The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1914-04-30
,,;no in the Southwest.

I'D Politics ofSpr.ngfe'd, Missouri.
osress EDITOR OF THE JOURNAL: In
10 'nI LITTER to The Journal, written
as a. months ago, 1 told you of the
ve'' ;, ravages of the drouth which
)rrOl' this section of the country
Preau W., or The farmers in conse-
s''r .,Hered severely. In the fall
encs .orn fodder and all available
pn'u'' crops besides were utilized by
rsR' +ion in the silos, and the results
'sF' ssen very satisfactory. The fall
's - was fairly favorable for the
e' ias and growth of the wheat crop
Pc i' ,aIlv mild winter-we had, in fact,
ui'. .. aeather until about the middle
NN ,y The result was the wheat
.' ranidly and fun nished an abundance
FfN . -, rasturage. l asked one dairy
S~ tar he was feeding his cows, and
1,5 that he was pasturing them on
i'f L., fields. To my inquiry wheth-
/ or,age to the wheat would not
D ,.tf be replied, that the pastur-
worth more to him than the
avail The wheat crop last year
,rptifrl and many farmers
.oa, feeding it in large quantities
i 49,. hogs At the present time
g worth On the market Sc cents
r..bsl while corn is worth "a; so
'uon,iro a difference of four pounds
,.,bs, IN favor of the wheat the diff
oo in feeding value is not great.
orapt1tjes of wheat are used also
1,akar feed in this poultry State.
| a,osoects for bumper wheat crop
.,,ongb the winter wheat States have
80, been better than they are today.
1 If MIR miIers predicts that the price
,Ssat at harvest time will drop pretty
lathe 80 cent point. If his predic-
.honld prove true, all of us may
far cheap -four and few people, it
-. ought to cry in vain for bread.
.,a will not be much money in the
| for the farmers, but there will be
| ,,r4srce Of food for man and beast.
rse Frisco Railroad, upon which the
trosperity Of Springfield is to consid-
In extent dependent, has been for
[onths in the hands of receivers, but is
Inning out. it is thought, in good shape.
h. working hours in the shops have
ser increased lately from eight hours
!, dav to nine land the south side shops,
Ibich have been practically closed for
kversI years, have been opened up
BAN What the Frisco R. R. means to
kri1yiel9 can hardly be imagined until
I'M TAXI stroll through the new shop
keete5 few years ago on the north
Ie Of the city and get glimpse of the
Ibhne Of money which twice month
pai5 out to the employees of the road.
h. EMPLOYEES are all paid in checks,
|ut it takes the services of the pay
tsstsr for two consecutive days to hand
hi taa checks. Until two or three years
b. the employees were paid on the two
ls DAYS Of the month, now they are
bM on he fourteenth and fifteenth as
TEL These pay days mean much to
eergbo1y and especially to the business
bterasts Of the city. The employe draws
is check. pays his bills, then the store
|eep.l pay the wholesale man, and he
turn pays some others, and so the
Fhee.s rsoiye
On. city election passed off quietly.
BIT d. is uftentimes the case, one party
Felt Qua and another came in. SPRING
ed is pretty evenly divided between
be .va =a4jug parties, and SO not I'M
fega5aty The party in Office loses con-
b the md of its two years of SER
BE- This year the water question was
|s0 the front and undoubtedly had
tuet to DO with the large ma ority which
pa ROLE up for the Democratic candi-
|ats tor mayor To a considerable eX-
En- people apparently voted independ-
pity, for the Republican candidate for
Esessor carried larger vote than the
Democratic mayor. Only four Republi-
r. CouneImen We're elected, so that
fe city is largely in the hands of the
Pemocratlc party.
Judge Bowman who was elected mayor
Flo Ibomas {, Hunter elected chief of
ponce have mad their hands full in the
'aeaVor to select twenty-four police
PEI ont Of about three hundred appli-
FsnIs lie result will be that in two
[ss ron the time this letter is written
ttFs VIII be approximately 276 men
VOAl7o 10 disappointment, and probably
pdly OF them will feel sore because
Nf Claims were rejected. The Street
"mnlSsloner's Office, the License In
ec'oT' and the City Counsellor are the
ree BEST paying positions in the gift of
y mayor, and for these positions there
S"ong rivalry 1t is understood that
VHe ONCE goes to the north side of the
n.y. The other will go to the south side.
SPRINGFIELD is growing larger. The
equation has about doubled itself in
("enly years. 1t is % years last Janu-
\ since the writer came to Springfield.
f1'~g this period great changes have
aATo place, The street car service has
EE El