Mower County transcript., 1902-09-10
FARMER Ben S COLUMN

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4 can't see why there ain't some 81
fectiye way Of gettin' at those unholyi
m hard oaiatrikes down in Pennsylyany.
Maybe we may haY to 60 to far away
Australia where we got out new ballots
and borrow their idees about compul-
sorY tration. Down in New South
Wales, accordin' to our best informin'
and belief, when trouble between em-
ployers and employed come up, both
parties are required BY law to submit
their troubles to . regular board of ]
arbitratore consistin' of Il q supreme1
court judge and two assessors aud
those hayin' aifHferin's hav to abide bys|
the decision Of these and hav to put ups|
heavy bonds to abide by these decis-s|
ions. The proof Of the spuddin' is inj1]
the eatin' and there has been no strikes
in New South Wales for many a year.
wsdown among the coal mines, there
is probably some shown on both sides.
The miners claim they amt paid as|
they ought to be and the owners claim
that they have rite to hire anybody
that's q mind to work and the unions
are standin' out and everybody is suf-
ferin' badly. [ tell you when it comes
to few men discommodin' half Of the
inhabitants of this great and glorious
country, it is high time somethin' was
done and if compulsory arbitration will
settle the business then let's hay It'll
nifty quick ss.:. -. -. go ;: 4s@@1
I:reckon that there's goin' to be lots
OF soft corn this fall on account of. the
rain and cloudy weather that wouldn't
let it ripen up in hustle. tell my
renter to cut up every hill before frost
nips it and it will dry outlin shock and
make splendid fodder if there amt 50:
much fattenin' lit. My renter is hus-
tim at ploWin' these backset days and
], think he is wise for tell you by the
time we get -thro~ threshin, there's goin''
to be cold fingers. The farmers that
hav been dairyin' this summer haY had
a good run with plenty of pastur and
good prices for butter, thanks to Taw-
neys anti -oleomargy law that he put.
thro against the big combine of packers.
I tell you there amt many men in the
country that could have done what
TaWney did for. the dairy men of the
northwest. He never Civ up even when
millions Of money war after his scalp
but stuck and hung to his cue and
triumphed. What he's done for the.
dairymen he car ddo and will do for
other interests. He's in favor of knock
in off the tariff on lumber and on the
mapufacturs Of the big eastern trusts
and combines and he's in favor Of re-
levin Cuba and I tell you he's on the
rite road for what is for the best good
Of his deestrick. Hurrah for Tawney.
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I'm curious to know just how this
new tangled way Of nominatin' candy.
dates is goin' to work. It's comm on
next Tuesday and it looks like it
might take this matter of pickin' the
nominees out of the hands of the pro-
fessional politicians and hand it over
into the hands Of the people themselves.
It'll seem kind of funny to hav all the
parties meet together and each voter
line up for his own party and hav the
judges pick out the decisions for each
party. It looks like if all went into the
scheme in good faith, every party hav-
in full ticket to mark with their little
x that tells the story, this scheme mite
simplify matters amazingly. Up in
Minneapolis they tried the scheme of
lettin' everybody vote at the primaries
for who they pleased not mindin' party
lines and behold Doc. Ames was the
output for mayor and law and order
folks kicked themselves SO about it
that the law was changed so as to make
everybody vote with the party they
affiliate with and belong to. Seems
like this. thing could be worked out
satisfactory to all concerned and 50
that the political parties would keep
within their own fences and nominate
for themselves exclusively. .@.% .>.=e,'..
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Ireckon that the G. A. r. boys know
what they want to do with their cap
tured rebel flags about as we'll as a lot
Of outsiders who were Wearin' qidies
about the time the boys in blue were
sfitin' and lickin' the enemies Of the.
country. I motifs that the Fourth Min
nesota decided the other day that the
flags they captured in the civil war are
Just as we'll off up in the glass case in,
the capitol as they would be if returned
to the regiments they captured 'em
from and I'd like to know whose busi-l
ness tits tOSany out ders. The keeDin,