Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-02-05
one view .of ths Institute.
PR1NsBuRa, Jan. %, 1902

one View of The Institute.
PR1NsBuRa, Jan. %, 1902.
To Mr.. j. Cricketts. ss :7
Dear Sir:-I have waited couple
Of weeks for some fencerail philosophy
about the Willmar institute. I take
It thst your time is al taken up CORE.
spending with J. Parrott. SO, In or
der to stir you up : little, I will relate
70 you the Impressions received ct.
tending the lectures. 49,, 80 ! - ;.
1 was impressed, almost startled, by
the generosity and benevolence, OF the
whole thing. To be entertained and
instructed for nothing is, to say the
least, unusual. Generally the world
wants good pay both for entertain.
mont and instruction. To ind an ex-
ception is like striking an OASIS IN the
desert, and restores our faith In hu.
mainly. Under this soothing influence
listened to the paternal directions Of
Mr.. Van Dresser on Chow to lift q
mortgage. He told US he used the
I hind end of full blood Holstein COW
as lever with remarkable success,
intimating that If we did not follow
his example we did injustice to our.
selves and our families. But suppos.
ing We all followed his example, what
would Holstein COW be worth? Il
we all raised cows with pedigree at
tached to their udder there would bf
no market for them, unless we could
export them to the Philippines; and
they, am told, are not partial tc
milk, on account of having had thei,
milk of human kindness soured in the
late contest. Mr.. Van Dresser in his
enthusiasm overlooked these vacancies
In his arguments.
The childlike faith of the potato man
II forget his nancy and his bland con.
dding smile in exhibiting the tubers,
was most refreshing. Irejoiced though
that four or five years have passed
by since Minnesota farmers had to
pay from six to ten dollars for the
privilege of giving away q carload Of
potatoes to consumers. Itwould have
been recklessness bordering on mad.
ness to have advocated scientific po-
tato culture to q Minnesota audience
at that time. And this man looked
too good to be sacrificed to the brutal
passions such . speech would have
raised at that time.
Mr.. Terry, coming from Ohio, has
the instinct of q politician. He told
us how to raise strawberries and, fore
seeing q glutted market if we all went
at it, he with the consummate adroit-
ness of the politician, advised US to eat
them.
l greatly admired the honesty of the
horse doctor when he told US that doc
tors never took: their own medicines.
At first intended to ask his advice
about q horse of mine that has an ul-
Ger on the neck; but, remembering his
advice, thought it would be better to
give nature a chance.
Now, feel under heavy obligations
for all the Instructions have received,
and would like to do. something in
return. do not believe that the far
mer's mind should be the only deposi-
tory Of human wisdom. We have been
instructed how TO- produce and lot Of
it. Now there must be other people
who need more Zig ht on this subject.
Shall We farmers sit still now and
let them perish in their ignorance?
Far from it. believe in reciprocity
and fair play. say to my brother
farmers of Kandiyohi county, If they
do not pay of part of this debt they
fall short in their duty as men. In
this broad land of ours there are thou
sands of men VINO grope in darkness
millionaires and captains of industry
who in their blindness try to chech
production. We hear of benightei
railroad magnates who merge and con
solidate instead of building more
roads. Trusts are formed for the pur
pose of limiting production and keep
ing others out who would engage IL
similar business. Now We farmers
ought to see our duty and do it
Those people need instruction. Th'
winter is long yet. Let US organic
institutes and send lecturers into tn
wilds of Chicago, New York, Pitts
burg and other places, and redeem
those poor people who lack nothing
but the light and eyes to see. Nov
we can furnish both to them. I offe
myself 40 q volunteer. am Willing
to bring blessing to others, and
must have misjudged J. Crioketts o
he will be q second. You can judg
of my enthusiasm in this cause whe
now solemnly bind myself to CON
lpose . song to enliven the meetings
~. c. will furnish the music and sing i,
| = Yours truly,
! .>':% THEoPHILUs.
| Suicide Clause Futile.
Columbus, O.. Feb. 5.-By decisio
In the supreme court In the case OF tn