Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-06-28
SHEEP RAISING
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misleading if / did not state here that
in 1898, and for a few, years after, all
We shepherds realized was lost labor
and sorrow. That was the time when
the experiment Of free trade was
tried on the farmer and mainly on
the meek and mild sheep raisers.
while the powerful, organized indus
tries to which we paid costly tribute,
were adroitly shielded from harm.
It was dear experience but worth |
its price, for 1t taught the American
voter. that in destroying the tariff |
on wool, he had entirely missed the
mark, which mad been intended to
kill the mother of trusts. But the
chase was not abandoned, and lately
the chief huntsmen have been rails
ing terrible smoke around many
hitherto sacred corporation dens; all
1 of which augurs well for a final kill.
Therefore, depend upon it, brother
| woolgrowers, that for long years to
come the government will have it's
| hands full trying to control the
j Frankenstein monsters that Its own
laws and laxity allowed to grow up
among us to be the real twentieth
century peril, and that further when
free wool does come, SO many other
things that we require will also be.
i free, and SO many. wrongs will be
i righted that the burden on the sheep
farmer will be lighter than ever be-
i fore. .s5
j Gentlemen, ! notice have jumped
| the track, !" but I'll get right back in
i side the section lines There, find
4 that in a few years we have got along
/ famously. We have a nice young
| grove of trees near the house. A
garden Of vegetables, fruits and flow
ers which give health and joy to our
! children. Our wheat is averaging 20
bushels to the acre, and our FAX Is.
Instead of raising oats and rye for
fodder we have now corn, and in
several places are cutting bronze
grass for hay Our sheep have dou-
bled; our per cent Of lambs has in
i creased, and our fieeces average 9
pounds. Altogether we have about
4 $4,000 worth Of grain, wool and NUT
ton to sell. But, to dispose Of this
produce, we must leave the farm,
and so for the last time well cross
the line and HE ourselves to the rail
i road. There we will ask the rail-
road agent about cars. He is pro-
badly the hardest worked man on the
division, but still it pains him to
have to hand out to us the same old
a chestnut, as to no cars being in sight.
EBut he does it, and to SHIELD his COM
Z pany, stands up and lies to us like
/ a gentleman, which he generally is.
What can we do, except wait; and
while waiting, think, and try to place
1.-The responsibility for all the trou-
bic that has come on us in the way
5of lack Of transportation for our pro-
ducts. Ihave done considerable ship
Iping, and a pile of waiting, bringing
| me many a gray hair, but / have
i yet to say the first hard word about
the real railroad men. have met
and talked with many wearied and
worn out men, and once in while
II a crank, but have yet to see the
first dead or incapable man kept in
1 active railroad service. The blame
4 is on the directors, the Pharoahs of
finance, who have demanded from
4 their managers and superintendent
that they make bricks without straw,
that they cut down expenses and roll
Il up revenues, making the necessities
| of the people and the safety Of their
i passengers secondary considerations.
t The law Of supply and demand has
Feyen now some hold on the Chicago
aEpackers, as we can see by the fight
THAT is going on there now in the cat
tie market, but what law Of God or
man has had any control, since the
days of the merger, over the Great
III NOItucIu fOEElNOTtuciAf + dC1llC 2FdllWdy
companies /? Lately the dread Of
"the big stick" has creased the
wheels Of many car, and In that
q fear lies the peoples hope.
The hope is a well founded one,
and we can go back to our farms,
and there continue to raise all the
grain and live stock we can handle,
knowing it is good work, and that
there are still millions in the world
calling to us farmers for more food
and more clothing.
"A powerful government that is ev-
en- now cutting asunder two CONT
3 rents, and Joining together tAo
oceans; q nation that has never been
conquered ID war. will not be beaten
4 in the paths OF peace, or permit, for
s8 II long the channels If internal com.