New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-23
NORTHWESTERN FARMERS.
--ury AsCRIBE THEIR PROSPERITY TO
REPUBLICAN POLICIES. AND POPU-
lists ARE GETTING AS SCARCE
AS HENS TEETH
AS HENS TEETH

C. paul June - (SpeciaD.-D. s. 3. Johnston
PRESIDENT Of the D. s. B. Johnston Land Com
narv. has, been in business in the Northwest
80 1875 Probably no resident during that
long period has been in closer touch with farm
ss Reing asked II he thought President Nc
1-5rs,, sno,,Id be reelected, Mr. Johnston said:
.-s-arrajulv do. and I viii tell you why. Four
,-sa-s ago prosperity in this Nation sorely
needed Mckinley was chosen our leader Under
hin, we have relaid many foundations and bust
ness Is now trying them Mr.. Dawes, Controller
~ +h4 Currency reports under date Of June 10
that for the four months the new financial law
has been in operation So applications for Ma
rional banks with combined capital OF Slo.-
$4,000 have been received. That shows money
believes IN the financial foundations that have
been started
How about the business reaction this year,"
Mr.. Johnston was asked.
Z call II business indigestion" he replied.
..Pe5ple who have gone hungry as long as we
have win generally ove-eat when a table fun
~ dafDries IS set before them. Besides, this is
a Presidential year. Nothing in the present
situation. however, VIII justify tearing UP our
foundations again That would be going back
70 chaos. No good business man works that
way. and I CO not believe the Nation will We
have simply slowed down little. and We shall
80 al the better for II in 1901"
are the farmers generally satisfied with the
situation" was asked
AS 10 that" replied Mr.. Johnston, "cornfed
hseves sold in June 1895, for 81 u a hundred
This June farmers get 50 .. Pork. in June, 1895.
brought s. 20: this June II brings 81 80; and at
-rch prices twice many hogs and oeeves are
being sold as il 1896. AS TO general business,
the president Of one OF our largest northwestern
-aHr0a6 systems Gays that railroad revenues
are now about 20 per cent larger than in 1896.
Corn and wheat slide UP and down the price
scale according as they are produced IN the
-T7 ar
ir~raeses as Il has since 1895 you can de-
---.-7 -rnar II that the Northwestern farmer who
Attends 70 business is feeling fairly we'll He
has not had time TO get very afiuent as yet, but
he IS IN sight oS good times again, and there
v-iII be 10 risk Of q retrograde movement IN try
ing experiments by the way. Il ne can help II.
Another thing said Mr.. Johnston % some or
the best soldiers in the Philippines are sons OF
Northwestern farmers. soon many OF Lnese boys
viii be helping TO teach Asia 70 use the stun
that their fathers raise. When the tnfInity Of
As.srtc uecrle learn TO do this. as they surely
--tT and sooner than many or Us deem possible,
The Northwest. with ell It's improved appliances,
cannot raise enough wheat TO furnish cake on
SUNDAYS 70 those who viii want II. Other farm
PRODUCTS will also then be il demand in Ike
r-1portf0u. Such an outlook, and the knowledge
that hts money is worth a full one hundred
cents on the dollar every day OF the year, is
knocking Popuusm out Of Northwestern farmers
al q rapid rate. Within generation a Populist
viii be rare curiosity as a greenoacker OF
the Civil War period
How about other industries. Mr.. JohnstonT p
Wei. St Paul carpenters got twenty cents an
thirty cents for eight hours work. Painters
got twenty-five cents an hour, TTlasons twenty
rvv0 and hricklayers forty il 1896 for ten hours
work They now get average Of thirty,
l-tr----Vo and fifty cents. respectively Tor
light hours The contrast between now and
1895 suits Northwestern labor pretty well"
You mentioned the Philippines. Mr.. John
s-u. Is Mckinley big enough for the work
p -i-n5.iu- -Eern2"
ives. ana -har is not all. II ever God set a
rf-io- 70 the task Of elevating a people, I be
.re H. has done IL here" replied Mr.. John
-rE-- Er~- aA Dc zHG ~
r.-ti--ad a lot u children around US crying
f1~ raz9rz They need schools in which to be
caught. the uses OF freedom That's the hu-
T-arirv side OF the task before The bound
Tess tropical resources OF their lands need de-
salopruent-that's the commerce and trade side
Z It. General Frederick 9. Funston. who went
20 the Philippines from Kansas, and IS now there
n the army. says that with ten thousand dol
.ars capital he can make forty thousand dol
.ars q year in Philippine trade openings. The
rewards OF this Nation for faithful performance
1f duty IN the Orient are as sure as the coming
= the wears The Northwest intends 70 do Its
share 70 re-elect Mckinley for another term,
and see meantime that no chucks get IN the