The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-10-17
FARM ERS TALK STRIKE
THEY ARE DISGRUNTLED AT THR
4, TREATMENT ACCORDED
BY GOVERNMENT.

While the Farmers union of South
Dakota, which completed its annual
session in Mitchell, did not 20 on rec
ord officially as favoring a farmers
strike, the project was given wide
discussion by almost every member
Of the organization during the ses-
sion. Farmers Of this state are in
clined to be greatly disgruntled over
the way IN which they declare the
government has sighted them in the
various war, industrial and labor con-
terences which have been held at in
tervals during the last two years, and
especially at the apparent neglect Of
their interests in the great industrial
conference now In session in Wash
ington. I'VE don't want higher wages
or shorter hours" said a prominent
member Of the union, but we do
want to be recognized. Our invest
ments and interests are far larger
than those Of organized labor. Yet
we have three representatives at the
industrial conference while organized
labor has twelve. We have sought
in vain for a remedy. II we can get
1t in no other way we will get it by
q strike. II we simply refused to
send our produce to market for a
given period we could impress upon
the public the necessity for granting
u demands. We do not care to do
this save as a last resort, but IL
driven to 1t we can stage a strike
beside which the greatest organized
labor efforts will be as the struggle
Of a pigmy."
Prairie fires nave been reported
the past week in many sections Of
the state as far east as Turner coun-
ty, and west to the state line. The
loss has been largely that of hay In
stack and feed on the fields. In n
case where a rancher from the dry
section OF the state had come down
into Stanley county to get feed for
the winter, and was just ready to
down his herd, all his stacks
OF hay, and the ground he was count
ing on for winter range was burned
over. While the losses are not heavy
except in rare cases, the aggregate
from fires this fall is a rather heavy
toll on the stockmen of the state.
If the New Way Harvesting COM
pany," Of Sioux Falls, makes good on
it's plans, the matter Of harvest help
will be materially reduced as a prob
lem in the future. The company is
organized with a capital Of $4,000
for the purpose Of manufacturing the
device patented by Christian Chris
Hanson, as a mechanical shocker. IL
this proves practical the question Of
harvest help will be so materially
reduced as to relieve the usual press
ing demands of that season.
The frost line has not yet reached
the Missouri section Of the state. The
average date is September 80 for the
first killing frost. The corn crop is
all past the frost danger, INC husk-
ing has been commenced in some Of
the fields, while cutting has been un-
der way for several weeks. Prairie
grass is dry enough to prevent n
frost damage when the first frost
comes, and this assures a good quail
fly Of feed on the prairie for the
winter.
The showing of the condition of the
state treasury at the close Of bust
ness September 80, gives total cash
in all funds at 5 2,894,311. The larg-
est part of this was in the common
school income fund, with $1,4S1, 359.
The highway fund was at 1882 ,O56,
and the Irvine plant fund was at
1851, $50. The county agricultural ex-
tension fund was $66,7S0.
A rancher near Wasta this year
sold alfalfa seed from his field which
brought him a return of $45.S4 an
acre. The crop was rather light this
year as compared with other years,
but a return of that amount Is enough
to give land which will produce it
a value above that Of the western
part of the state generally.
That Mitchell may be chosen as
the location for a million dollar state
WuOlcSdlC anu iJODUihS SCheOi ~
the Farmers Union Cooperative ex-
changes throughout every county In
South Dakota was indicated by dis
cussions at the state meeting of the
Farmers Union In session there.
The Lutheran church Of Hot
Springs has purchased a block OF
ground for the erection of a church
and parsonage, both Of which will be
destroyed a large barn on the old Men
MONTE colony north Of Huron, causing
q loss estimated at about $4,000.
There are to be no dances held
in any Of the school houses in the
Timber Lake independent district No.
2, according to a notice just publish
ed by the board Of education.
Representatives of different seed
houses are out In Sully county pick.
ing up the crop of that section for
seed corr for next year.
The total enrolment of the city