Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-09-25
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stocks, manufactures, farm products,
and other things. In 1873, during that
panic, real estate values were not dc.
pressed. On the contrary. they In.
creased here In Illinois right through
the hard times. There will come nc.
tivlty in real estate. but not much ris.
ing In values"
Because real estate hasn't got 80
far to go to restore old values?"
"Yes, that Is IT,"
you seem to have escaped lawless-
ness I'm connection with the coal strike.
GOVERNOR
EYES," was the reply, with unmistak.
able satisfaction In manner. "Therc
hasn't been drop of blood shed since
the trouble began. ] have had eight or
ten calls for troops, but by the exercise
of q little patience and reasonable pr,,-
dcnce we have avoided any clash. I
am one who doesn't believe In too
much show of force. No long rs men
go along the street and behave them.
selves, I don't think they should he In.
terfered with. The strikers have con.
Quoted themselves with admirable re-.
gard for the Inv and the rights Of 9th
crs.
This strike" continued the Cover.
nor. rs the only drawback We have
now to grcnt Improvement In all dircc-
lions. In the southern part Of the State
the mines IRE operating rs usual. Up
here not u pound of coal II being put
out. Last year SangnniO County pro.
duced I 800. 900 tons of coal. and Macon.
pin. adjoining. did even better, turning
out 1.00O.OOO tons. You can sce easily
what Il means to have such nm industry
parr,lyzel sixty days. IT the mine own.
crs In this county would meet and agree
on scale to pny such wages ~ would
enable the miners to earn u living. and
then increase the prices Of the product
to consumers to correspond. that would
have u tendency to still further better
our already improved conditions"
John Il. Tanners apple crop will
bring him more money this year than
his salary ns the executive of the fourth
State In the Union several times over
The Governor has In his orchards over
hundred acrcs Of bearing trees. And
these orchards IRE In the heart of the
apple belt Of the State. Started on d
reminiscent strain. he told something OF
the discovery Of the wonderful adnptn
bllity Of the belt to apple raising. and
Of the gradual development of the In
dustry.
II am not old enough" he said, "ant
l am 53, to tell the beginning from per
sOnnl knowledge, but cnn give thu
facts as I got them from those VIII,
had that knowledge. About 1892 JOIN
Elliott settled on the old military trnc
In what r. now Clay County. A tow
that was called MoOrcsville grew
there. It has no existence now. WhcI
the Ohio and Mississippi Railroad wal
built through Illinois In 1852 station
called Flora was established. MOOrcs
vile was three miles away, and It wa,
moved 10 Flora. The old brick hOus,
which was the Elliott place II still
standing where MOOrcsvlllc was
About three years after John Elliot
settled there his brother, Isaac. NO
out an apple orchard. Some Of tn
trees Of that original orchard, whicl
esta blished the peculiar adaptabilit.
Of that part Of the State to bear appl
culture, are still living and bearing
They are nearly Is years old. Ike Fl
lott lived to he 30 years old. Will
the Elliott orchard showed what wa
possible, nothing was done to develO
the apple industry for merchantabl
purposes until 1880. In that year TOI
Lowry Of Flora, who died lust winter
and Allen Cope Of TOnti each put ou
forty acres In apple trees. This wa
the beginning Of apple raising for til
market In that part of the State. Jill
Prichett Of Xenia, perhaps three year
later, put out twenty acres. 1t was te
years before these orchards came int
full bearing. In 1850 there was VOL
derful crop Of apples, and In 1881
, very large acreage was planted. The
, In 1880 there was another great plan
ing, which followed another phen0m'
, nal crop. To-day the orchards Of Cha
|, County, which IL a small county Of Onl
twelve townships, cover $1,000 acre
> The early orchards of Cope and Low
~ ana Prlchett, yielded immense crOl
, when they were 10, IA and III yea
, old. These crops ran as much as $50
!, and $500 an acre. Since then those o
, chards have produced good crops, bl
!. prices have not been SO high. To ~
forty acres OF an apple crop sell Il
: $4,000 was inspiring. Hundreds I
land owners set out orchards. At leu
y IS per cent OF those who started to b
come apple raisers soon dropped out I
;, the industry. They allowed the tre'
!, to become scabby and affected vii
!, bOrers, ana cultivated their Orchar'
with cattle and sheep. 1t has be-
made evident that not more than
!. per cent. of those who start Orchar'
!" will give them the attention to su
ceed." w. Il. 3.
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