Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-12-22
A FARMING FARMER.
rwaverly Independent,1

farm has been properly improved
| A FARMING FARMER.
IWaverly INDEPENDENT
A farmer not far from Waverly com
| menced some sixteen years ago t
study his business. Then he sold hN
scrub cattle and bought better cattie
and he cared for them as a thorough
bred farmer should care for good cattle
Then he built a silo and made ni'
barns more comfortable for his cattle
| and more convenient for himself ant
for his helpers. He built so that M
could save and utilize all the manure
the liquid as well as the solid, and nj
spread 1t on the fields before much o.
1t was wasted. Twenty years ago MS
farm was worth $50 an acre. YOU
would be safe to offer him 1926 an acre
today. Sixteen years ago he was class
ed as scrub farmer. Now he Is IN
demand at farmers institutes, where
he teaches good lessons. During the
past few years he has sold calves tol
500 to $500, and cows for $500 to $500
apiece. His study and work have made
rich fields Of what was only ordinary
".
self comfortable in this worlds goods
and in character and soul he Is q hun
bred per cent richer than he was when
he found himself sixteen years ago
But the best thing he did during those
years was the setting Of q gooo
example which was calculated to make
the way a little better for those who
come after.
EXPOSING FINANCIAL SIlACKEEHS
lTraer Star Clipper.]
The Gladbrook Northern of hast weel
must have made a few people ovel
there vince and feel like hiding. Glad.
brook and vicinity, as we have SAX
before, made a great record in con
tributions for the Y. NJ. C.. A in the
army. She greatly oversubscribed tht
quota allotted her. This meant or
ganization and hard work. All the peo-
pie were assessed, each according tc
his financial ability as viewed by the
committee The assessments ran from
81 to $a5 except that the banks were
asked for $50 and $50. There were few
of the $50 class. Many were asked tc
give SIS, more lesser amounts. The
Northern of last week prints the en-
tire list, giving in adjoining columns
the amount each citizen was assessed
and the amount he or she paid. In
nearly all cases payment Of the amount
asked was made. A few gave even
more than asked. There were a few
slackers who would pay nothing and
few who would give only a fraction OF
the sum requested. One rich farmer
assessed So paid only 81. Several
contributed more than asked. Ninety
five per cent paid what they were as
sessed. Slackers are marked by stars
and those stars surely are apt to make
the fellows see stars whose names ap-
pear in front Of them. The list is re-
markable because Of it's novelty, and
because Of the practical sensible idea
involved. AS this awful war progresses
we must cut out sentiment and deli
cacy and deal With conditions. The
financial slackers must be exposed just
as the drafted slackers arc dealt With.
The rife Of this nation Is at stake. The
rich men who have prospered under It's
liberal laws and uneQuahed opportuni-
ties must not dodge their duties longer.
II they viii not pay their share Of The
cost Of this war willingly they must be
made to pay 1t unwillingly. Several
rich Germans near Elberon refused to
buy liberty bonds. Their loyalty was
questioned and this refusal gave color
to the suspicion. A deputy marshal
recently visited them and told them
a few things In plain words. Before
he lett they had al purchased from
$500 to $1,000 worth c4 bonds. There
are others IN TanG county to wtrum
s,lcf, a visit il due and It wiN be made
unless the financial slackers loosen up
mighty soon. The Gladbrook way Is
a good way to loosen them. Other
Tama county localities could use IT
with profit and satisfaction in future
drives for warneeds.