The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1913-08-14

per pound or becoming vegetarians.
Looking at the situation entirely
from a business standpoint, laying
aside all legal and moral considera-
tions. 1t must certainly be acknowledge
ed by all that the company store and
boarding house system brushes and
kills all commercial enterprise and eff
fectively stops community progress.
Note Carefully the Contrast.
A striking contrast to the effect of
the company store and boarding house
system Is presented in the western
part of the district, at Wardner-Kel
logg. There Is no commercial insti-
tuition here, with silent power to de-
mand the trade fix the prices and re-
move every doubt of prompt settle
ment. There Is no strange hold on
wages after they are earned. They
are owned actually by the men who
earn them and spent for board and
other necessities and Injuries as the
owners individually prefer. To do this
Is the main incentive to earn money.
no matter what the employment.
The effect of this equal business op-
portunity and the fact that work.
man receives all his wages, with no
strings attached, to spend as his own
Judgment dictates, Is to be seen on all
sides.
Evidence Of Prosperity Plain.
The 1910 census gave Wardner 1864
population. In the intervening years
and In 1918 1t has held It's own, with
some Increase, even in the face of nat
ural handicaps to growth with which
all are familiar.
Kellogg In 1910 had a population of
1879. Today II is conservatively es-
Iimated at 210O or 2200.
There have been added to Kellogg IN
he past four years 10 elegant brick
structures, creditable to city Of five
lines It's population. Prominent
'mong these are the Y. NJ. G. A., cost
ng not less than $4,000. a large and
beautiful high school building for the
win cities, and the large and COM
nodious Mcconnell hotel.
Of Business and Growth
Of Real Estate Value.
Stocks of goods of Kellogg mer-
hants In four years have more than
oubled and In some Instances have
rebled. This statement Is made on
he assurance Of those informed on
he subject that there has been an av-
rage Increase along these lines of $50
er cent. The same per cent of in
rease applies to real estate. Kellogg {
as passed In this time from a village g,
, a city. and is fast taking advan- {
sge OF additional municipal powers In I
ringing about public improvements I
s forward march is so plainly appar- q
ut that 1t is subject Of daily com ,
tent and commentator In the entire r
imp and by all strangers and conf q
ercial men who visit It. The reason, n
I'd the sole reason, for this progrs So
1d prosperity Is that all the payroll Y
rculates at the will of those whc a
I'm 1t. and the great big end of 1t i,
avs at home and in home business b
annels.
No one can visit Kellogg or even
ss through It on the train without
Ing impressed with the very large :,
mber of beautiful homes. It Is coz. .,
rvatively estimated by those In po- :.
ION to know the facts that over 50 -
r cent Of these are owned by those "'
10 occupy them. Some cost as high :"
$4,000. and very many cost $4,000.
The bank deposits Of the twin cities
al over $550.0oo ~
Nj the above statements about the ~
In cities are the consensus of opir. -
Of those who are In daily touch -,
n the business situation and the -,
,ple w.
np'y Against the Ubiquitous System. II,
Is not my purpose to draw any /,
favorable comparison between the of
n cities and MulIan except In the an
tier Of the iniquitous company col