Gunnison news-champion., 1912-04-19

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ple0sstsl ssd chsspes. The live
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psoportiea - she asmt,er Of cslti-
vsssA acres iacrssse. If 1T does nes,
the csltivssed acres Gill soon be
worshIsss. Any sSr'csltsre that -
- bSslt On . live s,ask basis -
eesad 10 perish. An high official
consscsed wssh . railroad in the sssae
of New York once ssked me Why
farms sleas his line were worn o~t
sad sbsadossd We have plsnty Of
wssss, good msrksts, sad constant
sssshise, sssd be- why woat
shsse fssns psodsee . CROP I.
told hin il took four cornerusopes 70
hsld up farming coemsnity, end
~ hsA only .seatioasd thrss.
wsaer, good markets, ssnshine s.d
live ssock sse ths cornssssosss of
farming. The question Of soil fsrti-
hzssioa y the greet qsestioe. Thess
ere farms back there within Eve
miles of market where the land
brings lees than go IN acre. They
don't feed single carload of beef
cattle in some of those entire states
They have pulled out the principal
cornerstone Of the farming business,
and, Of course, it hes tsnbled down.
I'VE hsve tsisd 70 side- ssep the
stuok fsedins psopositioa - 1ona. -
. nation, that . barrel a beef now
sells for els, and somebody will 60
hungry unless We begin to raise
more of it.
Il presume it is wise for one to
stick to the subject with which he is
most familiar. Ny work for years
has been in connection with railroad
companies. The construction and
operation of railway lines in Colorado
has been Of vast interest 10 me, be
cause ! have always believed that
railroads helped to build up the
country
II have some strong convictions
on the railroad question. know it
10 subject upon which nearly every
body is prepared to talk. II is
popular now and has been for some
time to sbsse the railroads. Anyone
who can rope . railroad and ride IT
with spsrs is considered these days
to be . top hand in politics.
Anyone who 10 familiar with live
stock knows that only an experienced
man oaght to handle beef cattle on
the way to market. The people who
have been in charge of the railroad
question during the past several
years have worried q good deal of
the surplus flesh off Of the railroads.
There has been shrinking going
ON the same as there is when bunch
of fat four-year-olds is handled by
green help.
This apprehension concerning
the condition of the railroads ls not
confined to those who are in the rail
road service am railroad lawyer
and may be biased on the subject,
but l can quote TO you a higher
authority than my own TO show that
there is demand for the legisla-
lures and congress to slow up a little
liz the rough riding they have been
doing on the railroad roundup.
Railroad building in this country
and standardizing narrow guaee
lines is pretty near at a standstill
Railroad profits are SO small that
investors eeek other fields. No one