The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1912-07-18
OFFICIAL COUNTY PAPER
TURNING WASTE INTO MONEY.

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diversion as compared with the real
business of any community. The
business of South Dakota is that of
farming. That being the case, any
plan that will make forming more
profitable ought to receive even more
attention than does the election OF "A
president.
A striking illustration Of the OPP
pOrtunities open to South Dakota
farmers and not yet embraced by
them is to be found in the splendid
success that has attended the intel
ligent efforts OF a farmer living near
Mitchell. This man is a tenant. but
the farm is owned by a progressive
business man. The result was that
one silo was provided on the initia-
tive Of the owner and a second II
was put In at the instance Of the
tenant.
The tenant bought a quantity of
steers late last winter. They were
on feed less than four months and
yet came within 10 cents of topping
the Chicago market. In that time
they put on an average Of nearly 500
pounds In weight. 1t may surprise
some OF the stock-raisers to know
that by far the chief item in the
feed given this stock was ensilage.
In other words, 1T consisted OF what
Otherwise would have been largely
sheer waste on the farm.
It does not seem how any farmer
q fail to understand how profitable
IL is to convert cornstalks into beef
or milk and thence into money. If
any factory was SO managed as to
allow anything like such wastage, it
would be doomed to early failure.
Every farmer ought to have Il silo.
II It Is necessary for him to borrow
the money with which to get 1t, he
should do that. That would be one
way to beat the banker. The invest
nent would make a return 30 much
larger than the interest on the money
that the bankers share in the tram
4 saction would seem inconsequental.
Az an expressive South Dakotan
once put 1t, IL he could have all the
money that has gone to waste in
South Dakota. he could kick John ID.
Rockefeller and then pay him for
1t.
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Bryan said in Sioux City that the
third party would help Wilson to
win. This can't be true unless Bryan
Is willing to admit that Wilson will
not appeal to the progressive voters
that have been in the republican
party. II Wilson were recognized by
such voters as the best offering for
the presidency, he would get many
Of their votes. II then Roosevelt
comes in with an appeal for the pro-
gressive votes, wouldn't Roosevelt
hurt Wilson more than Taft? That
this is true is evidenced by the fact
that already Roosevelt by his public
u~tterances has recognized Wilson as
his real opponent.
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THE BEST TELEPHONE SYSTEM.
Since Mitchell Is about to deter
mine what kind Of a telephone sys-
tenn shall be used in this city for
perhaps the next two decades. there
will be considerable interest hero in
the vote cast by telephone subscrib-
ers in Sioux City to show what sys-
TEN they prefer.
It should be explained that Sioux
City has had two telephone systems,
n operated by the Bell corporation
and the other independent until its
consolidation a few months ago with
1.-The other concern. The Bell company
has employed the central energy
system. Under this system the sub
scriber takes his receiver from the
hook and this automatically signals
the operator. The subscriber must
then tell the number he wants and
the connection is made under a plan