Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-03-05
butter alone, amount to at least
hundred dollars a year.

hunured dollars a year.
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There was % sale" near Sheffield
last week where eighteen head OF
| horses the kind you see on every farm
| in Iowa sold for $4,000, or to be exact
! sl.995. This included four yearlings
but the average one can easily figure.
There is no question, but what the
Russian Japanese war has already
made an additional value for the AM
erican horse. and many predict that
With the probable continuance for 4
long time OF This eastern war, the
prices of horses will go up to the fig
ures at the time of our civil war. How
long is it since the bicycle and trolley
cars were TO supersede the use Of
horses?
A gentleman whose business throws
him among the farmers every day. says
that he has never seen them so
hopeful over future prospects as at the
present time. First and foremost is the
condition of the Iowa soil. The pond
holes have disappeared. the wet places
can all be plowed this spring. and all
are eager TO get at spring work. feel
ing confident of good crops and good
prices.
In Rockwell the other day, the writer
asked Mr.. Frank Campbell, the mama
ger of the Farmers Cooperative AS
ISOLATION OF that place, how about your
company starting, as reported a CO.
operative store. selling dry goods, boots
and Shoes groceries etc?" Nothing in
it but newspaper talk" said Mr.. Camp
bell. We're letting Well enough alone.
We handle salt, flour. lumber. coa.
grain, livestock, barb wire. nails and
machinery. We handled 100000 worth
of goods last year. as against 100000
the first year of our organization. We
have a surplus of profits on hand, as
yet undivided. We allow all our mem
bers to buy and sell when and where
they please, only if our competitors
pay more for grain than we can afford
to. the seller, IL a member of our So
ciety. pays into our treasury one-fourth
of one cent bushel on all such grain
sold to other grain dealers. If live
stock is sold outside, that is, to parties
who offer more than we can afford to
pay. the seller pays into our commits
sion fund three cents per hundred on
all such sales. These so-called fines,
paid into our concern in a year. pay
all of our running expenses. We have
between four and Ave hundred men,
bers who own shares of $40 each in our
organization. So that the farmers of
this vicinity get what their products are
worth. If outsiders bid up more than
we can afford, well and good. If they
try to buy our products less than their
value then we handle it ourselves. Cuts
both ways and saves US money every
time"
AS everyone knows there is large
Irish settlement in and around Rock
we'll. Mud rich farmers" as they
are called They have grown rich by
working for it, and now are able to
move to town, and live at their ease
and talk politics. And a noticeable
thing is the expressed admiration these
men have for Roosevelt. 1t won't do to
size up a man as republican just be-
cause he's a Roosevelt adnirer. Stick
to Roosevelt and you're all right, but
don't think they're all republicans. They
won't even admit that blood is thicker
than water. Bryan may have been an
O'Brien at one time but just now they
are not looking for the strawberry marx
on his left shoulder.