Mower County transcript., 1908-12-02

FARMER BEN ~ - {:
C,xUlM'N
Well, we'll, Minneapolis got let down
hard on the speaker business and I'm
nifty glad of it. johnson had it once
and that's enuf for any man but the
bristles of the hog stuck out so stiff
that the outsiders couldn't stand for It
and hav agreed to support Al. Rockne
of Znmbrota, a man outside OF the olg
cities and representa- the rural dee
stricks. Even St. Paul couldn't stomach
the johnson grab. Folks don't begin
to wake up to the Importance OF the
speaker He's the wise chap that names
the committys and he can tx EN- so
the interests and saloons and trusts
won't be hurt a bit if he so elects. L
don't like to see the cities takln' the
whole influence from the country. la
like to hav a short and sweet session OF
the comm legislator. The boys haV
fixed their grab salary in lump $ooo
for the session, no matter for one week
or forty just the same $5(O for the
whole. They amt carryin' those leetle
pasteboard passes on the railroads any
more to get home and loaf the biggest
half of every week 50 they might as
we'll finish up quick and adjourn.
Amt it queer that folks don't plant
any more nut trees every year? II
Farmer Ben had set out al eighty OF
black walnuts and butternuts when ne
first come into these prairies he could
hav just laid back independent now.
My paper says that an old log house IN
Pennsylvania was sold for several
thousand dollars the other day after 1t
had been used for hog house for long
The old seasoned black walnut logs
will be put into veneer stuff for fancy
furniture. Just think how we used to
chop down and burn black walnut
trees in these very diggins'. Nuts pay.
There is a demand for 'em every year.
They are staple articles same as sugar.
If I was goin' to move south la go
right into the nut raisin' business. we
are actually importin' millions OF
pounds every year that we might better
raise right at home. tell you these
nut trees make nifty pretty shade trees
too. A scrawny, ugly, wormy box eld-
er amt in the same class with black
walnut tree on your lawn.
It looks like Taft and the comln
repub push at Washington had called
the bluff of czar Cannon, the dictator
speaker, and were willin' to square Old
for big tussle if Cannon don't tote to
the mark on the tariff revision business
Cannon and his lickspittles hav ben SC
highheaded that they could stick their
fists under Roosevelt Aeaose and dare
him but since election things are com
in differin', and there's a big pressure
by the people for a change and the
kickin', out Of Cannon for somebody
more closely IT, touch with the people
If Cannon is, downed then all his lick
spittles are downed and he's got to g
unless he comes right up to the taV
without any equivocation or menta
reservations and plugs for real tariff
revision along the demands OF the re
pub national platform.
Speakin' of tariff revision lots o
ninnies think that to lower the tarlf
means to reduce revenue. It's ikel,
to be just the other way. Spose tha
under the present tariff on steel rail
none hav ben shipped into this countr!
for years how much tariff revenue ha
we collected from that interest? Spos
that with reasonable reduction il
tariff foreign steels can compete wit
American in our markets when price
here are not exorb1tant and spose ther
comes in a few million tons and pay
tariff amt we gettin' revenue we didn
before? It's like any other business
I'D rather buy grain on two per cen
commission when there's q lot movl1
at moderate prices than to hav tn
show of a commits of five per cent Whe
grain is scarce and none moVln
There's more income in the lower con
mission. There's whole lot OF tn
tariff schedules that can be wisely an
scientifically and mathematically an
emphatically modified and more bus
ness will be done and with the increa'
ed consumption actually the hom
manufacture bulk may not be :dimln
ished hundred weight.
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