Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-02-09

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made a fine run but we'll bet that he
had a thirst worked up that would
have been more of a credit to a lager
fest than a prohibition banquet.
The II. V. Foxton Land Agency
is now occupying its new quarters in
the Bank of De Smet building on
the first floor.
j. w. Tackaberry and family
arrived from Morriss, H., Tuesday
and will at once locate in the Wood
bury house on Fourth street. j. w.
will engage in dr. ying and teaming
in the city and at the same time
make some improvements OF his
farm south of town. Glad to see
this family make De Smet their per
manent home.
Married, at the Lutheran par
sonage 10 Lake Preston, S. D., Sat
urday afternoon at 3 o'clock, Jan.
u, 1906, Mr.. Lewis l.. Alfness and
Miss Bessie Olson, Rev. w. =. Dahl
performing the ceremony. The
groom has made his home up ear
Erwin for several years and has a
good reputation as an industrious
Young man. The bride has made
her home in Lake Preston for sever
al years. She has no near rela.
tives except one brother in this
country but is a steady girl who
made good friends in her circle of
acquaintance. After the ceremony
the happy couple went to the Wm.
Bulow home WHARF a short reception
was held and a wedding supper
served. They drove to Mrs. Stor.
haug's place up ia Hartland town
ship that evening, where they will
remain until they get ready for
housekeeping. The groom has rent
ed the Jas. Oscarson place, now
owned by U. W. Dolvin, up in North
Preston. and they will soon be at
home to their friends. C~ongratula-
tons and best wishes. -Times.
One T. Fisk is at work organic
ing Farmers Unions in this state,
A meeting was advertised for
Clark on the 9Th inst. By organic.
ing, says Mr.. Fisk, farmers can stop
boards of trade and commission men
from fixing prices, aud that they
(farmers) can double their profits and
help themselves in a hundred other
ways. The scheme is beautiful, but
it is doubtful if it can BE- made TO
work. To begin with, Mr.. Fisk is
arguing from the wrong premises.
Boards of trade and commission
men do not fix the prices of the far
mers products. La some instances
such organizations as boards of
trade may be the instruments used
for fixing prices, but generally they
are only the scrape goat to bear the
sins of others unnamed and unseen.
The transportation question, termin.
al elevators, and mills enter and
fix the prices Of farm products to
a greater extent than any other fac
tors. This is not guesswork, but has
been proved by thorough investiga-
ton, AS witness the recent exposures
10 Wisconsin. 1t is tIanspor.
tation that governs the price of
coal and of lumber, aud IA perfect
organization of farmers, an organiza-
ton that included every farmer ia
the nation, working in harmony and
under a single head, could not iu-
fiuence the price of coal and lumber
the two greatest necessities of the
agricultural population. To even
govern the price of farm machinery
it would be necessary for the farmer
organization to engage ia the manu-
facture, and here. "a Def r., the
transportation of the raw material
and finished product would step in
and govera the price. Perhaps even
to the extent Of making the farmer
organization pay a part or all o. tae
freight on the conpetitor's goods, AS
was the case with the independent
oil -ompauie1 in favor of the Sand
ard Oil Co. This talk of controlling
the price Of farm products by organ
izins is all foolishness. 1t cannot he
done under existing conditions, be
cause there are interes ts that have
absolute control of conditions aud