Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-08-12
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Ocheyedan. Aug. 1.-THE writer was
shown a letter today from a harvest
hand in South Dakota, who is getting
$3.50 a day and board. These are war
prices, and q farm hand will have to
work but little while before he owns
the farm. Then, according to the old
story, the owner can go to work for him
and earn 1t back. Four dollars day
for man and team is the regular price
up this way, where railroad grading Is
being done, and the contractors and
farmers bid over one another for men
during harvest. Two dollars day is
the price on the railroad grade for any
able bodied man who presents himself.
And think of it! II Bryan gets into the
presidential chair these wages will be
doubled. according to the Jim Weaver
doctrine! But it will be little hard
on the South Dakota farmer to pay 81
d day and board to the hired man.
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The farmers are finding plenty of
buyers these days Cor live chickens A
live stock chicken car il stationed here
and will be filled with live poultry from
this and adjoining towns. Year-old
hens sell for to 81. cents per pound,
live weight and small wagon load
brings to the farmers wife SIS to $40.
New York handles nearly all of this live
poultry and dealers say there has not
been such a demand at these prices
since the war OF the rebellion.
Governor shaw's scorching letter to
the labor official of San Francisco
shows him up In an entirely new light
to the average voter. "Shaw's cold
blooded," "a Sunday school fellow"
belongs to the church crowd" have
been some of the remarks of the demo-
Gratis who couldn't think of anything
worse to say. But this letter shows that
he can talk out in meetin." 1t
lpleases the republicans to know that we
have in the governors chair a man who
can strike from the shoulder. Somehow
the average voter seems to appreciate
even swear words when the occasion
seems to demand It,
Perhaps the writer hears more of 1t
than some others, but it does seem as
though Providence made great mis-
take in arranging the reasoning facul-
ties OF some men, 80 that they can not
think of or utter single original sem
Itence. Just now the writer Ia hearing
about our unconstitutional work in the
Philippines. How we are numbering
those Filipinos who are so bravely
fighting for their independence. That
It will require standing army of 100,-
600 men to hold these Philippine islands
And SO on, repeating everything they
read from the Opposition journals
This same crowd repeated Bryan's Is t.
1 solo till changed circumstances proved
the statements to be absurd. but now
they have new song and one hears II
levery day from two or three profes.
sionals in each town. A star performer
in ERADICATE, on his way home from
work, found an audience at the depo
and so pleased WAS he at his own elo,
quence that he forgot to go home t.
supper till his wife came after him a
l7:30 p. m. Even then it required strong
persuasion on her part for him to "rill
on"
q Here's an account OF land offlc'
business that shows the Yankee trade
is stu alive. In one of our Iowa town
there y hotel property that has beel
TRADED on several times. Twelve, thou
iISanA 1ellAss y . taae vAluAtie0 for Y