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Morris tribune., 1912-02-09
Word has gone out that the ST

Word has gone out that the state
Republican machine are getting ready
to "put the skids under" Julius
Schmahl, the secretary of state, and
to ditch Lyndon A. Smith, the at
torney general. The efficient service
which Mr.. Schmahl has rendered as
secretary of state and his loyal SER
vice to the machine even to the dis
pleasing of his true friends count for
nothing with the machine, nor does
the high-minded public service which
Mr.. Smith renders. The sole ques-
tion which the manipulators ask is
chow many votes can you deliver to
Eberhart?'' In the seventh district,
Mr.. Schmahl and Mr.. Smith can hard
Iy be expected to deliver more than
their own counties to Eberhart, for
the balance of the district will want
to go to Gordon or some other anti
machine man. It will apparently be
to the machines advantage therefore,
to pick up a secretary of state who
can get whole congressional district
and also a candidate for attorney.
general with big bunch of votes to
trade. But before this campaign is
ended, the manipulators are apt to find
that whole congressional districts will
not be traded to the old machine
against their wishes and further that
the strong candidates for the lesser
Offices are not going to lend their
strength for continuing the present
machine which has fastened itself ur
on the state.
Morris tribune., 1912-02-09
Copper Rivets

People with poor chimeys should
never start great fires.
Age lends interest and value to
almost everything but man.
There is but one Infinite; but a
multitude of finite ideas of God.
Some men are just like goodies; all
the crystals are beneath the surface.
Some thinkers are too prone to
think that they do all the thinking.
Every member of the crowd takes a
vicious pleasure in humping a swelled
head.
There's way to "make good" in
this life other than by making a lot
of money.
Nature takes toll of her creatures
only when they violate her immutable
laws.
A bed is like everything else; it is
appreciated most when one has to
leave it.
Whether or not man takes his
home newspaper is an infalible mea-
sure of his character.
The use of tobacco would. probably
kill more men. if they didn't die so
early from other complaints.
can generally tell whether a man
has been bred to wealth, or has made
his own fortune by the way he boasts.
One of those times when a man
"longs to be alone" is when he wants
q drink real bad and has only five
cents.
The reason why so many great men
have died poor, is because there were
to busy doing guod to make mach
money.
Morris tribune., 1912-02-09
FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 9 1912
WHY A DEVELOPMENT
ASSOCIATION.

Our leading editorial two weeks
ago dealt with the condition of the
farming industry in Stevens county as
shown by the census returns, and laid
especial emphasis on the great in
crease in the value of the land alone
and the marked change in tenure in
ten years, the number of farms oper-
ated by owners having materially de-
creased and the number operated by
tenants having greatly increased.
That this condition is not confined
to Stevens county, but obtains to a
certain extent thruout the whole state
but to a more marked degree thru the
region known as West Central Mime
sofa is shown by the following table
taken from the census reports. The
figures here given show the percent
age of farms in the counties which
were operated by owners in 1900
and in 1910 ana the percentage that
were operated by tenants in the same
years. 1t will be noticed that every
county except Douglas shows de.
crease in the number of farms operat-
ed and an increase in the number OF
farms operated by tenants. Note the
figures -
Morris tribune., 1912-02-09

The daily newspapers, like their
country cousins, must depend on pat
ronageof their advertising columns
for their support, and with the dailies
it too frequently happens that the
brewery stockholders and railroad
stockholders are also stockholders in
big mercantile establishments which
do advertising in the daily papers.
and if the daily papers do not follow
a political policy that suits these fell
lows, they very soon notice big
falling off in advertising. The brew
cry influence is growing stronger and
stronger, and as the stockholders wax
financially fat from their profits, they
are reaching out and winding a spider
like wet around other avenues of bust
ness. Browns Valley Tribune.
Morris tribune., 1912-02-09

istics are not available for this portion
of the state but for the whole state,
the reports says 1.-THE largest num-
erical increase in any class of farms
was exhibited by those from 26O to
499 acres in size. They, increased
4, 324, or 21.1 per cent. The next
largest increase. 3, 139. was in farms
from ITS to 259 acres. Farms from
20 to TIA acres decreased, as did
the very large farms, 1000 acres
and over, and the very small places,
under 3 acres.' With all the new
farms which have been opened in the
state in the past ten years, there has
been an increase of only one per cent
in the number of farms. In many
parts of the state the average farm
is becoming larger instead of smaller.
All these statistics and the con-
illusions to be deduced from them point
to only one thing need Of united
effort to develop the agricultural re-
sources of West Central Minnesota.
and the need of placing the land in
the hands of men who own it as
home. Otherwise the farming in
dustry will suffer as it has in the old
er countries.
A West Central Minnesota Develop
ment League would be one of the
effective means of bringing about this
much desired betterment.
Morris tribune., 1912-02-09

All that was said in our former
editorial relative to the undesirable
effect on the farming industry when it
passes from the hands of the farm
owning operator to the hands of the
landlord and tenant applies with equal
force everywhere, and the change
which has taken place in West Cent
raj Minnesota in the past ten years is
a condition which every county in this
section must face.
LandIordism is an evil from which
not only the farming industry but
society at large has suffered in every
country of Europe, and it seems to be
the natural tendency, at least under
the old order, for farms to drift away
from the small independent holder in
to the hands of the landlord. We
cannot believe that there is a serious
danger of the same thing happening
here with the great efforts that are
being put forth today along the lines
of agricultural education, but in order
that IandIordism shall not grow, un-
tied effort must be firmly directed
against it.
In discussing this change of tenure,
the census report says: cit is signi-
ficant that while there was an increase
of l, 478 in the total number of farm
ers during the last decade, the number
operated by owners and managers de-
creased A, 578, and the number oper-
ated by tenants increased 6,O56. In
1880, 9 out of every 100 farms were
operated by tenants. This proportion
increased during the following 80
years until. in 1910, 81 out of every
100 farms are thus operated.
cit is significant, - further says
the report. "that only 1879 per cent
of the foreign born white farmers are
tenants, while 1877 per cent of the
native white farmers are in this
class.
Another symptom of the same
disease closely related to the question
of tenure is the decrease in the num-
Der of small farms and the increase
in the number of large farms. Stat
Morris tribune., 1912-02-09
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]. C. MORRISON,
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Morris tribune., 1912-02-09
Mammals Definition.

The family was grouped around the
library table when the little son look.
ed up from his book and asked:
"Papa, what is an egotist?''
'An egotist," the father answered,
''is a man who thinks he is cIeverer
than any one else"
But the mother, laughing coIdIy. ap.
pended:
mo, my son, that is not quite right.
An egotist is a man who says he is
cIeverer than any one discovery man
thinks he is" Washington Star.
Morris tribune., 1912-02-09

Talk about killing two birds with
one stone. Never in the history of
the state have the people had an OPP
portunity to vote for a congressman
at large or for Alvah Eastman. Next
fall we have our first opportunity to
vote for both of them, and we're all
going to do it with one "X" mark.
Walker Pilot.
Morris tribune., 1912-02-09
The WHEAT CROP.
BY A, D. Wilson, superintendent
Extension Division, Mime
sofa Agricultural College.
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Much has been said regarding the
fnadvisability of growing large acre.
ages of wheat. The fact remains, how
ever, that wheat has BEEN and con-
tinues to he, the most important prod
uct of Minnesota farms. It has been
the crop that has practically built UP
Minnesota, as it furnished such an in
come to farmers az enabled them to
develop Minnesota farms before the
days when live stock products brought
price sufficient to make their pro
duction profitable.
A study of Minnesota Experiment
Station Bulletin No. lit, which shows
the cost of producing wheat in differ
ent parts Of Minnesota, is interesting;
and 1t shaws some places where we
believe improvement can be made and
larger profits secured in wheat grow
ing. The average cost per acre of
growing wheat On the statistical route
at Marshall, in Lyon county, for five
years, was 1899 per acre, including So
for rent on land. In looking oyer the
various items which make up this cost,
such as seed, preparation of the soil,
seeding, harvesting, shocking, thresh-
ing, ETC., one is impressed with this
fact: The cost of the seed and prepare
ton of the soil amounts to about ST.
per acre, or about one-fourth of the
total cost of producing the crop. The
two items, seed and soil preparation,
afford, in our Judgment, the two points
where improvement can most easily
be made.
The average cost Of seed on these
farms, including the cleaning and all,
amounted to $1.04 per acre. Had each
one of these farms run all Of the wheat
produced on their farms through q
good grain grader, and taken from the
whole amount 10 or 20 per cent Of the
heaviest, plumpest seed, thus getting
clean and we'll developed seed adapt
ed to their locality, each would have
had the very best kind of seed to SOW,
at an additional cost of not to exceed
10 cents per acre. There is little doubt
would have returned a good many
times that amount in increased yields,
due to the better seed.
The $1.3l spent for blowing and har-
rowing the land-of which $114 is for
blowing, leaving only II cents for har-
rowing-leaves no doubt in the mind
OF anyone familiar with farming opera
tons, that the soil could not in all
cases have been thoroughly prepared.
Had an additional 70 cents worth Of
labor been added to the preparation of
! each acre of this soil, which would
have meant thorough double discing
OF every acre, there ia little doubt but
that this additional investment would
have proved exceedingly profitable.
While growing wheat, or any grain
crop, continuously on the same land is
not to be recommended, there is lit
tie question but that, by thoroughly
preparing the soil, by good systems Of
rotations, by occasional manuring, by
thorough blowing and discing, and by
the use Of good seed-such az any
farmer may have by carefully grading
the seed produced ON his farm, and
using only the best-the production of
the wheat crop and all grain crops
may be made a profitable part of q
well organized farm business.
Morris tribune., 1912-02-09

If the state convention were al
lowed to select the Republican state
central committee would it choose
such men as Ed. Smith and Simon
Michelet ?-Northfiel News.
Morris tribune., 1912-02-09
An Old Russian proverb.

The gates Of Russia are wide to those
who enter but narrow to those who
would go out
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1912-02-29
Uunting the Money Trust DcviI.

Washington, Feb. 29.-That money
trust investigation nightmare promis-
eG more trouble for the house Demo-
Gratis yesterday, when the house bank
ing committee endeavored to settle on
details Of procedure and to select
counsel
Chairman Henry Of the rules COM
mittee wants Samuel Untermyer as
counsel hut his recommendation has
not met with any enthusiasm lY mem
b,rs of the banking committee.
A general campaign or education IN
Wall street i'm beha'r of the Aldrich
currency plan was outlined today by
Representative Lndbergi, Of MINES
ota. I'm a letter to John H. Rich, presi-
dent Of the Minnesota Citizens lea
que Il branch of the National Citi-
zons' league.
"a curious illustration of the power
and methoda of Wall streets in
nuence." WI ote IlnGbergh, Wis fur
nished by this organization which has
formed branches in nearly every state,
can you truthfully deny that these
leagues have been organized through
the influence Of Wall street and that
they are universally advocating the
Aldrich plan: and rurther that the
Aldrch plan has been formulated for
through, andby, Wall street influence
and is being advertised at Wall street
expense"
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1912-02-29
Free Turnpike Notice.

Notice is hereby given that a peti-
tion will he presented to the board
of commissioners of Marion county,
Ohio, at their special session, to be
held March Goth, 1912, ait 1 o'clock
p. M, asking that said board appoint
road commissioners to lay out and
establish a free turnpike road lying
and being fully within said county,
between the following points, to-wit:
beginning at the east corporation line
of the village of Caledonia, OHIO, on
Marion street, commonly known as
the Mansfield and Marion road; thence
east and northeast along the said
Mansfield and Marion road to the
county line, between Marion and Nor
row counties, a distance of about one
half mile, all In Claridon township,
Marion county, Ohio.
Said petitioners also pray That said
board of commissioners of Marion
county, Ohio, levy an extra tax the
amount of which shall not exceed ten
(1O) mills on the dollar valuation in
any one year on all lands and taxable
property within the bounds of said
proposed free turnpike, and said levy
continuing for ten (10) years II the
costs and expenses be not sooner paid.
Henry George and others, Petition
ers. 2-22-4t thu
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1912-02-29

the laws delays, remedy the injustice
of error the want Of good laws and
the injustice of bad laws delayed in
repeal. The majority always have,
possibly too much, restrained itself.
They are not n bowling mob, without
great cause or provocation, and not
then, but simply forbearance has
ceased to be a virtue with them. The
people in their majority are the high
est earthly power for good. Their
voice has always been held to be
"the voice of God"
The president says nothing about
restraining an arstocratic minority.
He knows well the failings of legls-
latures, courts and all. He knows
that the rule of granting legislators
is a rule of the minority; that legis-
lation by the supreme court of the
nation is unconstitutional and a legis-
latlve decision by 1t is the unjust
rule of a minority. Yet Mr.. Taft does
not give the people a rule, although
their president, whereby they may
determine whether a people governed
by a MINORITY are capable of self
government.
Let us reverse the statement OF
the peoples fitness to rule. using the
presidents formula" in part.
"rhe question whether a people Is
fitted for government. so as to
make the government FOR the peo-
pie, is. determined by the ability Of
the MINORITY of the people TO
PLACE upon ITSELF the RE-
STRAINT by which the MAJORITY
snail receive JUSTICE from the MI
NORITY" Would you think the ma
jority fitted to rule IL It permits the
minority to RULE? And to rule un-
Justly? ! am lead to believe that the
would not be fitted to rule
If they permit, for IN unreasonable
time, the minority to rule, whether
that rule shall be right or wrong.
l believe the question is, If the
MAJORITY permits the MINORITY
to rule, That that MAJORITY is
WHOLLY UNTITLED FOR SELF
M. B. CHASE.
=. S.-I see Mr.. Roosevelt will be
a candidate for the presidency. l
do not know what to think of this,
unless II is an arranged plan between
Taft and Roosevelt to unite the stand
pat and progressive factions of the
&c. o. p" at the last ditch in the
Chicago convention for either the
one or the other. Mr.. Roosevelt be-
longs to the Ananias club and hence
is not bound by his statements of
1904 and 1907. AS to consecutive
third term being meant by above, that
is the highest and last degree taken
by MIR. Roosevelt IN the aforesaid
club. There would have been an
easier and truer way out of It for
Mr.. Roosevelt if he had thought of u
prior to February II, 1912. l will
suggest It for him. he may take it up
yet. Roosevelt in 1904 and 1907 Is
not the Roosevelt OF 1912. a wise
man changes his mind; a fool never.
NJ. B. c.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1912-02-29
BresnaIlan Ready.

st. Louis. Mo-. Feb. 29.-Manager
Bresnahan will leave for West Baden
with the Cardinals anc open the spring
training. Practically the entire squad
has reported with the exception Of
Pitcher Bob Harmon, who is confined
TO his home with the mumps and Third
Baseman Mike Mowrey, a hold-out,
West Baden Ind, Feb. 29-With the
ST. Louis Browns and the Philadelphia
Nationals now here, West Baden has
been completely converted into a
baseball camp. Manager Doom and
President Fogel are claiming the pen
nant for the Phillies. The chief work
f the players here ror the next few
weeks will be drinking water and hik-
Ing over the hills.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1912-02-29

Lancaster, o., Feb. 29.-It looks as
II the local fans have devised a way
of having another season of profess
sional ball in Lancaster and the en-
thusiasm in fandom has gone up sew
eral degrees.
Mr.. Elmer Hubble, the genial land.
lord of the Mithof Hotel. and some.
what Of base bali enthusiast has
figured It out that If a hundred people
would get Together and agree to put
up dollar a week that the game
could he noated In Lancaster without
question. This would insure a FUND OF
two thousand dollars which would he
sufficient So the promoters think to
carry the club TO the end Of the sea-
son, even though they should meet
with the worst kind of luck lnd re-
verses.
They think that II the game is pat
ronized there will he no necessity OF
making this weekly assessment as
with a salary limit of $1,000 per
month It is thought that the ticket
sales would be sufficient TO make botl
ends meet. But they want one hum
dred true and loyal fans with their
signature back of the proposition f
luck goes the other way.
When this part of the arrangement
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1912-02-29
7. R. Will RUN
HIS CAMP AIGN
For Himself and Thus Have
it Done to Please
Him.

New York. Feb. 29-Colonel Roose-
Welt assumed charge of his own cam
lpaign here today. Arriving at his OF
flee in the Outlook he sent for Oliver
C. Carpenter, selected to manage the
campaign OF the New York Roosevelt
committee" and the latter had de-
oidedly unpleasant haH hour with his
new chief. The colonel demanded the
reason why the names Of the club
supporters have been withheld from
the public and ordered that they be
given out as soon as possible.
Roosevelt then gathered Medill Nc
Cormick, Frank Knox, chairman of
the Michigan Republican state COM
mittee, and Senator Joseph Dixon of
Montana, into a conference. 1t was
understood that he wanted Dixon to
assume personal charge of his boom
and Knox to take charge of the head
to be established in Chicago.
Before going into the conference,
Mccormick said that a report that
ne was disgruntled because Dixon was
the Roosevelt choice for campaign
manager, was untrue and SILLY" He
said that he had helped persuade Dix
on to take the post as he was "the
best man for the job"
While this conference was In pro-
gress William Barnes, Jr., chairman
of the Republican state committee,
was conferrlng with his lieutenants
regarding the best methods of lining
up the state for Taft. 1t was inti-
mated that one result of Barnes re-
cent conference with President Taft
at Washington was the decision that
If the president is renominated his
running mate viii be Vice President
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1912-02-29

was discussed and settled by coterie
of fans who met last night. rho qles.
tion of putting up the Thousand dol
lar guarantee FUND was taken up.
That was stumbling block. Bu,
the boys beat the bushes and finally
found an enterprising citizen who was
willing to loan the club the one thous-
and dollars until september Without
interest. This money must he posted
with the president of the league at
once as guarantee that the club en-
tering the league viii play out the
fun season. If the club making the
deposit complies with all the rules
and regulations Of the league the one
thousand dollars is returned intact.
The fans who are promoting the
scheme claim that they have assur-
ances Of one-fourth of the suhscrip-
tions. before starting in on the can
vas. and seem to thinl, it will he an
easy task to collect or guarantees the
other three-fourths.
President Reed was secured over
the wire and told OF the plans ard
assured the boys that Lancaster would
Doc given every chance but they should
hurry as other towns wanted the fran
chisa ana the matter must be closed
up in a short time.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1912-02-29
NEWS FROM The
TRAINING CAMPS
McGraw's Recruits Will
.an Play First Real Game
z9s1 Saturday.
Tigers and Reds Engage in
Hard Work in Southern
etro Towns.

Marlin. Tex, Feb. 29-John ]. Me.
Graw's recruits viii get the first
chance to display their form in a real
tall game on Saturday. The squad
will. BE divided into two teams, one OF
which will hook up with Dallas and
the other with Fort Worth. on the
following day. they will alternate with
the Texas ball tossers.
The Giants manager IS in a happy
frame OF mind these days. He believes
re has discovered n real twirler in Full
lenweider who. despite the encum-
herance Of his enormous name, de-
monstrated yesterday IN practice
game that he had a surprising amount
OF natural ability. After he had COM
pieted his turn, McGraw, who had
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1912-02-29
NInrnr IssIleh Permit.

Chicago. Feb. 29.-"lssued because
the council does not give me the pow
er TO refuse It," This IL the notation
made by Mayor Harrison on the for
NAL permit granted for the holding
of a wrestling bout between Hussli
Mahmout and Jess Peterson by the
New Empire Athletic club tomorrow
night. The mayor explained that mad
he the authority he would close tne
club out Of all amusement undertak-
ings here because Of the action OF the
organization lin permitting the Gotch-
Hackenschmidt match on Labor cay'
when it was well known by the cluo
that one Of the principals was to-
tally unfit TO go on