Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1907-01-02
SALVATION OF RUSSIA.

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conditions proves beyond doubt that
the people Of the cars domain are
suffering more from disordered and
disadvantageous economic conditions
abject want and starvation-than from
a denial of political, social and reli-
gious privileges. And yet history shows
that the fight for the ballot has usually
been a forerunner or accompaniment
in the struggle for bread. In this con-
nection it is interesting to note that
shortly after the people were granted a
representative assembly the Russian
government has taken under considera-
ton the setting aside of some $1,000
600 for the immediate relief of desti-
tute peasants, and what is of more
vital and lasting value has in view a
division of portions of the imperial and
feudal domains among the farmers and
laboring people Of the empire. The
salvation of Russia in her present
crisis depends more upon giving all her
people work at remunerative wages,
either in factories or upon the soil,
than upon any other single factor. Po'
litical rights are bound to accompany
economic independence, just as truly
as that poverty and ignorance are the
handmaidens Of tyranny and despot
ism
There is much to be commended in
the plan followed by a good many
farmers In allowing the good wife to
have for her own all the money made
from the chickens and turkeys which
may be raised on the farm. If she
should get every cent Of 1t, she would
be only getting what she has in nine
cases out Of ten earned. but yet q
great deal less than she would be en-
titled to under an equitable division
of the proceeds derived from the man
agement Of the farm.
In view of the fact that oat straw
IL cut at the proper time and properly
stacked has fodder value Of about
one third that Of good timothy hay ii Is
at once apparent that the careless meth
cd which Is followed by many farmers
In stacking the straw and the subse-
quent Indifferent way Of utilizing II
involve a definite and considerable
loss. In the case mentioned, as with
some other products of the farm, the
best use can be got from them only
when stock Is kept on the farm in gen
! erous quantities.
Three things are to be considered il
permitting the immigrant to come into
our country. They are physique, desti
nation and the presence or absence OF
disease. Those of weak constitutions
flock to the large cities. where they
herd together In the tenement, not only
polluting the already bad air. but also
aggravating the crowded and poverty
stricken conditions, while thosefof thu
more rugged and hardy frames scatter
out over the broad and fertile prairies
where they make homes and built
cities and become actual as we'll al
nominal citizens. The latter class arr
not only welcomed, but encouraged t.
locate within our borders. a
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! Many things combine today " hell
him who would till the soil and live
close to the heart of nature. $Unclt
Sam is most generous In sending Ou
researches, reports and general in
formation along agricultural lines, an(
many there are who show theirSappre
citation by the good use they make OF
the knowledge sent out. Especially
valuable to the settler or to one wht
contemplates settling In a new coun
try are the pamphlets descriptive Of
soil, climate and general conditions
which are published. The information
thus furnished, if properly needed
might be the means of saving one 6
bad move and expense, or, on the Other
hand. 1t might lead to move which
would change ones condition from
poverty and debt to wealth and inau
ence @.
Few people realize that one quart o
milk has the same nutritive value al
| three-fourths Of pound OF steak
Many do not use milk as food, but a
drink.