Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-12-20

L00KER-0N in IOWA:


West Bend. Dec. 19.-Even the trusts
have troubles. We all remember the
newspaper accounts of the great har-
vester combine. How, by the aggresa,
ton of millions, the machinery was tt
be cheaper, lot of middlemer
cut off, and hundreds of travelling
agents discharged All this came III
in a talk with an Iowa implement deal
er the other day. From this authority
comes the substance of what follows
and the situation in Iowa, 1t can be as
sumed. is the duplicate of conditions
elsewhere. In the first place, few big
harvester companies did not go into
the combine. Secondly, prices have
not been lowered by the combine
Thirdly, nearly as many special agents
and fully as many implement dealers
are required to sell harvesters as here
tofore. But the combine began last
year, and this year is trying to con-
tinue, system of contracts these i'm
plement men very much object to. OBJ
ject SO strongly that large number
now say they will not handle the COM
bine harvester, but will sell and push
the outside OF the combination" harves-
ter. This matter came up in the re-
cent implement dealers convention, and
so much feeling was shown that res
olution bearing on this subject, had
hard time in being put before the
convention, and, so this informant tells
the writer, the question was put by the
secretary, the chairman refusing to en-
terrain the motion. And now the inn
plement dealers and the farmers are
getting together. The matter of the
sale of harvesters will be the subject of
more than one farmers institute meet
ing this winter. The subject of re-
pairs. of no allowance for old machines,
the right to cancel If crops are poor.
the price of Irvine, the time given on
notes, discounts, and the whole minutae
of the sale of a harvester will be talked
over, and results are sure to be disas-
trous to the combine. Meanwhile the
outsiders are not slow Tin egging on"
the implement dealers and disguised
farmers. Buy our machine, which is
just as good, and be treated like a
white man." say these nom combine
manufac turers
The travelling man said he could not
afford to own a pocketbook, so he car
ried his money in an empty tobacco
cloth pouch. There was between $50
and $40 in it when he dropped it on the
floor in the hotel office. This was in the
evening, and it was kicked around by
everybody. In the morning, when the
landlord 'tgrubbed out" he swept that
tobacco bag out into the street An
hour or two afterwards it occurred to
him there might be little tobacco left
in the pouch, so he went out and got it
and found some $50 in bills and silver
in 1t, instead of Dukes Mixture. Mean
while the travelling man had hired
livery team and driven over to Mex
town, and there he needed 5 cents to
buy a clear Havana. Then came the
busted" sensation one wants only once
in n lifetime. That livery team made
great time going back. Into the hotel,
up to his bedroom, interview with the
finally finding the land
lord, and once more having money, was
the succession of events. Now, to this
true story are two morals. First and
foremost, always stop with an honest
landlord; secondly, always carry your
money in a tobacco pouch, then, If you
drop it, no one Will pick it up.
The average Iowan takes as much
pride in the results for Iowa in the late
lat stock show as tho he fatted the
prize steer himself, and also educated
the boys to become experts in the ca
oacity of judges. The town man feels
as good over it as the farmer Secre-
-9rv Shaw e nyn1tont ,,,o IT,,
and Governor Cummins no more re-
oices than Jim Blythe. In other words,
we all agree on one thing. And with
his goes bit of sentiment that the
.rustees of the college at Ames will do
veil TO bear in mind. No more was the
intent of the founders to have an ag-
'icultural college in reality as well as
n name. than presnt sentiment of
,ur people to continue and perpetuate
I school for the study of agriculture,
md all that properly goes with 1t. The
object may have included that of vet
Urinary science along with butter
making. Chemistry probably is as nec-
sssary as knowledge of tile digging. A
of the constituent parts of
he soil is as much needed as a know
edge of how deep to plow that soil.
But that "fads" have crept into the
teachings of the agricultural college
none will dispute: that there is an ele-
nent now in the board of trustees who
very much incline towards college
% include agriculture in it's teachings,
-ather than an agricultural college to
include some of the features of the
of Iowa City, is we'll known.
And this element mistakes the senti-
nent of the majority of the taxpayers
Who keep alive the institution. This fat
steer business is all right. so is it to
nave lot of young men who can Judge
/ fat steer, whether on an Iowa farm
,r in a competitive exhibition. Of
course, thorough and complete course
If football, baseball and class cane
''-e'les is necessary. both at Iowa City
Ind Ames, but let Iowa City attend to
Latin and Greek, higher criticism and
.4leones. AL Ames We'll study dirt, |
log cholera, foot and mouth disease,
md how many pounds of beef we can
nut on an Iowa steer with given num-
Der of pounds of soft corn.
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