The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-02-28
Texas VS. Pessimisrn.

SOllle SeHlltlildU Ill luCSudy CNSli-
ing's Tribune threw a half column of
cold water on people leaving Indiana
for other localities with Texas as his
main objective, and Southern Califor-
MIA and Kansas as companions in de-
lusiveness to the wouldbe mover. He
signs himself "Verde" which of
course is as delusive as California or
Kansas in their palmiest days and we
will bet one of those sheep he lkened
us all to that he got scorched some
where in foolish speculation or he is
a silver spoon gentleman who never
was out of the state unless it was on
his fathers money. He could have
made the same comparison without
leaving his beloved Indiana for Indi
annapolis forty years ago was such a
boom town that il took twenty years
to recover its equilibrium. | desire
to warm the cold water he threw on
Texas just little.
If Verde" ever was in Texas it
was in the night or we are mistaken
badly. He seems scared at the vast
ness of its territory and says it is a
Comparatively new country the
greater portion of which is only
adapted to grazing; where scant
rainfall precludes the raising of any
paying crops other than that fed to
cattle" There you are son. Those
are the same crops your grandfather
raised back in Ohio still" and your
farmer friends are raising in your be
loved Indiana and if Texas can pro-
duce them-and she can in abundance
then she has some points far in adj
vance of Indiana for gentleman told
in my presence at his ranch in Texas
Jan. 81 that he began feeding his cat
tie the day previous for the first this
winter. Up to that time they had
pastured the wheat and range and
were in good condition. Verde says
they have scant rainfall in Texas par
handle which leads me TO believe il
he ever was there he was looking for
the place where they make shot The
government weather bureau locared
at Amarillo, Texas reports the same
rainfall-19 inches-as at Chicago
Verde says, little water, less fuel, nc
neighbors and less to live for" True
there are no beautiful lakes, SUNNI
ripping brooks and broad fine river.
and so too there are no swamp land.
to breed malaria and no bitches tc
clean yearly or assessment. to pay
that takes the crop raised, but Their,
is plenty of as good water to be hao
as can be found in Marshall county
There is the same fuel as is found
in any prairie country and as fol-
neighbors, why everybody is your
| neighbor and more whole-hearteo
lot of people | never met in any
| country.
He says II know | can live in In
diana without any privations am
hardships" I'll bet another of thos,
sheep he is poking his feet under
pap's table three times day regular
Mr. Verde you have yet to learn tina
homes not merely four squar,
walls" And now my friends hac
Christopher Columbus been such /;
man as Verde" what would have be
| come OF we'uns. Now this is in brie
why | defend Texas. | found there
a fine rich prairie soil where plent,
of pure, wholesome water can be hat
from properly made wells at which
was assured by men who had beer
there for many years thousand heac
of cattle had been watered withou
diminishing the supply. | found ;
comparatively new country to which
was coming and buying land the bes
farmers from the finest prairie state
in the union. Men who knew a goo,
thing when they saw it and with TIL
money and nerve. to invest it. Re
member brother Verde" lot in
town on Kansas paper or piece o
blue sky CD in sunny southern Cal
ifornia is not to be compared to
quarter section of rich and produc
tive mother earth in Texas or an,
other state from which "by the swea
of your face" you can dig up all tn
products of the soil you can in Indi
ana and a. half dozen others beside
where they don't round out cattle 70
market simply because they need
northern cattle feeder to show then
how You know you have already ad
mitted they raise the stuff to do
with. Bye, bye, brother Verde, yor
are all right burt your interests ar
in Indiana and it makes you lopside
and pessimistic So too Texas is al
right and better for being new
Anti Verde.