Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-08-20

anu lnnuence OF Dlg corporation. IL
bought the land in big area at a
cheaper rate than the colonists could
have got it. II borrowed capital or
issued bonds, as the colonists could not
do The army has applied the bust
ness methods of big corporation to
the assistance of the colonists instead
of to their defeat
Ambassador Joseph H. Choate, ..
said Commander Booth-Tucker, "once
said that he started in life with no
| capital but letter of introduction
from his uncle Rufus. Now / think it
is the duty of society to play the part
OF Mr.. Choate's Uncle Rufus to the
average man, to supply him with let
ter of recommendation, for that let
ter may mean the first start in life,
and the first start means SO much
There is no one so helpless as the
poor man with a little money in his
picket. Everyone is trying to get it
away from him. Everyone is trying
to cheat him out of it. They cheat
him at the cheap lodging-houses. They
Snort change him in the saloons.
"A poor man known to have dol
lar in his pocket is in more danger of
robbery in this city than the million
aire. In some places his life is hard
ly safe If he is known to have that dol
J lar. II is just the same in the bust
ness world. If he is sick and destitute,
charity will step in and take care of
him. But If he is on his feet every.
body is trying to push him down. The
man who begs for money is treated
better than the man who asks for
work
Moreover, Ambassador Choate
hardly spoke the whole truth when he
said that his sole capital was the let
ter from his Uncle Rufus. He was en-
dowed by nature with an indomitable
will and a mastery intellect, which we
cannot demand from the average man.
If we all had them we would be a race
of geniuses. will that nothing will
swerve from its purpose is in itself
form of genius.
A Good Example to Follow.
81 think 1t is the duty of society not
only to play Uncle Rufus, but also to
supply the organizing and administra-
tive ability which we cannot expect
from the ordinary individual.
ITO illustrate, believe in farming
by irrigation. know the powers of
irrigation, but also know it's dangers
An irrigatng company can destroy a
settler in two or three days If it /
chooses. 1t can sell him the land,
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three years, till he gets it well i'm
proved. Then at the crucial moment |
1t can withhold the water for a few |
days, destroy his crop for that season |
and ruin him. He is unable to meet |
his payments. The company takes his
land, rendered more valuable by the |
improvements he has put on it, sells it |
over again and makes money by the
transaction.
IL am sorry to say that that is being |
done all the time. How can an in
diyidual cope against a powerful COM
pany in such a case? There will be no
relief from such methods until the gov
eminent owns or exercises control
owe the irrigating works.
AT AHllly we are independent Oh tno
irrigatlng companies. We have set
tied our colonists on the benches OF
, the Arkansas, where there is plenty of
underflow. An irrigating company
can control the surface water of al
river. but 1t cannot control what IL
, under a mans feet. With their wind
mills the colonists can keep a little
pond full of water, enough to irrigate
from five to twenty acres. With more
, capital gas or gasoline engines can be
used. They can't cut off our under
flow
Advantages of Cooperation.
"At Fort Romie, our California
colony, the colonists own and manage
their own irrigation plant and of the
expense OF the operation, amounting to
81 900, only $50 was outstanding when
II was there a few weeks ago
How can individual settlers, with
out a helping hand, conduct enter
prises like this? Successful farming
today more than ever demands capital
Those who vociferate, Back to the
, land forget that the farmer is not and
cannot be merely laboring man. He
must be capitalist In small way.
/ The $500 freight bin paid by the
business men of Amity last year shows
how the railroads could build up COM
muuities of freight payers all along
their lines If they really wished to do
I SO, | could settle 900 600 colOnists