The Glenwood post., 1914-11-14

lug 10 IATm lAuOS WIN lu6lT super
huous money. In Chicago today. the big
men of wealth own farms sd are
proud of them. Many of them live in
the country and are as much tillers of
the soil rs your Indiana or Kansas
farmer. The same is true in New
York, Pittsburgh, ST Louis, Indianap-
oils, Omaha, and, in fact, all the great
cities of the nation. The point is that
these men are experts in invest
ment-who know how how to place
their money where it il safe and
where it will yield the best returns.
As is well known, John d. Rockefeller
spends most of his time in the country.
He loves the outdoor life and. though
often alluded to by the uninf0rmed ~
an invalid. he is hale and hearty.
Rockefeller is living on borrowed time
and his propensity for out-of-door Ok
istence accounts for his ruggedness
after . long life fraught with strenu-
Gus experiences.
Packers Are Farmers.
Samuel Insul. president of the Com
monwealth Edison Company and mas
ter Of the elevated railways and sur
face lines of Chicago. lives on 4 farm
northwest of the city. He hurries
away from his once each day and
devotes an hour or two of his
time to the details of his great coun-
try estate. He keeps himself familiar
with every department of activity on
the farm and there is no agriculturist
in America who knows his farm better
than Insul knows his. Most Of the
big packers live on farms.
Many of the railroad presidents and
heads Of the city's banking institutions
are also practical farmers. John J.
Mitchell. president Of the Illinois
Trust 4 Savings bank and 4 power in
the financial affairs Of America, 10 .
fArmer. At Lake Forest and Lake
Geneva there are vast colonies of city
farmers-hundreds of them in fact
colonies of farm homes owned and oc-
cupied by Chicago's leading business
men.
One of the millionaires Of the city
and there are not ss many real mil
lionaires in Chicago as some peo.
pie would think-made the boast the
other day to some of his business
friends that he had picked the three
best investments in America.
What are they?" asked a friend.
Three farms" he replied.
ANY time man buys q farm he is
making the best Investment that 1t 10
possible to get"
The speaker was H. w. Gossard,
president of H. w. Gossard Company.
Farm At Martinsviiie, Ind.
Il have one farm at Martinsville.
Ind, another at Pratt, Kan, and an
other at Craig, Colo, and it is going
to be the ambition Of my life to make
them ~ fine as any three farms can
be made. And l am going to make
them profitable as we'll as pleasurable
You know a farm is simply a MANI
featuring business. You manufacture
products of all kinds. Your problems
are to get your stuff manufactured as
cheap as possible and then sell it to
the best advantage. You must see that
there are no waste places, that every
field and, in fact, every acre of ground
must bring forth its. proportion Of
profits"
Mr.. Gossard's farm at Martinsville.
Ind, has already attracted widespread
attention. He recently erected there
barn costing $4,000. On this farm
he 10 planning . new strain of Eng
lish hogs. and he has imported six
sows from England and prize winning
boar. Lord Bromley-Manly.o one Of the
best-known animals in this country
among Berkshire breeders. He also
has an original flock Of Rhode Island
White chickens that have won many
prizes. and he IL building up q baby
chick business in which twenty-four.
Aour-old chicks are sold 1t Is cents
each, and shipped to all parts Of the
eountry. In addition. the place Aas o. II
sons nne blooAeA horses which have
tahea several ribbons.
kaasas aud Colorado Farms.
Mr.. 0ossard has . four-hunArsA-acfs|
farm 1t Pratt, Kan. 1t IL in the great
wAsat bslt and hs says he considsss \
oao of tie best Investments he ovoe
made In his life.
At Craig. Colo, he has recently p1r>
chased 1000 acres Of land. This prop
erty contains woaderful coal deposits
and Mr.. Gossafd says that it 10 In
creasing in valae 20 rapidly that he
cannot keep uD With 1t. He is plan
ming to pat It b stock and ship to the
De1ver markeG
And what hao been said Of Mr. Cos
safd can b ~ OF many wealthy and
saceeeecaa baaiaeos mea. RAp1dl. tAey
are lsaxniAg - vAlne q nar1s. asd
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