Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-10-19
USUAL PRESIDENTIAL YEAR DE-
PRESTON APPARENT, SAYS
VETERAN AucTIoNEER.
BUYERS, HOWEVER, ARE
ABLE TO PAY CASH
A. p. Mason Says Depression in Val.
ues of Farm Products 10 Due
Largely to Democratic inefficienoy
Noticeable Decrease of Number
of Travelling Men Now on Road.
lBy 9. E. wilson,

Union, Oct. IA. p. Mason, vet
eran auctioneer, referring to condi-
lions of the current times as they
affect his business. said in substance:
II have conducted ppblic sales thru
eight presidential campaigns and the
same depression Of this season has
been present in the other .seven.
Everybody has como to expect this
and 1t is nothing at all unusual. At
sale near the town of Written re-
rently where $4,000 worth Of stun
changed hands all except S1.400 was
PAID In cash; in the case OF a $4,000
sale near Gilman the amount OF
credit taken was almost nothing; at
a local market day sale the credit
buying was only about one-tenth of
the whole, but in spite Of these show
fngs the selling Of farm stuff is diff
cult and slow. and there Is a plain
cause. of the trouble. The producer Is
getting the worst of 1t at the hands
OF this administration. Corn has
dropped from $1.75 bushel to 20
cents. OF course the farmer ought to
have sold when the price was high
and In thousands OF instances he
tried to do SO and failed for the we'll
known reason that railroad cars were
not to be obtained. And now the only
way in which he might save himself.
viz, the buying and feeding OF stock,
Is threatened by lack OF capital to
buy with. II means for this purpose
We're available corn would mighty
soon go back to around q dollar q
bushel and many farmer would in
that way come out at least even on
this years work, q thing he certainly
will not do unless this tearing down
OF grain prices is stopped. OF course.
this administration should not be ex-
peeted to loan money to every farmer
to hold back his products until they
will bring exorbitant prices. but fur
nishing him with credit to buy stock
to feed up the grain that he has been,
encouraged to produce in the expec-
tatton of disposing of at living pdices
Is different thing"
Everything In the line OF business.
favorable or otherwise, being this
year charged or credited to prevail
ing political conditions. the authority
quoted concluded with: "And the
whole business is just another ex-
ample Of democratic inefficiency."
Commenting on election probabiii-
ties q voter laid down the principle
that the administration Is always at
q disadvantage because Of a tendency
on the part Of the average voter to
favor q change. There's an con the
other hand" side to this matter, how
ever, as will be apparent from what
follows. A. lady who is preparing to
exercise her newly-acquired prerogp-
tive proclaimed herself q democrat
and gave the reason for her political
faith. She said: Ever since can
remember there has been talk Of do
ing away with liquor traffic. Repub-
ncan administrations one after an
other came into power and went out
without having accomplished any
thing along this line. Finally the
good work is accomplished and It has
been done under q democratic adj
ministration, therefore I'm going to
be democrat" And the picture Of
a democratic candidate for high Of
flce hangs in the window Of the
house in which that lady lives.
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There is noticeable difference in
the number of travelling men on the
road these days as compared with
that of six months ago. Where at
that time half a dozen men were
stopping at the smaller towns but
half that number or less are to be