The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-10-14
w. n. Gold of RedWoods
Falls, Talks Conditions
TRADE OVER THE OCEAN
Farmers Abroad Receiving More
For Products Than Those In
This Country

Gold has returned from his trip to
Europe. In an interview with The
Redwood Falls Star. Mr.. Gold recited
conditions in Europe. a.,
I'VE were fortunate in finding very
nice, quiet weather both ways, COM
ing and going. find the trip across
the water ia being made much Of by
business people who want to take
just lew weeks rest. About ten days
over and ten days back gives q per
son q very fne rest. The salt sea air
Is very conductive to rest and sleep,
aud the accommodations and food
On the average steamer Is very sat
isractory these days,
Economic conditions in England
are bad enough, but they cannot be
placed right on the face OF things. A
tFip through England ID very denght-
full.
"The farms are all cut up into
small plots Of three to ten acres, each
enc surrounded by q neat hedge
fence. There ID plenty of man power
in that country and the farms there
Redwood county. Tho stock was very
pleasing 10 look at. They have been
hundreds OF years culling out the
poor types and cattle and sheep look
very much better than they would In
q similar run through any part OF the
United States, .... .s
Good Typo Of Cattle
Farmers have very good type OF
CATTLE. hogs, sheep and chickens. The
daes than our farmers do, but a close
analysis Of the expense and income
shows about the same results there
as here, talked with one farmer
vino had rented thirteen acres OF
land for an ont field. He paid the
owner of the land 1925 rent; income
tax 10 the government, $3.50; local
taxes On tho land which he agreed to
pay, $751; taxes to the Church OF Eng
land, $ss, He thon had threshing ex-
panses and there being other items
tfat brought the total expenditure on
liis thirteen acres UP TO $3.50. He
lhreshei 700 bushels Of oats for
which he received 1856. He then sold
thS straw .or $40. gross income SS25,
'fpis left him about s45 which includ /.
ed blowing. seeding. narrowing and
fail and part In the spring. He had
gegs over the land during the diner
saE operations eight diIreTent times
glowing the labor that they put on
iksir rarms there. fhis farmer was
complaining just like our farmers in
Rsd.ood county are complaining
sBout THO low returns TO-DAY.
No Corn In England
"a pleasing thing Is 10 see the hay,
Straw and the grain in stacks, nice,
peat little stacks all with matched
roofs which shed water, giving q
very delightful appearance and In
curing a good quality OF products.
. hey do not raise and corn in hing
ls:id. All small grain Is called corn
ed what we call corn is called
ilaize. Potatoes were failure there
England are extremely high and
everyone Us complaining. Just like
Lraefica they lay II into the leaders
which in England happens TO be
Lloyd George
"Engiond nas had the same boom
.R land values that we had here in
tie United States. and The PEOPLE
WHO bought during the high prices are
suffering Just like we are here. Many
tenants who have been renting the
same farm for generations purchased
during this opportunity, the we'll to
do people or land owners selling out
on account of the high taxes, and
how they fnd everything that they
had saved up swept away.
England has about the same per-
centage. perhaps little larger per,
centage Of idle people than we have
Factories are closing down and slow
ing I'D all over the country. They lay
81 all to the rate of exchange. How
ever, there Is something deeper than
that. They are very much disturbed
over the Irish situation, and condi-
lions in Europe,
Friendly to- America
They are exceedingly friendly To
Americans and are very anxious fol
o closer utilization with America on
ain London conditions were quite
similar to any large American city
One Of the noticeable things Is, u
course, the great age Of the buildings
institutions, firms, to any one comma
SO new, comparatively speaking. In
many ways we can learn much oil
England. In many other ways We
have great advantages and have
made greater progress In this coun
try. One of the troubles over there Is
that IL is so hard for them to change
their way of doing things and we
found many things being done Jus'
the same now as they were hundreds
of years ago.
'sThe Ecumenial conference was Q
great feature. The delegates Were
from all over the world; other church
as were represented in fraternal re-
lations, and the discussions were
world wide in character, and wei
worth being privileged to attend.
"a short trip of i've DAYS to Belgi-
UNI and France, principally through
the war area was intensely interest
ing, and really heart rendering. A
splendid recovery Is being made
Belgium seems to be very prosperous
as all her people are busy. The same
was practically true of France. Lact
of employment was not near so evil
dent in France as In England or here
in the States. We are told that In
Germany everybody Is very busy and
facories are running full blast, and
there seems to be a great prosperity
there on the face OF things"
Post Master at owatonna
Owatonna, October 10.-Minot J.
Brown has been appointed postmas-
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