Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-03-14
THE 4 RATE QUESTION.
HENRY WALLACE DELIVERS IN
TEREsTING ADDRESS BEFORE
FARMERS, INSTITUTE.

Joe s. Trigg Speaks on farming as
a Profession for the Young MAN.
1.-THE Farmer as Legislator" Sub
ject of Address by G. H. Dickens.
IF you are friends Of mine please
do not ever suggest that am a posi-
BILE candidate for governor. l can &C.
complish more good where l am and
have no desire to step down to the
governors chair" said Henry Wallace.
Of Des Moines, in an address on the
rate question before the WapeIlo Coun.
" Farmers and Stockmen's institute at
the Market street theatre yesterday
afternoon. MI Wallace is editor Of
Wallaoe'B Farmer and throughout his
Interesting address was listened to
with the closest attention and fire.
Quen<1y Interrupted with laughter and
1pp11msA
The yemarks regarding the governor
Lloyd q. Burton who introduced Mr..
GhFmeR a The state snd who the farm
Ox&J W&N0 Aux Vul0l
,s1sst1ss 1t mo state
7Dss Tosuage eystsu,.
HI WaUacs said that me csuse Of
ne oumplsauta from the farmers
asz1uE She railroads was the longer
md 11UWer 0me IN getting thetr stock
tu m1Eank md tho refusal to restore
xhe fe3HIn passes 10 shippers.
TAo railroads. he said, had been
n1afn6 many improvements, were us
ING ttyeR engines and hauling longer
<xa11s. 20 as to haul the greatest pos
4lbt8 6xnount Of freight by using min
4nuln emount Of coal. The result was
that the trains run slower and ever
since the adoption Of the tonnage sys
tenn hy the railroads IN January, 1903
the farmers had noticed much
greater shrfnkage In their stock ship.
n1ans. The railroads instead Of feed.
ing their engines coal worth $40 ton
had been feeding beef worth 800 a
ton. AZ q conference Of railroad Off.
cia1B and representatives from Farm
ers associations the officials had ex
pressed wish to do everything posi-
mers and the stock trains were making
better time now but the run in western
Iowa and Nebraska was still from five
to seven hours too long" He believed
that this condition would be remedied
In the near future.
Power to Fix Rates.
Mr.. Wallace said that the rate for
shipping cattle was higher now than
twenty years ago, and that on account
of the difference in the price Of ship
ping dressed beef and live stock, and
rebates, the farmers had been con-
tributing about 100000 annually to
the beef trust. He praised President
Roosevelt for his stand on the railroad
question and said that the Interstate
commerce commission should have the
power of fixing rates. He urged the
farmers to demand Of their represent
atives in congress that they use their
irf1uence in this direction and said
that the congressman would ALWAYS
pay attention to the man who could
give him the G. B.
Farming for Young Men.
Farming as Profession for the
Young Man." was the subject Of q
splendid address by Joe S. Trigg of
Des Moines, editor Of the Weekly Iowa
State Register and who conducts the
Farm and Orchard department in the
Courier. Mr.. Trigg is an interesting
speaker and his remarks met with
hearyt appreciation, from the large au-
d1ence. He said that the young man
OF today after leaving school was con
fronted with two problems. One was
how to get married and the other was
what business to engage in to support
q family. The first question, he said,
was the easier Of the two and could
be settled in thirty days. The second
question was much more serious
one.
Mr.. Trigg said that the old time idea
OF trade or business was much
changed. Nowadays there were few
boys who were apprenticed out to
learn trade. Under the present sys.
tenn of consolidation the best a man
could hope for was to become a compo.
nent part OF a machine, a cog in a
wheel. He must be a specialist.
In regard to the professions Mr..
Irlgg said that the law ministry, med
ical profession were all crowded and
offered little inducement to a young
man, the compensation for the first
few years at least being as a general
thing extremely light. The question
asked Of young man seeking a posi-
ton is not what do you know, but what
can you do. Regarding the mercantile
business, Mr.. Trigg said that there
never was time when it was SO hard
for a man to succeed as at present.
Living has a deeper significance
than mere scramble for money" said
Mr.. Trigg, Man is in his normal re-
1ation to the universe when tilling the
soil His health is better and he has
better opportunity for broadening out
and developing as man. His living
is of The best" In conclusion Mr. Trigg
spoke Of what science was doing for
the farm and said that in the future
the cry would not be for more land,
but for less land. "No man should be
allowed to have more land than he can
properly USE"
Farmer as Legislator.
Hon. Geo. H. Dickens gave an inter.
esting address on "The Farmer as a
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