Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1910-11-17

MIR. $. w. Wood. the writer's recent
opponent for membership in the House
of Representatives made his canvass on
the ground that he was farmer and
would ''do something for the farmers. {.
Legislation in the interest OF farm
crs at the three sessions which
the writer has attended except that
farmers equally with other citizens
are interested in all beneficial
legislation has been along lines for The
building UP and rendering more power
tul Tor good the state agricultural col
lege and the various experiment sta
tons. where tests of value to The farmers
OF Tie state are constantly being made
tests which the average farmer has
neither time nor facilities 10 make for
himself The house journals OF the va
rious sessions which MIR. Wood can
borrow ard pcruse at his leisure by call
ing at the Record office show that IN
every instance the Emmons county mem
Der voted for appropriations to strength
en- and enlarge the scope OF such institu
tons. Farmers in a county having but
few hundreds of village population
neces sarily constitute the bulk of jurors
and witnesses in our courts. Formerly
witnesses received a dollar day not
enough to pay their board when called
to court. A bill by The writer raised the
wages OF witnesses TO two dollars a day
Another bill by the same author raised
Jurors wages from two to three dollars
day. And to those who may claim
that this Increase simply transfers mon
ey from one pocket to the other of the
farmer taxpayers, we call attention TO
the fact that the total of taxes paid in
this county BY the railroads and
other nonresident taxpayers is a
considerable sum. Now, we make this
proposition to Mr.. Wood: If he has any
thing in his mind that the farmers of this
county particularly want. if he will call
at the Record office. or writeus, we shall
only be too glad to introduce and fight
for the measure, provided it is just and
fair. This proposition is also open to
anybody in the county or district
/" here is wisdom in a multitude Of
eounsellors, or words to that effect II
any farmer has any suggestion to make
Loo a
we will publish The letter and invite
written opinions from others. to the end
that just what is wanted may he known
Mr. Wood should not forget that every
business and professional man in the
state of North Dakota and in every
other agricultural state is entirely de-
pendent on the prosperity of the farmers.
Were MIR. Wood publishing country
newspaper in North Dakota. he would
quickly ascertain what poor crop year
does TO subscription receipts. Further
more. for a dozen years the writer was a
farmer-not a patch" far
mer. either. but with as much as eighty
acres in crop year after year, and with a
fair sized bunch of sheep, cattle and
horses In fact, in the early days, the
writer believed it was every mans duty
TO do his part toward showing the agri-
cultural possibilities of this region, and
we spent about all We made in those
years in the almost impossible attempt
TO do business in town and hire help to
run the farm, During several of those
years little money could be made by
farmers in the United States. because Of
The Democratic Wilson German tariff
law. which closed factories ard business
houses all over the Union, and deprived
working people Of the means with
which 10 purchase the farmers products,
thAs lowering the price of cattle, sheep.
horses and other produce of the farms.
And the writer has notyet got the "back-
to-the soil bee out Of his bonnet" AT
the Petrie place in West Linton (where
we formerly lived i, don the Record lots
here. We believe we have done as much
as Mr. Wood 10 show To everybody that
trees. small fruits and large fruit. for
that matter-W,ill grow on the Missouri
Slope in North Dakota. Yet, If Mr.
Wood has any suggestions as to what
legislation the farmers desire. we as
sure him that we will do our best for il;
and while we may not be able TO advo-
cate it with the ability Mr.. Wood would
have manifested had he been elected.
We promise 70 introduce ard work TOR
any just measure with as much energy
as Mr.. Wood could have shown
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