small price
his net income from the large
crop is not going to be large.
Another thing, prices Of manu-
featured goods have gone up
lately. During the panic the
factories laid off their men and
stopped to make goods. Now
the surplus goods in the market
is run down so that a higher
price can be charged. This en-
ables the manufacturers in some
cases to be able to pay a little
higher wages to their men. This
is all there is to the talk about
better times. But. mark we'll,
the farmer pays it all. Thus the
whole burden of the hard times
is thrown wholly upon the farm
er. Our whole political philoso-
ply is constructed, whether in
tentionally or otherwise, to crush
the farmer. The farmer cannot
shift his burden unto somebody
else. He deals directly with
mother Earth and he cannot
cheat her. If she smiles upon
him, as is the case this year
hereabout, he manages to NOPE
along. But if perchance she
goes against him he is utterly
ruined. OF course in the wake
of his ruin follows finally the
ruin of every other industry.
This big crop may prolong the
agony of the universal collapse
Of our industry, but it cannot
avert it.
Minneapolis is having a for
taste of what is coming. Some
gentleman down east wrote late
". to bank in the above city
about the ACCESSIBILITY of invest
ing in real estate property there.
The banker wrote back to his
eastern correspondent that he
had better keep his money. One
of the Minneapolis boomers was
down east and saw some of these
letters and of course got hot un-
der the collar. He thus relates
the fact in the Sunday Tribune
of Aug. 25th:. "They the bank
ers) take occasion, either inten-
tionally or through. downright
ignorance, to convey the impress
sion that one might as well put
money into the sea as in Mime
apolis real estate. I was shown
letter while in the East from Min.
neapolis bankers that staggered
me. They write: 1t is very
dull here now. You had better
keep your money until times get
better or, The property yon
mentionis not a,good culation.
We wouldn't loan one cent on it;
! ii fact, we havn't any money to
place on real estate security.
But5the banker WAS simply tel
ling the truth. He was obliged
TO answer. his inquire truth lily.
Every well informed real estate
man knows. that real estate ID the
cities is tumb bling al the time.
Itistumb bling eryWhere. And
rs there IS no end to the corner