The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1914-06-09


telligence, and no end of capacity for
q days work.
He was not very ambitious, but was
gifted with philosophical tempera-
ment. He and the hired girl ate at
the first and only table with the
family, the food was good and abun-
dant he was sure Of his future. AS
he spent little for clothes, and moth
ing for amusement, he usually had
fair savings bank account.
A farmer was remarking the other
day that this type is about extinct.
Instead, he now has to depend on row
ing young fellows. At the best they
look at farm work as mere stepping
stone to something else. At the worst
they want to earn money for extrav-
agant spending. Last summer he had
young man who left him with 800
in the bank. A month later he came
back, and asked for work again, say,
ing that his money had all been spent.
In many localities, foreign speaking
help is all that can be had. II you
send them for rake, they get
monkey wrench. Those that have
much intelligence usually prefer to
buy a little land on mortgage and be
their own boss. Also they prefer to
remain in the company Of their own
people. One is rarely contented un-
less there are others speaking the
same tongue near by.
The department Of agriculture
ought not to look at this as any mere
temporary problem Of harvesting the
present crop of wheat and corn. 1t
is a situation that the farmer finds.
more and more difficult to meet, and
one that calls for thoughtful and prac-
teal study. ',tx5flH
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THE POWER OF THE SMALL
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Recent developments in the rail-
road world emphasize the insignin.
canoe of the small stakeholder. He
is a pawn in the chess play Of giant
forces. Nevertheless he has q wea-
pom of which even the Morgans and
the Mellens and the Harrimans are
fearful, and that is his tongue.
The ideal Of the magnate is meet
ing where the directors appear with
sheaf OF about 1852 proxies in
their pocket, all for the old manage
ment. In the old days there were
many stockholders from Missouri.
The man with five shares and an in
quiring turn of mind could make
more trouble than the railroad pres
idents could oil over In year.
In these later days of vast com.
binations, 1t has seemed useless for
the average small stakeholder to at
tend the meeting of his company. In
the majority OF cases he lived too far
away. II he did take trouble to be
present, everything was slated. greas-
ed, and expedited. The reports were
bewildering arrays of big booming fig-
ures, not particularly lucid or com.
prehensible. They made his head
ache. BY the time he had his spec
tacles wiped, and had begun to per.
use the report. the business was done,
and the meeting adjourned.
Railroad magnates are much like
other people. With all their sagac-
ity, they make mistakes. They lay
Napoleonic plans, which run counter
to some plain fact of human nature.
Average unframed shrewdness can
offer pertinent comment, to which
the most competent director may well
listen,
The small stakeholder then serves
his own interest we'll when he spends
some time in perusing the reports OF
his company, and studying the plans
and methods OF the management. Ev-
en- though he may be ridiculed as the
mere owner of five or ten shares, he
can be sure that host Of other and