The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-09-23


railroads er autymobils, er machin ~
NV any kind, an he wuz usin a pine
knot er taller dip long fore they
wuz sich thing ez a coal lie lamp.
let alone Electric lights. An he wuz
busy raisin p 'taters, punkins an gar
den sass long time 'fsre e got
ely liked 'nutf / paint pitchers o
naked men and women an call 1t
Fine Art
''But comm down t. these po-
litieal numerical days. when tn gol-
den calf kicks up muss in tn Dim
mercratic c'nvention, an high feen-
ance blows ship-bmlding trusts bub-
bles t ke:ch tn suckers by tn rain
bow-tinted promises o big profits.
when three-fourths tn people air a
tryin' t git rich by buyin' an sellin'
what s nuthin i say. even in these
we're days o wildcat spec 'lation. tn
hull dufm shootin match. clean frum
Wall Street t. Possumtrot. u d all 60
t pot eff it wuzzent fer tn things tn
farmer raises by his hones toll. It's
tn farmer who digs real genuine
prosperity out o. TIA ground. l tell
We what 5 what, eff it wuzZent fer tn
farmer they wuddent be aryWorld :
Fair displayin' products o mills an
fact 'ries an Mans ingenooity frum
Penobscot t. Ping Yang. Eff tn fr-
mer wuzzent a-doin' bus ness an pros
perrin Wall Street I'D be ez dull an
dead eZ a Dutch fest with no beer,
Charley Schwab might hat t. ride a
Mizzoory mule instid o that fast
autymobil, John d. Rockefeller nd look
ez forlorn ez one them thar hairless
Mexican dogs, an Uncle Russell
Sage I'D be so savin' tibet he wud-
dent shake the bread crumbs out o
tn tablecloth after eatin' slim
meal. | tell We, tn farmers rally
tn one who handles tn couplin-pin
o tn Numerical world.
"Nuthin' proves this so c'nclusive-
ly ez this yere Worlds Fair at St.
Looey. Go t. tn display Nv AIRY
country on tn globe, an We CANT
help but see what an ALFRED neces-
sary individul tn farmer is. Eff eiji-
cation s TIL keynote o tn Fair tn
farmer s tn king bee o. tn hull
darn show. TIL farmer looms up at
this we're Fair ex he hez never loom
ed up before. IS at tn top o. tn
heap. " jung! tn class 'f'cation list
t. tn c'ntrary Notwithstanding
"On tn top NV a hill, pitnigh in
the center o tn Exposition grounds
stands an enormous structure Nv UNI
rivalled proportions, with graceful
facades, vaulted entrances, large
winders, an walls an colyooms tibet
look like they're carved out o flaw
less ivory. This s tn magnificent
Palace o. Agricultur'. An / tell We,
this yere buildin' s cert My whop-
per. It's 1860 feet long, an $40 feet
wide, kivers twenty-three acres, an
they say it cost $4,000. It's three
times bigger n tn Coliseum o ancient
Rome, ten times bigger'n tn Madison
Square Garden, an by gum, We en-
putt tn Planters Hotel NV Saint
Looey an tn Waldorf Castoria NV
Moo York in this yere Farmers Pal
ace an hev room t. rattle 'em aroun'
like two peas in peck measure.
"W' ", it tuck more'n ten million
feet O lumber t putt up this buildin'.
1t took 600 freight ears t haul tn
lumber Thirty cars % lumber make
one heavy train, so We see it took
twenty full trains t haul in tn lum-
Der Down South in tn pineries, one
acre o forest II yield 5000 feet o.
lumber on tn average. A leetle cack-
erlatin' tells We that all the timber on
1866 acres, er pitnigh two and a-half
square miles, he'd t. be cut down t
supply this lumber That's more n
half ez much agin land eX | own.
TIL nails used in j'inin' tn timbers
fer this one buildin,' when We pause
t. think NV 'em, pin We down t start
lin fcts. Five cars it tuck t. haul tn
nails. Tn each car tha' wuz foru hun
derd an fifty kegs, jist like tn one
| IN a-settin' on. In each key they
wuz one hunderd pounds. TIL five
ears he'd $3.50 kegs o. nails thet weigh
ed 225,00O pounds. er jist 112 an a
half tons. TIL 10-penny nail WIZ tn
average size used. 1t takes strip o
steel wire four inches long t. make
one nail. One hunderd an six 10
penny nails weigh one pound, an in