The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-01-04
rIlIions q Year for I'm
ported Foods.
1t1Lp BE RAISED HERE.
s. Farming Dsmsnds Attsntfoz
s-e..ss Reported Fren the
uernsss Of Utah.

q. 1~frzvagant and fmpgoyidenr
I'd. s.sse~ neglect, OF our agricult-
$ i i s.....srces and opportunities. For
!sss iast year the people OF the
" washington paid out $500 900
-, nroducss imported from out
& ~ esa.e. mostly from Chicago.
I q. - 81 eco for dairy products. In
y: - o;aou,argariue and other patent
sz.ss..se. Tor btrtter and lard. Prob
.z*ss1.r 80. 900 900 was expended dur
~ var 1898 by the people OF
Ssz-~son for imported articles OF
- zSsY could Just as well be pro-
- s..sszif this state. just fancy.
- s. .r,ore than so each for every
~or.zr1 and child In the state, in
J 80 ~. sven the Indians. And during
s. q .S.er Of universal panic and hard
- sur exports were, OF course, cut
B zs. - the rabniinuIIL The specuia-
! s.:. sxeas estate men, manufacturers
s1 ,.nkess have all been receiving
~ .nare Of the blame fer these hard
Now let the farmer read his
& ard arouse himself with the
1870 resolution to begin at once to
~ g lar as he can to cut this un-
49, 6rfzb,e Gordian knot by building
~ IS strong hands upon his fertile
: -. ! dam to stop this outgoing gold
~ ~, az SO ,010. 600 a year for food
.1arts that can easily be grown right
81 home.
4 certainly a pltiable thing to visit
! ~keat farm In Eastern Washington
8 /. nos ranch IN Western Washington
- IA the farmers there eating pork
"a dairy products supported from Chi
~ Omaha and other Eastern mar
k.ss Or farmers don't raise enough
- xxen their own families to CON-
n.bk, let alone any attempt To supply
~ reneral markets of the state. Even
= thanksgiving turkeys come in car
~ lbs from the East. In boom times
- matters are not noticed. as the
6aass and raDchers get large prices
r their single crops, but now the les
"a comes home to US with serious i'm
~
MAT would the farmer, In his
Straightforward rural philosophy. say
\ With all our magnificent wealth OF
fnber We should be awakened TO the
III that the people or the state were
1s>inx away $40. 900 600 a year for ium-
~ Wouldn't he rise up and exclaim
VI II was dod-gastcd ruinous
1kaak,
4 4 pleasant TO note that some farm
~ ere already turning their attention
61afd an honest solution OF this prob
IN One OF the hest-known farmers
n Eastern Washington is William L.
n Toilette. Of Whitman county, who
II yesTan service fer the state as
- Of lis Worlds fair commissioners
u charge OF the agricultural depart
rent Dir. La Toilette, in common with
~ other wheat growers. lost heavily
e his crops during the past two years.
81 ne has attacked the situation with
= sduiirable vigor. To a friend In
leb city he writes in the following racy
VS. i have been digging away try
Is TO pau things together again and
~ 70 shape TO benefit by the good
tM<s which j hope are coming.
1alass are rocky out here. Crops were
Fetiy fair, but prices were always be-
wv sae cost Of production and the
epantfy Is not much better off than
z We had not raised any grain, while
e eouFse a majority of those who rails
"a The crops are worse off. II I had
sos raised a lot OF hogs / don't know
BY ! would have kept the wolf from
uss door, sold about $500 worth of
Aass curing the summer and this fall,
Nnlsh enabled me to pay up on my
sef A'ss, pay some interest and local
ns'Spetdness and fix me in fair shape
g ne ensning season. / have some
- sosS shoats and pigs and / shall
sAs right with the four footed .un-
!. ..s4n Beasts until they pun me ont OF
: - s'sssh or worry me to death with
1assr eiissedness."
Aafnilette will probably be sur
rsssa % see his remarks In print. but
IS lAcss he relates are worth careful
sssssssefation on the part of every
aA'1asr who has heretofore been con-
- 2 devote all his lands and ener-
- :. 2 the production of one single
MI az crop.
g writing about successful DIVERSE
- & lafliiisls in the West, William T..
s-ss he well-kuown Washington
s1s.Asss'oaar0t, recently published the
g. interesting Information in the
essaso Record:
: salofd Woodruff. preslden, OF the
aa church, has lived In a farm
- IMAGE for forty-seven years. Dur
A.. - ssds time he has cultivated his
- - y torty acres. with no other la
g., sasa ihat or his own hands and
49, y his family. The women raise
Is preserve fruits. make pick
-. spp.es and peaches. and thus
-. ssiesSiy as the result of their own
s = and industry. sufficient mon
~. = sso'iie themselves. TO pay for their
- -. magazines and hooks. their ann
and the expense OF an ey-
. - now and then when they want
= ssss,oh or are invited 90 visit friends
q. 'sher part az the country. This
IA ne rule with the daughters
-. sae grssa1ausslsers OF President
-. while his sons have made
49, 49, ssssiNes noney by raising hogS or
81, y by scme special Industry Of
.ral ~ connection with their gen
i So. .ssh work. Mr.. wondruff's farm
s Sfsess i2s produced everything
s sA',a'sy has ns4Sse TO esf cx,...,,t
~ saSe' sugar and ether g1y,ceries
~ = - o.cssSsoeal purchase Of tiSs, or
unrss. osher meats from the general
! :. N'a'eh has always been p~cc,,r-
) A. sas' exehange of son,e vegetable
ess a., -, afedact % the garden. lie has
= - A'ssed his own mutton ara pork
m - usually fattenea a steer or his
i hssNsng' which. when slaughter
ii - otea CIT ami made into e,.7,
~, s,,A'ed and dried bees.
~. hss lad flve acres for his harms
49, avn and iiow@r garden. Win
49,, = iaEye SHADE trees that were
: 49,, vita his own hands zen a'.-as
"a -=essAs from yS-s,t.sh ~ 49,