The Kosciusko star. (Kosciusko, Miss.) 18??-1898, 1895-07-12
RECRETARY MORTON'S TALK
ON THE AMERICAN FARMER.
Continued from page 81

American goods, and It is surpris-
ing what variety Of valuable in
formation they are sending us. We
might send millions Of dollars
worth Of food products yearly.
Take the matter Of eggs. England
is now importing more than $751;
0O0,0 900 worth every year. The
little country Of Belgium, crowded
as it is, sells S3,000,000 worth Of
eggs for British stomacAs, and
France gets 100000 a year out
of the eggs which she supplies to
John Bull, With our vast area,
and so-called starving farmers, we
do not raise enough eggs for our
selves. We import them by the
millions, and the cackling Of tens
Of thousands Of Canadian hens is
heard daily over the eggs which
they are laying for the United
States. Eggs are beneath the no.
tice of the average American farm
er, His wife may, perhaps, get a
bit of her pin money out of the
chickens, but that is all.
"We import great quantity of
cabbages, and we buy fruit and
nuts which we might raise our
selves, 10 the extent of million:
Of dollars a year. We are ship
ping more butter everJ year, but
New Zealand and Australia are
crowding us in this line. They
are sending vast quantities to Eng
land, and selling 1t there for shil
ling pound. Within four years
the consumption of butter in Eng
land has risen SO, 100000 and the
Australian export has increased
nearly s3,00O,000 during this time.
Many parts of our Southern States
are now raising dairy products, and
in East Tennessee the chickens and
the eggs last year brought in more
money than all the wheat
81 am surprised how mean men
are sometimes to their wives, "
continued Mr.. Morton; mot only
farmers, but other men as well.
Woman is naturally a self-sacri-
hcing creature, and she submits to
many a thing man would not
think Of tolerating. Speaking OF
little meanntsses. let me give you
an incident that | saw myself dur.
ing the days of the war. | hap
pened to be in a store in my town
one day, when an old fellow whom
will call Jones came in with hi
wife to buy some goods. This
man Jones came from one of the
most celebrated families in the
United States. He settled in Ne
braska when it was still a territory
and by economy and thrift he ha(
now gotten farm of something
like a 1000 acres. He was know
to have money in the bank, anC
was considered wealthy. We'll
shortly after he entered the store
Mrs. Jones took up piece of cal
leo and admired it very much. A
she looked at it. she said to he
husband:
"Pa, | ought to have Q new
dress, and like this very much
DON'T Won think we can afford Il
buy il?'
son, | suppose so, replied th
old man, and he thereupon aske'
the clerk the price. He was tol'
it was 50 cents yard. Ola Mr.
Jones raised his eyes at this ant
asked his wife how much it woul'
take. She replied she didn't thin
she could get along on less than l
yards, and he answered:
! "Whv, ma, II yards of tn
goods at so cents yard would cos
IS. Now don't you think that j
pretty high?"
"Yes;;" she replied, II dc, but
need the dress"
"Well, said the old man, time
are hard, and | do wish you coul
get along without it just now
Couldn't your"
r Eyes suppose | could repl
ed the old lady with a sigh, An
the calico was dropped.
4 moment later on old Nj
Jones asked the same clerk if h
had any tobacco, and whether h
had any of that good old Vlrginl
o leaf, which they used to keep
. stock.
The clerk said: Eyes we nav'
t but it's awful high It's 81