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New-York tribune., 1920-09-26

preserved from rust, stirs the memory
with the issues of another time.
AS we passed fences tightly stretched
the older hedges, wasteful of land
and labor, are disappearing and
outbuildings evenly painted silos
breaking the horizon like Martello
towers, farmhouses above gardens
ablaze with flowers, ones sense of the
substantial character of their owners
was renewed. Here are no uncertain
personalities, afraid to work, shifty in
decision, casual in sentiment. No man
can make a living from the soil and
remain soft. The very integrity of
natural processes gets into the blood.
successful farmer. The years have no
short cuts or revolutions; flood, tor
nado and drouth punish the farmer
with long, fatiguing labor to renew and
redeem. On the farm deeds-labor--
are masculine, as in the old Italian
proverb, and words, feminine. In the
independence of wide acreage, won
with toll, taxed with im2onderable re-
turns for those taxes, symbols of gov
ernment and the Constitution, the
farmer will listen, but he may not
easily be advised. He knows his busi-
ness. Candidates for the Presidency
are his contemporaries; he has stuck
to his tasks while others have gone
elsewhere.
Farmers All
Practically all the 5000 Republicans,
men and women, who formed the dense
and orderly crowd before Senator
Harding's modest residence were
. farmers. Only a few fresh suits braved
the dust of country roads. We were
an ordinary looking crowd. In the
give and take of neighborly chaff the
language was elemental. vernacular.
Among the spokesmen of delegations,
townspeople, farmers, there was but
one man Of compelling distinction, and
he was the center Of the ceremony.
A large man, soidly built, with steady
eyes, without nervous movements, SEN
ator Harding listened gravely to the
spokesmen of delegations, smiled at the
we'll meant effusion of oratory, and re-
ceived in detachment the applause of the
crowd. Senator Harding has no. marks
of man concerned with small, petty
or personal qualification. He gives the
impression of one whose business has
been with affairs too large for personal
interests, too complicated for facile
judgments, too important for facetious
or undignifed comment. He makes no
conscious effort, no parade, no oratorical
or rhetorical devices. He spoke for an
hour or more, and the speech left the
hearer feeling that he had said but a
small part Of what he wanted to say, or
OF what he was abundantly prepared to
say. The interest Of the crowd was as
fresh st the end as at the beginning.
Pitfalls beset any man who addresses
popular audience with an account Of
tina adoption and significance Of the
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for saying, in effect, that they are
newspapers lacking general circula-
ton or that they are not reporting
him fairly.
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Thickening Gloom

) The World, after announcing with
aneonscious humor that the men who
are cunning Mr.. Cox's campaign are
SonArmed optimists, continues:
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1920-12-22
The Farmer Is No Striker;
Wants Only Square Deal
Senator Potter, President of the Minnesota Farm
Bureau Federation, Speaks Up on Grain
Holding-Farmer Not Manipulat-
or, Entitled to Profit.

seven years. Has the price dropped in
proportion Has the price of auto
mobile tires dropped in proportion
with farm products Who should be
made to let go, the farmer, or others,
or both?
There seems to be determined eff
fort on the part of the traders to make
the farmer let them have his grain and
livestock products at reduced prices,
knowing that if the farmers products
were dumped on the market before
actually needed, there would be fur
ther slump, which would enable the
speculator to get control. / again ask,
would it take less for the speculator to
pay storage than for the farmer?
The only reason they give for sell
ing is lack of money or credit! The
farmer has never struck. The farmer
has never Intentionally reduced pro-
duction. He has never asked for high
er wages, and has never demanded
shorter hours, but has always worked
overtime. He is willing to continue do
ing his part, but is organizing into a
business organization that will enable
him to carry on his business more sue
cessfully, and also enable him to take
his place in the activities of the State
and Nation in way that he will be
able to play the game square and
make the other fellow play fair and
lay all the cards on the table.
Both the Minnesota and American
Farm Bureau Federations stand for
the rights and privilege of all citizens
to render useful service and receive
the reward for such service, and object
to any manipulation whereby those
who do not render useful service may
profit by the labor of others, to the
detriment of humanity as whole.
The Minnesota State Federation, or
The American Farm Bureau Federation
have never advocated holding strike,
or underproduction. / visited Mr..
Howard, president of the American
Federation of Farm Bureaus, at his Of
flee in Chicago last week, and he told
me that he had never advocated either
procedure. / believe the farmer is
justified in organizing in business
Baya That will protect the producer,
and consumer, even if it does clip
some of the profits of the manipulation.
Under our present conditions and
practices, our lands are being mined
and depleted, to feed the world at a
loss, both to the farmer of today, as
well as depriving future generations of
their just inheritance, which is neither
right nor patriotic.
The Farm Bureau is one business
organization that never does business
behind locked doors. Our aim is a
square deal to ALL Therefore we in
vite the public to investigate our ac-
tivities.
Respectfully yours.
L. E. POTTER,
Pres. MINI. Federation
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1920-12-22
A Helpful Christmas.

Christmas morning this year will
dawn bleak and gray for thousands of
little kiddies, whose only Santa Claus
will be the stalking spectre of Tuber-
culosis, the arch-enenny of mankind,
exacting his toll of suffering and mis-
cry, of precious lives-150,000 in our
country, 2,244 in Minnesota alone, last
year.
Can we-can you-reflect on our
Christmas spirit with sense of righ-
teousness if we have failed to include
Christmas Seals among our gifts !?
Have we accepted our opportunity, our
privilege to give genuine Yuletide
cheer if we failed to christmas
Seal" all our letters and packages?
Each penny health sticker helps fin
ance your local county, state and ma
tional public health organizations
which banded together in common
cause for the protection of humanity
are fighting tuberculosis and other
deadly disease. They are devoting all
that science and human devotion have
in them to combat this preventable and
durable scourge.
You make happiness through health
your biggest gift to your community
state and nation when you say Merry
Christmas and A Happy New Year
with Christmas Seals.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1920-12-22

To the public
Owing to the comments and criti-
cisms being circulated in regards to
the farmer going on strike by holding
his grains, also reducing production.
it is my opinion that this is caused
by several conditions and interests.
First, it is due to lack of knowledge
of the aims and intent of the county,
State and National Farm Bureaus.
Many of the interests, believing that
the farmers are trying to adopt some
of their methods of doing business,
which would not suit-coming from
the farmers. To illustrate, just the
other day of the owners in mill ex-
pressed himself to me, in a decidedly
irritable manner, that the farmers had
no right to hold their grain or prod
ucts in order to profiteer on them,
which statement asserted that the
farmer was both holding, and holding
to profiteer.
Now What Are The Facts? Is it
any worse for the one who raised the
grain to hold for better market than
it is for others to buy the grain on a
low market and hold until the grain is
all in the hands of few and then raise
the price?
Is it any worse for the farmer to
hold grain that costs him one dollar,
when he is only offered fifty cents
than it is for the other fellow to buy
at fifty cents and hold for S1.00?
As a concrete example | can cite
the following: A certain man went
to mill and asked what they would
take for some oats. They wanted
and would not sell for less than fifty
cents a bushel. They were paying. ae-
cording to the slate exposed, thirty
one cents bushel for oats. They had
the oats on hand, but claimed that it
cost them fifty cents per bushel, and
would not sell for less.
The argument is that money and
credit are short. Does it cost any
more for the farmer to hold his grain
than for the speculator? The facts
as | see them, are about this:
The farmers have raised their crops
under the high cost of labor and all
other expenses, and he is big con-
sumner of practically all manufactured
products. There is an under -produc-
tion of wheat; an over-production of
corn; and a normal crop of oats and
other crops.
Prices of farm crops were not fore
ed as high as many of the individual
products, their is an over-supply of
many of the cheaper grades of prod
ucts.
The store and warehouses are teem-
ing full, all of which costs money and
credit to carry. Some of those have
dropped perceptibly at wholesale, but
not to the farmer / was informed by
reliable authority two months ago,
that there were enough automobile
tires stored in St. Paul and Minneapo-
lis to supply the Northwest for five to
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1920-12-22
Iri-County Show
Held Dec. 27-31
ANNUAL EVENT OF THREE
COUNTIES HELD AT TRACY
HIGH SCHOOL NEXT WEEK.

The seventh annual Corn and Grain
Show of Redwood, Lyon and Murray
Counties will be held at Tracy, De-
cember 27 to 81 inclusive. At the
same time will be held the second an
attention of Redwood County residents
nual Lyon County Poultry Show. The
ed by the officers and members of both
associations that as many as find it
possible shall attend these shows.
For the Corn and Grain Show $2500
is offered in prizes and premiums be-
side some special premiums. In addi-
tion to the exhibits of corn, all small
grains, potatoes, soy beans, ETC., there
will be the regular calf feeding con-
test for boys and girls, grain and
stock judging contests, a baking de-
partment which offers various bread
baking teams an opportunity to COM
pete and a ladies department for the
exhibition of baked foods, canned
goods and needlework. All DEPART
ments will have the benefit of expert
judges whose lectures during the
judging are an educational feature of
the show. There are also number
of other educational features on the
program.
Full information concerning the
rules covering the making of entries,
premiums ETC., may be obtained by
writing L. T. Andrew of Tracy, the
secretary of the association. Louis
Kelehan of Tracy will answer all in
quiries concerning the exhibition Of
poultry.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1920-12-22
House Votes to
Stabilize Prices
EMERG ENCY TARIFF BILL
PLANNED TO HELP FARM
PRICES.
Minneapolis JournaD

Washington, Dec. 18.-Two definite
steps to stimulate the market ano
check the price decline of farm pro-
ducts, were taken in the house late to-
day through the combined efforts of
the western and southern representa-
tives, in downing opposition from the
eastern manufacturing sections.
By vote of 212 to 81 the house, af-
ter three hours debate, passed in
amended form, the resolution of Sen
ator A. J. Gronna, of No. Dakota, pro-
viding for the revival of the war fin
ance corporation to aid in the ex-
portation Of farm products. The mea-
sure must go back to the senate be-
cause of the amendment, which struck
out the section expressing the opinion
of congress that the federal reserve
board should provide liberal exten-
sions or credit to farming sections
The senate passed the bill early last
week.
At the same time, the house ways
and means committee completed an
emergency tariff bill on farm products
in the record time of six hours. The
rates were placed SO high that they
are expected to act as an embargo
against the importation of the same
products.
The senate is expected to send the
resolution reviving the war finance
corporation to the president early next
week, and it is regarded as virtually
certain that he will veto it.
Votes in both houses, however, indi-
cate that it can be passed over veto.
Represent j. w. Fordney, chairman
of the ways and means committee, ex-
poets to push the emergency tariff bill
through the house next week. Many
of the products affected are now on
the free list. It established the follow
ing tariffs for one year:
Wheat, 80 cents bushel; wool in
the grease, Is cents pound; wool,
skirted, 20 cents a pound; sheep under
one year 81 each; over one year So;
mutton and lamb, 21a cents a pound;
cattle, 80 per cent ad valorem; wheat
flour 20 per cent ad valorem; corn, Is
cents bushel; potatoes 25 cents a
bushel; onions 40 cents bushel; pea
nuts and beans 2 cents a pound; rice,
uncleaned, n cents pound; cleaned,
cents; long staple cotton, Z cents a
pound; cotton seed, soya beans, cocoa
nut and peanut oils, 20 cents a gallon.
Supporting the war finance corpor-
alton resolution, Republican Leader F.
w. Mondell claimed that the recent
price declines have affected the farm
ers more than any other class and that
it is unwise to have such sudden de-
creaseS.
Europe wants our products" he
said. "The farmers have large sup
plies which they cannot sell. Private
capital cannot furnish the long time
credits necessary. 1t is up to the gov
ernment to aid. l believe no harm
can be done by the corporations re-
vival."
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1920-12-22
Chain Letters.

The land is again infested with a
scourge of chain letters-those vehi-
cles of ignorance and superstition
which spring up periodically for no
particular purpose. There is a dis
tinct and definite postal law against
these letters and anyone who is assist
ing in keeping the chain unbroken"
is consciously or unconsciously break
ing law of the United States Gov
ernment. Coming at this particular
season, when the mails are heavily en-
numbered with holiday mail, the chain
letters are an especial pest and SER
iously hamper the efficiency of the
mail service. Expend your supersti-
ton in some less harmful way-put
your chain letters in the waste basket
and forget about them!
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1920-12-22
Morgan Did This.

The Junior Red Cross of Morgan
did some wonderful pre-Christmas
work for the unfortunate children OF
Redwood County and elsewhere. I'm
der the direction of Clayton Ward
head of the Morgan Manuel Training
Department and Miss Emma Wells OF
the Domestic Science Department, and
with the assistance of the other mem
bers of the Morgan teaching corps,
this boys and girls made large num-
Der of toys to be used by the Red
Cross as Christmas gifts. The assort-
ment was a wonderful exhibition Of
what can be done by young people
when properly supervised and Inspir-
ed. All the toys were splendidly and
accurately made with a carefulness
and attention to details and appear
ance which speak highly for Mr..
Wards ability as supervisor and the
bedding for the doll beds, showed quite
as careful work on the part Of Miss
Wells and her workers. The list of
articles made is as follows.
II cradles, 20 hobby horses, 10 wa
gons, ID airplanes, 5 doll chairs, a
complete set of bedding for each OF
the five cradles.
A few of the articles made by the
Morgan Juniors form a very inter
esting part of the display of Junior
Red Cross work which may be seen
until Friday evening in the Gazette
window. Pictures were taken OF the
Morgan-made articles and these viii
be sent to the Northern Division head
quarters for use in publicity work.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1920-12-22
Ditch Hearing
Postponed Again
SLEEPY EYE CREEK DITCH NOT
TO BE UNDERTAKES UNTIL
JUNE 1921.

Redwood County Ditch No. 81,
known as the Sleepy Eye Greek ditch,
came before the County Board for fin
al hearing Monday, December 20.
A. c. Dolliff of this city appeared "a
attorney for the petitioners and Som
sen, Dempsey and Flor of New Ulm,
A. J. Praxel of Lamberton and A. K.
A. Laudon appeared on behalf of the
objectors. Some three hundred prop
erty owners were present.
This drain was petitioned for IN
1919. The first season was occupied
in mapping the surveys and the past
summer in viewing the land.
ID. w. Gibbs, engineer on the ditch,
states that the estimated cost Of the
entire project including the damage
is S1,677, 100000 and the total benefits
recommended by the viewers are 81
970,000.00. The ditch is proposed t)
drain some 10000 acres in Granite
Rock, Johnsonville and Waterbury
townships. The source of the main i,
located south OF Milroy ard the outlet
IN Sleepy Eye creek, north OF Wand
The engineer states that the project i&-
cludes some 35 miles of open ditch AMI
some ouu lHIIcS oI lIiS Gl3iH FlI y lI4e
from 6" to "a in size.
The entire past summer was occu-
pied by the viewers in their field work
examining all Of the territory inyOlv-
ed. The three viewers were; G. O.
Borg, James McGregor and r. G. Rog-
ers.
After hearing the attorneys for the
petitioners and objectors. the County
Board determined not to commence a
hearing of this magnitude before the
first of the New Year. 1t was also
deemed advisable tc delay the final
hearing for time so as to give all
parties interested ample lime to. pre-
pare the matter for complete presen~
tation. On motion of Mr.. Arends the
final hearing was continued till June
z, 1921 at ten O'CLOCK
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1920-12-22
Special Meetings
Continue in the
Church of Christ

ssThe kind of meetings we need in
Redwood Falls" and which Evangelist
Lowell c. Mcpherson, through the pas
tor of Church of Christ, has invited
the other churches and people of no
church to attend, are continuing
through this week and over next Sun
day. "There is a better opportunity
for real community service if the
churches are all united" simply as
Christians according with the Savior's
prayer, and forgetting what will not
be asked of any of us in His presence
in that Great Day, namely, whether
we shall have belonged to this or that
denomination, but simply whether we
shall have glorified "that name which
is above every other name" in our
wearing, and trying to live by it. Be
cause His apostle Peter has taught
that, "if man suffer as a Christian,
let him not be ashamed, but let him
glorify God in this name."
And the great John Wesley said:
Would to God that all party names
and unscriptural phrases and forms
which have divided the Christian
world were forgotten, and that we, as
humble, loving disciples might sit
down at the Masters feet, read His
Holy Word, imbibe His Spirit and
transcribe His life into our own. With
reference to the name Christian, l
would say, there is none like that;
give it to me, and in life and in death
| would glorify God in this name" "
Martin Luther said, 81 pray you, leave
my name alone; and not to call your
selves Lutherans, but Christians.
Mr.. Mcpherson is announcing ser
mon subjects as follows:
Tuesday evening, 7:45, Conversion
of Young People"
Wednesday, .'The Ministry of SYM
pathyn
SIM
Friday, What Must Do to Be Saw
ed?''
Sunday, II a. M, ''The Great Com
mission"
Sunday, 7:so, Sowing and Reap
ing"
Everybody is welcome. Contribut-
ed.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1920-12-22
Rev. TeaChOut
Gives Fine Talk
MEMS CLUB MEETING AT METH
ODIST CHURCH WELL ATTEND
ED. NEW ORGANIZATION.

The Mems Club of the Methodist
Church met in the dining room Of the
church last Wednesday evening, with
Rev. E. C. Teachout of Winnebago as
the guest of honor. The company
of the city and of the various church
es, was served with fine menu by
the ladies of the church. Covers were
laid for nearly hundred guests.
Following the banquet short meet
ing of organization was held with D.
L. Crimmins presiding. A board of
directors was elected and the follow
ing officers chosen from the members
of this board; H. G. Hubbard, presi-
dent, D. l.. Crimmins, vice-president,
John Kuck, Sec.-Treas., and two mem
bers. Fred Murset and A. J. White
were appointed to serve with the Of
ficers as an advistory committee.
The toast master then introduced
Rev. Teachout who as a member of
of the Commission for the Aged, talk
ed at length on the need of providing
homes for the INDECENT aged of the
state. The commission of which Mr.
Teachout is chairman was appointed q
by Governor Burnquist to provide
some plan for the care of the states
older residents who may not be othel-
wise provided for.
Mr. Teachout carefully explaine
the need of such an arrangement, the
plan which is to make it possible for
persons to have real home care instead
of institutional care during their last
years, and to have this care under such
arrangements as will make it not
wholly a charitable matter. He also
explained something of what has al
ready been done by himself and the
other members of the commission who
are Sen. Frank Putnam of Blue Earth,
Charles A. Vasaly of st. Cloud, John
Sanborn of st. Paul, Col. C. E. Faux
ner of Minneapolis. A part of the
plans is to obtain from the coming
legislature some action toward the
providing of Sunset Homes where ell
derly people may be cared for. Fol-
lowing Mr.. Teachout's talk several
short talks were given by local men
including H. NJ. Aune, H. A. Baldwin.
F. Clague, A. d. Stewart and J. F.
Conner.
Arrangements are now being made
for the next meeting of this Club
which will be held early in the new
year. At this time the officers are
hoping to secure JOS. Chapman of
Minneapolis as the speaker of the ev-
ening, and it is already announced
that chicken pie will be feature of
the supper menu.