The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-02-26
THE AMERICAN HOG Is KING.

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Kansas state board CT agriculture, had his
way about Il. the sua-defying eagle. which
is the American national ORD. weQld have
10 come OF his perch and in his stead
would reign the great American hog,
which MIR. Cobura thinks mere nearly
embocies Americas national Characters
tics than does the eagle. This doctrine was
preached receatly at the first reception
ever rendered the members CT the 1--we
Ftock exchange BY the Kansas City Y.
NJ c. A. ar the association rooms. The
reception was attended by a great many
members, with their families The feat
ure or the reception was the witty and
characteristic address by Mr.. Z. d. Co.
burn. the guest OF the evening. Mr.. Co
burn stoutly stood UP for the American
hog. "A the same trsnehant and AZ times
qGizzica! style which has made his reports
as secretary OF the Kansas stale board Of
agriculture and his other official docu-
ments 80 readable. He took for his SUB
lsci, "PoIk-Dressed and Undressed."
1T has been said" began Mr.. Coburn.
that in the American hog We have an
automatic machine for the reduction Of
the total volume OF corn. II IS a machine
that oils itself, IL reduces the volume OF
corn tenfold, and quadrupies the value
thereof A brood sow is the incarnation
or a safe investment, oucolic bond whose
coupons are frequent, and large ltters or
pigs. The hog is harvester a condenser
and a manufacturer Of hams. lard HUI
initiating oils, brushes, glue, buttons, ba-
con, whistles. soap, souse, sausage and
satisfaction. The well-bred American hog
is mint, and the yellow corn is the bull
lion coined into golden coins. He has be-
come thing Of beauty and a Joy forever.
as long as a mortgage Is 70 be lifted,
house 10 be built or a piano bought In
stead OF being driven through muddy
lanes, he now rides in wagons and rail-
way cars, and thence goes on a tour OF
the world. In all civilized lands he is at
home. he camps with the soldiers under
every flag, and sails with the sailors be-
fore every mast.
''At s.. IS per hundred. the hog is a dis
reputable fellow of debased morals and
unclean habits. But al rs all this Is re-
Vefsed' he becomes an interesting gentle
man, If not a scholar entitled to the defer
ence We show 10 a distinguished and
wealthy relative. He is given the right
or way. and possesses the fat OF the land.
lie soon ceases to associate with the rural
porkers. He becomes a putocrat and
gets into the hands OF the cutthroat pack
ers. who eventually bleed him TO death.
Isn't it funny that man tolls year after
year TO set some land that he may raise
corn 10 feed 10 hogs that he may sell them
Tor more land on which 10 raise more corn
to feed more hogs for more land, etc, etc,
etc? The advance in the swine industry
has been wonderful, but not more so than
In its literature Ii is the fashion 10 rdi-
cule the hog, to insist that he is the dire
author Of leprosy and consumption and
scrofula and other Ills. But this Is merely
prejudice, and stiN is the rural ceiling fes-
toned with sausages and the smokehouse
fragrant with ham and bacon. The hog
has been under the ban OF many religions,
and some persons have even been known
to prefer the martyrs stake TO the pork
steak. He Is the staff OF life. the arch en-
envy OF famine, the poor mans best friend.
What is more unctuous than his grunt OF
satisfaction or more penetrating than his
squeal OF remonstrance? He is playful
and graceful. he keeps cheaper and grows
faster than any other animal on earth.
America is the home of the hog which
IS the logical deduction OF our civilization.
An editor has said that no man who lived
on a hog diet ever abused his family.
Waterloo was lost because the enemy had
bacon. and ingalls, would have been re-
turned TO the senate II he had not lived on
oat meal and baked apples IL you want 10
put roses In your daughters cheeks, vital
ty in her frame and brains in her head,
feed her meat. II you want your boy 20 get
a job and keep il and amount 10 something,
feed him ham fat and bacon gravy three
times a day.
THE pig is quiet and Chrstlanlike ex-
employing the peaceful virtues OF our
country more than the rowing robber
eagle. and would. IN the minds Of many.
make a better symbolical national animal.
His snout turning the soil IS emhematic
OF industry while the beak and talons OF
the eagle speak cruelty and piracy The
pig Is thrifty and Industrious; the eagle
accumulates neither flesh nor feathers.
The pig is amenable to civihZing inffu-
ences: the eagle is Wild and untamable.
r.fc &c he OLE
bollzes nothing The pig eats what is set
before him and never complains. He
never uses tobacco and unlike men, he
behaves best when 'corned' Though he
knows nothing Of mathematics, he is
great on square root, and though he can
not write. he IS the true knight Of the
pen.
Worms are a hogs bltters and bugs
and beetles his quinine. But Of all the
Injuries he gets none can compare with
that wonderful comQound-dishwater
composed CT everything under the kitchen
roof II IS all rot 20 talk about the hog
being naturally cleanly, He IS scaven-
ger by nature. He will not. ~ theorists
declare. 60 10 the hubbling brook but
Will desert 1t every time tor n mud wal
low The hog is. however. more clearly
than mes, dogs which are kent az pets
by 40 many men and women Of both
sexes"
Mr. Cohurn read several humorous arti-
cles on Texas razorbacks and North Caro-
ura hogs Ee gave some practical advice
regarding the care and feed of hogs and
showed by statistics that nearly e worth
81 pork was exported to 81 worth Of beef
last wear.
NO one ever saw hog so indifferent
% the common proprleties" said Mr.. Co
burn In closing. AS L. smoke cigarettes
IN the presence of human beings or chew
tobacco or drink. No lady pig ever Law
ished her affections on pugs or iardogs
She may not 20 All she ought n he: her
home may not Re what Il might he bat
more - It's Incompetence comes from her
mother'v Influences being wasted on sore
eyed poo2les"
Mr. Cobarn closed with the prophecy
that tir}e went on tho Erea- American
hog woui3 grow in Importance untH he
would 30 welcome article - diet On
avery table and enharGcfs would be m
known Kansas CITY Journal
Pleasures Of the Chase.
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