Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1907-08-17

we? We each have the same soil
the same climate, and if we work our
ground alike, and as we'll as it can be
worked, we will each get the same
crop This is what we do and this ia
what the Americans do not do.
Therefore Mr.. A will get eighty BUSH
els per acre, and Mr. b.. whose field
Is across the road from Mr.. A, has a
crop that is not worth harvesting.
No, the American farmers do not
know how to farm as we do in Poland.
There we work scientifically. On my
estate there is a chemical laboratory,
and when a ceratin fields found to be
wearing out. we analyze the soil,
and find what fertilizer it needs. We
utilize every bit of ground, and while
the American farmer dumps wagon
load of manure on part of his field
that does not need fertilization, we
work slowly, Systematically, and get
good results. If we farmed in Poland
like they do n America, we would be
unable to pay our taxes.
That you are poor farmers is the
worst | see about you, for in business
and socially, you are the finest people
IN the world. And you have such a
good government so much education:
so much democracy; one man is Just
as good as another. But when you
have more people, you will have to
learn to farm
When told that in the state of
Washington there were two great edu-
cational institutions which within the
next two years would expend nearly
two millions of dollars for educational
purposes, the Polish gentleman stared
incredulously. "Is such possible?" he
exclaimed. 81 cannot understand how
you can do it. You must have lots of
money. 1t will make you a great
nation.
eyes. | hope that the time will
come when our government will be
able to conduct experiment stations the
same as you are doing. Russia can
not do it now. There is too much ex-
pense for war, armies. military roads
government officials. But things are
getting better. There is no censorship
of the press. though the government
will sue you if you say uncomplimen-
tary things about it. But that is bet
ter than bundling you, your wife, or
your children up and starting them for
Siberia in the middle of the night.
Russial does not encourage educa-
| tion, for peolpe who are educated can
not be governed the way Russia wants
to govern. My father had great diff
Guilty in getting me in school, The
school authorities would say they had
room for no more students; that |
would have to wait till next year. and
so on. If a man is rich he can pay
the school official several hundred
roules, you see, tip him, as you say in
America. Then you can go to school
but if you are poor you will not be
able to CO.
Both Illakowicz and his wife ex-
pressed great surprise when informed
of the wages asked by American har-
vest hands. In Poland the ranging
wage is from thirty to fifty cents per
day. Each landowner, when he en-
ploys man, provides for that mans
family and on such an estate as Mr..
Illakowciz owns there are employed
the year round about twenty to thirty
men, which would be equivalent to a
colony of nearly one hundred people.
The staple articles of diet for the
peasantry is rye bread and potatoes,
with meat perhaps once each week.
To the two newspaper men who had
him corralled in the parlor of the Pal
ace hotel Monday evening, Mr.. lila
kowicz unburdened himself in speak
ing of the troubles which the Polish
people encountered in their dealings
with the Russian government. Until
a few years ago no man in that coun-
try could call his life his own. Up
on practically any pretext whatever
the police would gather in a suspect
and bundle him off to Siberia, and
when relatives would inquire as to the
gentleman whereabouts, absolutely
no satisfaction could be gained either
from the civil or police authorities.
Fortunately this condition is somewhat
changed now and the probabilities are
that in future more assurance will be
given that Polander's rights will be
respected. The excellent condition
of the American roads was a source of
great satisfaction to the visitors who
said that in Poland the only good
roads were the ones the government
maintained for military and strategic
n1rnoses Automobiles were a mega