The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-08-29
WHERE CORN IL KING.


Corn is king i'm iowa and Illinois, and
he holds mighty sway rs well over the
oreatrr part Of Missouri, Southern Min
nneota and Eaeterh Kansas and Ne
brasla. and .he kin. is in his glory il
all this vast territory thi, year 1t j. u
domain of which any king might wei!
H.. nroud Neither the vast plains OF
Me.opotauia, well irrigated as 1t was
bv the waters of the great Euphratcs
when Babylon, the mighty city Of u
hundred rates. was the gIo:v & King
dons and the last feast of Bri~iiH2IaI
uos intrrrrDted hy Alexander the Great
and his army, nor the great valley OF
the Nile when the wonderful cities 81
Thebcs and Memphis were in the 'i@ight
of their splpndor and the latter was the
center of a great corn trabe WI en- the
notriarch Abraham first visited the
court of Pharaoh, could Ue compared 10
the GREAT empire of the Mississippi
where hun rcde of thousands of fruit
fuI farms are owned anC occupied by d
free and enlightened people whose pro-
ducts find ready market in towns and
cities without number. There, 40 SOY
arai,r, with y uoIdpn crown WirldS =
ieweIed scepter from Il golden throne,
and no serr labors in the field, Of cora
or tends the flock, and herds hat roam
thp PASTURES. \ hountcous harvest j.
assured n.ace and Drranprity reign
amon~ the u .opIe and all j. well The
corn cron promise. to be immense
crn,ter bv 2DD 900 90 bushels tlau has
ever before been ymown. According to
the Chicago Tlmcs-Herald "the cora
will bring more money, if nIarketrd,
than all other Grain products combined,
and potatoes may be counted with the
grain to make rood measure. The cs
tinoted Weld Of corn for this wear is
from > 30, O0) O30 TO 300. 0DD,0)J bush
els AT the present price. which is 30
CENTS for December or Nav delivery,
the cron will bp worth SSDODJJ,0)J \
dpclinp of : cents y hr~h4l Suu!l inpHn
a differences of 5ll5,O1), 30 in tn valI.
of the crop. 10 emphasiz. the immen-
sjty of this product it may be sad that
the state of Iowa alone Will raise enoIyn
corn this year to supply more than five
bushels to every man, woman and child
in the United States"
And what about politics there? WI!
the cry of calamity rally a tArony
around the Populist STANDARD OF dis
trps,. or Will the D.lDle follow the
brirhter banner which leads to broader
statesmanship and as,ur ii prosperity?
The answer is apparent in every election
that occurs. Populism in the middle
west has seen it's day, and ii Will not
be long before the people will ease 10
wonder or care whence t came or
whittier il g0uth Ii may lingcr in spots
for "A little time like patch Of noxious
weeds in 4 ne elected field, but itclnn. t
be long until it is mand to give place
everywhere in oar broad hnt t.
healthier and more whola5,m. growth.
As the wears % bv and education
spreads among the people they VIII he
less easily lei TO imagine vain things.
and will NOT he 50 easily induced ly
false re,souiuu TO vorshin false 0ods
Without pr,sshonnrrs or drouth there
seems to he nothim. to hold the Pop,
ulists too~ther in K: nsas or NrbraSba.
and ovon -, to,or.,d., ,bera tbav al
want cIa.n daft ON tl,n silver nupstion
+,,ov, coar, 70 Ina ,.o,,;,,, to trnfr sense.
.,,d mr., mot ca cart.in as they, var.
that the ouark remedies for sthe times,
,,.Ii,l, t,a, -, ,,,,,,,.,.;ou..,,, ,,g..s,r,I,oj
than the gold cure. Up in Montana it
is the same way. and in Oregon, Pop