The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1912-02-15

I have been asked by so many Of
my friends: "Well. how did you
find Kansas" or "How do you like
Kansas, now" that I am going to
drop a few words in this way to tell
you all. She has lots of represent
atives in Idaho, both north and
south-with all her faults We love
her still-but not 1. If one did not
know there was something vastly
better, they might be satisfied. But
now, honor bright, / would sooner
be in the Gem of the Mountains
Qdaho) broke, than back there with
80 acres of their land, for many
reasons. First of all is their sys-
TEN of continually farming their land
without any rest. They do not raise
any more 90 to 80 bushels of corn
to the acre on the uplands. Lots of
it did not make 10 bushels. Lots of
wheat made from 5 to II bushels,
and, mind you, they think their land
il worth from 500 to $12S per acre.
So you can see Why neither I nor
the average Idaho farmer would
want that. But they get better
prices. Wheat was worth 9Sc
when left; corn, Gle. But the
hog market was all shot to pieces.
The cholera was cleaning out the
country. And the cyclones would
pick your chickens for you-a fact
which many told me that they had
seen, chickens picked absolutely
clean by those things.
Another Objectionable feature is
being a renter there. Those old
hayseeds live in town and in the fall
they 60 out and pick the renter as
close as the cyclone does the chick
en-. he can just say he had place
to live. They rent for half, and,
mind you, some of them go so far
as to get their half of your eggs.
What do you think of that nov7
One of the most Objectionable
things found out was their abom-
inabIe mail order business. Their
money was being sent out of the
country to keep up some other town.
One man have known for IS years,
Frank Craft, has been running
general merchandise business for
that long. He said that if a man
would give him $500 he would walk
out. Wonder who he has been rob
bing7 And I know him to be not
an extravagant man. A friend of
mine was in his store buying a pair
of high top shoes. The prices ran
from $3.50 to $500, and I said,
Frank, don't you keep any good I
shoes of that kind?" He replied,
'eWhat do you mean by good shoes, ;
Bnl7" "Why," ! said, "out in our !
country We don't pay less than $3.50
10 So. 90 for this kind of a shoe" i
&c tiss~ up his hands in horror,
md said, "If I was to ask man So i
,r So for = pair of shoes, he would d
lever come in the store again. ! q
rave to carry cheap stuff" And
1ou could tell it, too. When ] left i
here, there we're FIVE business hous- q
or sale groceries, hardware, .
livery and / restaurant. So 1 Z
Iuggested to some Of those howlerS
vhy not buy up those grocery stores,
md sell goods to your farmer friends
light and honest.
Didyou ever.stop to think, friends,
that this sending off for your sup D;
lilies means7 It means that you
ire building up the cities TO which q
vou send and tearing down your n
,wn town; for that little town to q
which you take your produce and :.
vhere you send the children to '.
chool and attend church is your q
own; it is what you and your neigh q
'ors make it and the better you q
make It the more valuable you make @
our own farm tributary to it. The q
loser you are to a good town, the !.
lore your farm is worth to you or q
ny one else. The town cannot grow q
itself. II must have support, and b
ont refuse it your support because g:
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