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St. Paul tidende. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1902-1928, 1907-03-01
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l!ouiflingcn / @l1. lauo.

sllle Spoacomme ON, ut &uslol1o
alorig pil0e l1aa at lie lin a,tber fplfe-
palgte Nigs0ag iamlet> og at &epolu-
tionell oilbe 6rpoe lps inoen &algene
bar uiit Jig at pGre falife. 8algene til
Sen auoen Gumo er I'LL afiluttebe, og
ON fuo Gage oil. Sen ltore @tgs6u-
ma ion1Ies / ct. Fetersborg og be-
9pnoe lit g(rbej0e. 9esbnrre er Der
life / giebliffet megen. l16iigt til, at
bette pil bore ltg 6rugt: Miniiteriet
Gtolppin CT en0nll be0 &oret, reaf<
tionGrt og bureaufratilf JONI oltiO,
% fra 0eta SIDE er Ser life m1a,1ge
Sn0rgmmeli er at nente til Sc &or-
tier, ser rorlanGer 6ribe0 og Meobe=
}temmelleSret for set rusitife Soft.
@Dor niot &egieringen oil gao / &et=
ming al at in6i frgnfe oe alminoelige
Solferetttgbeoer fif man @fsempler
nof pau unoer @algene, i6et peo Ell,
6ortolfning afSolglopen Gtemmeret=
ten fratoges 9oloater og 8eitillings=
mGno nn0er Staten, iaale0es ollie
Observation-Disclosures. Sg JONI Set
gift fer oil set ian0ipnltgbts goa .paa
ollie Sn1roa0er, floor Set er muligt
for Minilteriet at blofere 6olfets
6ribe0. Seen alene bette, at Ser Ell
palgt cit 6olfeforiamling> og at oen=
ne nh ifol lamles til &oa6ilagning /
9opeo ltaoen, betegner BOG ct folosiaIt
6remifrtot paa Sen lange og beiper-
lige Sci iom 6rtbe6en bar at non=
ore, inoen Sen naarsiit @aal / @us-
lono. Ct Sen beiperlig, iaa er Ben
Dog at foretrpffe for SEN @ienpei,
iom en- bloOig &epolutior bpoer, og
Iom 6ranfrige / lin &i6 oalgte. eng
lano afgioer SET. beolte Gfsempel
poa bpao ser opnaaes for ct 6olt
beo en- langiom og belin0ig l16oifling
al SribeoSiagen.
St. Paul tidende. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1902-1928, 1907-03-01
j Sribeo;; Sc iiooef reftoeIes
fpngsIeoe uroer Baaifuo al.

j Sribeb; Sc iiooef reatoeIeg
fangsIebe a,roer Haaitno at.
rfortiatte l1noeriggeIjer"'er npoDen-
oige. Sets andre Sanger blep ell
yeat befrieoe al treoiDe @eboIliltfiocnls,
mGlto, iom bab6e brilot ino Jangs.
.let. gn al. 6tsie, en- une gyedno Oeo.
Napn Carlton, er bleben inn1glet no
If 2an0ett og Iigger M p'aaap ct So,
ipital en- al Goropds Sopeoitpbert
nreo raobraffet @Dgieile % 8tuo
nh $iqrneifallen efter 8ebanolin.
sHea &tgas Gorturffamm5erl. Ser
.gipes nogle faa Eilfeloe, ! bpilfe Oct
.er Dffeoes ct Offer efter EorturenI
q :bebiie lin ful6itqnoige ujfploigbeb
pe9 b'lipe idt / Iribeo, taffet bore
5lagtningeS eIIer Deficiencies Sno-
ilpbelie. Men oa bar oenne pa1ret
lqrlig flor.
9ete er @ienosgierninger, ifriper
set engelife 8laos @orrelponoeu1.
Spor ombpggeltet. De en6 er lpgt
n%e0opsie0e, fien6es oe I bpert @us i
&iga, for6i Sc enoog / miIitere og
@mbe6sfre6Ie bar baft 6orfpr6elie
og MffD. @noog mango al De &oiat-
fer, iom er fomne in6 / @rigsretterl
og ser far let 6eres Sire, ieger MI
paa enbber Maa6e at iltppe for at
oeltage / 6isie @etsme6er. On Sra,
gonofficer blep nplig banpittig I'M
Der ct iaaoant og feo fig en- &ugle
giennem &opeoet; ban ligger MI paa
Militerboipitalet. 0giaa ON an
Ore Mnfal6 af 9inoSipge b1anot 81
.ficererne berettes Ser; leg funoe an
fere pberligere @fsempler, men u11o-
la6er set. Seq neies meo i1l1ttelig
at bemerfe, at @teoets % leg tror
alle 2anoets Mpn0igbe6er er. fulot
og bel un6errette6e; naar oe begre.
Jig be0 at aabne en- r%egelmesiig %
offentlig unoeriegelie, iaa tan bette
fun babe. EN- eneite Sorflarings
grun6: .6e tgr life.
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Mormon=S enatoren bauot.

S mart 4 Mar Dar ser itaaet ct
Rampens @np ON l1tabs enc: @epre-
fentont / Gorbun6sienatet, &eeo
Smoot. 811loeret far peret inart
ioagt, mart neiten ere6epen6e, ino-
til oct tilii6it bleo bragt til lteolepe-
renoe &o ii6ite uge beo at @errerrcs
GUS / &aibingon meo b~etp6eligt
Glertal beilutte6e. at Iooe Mormou=
opoitelen beboloe tit 5eoe. Genne
@%elutning er blepet biliet me6 bpilt
blanoeoe Gplelier, og napnlig bill ct
tort 6lertal, ;afS De ameritonife
apinher finoe, at oenne M%fgierelle er
nermeit en- :%6Orbamtelie al oem, tbi
btanot Dem bor; @temntindaaleln :bope0ia.
selig pGret for; at Smoot ifuIoe plies
no Of &ongresien. Get CT bpiit rimc..
ligt, at Stemningen / ielpe Senatet
operneiel1oe ct. gaaet, / iamme @et-
ming, og naar u0fal0et 6esuaqtet
.bleo }om BET blep, .ioa ifpl6es bette
alt neientligt, at man life bil6e I'M.
Der .nogen Snitenoigbe6 lette set
8fet paa oen &olerancens Some, iom
altio bar baret baaret beit ber / 2an-
bet. III ben @fruno bor man let bort
fro SET, @tri6en egenlig oreieoe fig
ON: @aboe Senator @moot beo fin
Shilling / &irfen pnataget fig Gor.
plistelier> in6en ban balgtes til Sc
nator, Der iatte bans 8orgerpIigter
lroer bans Bligter moo .@irfen? ut
ban bapoe aflagt sen. faafalote v@1,.
ootument" go til &trfen inoremmeoe
ban leln, met, boori ben go 'beltaar
piloe ban life dobenbare,. og oens
aorafter benitaor MI iont fer. i set
eunf1e. Mfiteutningen 1ioite nge,
Der falot uo til Smoots Gor6eI, bor
serfor fun afgiort, ON ban .funbe be.
boloe fit @eoe / Senatet eIler Ell;
ON ban birfelig er beroig til Set, ON
BON lite, bpis bans &irfeiamfuno for
lmngte bet .df bam / ~paatommenbe
&ilfaf6e, bar forpligtet til at ipiete
fin 8orgereo, ct lige ioa uafgiort iom
n%ogeniinoe. ut ban bar tefnif Mb-
fomft til lit 5a6e / Senatet er MI
,tomtpiiteliet; men oms Sen moroIfe
&et, Ser erunoer fig paa 6oruoiet-
ningerne for @totsborserifab, De6 III
intet.
St. Paul tidende. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1902-1928, 1907-03-01
.panomq: Kaalo(en.
Mpe Goranorinstr i Ar6ejbsplaneu

Set Ter l1o til, at Eillapningen bill
blipe set perite lat fomme oper bee
Mnlqgget al Banana &nnaIen. Sect
op JONI man mente, at alt bar
/ beoite Sroen, og at set &ilbu0
Sforfontrafteren Oliper baboe gipet
ON at paatoge fig Mrbeioet moo ct
8eoerlag al 6.75&rocent al bele Mn.
legs ummen, pilbe bliDe mo6toget,
ioet ban bapoe 1%itillet Sen 'forne6ne
@aranti for fig ,Efomrter 6er Meooe-
lelfe ont, at HrGiioent @ooiepelt bor
forfoitet silbu5et..z 9iliige 6ar bo,
beilattet en- f,tloltenoig Dn,oreaniia-
tion al. atbejospIalnerne; iaeoleoes:<a t
&dnalurbeioet nil ffra at blipes leoet
al @ipilinge,iiigoftetrt 'ffuf ul,l1o6aerllpsges
bet militare Observation-Disclosures
og Ser er aniat: 3 Maiorer / Sngeni-
grforpiet iom &obe6Ieoere % Meo-
Iertmer al &~onoltomisiioren. Gor-
mono for 6erne aeo'misiiort blioer Sci,
enc al oisie 9ffiterter,,s9 Yeaior 6. @.
@oetbals, ION tillige, itaI bore Oper.
inget1ipr for bele Sot'rtfet'a1igJenoet. @oet=
balls bliper altfda .Mflpier al. Gbeo-.
bore g. sbo,fits, ser bar opeipet
+,stillingen ilobm @anar-& omisiionens
for at blipe 2eoer al Seem
gorts sporpeisipitem. -.
@runoen til oenne ,Goran0rine ~
Mrbeiosplanen. CT, at ben nuDerenoe
Operingenier, Minneiotamunoen
Ssohn g. @tepe,la. bar moopipet III,
&eiignation, iata :pi6t pi6es for al
ooertage ct meeet fort pripot SSnge-
.nierforetagen6e ber. / 2anoet,. bpor
Ipioes ifte, n1eb @itferbeo. San bill
bog lite belt .blipe Lott fra fin 6or-
sbinbe4ie. meo ,&unalaulegget, ioet.
.baabe @teoens %. @bonts bill .pe6bli,
pc at bore meo1emmer Of &omisfto-
men. S oenne bi1 ligeleoes. Maior.
@oreas, ben opgtige 2eSer al De
iaritare Goronitaltninger / &anal.
3onen, peobliben6e babe Spoe. Ger
npe notwithstanding bill tre6e i &rdft
:foa inort Senatet bar goofienot ben.
Sfibnt Hreii6enten bar 6ulomagt til:
at orone alt @onalanlegget %be6r6ren-
be efter beoite gfipn, pnifer ban bog
/ bette GhfpI6e9 enatets Sanftipn,
for at enbper 9pipI ON bets 2obIig-
beo paa 6orbanno fan bRre inr1ret.
St. Paul tidende. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1902-1928, 1907-03-01
Strife % Gfple i Stolien. Des1

Strife % sfole i Stalien. Desre'
publifaftffe og |oeialiitiite.. Meolem'
mer at oct italienife Geputeretfom,
mer bar eiort Sfriot til at faa aom=
pen | 6ronfrige mellemS tat og Sir
fe operfert til Stalien. Sc; bar. it'll,
let 6orilags ON at forbpoe. religisS
.l1n6erpisning- i Statsifolerne. @es
.gieringen bar taget 5orilaaet op til
Gebat. Den fatbolffe @eiitligbeo
forbere6er fig til ben fommenoe
@sanp % erflarer, ct Statpfolernc
lite peo egen Magt ton fac gugt nteO
Ben berffenoeM augel .paa DpIpg-
ming, o. lot @@elisionssnnberbisnin
gen / en- paie1lig @rdo tiener til at
frefHne o1eIlne.
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&emiferen 6enri Moisiau: ben be.

&emtferen 9enrt Mioisian; 6en BE-
rbmte frantic: &i0enifabsmano, ser i
December @aaneo fit Mobelpremien
for Semi, er iioite" 1lee afgaaet .oes
Dpoen ! @aris efter en- 0peration for
MISUNDERSTANDING. Sans pistig-
lte femiife Mrbeioer Dor .l16itilleI1e ~
@runoitoffet 5llor i fri Gorm, 90
5remitining af funitige Gtiomanter
beo fterf 6eoe- og; 9rpt: 8eeee bisie
@eiultater; bur en-, itor p~ioenfabelie:
8etDonins; moisian er ben amber,
al be December Mooneo Mobelpra,
mten tiloelte acknowledgements, ..{om
er afgaaet peo Dsoen, ben fsrite bar
Sen italienife Digter gar6ucci.
St. Paul tidende. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1902-1928, 1907-03-01
8ietet.@:


r@borfor bar De ooe MI. fire Mor
| 9rpf aperteret: noiaIg paa @runo
9posfalo?"
~Ma, leg fan i1et life fon1r1e ub
oper 9abds af min oprebare mano.
for mig .er bat, Jon ON ban fsrit bar
.os6 for nogIe Tiger ii6er."
St. Paul tidende. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1902-1928, 1907-03-01
5bpor ogiaaSselifabets slrfiD finoes.
l9ette iioite oil efterbaanoen 11e6 nIle

Ibbor ogfaaHselifabetg slrfib firoes.
l0ette iioite oil efterbaanoen mel ale
line Nlantefot oper bber Mational-
bape, tine gfitpr 50 Mq1ter, Meo.
5lemsforteenelier % WrotefoFler, fin
Stterat'1r paa SaDebrrgs' % Grna.
ringsomraaoet, % belle set inbound.
ne Matertale Sanne ct Grfari1gs-
fono, iom pill fon1me belle Goretosientt.
bet til G6oe. 9
M Dronine % @tstte for 5oreta.
genoet er Der allereoe aniat ct Intal
Manb, Der iom @oniulenter fan giDte
@aaos og @etleoning i be forifielliee
spsrg8maal, Der Tan fomme frem
beo Gnlegget og Griften. Disie
&oniulenter er @pecialiiter / noe.
ringsfDiiologtife uuberpgelier, Mf-
panciaes- @ei, og.. @eguleringsfor.
Dolo, un0er1egelfer pdu"aBeplants
ninssomrqqoet, AebDgperies,s pprgs.
maal, paa .oet praftiiffe &apebrugs
0mraaoe oip, Senere bill Ser blioe
aun11at tofole &oniulenter, iaapel
8p iom paa 2an6. m .s..'
SaaIeoss: I isr R 4! 4 90 fine So:
beotref;; ben Ct iaa un6 % iml1f> at
ben fortiener % fiffert pil faa Den
bioeite Stette fras ollie st0et / San,
oct. Observation-Disclosures bill ser
inoen fua. Marzbare :Eifabt ct 8elte
at &ape- og s6rustifop omfring / belle
2onoet. Dg uoen at bore. altfor
iongbinif tdr man 5eboe, at bette
5oretasen6e pil blipe til en- &opital=
binding for set bele 2an6.
Men 6ellesfoFtagenoet rl1l0ollS
Notionalbaber" bill ogiaa fbrit mao
lin rette uotrafning 90 gisrt fin full
De @npn, naar oct ret gaar OF for
8efolfningen, at
St. Paul tidende. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1902-1928, 1907-03-01
/ sen forte Mnlo,
ligger 2an6ets @ul6.

og at Der maa ,lpftes / Slot bele 2an=
oct ODER for at bin6e BET frem.
S Bette 6oretagen6e ler ri tillige
ct lerligt uoIag Of ipeciel 6anif Sui
tur, Sen Ser er bpgeet paa iolio fol-
felig SplpSning. Set er paa en-
Moa6e Mnoelstanfen / u6pi6et og
forGolet 6orm, 9en olminoelige 8a-
lis for MnoelSforetagen0er er> at bper
S%noifp6er: faar u6bptte efter fit
Snoifno, og 6e> Ser intet Sn6ifuo 9i=
Der, eller floor. u6enfor &re6ien, In
tet 1obptte faar: Set er en- 6orret-
ming pur og iimpel> / bpilfen mani
&c tan oeltage. GNeo ct 5oretogen0e
lom l1loal1s 5eHesbaper er man
fommet IND paa noget, Ser faar mere
airnen Betponing bliper noget for be-
lie Solicit.
saaleoes letter O. 0plpsninoen
6rugt / forpget Sa,nfunosfelelie, og
meo oenne pin0es efterbaan6en 2pf-
fe og @elpare for bele. Solicit.
St. Paul tidende. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1902-1928, 1907-03-01

9ette 8lab er :rreo fit rigt afpefs.
le11oe Snobolo % tiltale1oe l1bitnrel.
e 5orbolo til fin 3ris u%opertruf-
fet af ncget an0et 8Iao Der / Can.
Set ! inrnrre Sprog. Mbonner pad
st. s. .ss.
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-10-31

toward making this happy condition
than any other agency. 1t has shown
to the world the correct system of
marketing. The farmers would now
refuse. absolutely refuse, to sell tbeir
products at the old ruinous prices of
few years ago. All the gambling
hells on earth could not induce them
to do 80. They have learned not to
dump their product on the market
when the market is not ready to re-
ceive it. They have learned that we
must make the supply equal to the
demand at all times, and no more.
Formerly the law of supply and de-
mand did not obtain, because the sup
ply was dumped on the marks and,
OF course, greatly exceeded the de-
mand. Witness the fight we are now
engaged in for 15-cert cotton. The
cotton is not being sold; it is being
put into the Farmers Union ware
houses and held for Is cents. The
fact is the price Of the cotton Of the
Farmers Union is Is cents a pound,
We are paying no attention to the
price Of the other fellow.
We are going to go straight ahead
on this road, and we are going to
make farming profitable, and make it
really a profession by making inst
and equitable prices on all farm prod
ucts We are building a new system
of marketing to take the place of the
old, which has lost to the farmers of
this nation untold millions of dollars
and made a few million drones rich
at our expense.-Co-operator.
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-10-31
THE POOR ARE GROWING
RICHER.

The railroads Of the United States
are owned by about 100000 share
holders. The last accurate count
was made three years ago by the In
terstate Commerce Commission, when
the number was $4,000. Since that
time the growth in capital stock has
been very heavy, so that correspond
lngly large increase in the number
of shareholders has likely occurred.
The Pennsylvania has many more than
double as many owners as any other
railroad in America, having fully
-one-tenth of the total number. It's
last dividend checks in May went to
45,5O0 different persons or institu-
tlons. Ten years ago there were o.
600 Pennsylvania shareholders, but in
this decade the volume of outstanding
capital stock has also little more
than doubled, the amount being $314.-
100000, against $151 100000. Thus
$4,000 persons have come into pos
session of this one company's recently
issued at $163,OOO,OOO of new stock.
If the number of share owners in
other railroads of the country has
risen in the same ratio, which is prob
able, one conclusion is inevitable, and
1T Is this: The wealth of the nation
IS not going into fewer hands, but is
being thoroughly well distributed.
Not only are the rich growing richer,
but the poor are also getting richer.
Security owners are growing in num-
Der more rapidly than the population
OF the American republic, which is
most wholesome sign of the times
Philadelphia Press.
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-10-31
FEROCIOUS ATTACK ON
BRITISH LORDS.

Continued From Page Two.)
service in marrying Elizabeth Vii
hers, the cast-off mistress of James
I.
"The first Marquis of Conyngham
obtained his promotion to a marquis
ate in the Irish peerage and to the
peerage of the United Kingdom as
the price of his wife's dishonor as
the mistress of George Nv. 'The
King, says writer in George Tvs
time, is in our favor, and what is
more to the purpose the Marchioness
OF Conyngham is so, too.
"The elevation to the peerage of
the eldest Of William Tvs illegiti-
mate sons by Mrs. Jordan as Earl of
Munster was one Of the first acts of,
that monarch on his accession to the
throne. The list, indeed, of such
peerage creations could be largely ex-
tended"
After citing these instances Mr..
Labouchere says: SIT would be in
teresting to have an answer to the
question, what moral claim have the
descendants of these men by reason
OF their birth to be "revisersp of
the legislation of the peopleq' "
Mr.. Labouchere passes from the
peerages created by the debauchery
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-10-31
HoKE AND TOM.

Tom Watson is complaining be-
cause the governor refuses to call the
legislature together in extra session
for the purpose of having The various
demands" of the Macon platform
enacted into law, just as if he did
not know that platforms are made
"to get in on" and not to stand on,
after getting in.
From the parental interest Tom is
manifesting in this alleged democratic
platform, he must bear the same re-
lation to it that he claims towards
the rural mail system with the not
able exception that he did not do his
work at Macon simply by way Of
amendment but put up the whole
job himself, without aid, or suggestion
from any source.
Toms favorite method Of working
out results is by amendment. At
the very beginning Of Hoke's candi-
dacy for the nomination for governor,
he humored Tom by permitting him
to "amend" his platform, by adding
the disfranchisement scheme, despite
the record he had previously made
against it.
After Hoke had forced his legisla
ture to formulate this into a consti-
tutional amendment" he lad
right to presume that Tom would
feel fully compensated for services
rendered In that emergency, and that
he would thereafter be allowed to run
the machine according to his own
fancy, free from further dictation.
This hope would have been realized.
but for Hoke's fatal mistake in writ
ing Letter to Tom in which he frank
ly acknowledged that he owed his
nomination to him.
Now, Tom is good collector, as
we'll as statesman, and wants all
that is due him, and, with this writ
ten admission of indebtedness in his
hands, he feels that he is in position
to enforce payment. Under other
conditions, he would, probably, have
been content with the "slice" that
had been fed to him, but now, glut-
ton like, he wants the whole hog. and
is going to have it, or raise mighty
rumpus.
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-10-31

Rockefeller must have come to the
conclusion that the fine of 500, ,24O,-
600 will have to be paid, for he haa
raised the price Of refined oil 80 cents
barrel. There will follow, Of
course, a corresponding rise Of the
retail pnce. 1t will rot take Rookie
feller long to make the people pay
that fine.-The Investigator.
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-10-31
PAGE SEVEN.

court favorites highly obnoxious to
the people. In this class the Duke
dom of Portland and the Earldom Of
Albemarle are cited. Both these IL
ties were created by William III,
and they were to reward two Dutch
compatriots, William Bentinck and
Arnold Won Keppel, whom he Law
ishly endowed with some of the fair
est domains of the Crown lands.
The Purchase of Peerages.
Open corruption and purchase Of
peerageS in the past are referred to
by Mr.. Labouchere in these terms:
Sat the present time, when the al
legation is openly made without fear
OF contradiction that peerages are
bought and sold, it may well be re-
membered that the founder Of one of
the dukedoms whose descendant sits
by the merits Of his ancestor in the
House of Lords was the man who
brought coarse metallic Parliamen-
tary corruption to a fine art. Of Sir
Thomas Osborne, created successive
ly Earl Of Dandy, Marquis Of Car
marthen and Duke of Leeds, Macaulay
writes: He was corrupt himself and
corrupter of Others. Under the
regime of this father of Parliamen-
tary corruption it at length became
as notorious, to quote again Macau-
lays words, that there was a mar
ket for votes at the Treasury as that
there was market for cattle at
Smithfeld.
Dishonest Lawyers Honored.
"Of not very different type are
the peerages of that epoch conferred
on lawyers, who generally inclined to
the side which, after careful calcula-
ton, they thought would promote
their own career, and were as a rule
the venal upholders of arbitrary now
ers. The history of Thurlow and
Wedderburn-the Moloch and Belial
OF their profession, as Mr.. Leecky has
called them-will immediately be re-
called in this connection. The found
ers OF such peerages have obtained
an evil nctoriety, not merely for DO
lltlcal opportpnism, bnt for personal
dishonor.
"The first Earl of Maccles6eld
Lord Chancellor of England in the
Cabinet of Walpole, was inpeached
Tor corruptly selling Masterships in
Chancery, was found guilty, and sem
fenced to pay sum of 10000 pounds.
"The first Lord Melville, a Scotch
lawyer named Dundas, Pitts bosom
friend, was compelled to resign all his
appointments, his name was struck
OH the list of Privy Councillors, and.
after defence at the Bar of the
House of Commons, which Wilber-
force declared was an aggravation Of
his guilt, was impeaehed by order of
the House of Commons for malversa-
ton and embezzlement of public
funds. In neither case did such nm
FnV OnwI.
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-10-31
BACK TO THE FARM.


thinks young men ought to give more
consideration to farming as a voca-
tion. He says one "has a pretty
good chance on the farm, and great
er degree of independence than he
may reasonably hope to have in a
city," Unless much of the late tes-
timony on the subject is false, more
consideration to farming as q voca-
ton IS being given, for it has become
a common observation that the num-
ber of those who are drawn from the
farms by the allurements of the city
Is diminishing steadily. But whether
that is now the fact or not, it is like
ly to be SO before long. The causes
of it are rapidly being evolved. For
one thing, the testimony Of disap-
pointed thousands serves to dispel the
illusion which few years ago threat
ened almost to depopulate the farms.
The country boy is coming to see that
the opportunities which the city of
fers are not so easily won as he had
imagined, and that the chance fa-
vors failure rather than success. The
magnetic power Of the city has be-
come somewhat weakened. Condi-
tions in the country, on the other
hand, have changed in a way to make
them less repellent. As the country
is settled there is less of that isola-
ton which has driven many to the
cities. The telephone, the trolley line,
the rural mail delivery and the thick
er planting Of schools have improved
social conditions. But perhaps a
greater cause than all Of these for
checking the hegira to the city is that
science has taught ways of making
farming both more profitable and more
interesting. Farming is no longer
merely an occupation. It is a bust
ness, and promises also to become
somewhat profession. Farming need
not be merely hard round of man
ual labor; it offers wide room for the
exercise of intellect. It has been ex-
allied by science, made more profit
able, more interesting and more dig
nifying. The city offers the country
boy less than it used to, and the farm
offers him more.-Dallas News.
ALL of which is true, but not ex-
actly the whole truth. 1t is a fact
that farming is getting to be pro-
fession, and something of a science
Conditions are betting better and will
continue to get better, because the
farmer is learning not only to make
two blades of grass grow where only
one formerly grew, scientific agri-
culture, if your please, but he is also
learning that he is the man who
should price his products. He is learn
ing that if he is to be a professional
business man he must do as all other
professional men do, set price and
stand by it. 1t is true that a few
years ago, under the reign of low
prices, the farms began to be depop-
ulated, and there was a mad rush 10
the city, which in most cases meant
degradation and poverty. Now, un-
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-10-31

to have regular meetings this winter
to consider different farming methods
and carry on research work 7-Des-
Lacs Observer.