The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1901-10-21
EDITORIAL.

The optimistic Orange Judge Farmer
(clubbed weekly with THE JOURNAL ut
80 cents a year, ought to make any
farmer feel happy as a millionaire. The
last issue is just bubbling over with mill
lions. IL shows that the nations wheat
crop Is worth 100 millions more than
last year; that other grain represents as
large total value as last year
that the shortage in the corn crop is
more than made up by the increase in
price; that potatoes are 30 high
they will bring the farmer more money
than ever before; that livectock is
worth $50 million dollars more than last
year; that iarm products are worth 400
millions more than last year; that the
wheat, oats, corn, rye and barley raised
the past five years are worth $3.50
millions, or 1000 millions more than the
preceding FIVE years, and this to the
farmer that cotton brought 400 millions
more the past four years than the pre-
ceding four years; that live stock is
etc. The American farmer is certainly
rolling In wealth, more than he knows
what TO do with II the statistics OF the
prosperity boomers don't lie. The trust
kings like Morgan, Hartman, Rocka-
feller and others are mere beggars com
compared 20 the incalculable
wealth OF the common farmers.
The above paper would not represent
the farmers in these ailiuent circum.
stances TO lull them into false security
and repose, while the trusts went ON
with their skinning processes. Why
even the barnyard hen rolls up more
millions than all Wall street, and il a
farmer has only one hen left he ought TO
be happy, because she will, at the ad.
yanced price OF eggs, pay his taxes and
start nice little bank account 10 edu-
cate his children, One item the Orange
Judd Farmer overlooked. There were
at least million children born the past
year and each one is worth another mil
lion, and as they belong mostly 10 the
poor people, the poor are growing richer
and the rich are growing poorer, and the
millennium is at hand,
e ee
To come down TO some OF the real
things Of life, THR JOURNAL would like
20 call attention 10 an obscure work in
the eyes Of men that is being done in
the suburbs of this town, by a young
man who has little worldly wealth but q
great-hearted devotion TO some OF the
real wants Of humanity, There is little
church in Yew Park neighborhood where
several hundred people live who are not
attending the downtown churches
The children would have no Sunday
school In that neighborhood, ant
the old folks would have no place
10 hear the gospel preached on
Sunday, and few would pay oariare
70 20 To the big churches downtown ol
would have any church privileges II 4
wasn't for the little mission church. Tn,
pastor is a young man with a good edu-
NatAeAi NAeA kNeN tAAh W Nt"IN'hNo
with heart for the better things Of life
and an inspiration 10 save humanity
through the extension Of the Legitimate
work Of the church. Working without
means and ou small salary, he har
added front porch 10 keep Off the
rain, gone about papering the interior
and painting the exterior, sc
that IL might be more oomlortabl,
inside and more attractive 10 the neigh
borhood, THE JoURNAL wishes 10 say
that this little mission church, with IL
poor young minister and devoted band oI
workers, IL more eimportant factor In ouI
couDtry'R development aud civilization
than al the windbag talk about millions
and billions, and ali the brass baud dem
onstrations over the alleged big things
Ia this world, In the little suburban
churches the homes and the fam
ily life receive the stimulus toward moral.
liy and good decent, cleanly living,