Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-08-02
County RambIings.

County RambIings.
| During the past week we made n
trip through the north part of Sara.
toga township, having dined that day
with ID. Marande, visiting with and
calling upon various farmers along
the route. The hay crop has been go
abundant that large portions of the
timothy meadows have been saved
for seed, nearly every farmer having
a quantity and several from one to
two hundred acres. On Tuesday last
we met and conversed with resident
who says he has not committed a sin
OF any kind in thirty-eight years,
though he is said to have cut the
throat of neighbors dog, and also to
have pursued neighbor intent upon
harm, armed with hammer.
Tuesday night we were Hospitality
entertained at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. j. P. Jones, who sent us on our
way rejoicing the mo orning following.
Inc immense crops harvested .have
required large quantities of binding
twine, and farmers complain that its
high price. with the quantity, takes
all their ready cash. In this connec-
ton we note what Mr.. Foster, whose
home is at Langdon, N. D., and who.
is the owner of large farms in the Red
River Valley, also of 1900 acres near
Winnepeg, and the present owner of
the Mich ael Farral farm in Orleans
the crop upon which he has lust
harvested. At his home, binding
twine was sold at from is to 90 cents
a pound, while at Winnepeg and
elsewhere in the Dominion where he
was just before coming here he found
the price for the best Manila was only
seven cents pound. In as much as
the foreigner pays the tariff, that
shuts it out of this country our farm
ers ought not to complain of the
price as long as they can attribute it
TO the war, instead of to the tariff.
The southwest portion of Chester
and the southeast part of Oak Dale
we canyassed, calling upon its several
farmers, among whom we mention
That veteran among them, John Kel-
ley, and NJ. Mech, both large land
owners and well-to-do, J.Walters and
j. A. McWilliams, the latter having
a hard battle for life and prosperity
is terribly afraid Of the silver craze,
and the 50-cent dollar made from it's
use. Dined that day with the Kar-
lens, proprietors of the Oak Dale
Swiss cheese factory, who find a
maket for all their product in st. Paul
and Milwaukee.
Among the many good farmers in
that portion of the county we notice
y. II. Berhens as among its most pro-
and intelligent. On our way
to Saratoga we passed by the Free
Methodist camp meeting, held in
large tent adjoining the grove on the
farm of Martin Grain. Found good
accommodation with Mrs. Miller at
the Saratoga house; the Kakac Bros.
busy, the creamery prospecting.
though complaining of great falling
off in the milk supply owing to a fall
ure of the pastures. Our route home
was through the northeast portion
OF Howard and the south portion /.
and Howard Center, found
hospitality with Geo. NJ. Dell, who -is
success In farming along
special lines, one of which is the culti-
walton of onions.
Although Bradstreet and Dun in
their commercial papers note great
prosperity because the banks are full
OF money, we found at least, the purse
OF every three out OF four of the farm
ers reported entirely empty. The
reason the banks are full of money ia
because with the gold standard and
the constant appreciation of the dol
lar as shown in falling prices of pro-
ducts, no man can borrow and use
the idle money in business enterpris-
es with an assurance of a profit ade-
auate to meet principal and interest
1T maturity. Another reason for its
abundance In banks is that anticipat-
ing further bond issues it is held there
for Investment in government securi-
ties, exempt from taxation OF all kinds.
Ii present conditions are to continue.
with the gold standard as a perma-
nent feature, every farmer who can
should get his farm as speedily as
possible into government bonds, be-
cause the continual decline in the
price of farms and farm products.
during the twenty years these bonds
are to run, will enable the bond hold
or to buy and own twice as much
land as he sold. Some men call this
the appreciation of the dollar, Others
the decline in prices. AS both signify
the same thing, in matt er of fact, call
It which you like best.
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