The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-08-03
The Farm and the Farmer
BY William r. sanborn

! The close of the present week will
see the end OF the wheat threshing
season in Wayne and adjoining coun-
ties. Threshing of oats will continue
a few days longer, then the separa-
! tors will again go into storage Tor al
most a year. A good threshlng rig
costs lot of money. 1t is IN use but
a short period, and in the hottest sea-
SON of the year. 1t costs considerable
i to man and run such an outfit, also
to move it from one farm to another
In addition TO all this the work is hard
and driving. In looking back over a
! number of years we fail to recall any
| owner of a threshing rig who has re-
! tired worth q million dollars. Not that
! these worthy men don't deserve to
have all the money they can enjoy,
and to own live stock on hundred
hills, for they do. But for some
| strange reason they fail to hit the ball
Blu. for the fact that these thteshers
| are mostly farmers, who work late and
early and do up their chores before
i and after meals, the noble and ancient
order of threshermen would throw up
! the sponge and go out of business.
i This thought gives US creepy shlv-
/ ers. We hate to think OF going DacK
to the treading out of the grain as IN
;! the DAYS of Abraham, or of those OF
] our grandfathers, who were mighty
with the fail. Let us then be kind
TO the thresherman within our barn
lots and thus assure him of our kind
I regards and of our hope that he VIII
continue in business, whether ne
makes any money or not.
Oats at Different Prices.
Three scholarly gentlemen who are
addicted to making a living in the
i grain elevator business gave US their
paying prices on oats on Wednesday
: evening. The first man said: I'VE
have been able to buy few loads OF
: oats. a very fair article, at &c cents.
Number two said: THE oats in this
: section will not come on the market;
there are but few OF them, as the crop
was light. Still, we have bought a
load or two at % cents. Number three
; said: 81 think we have bought about
: 500 bushels of oats at 80 to 81 cents:
We need these oats for our retail
), trade. Farmers are not at all anxious
to sell oats; they can use them more
!; profitably at home"
Now. then. having read the above
) and considered the matter; what are
oats worth in Wayne county? Don't
/ all shout at once.
The Milton Grain company took IN
little contract wheat at 81 cents
, on Wednesday, and we picked up
. spot or two where as high as SO cents
, was paid on delivery of wheat bought
. some DAYS ago. Nevertheless, the pre-
: vailins prices in Wayne and nearby
! Indiana counties all this week has
! been 50 cents at country points. Cen
: terville got a few loads at that price
on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Are Out of Coal.
I'VE have taken care of all oul
threshers,'' said our friend at Green
, Fork, "but we are now on our las
legs. In fact five or six tons is all the
4 coal we have left"
( And this statement voices the condl
!. ton at other points in the Richmond
. territory.
/ The progressive youngsters comprls
, | ing the Webster township corn clut
!. are to give an ice cream social at the
Friends church in Webster, on Friday
!. evening. Cake, ice cream and music
:, are the set attractions and everyone
. will be welcome.
: Commission Charges Too High.
III Washington is as full of bureaus anC
: administrative departments q s an egs
= is full of meat One of the latest o
!, these swivel chair and glass-topped
. desk official emporiums came into be
ing through the passage of the las
: packers and stockyards' act, now il
{ force and effect for governing TIL
, packers and limiting the ownership o
the stock in stockyards, switchln;
I roads, etc.
No one denies that the packers need
: ed a little judicious regulating, no
IN q
should be let run wild. Nor has
been. The meat and live stock in
| spection law, the regulation OF tn
manufacture of oleomargarine, tn
| condemnation of diseased animals a
disclosed by inspection, are publ
measures of great national importance
;, each of which has been in force TO
many years.
; Right now the packers and STOCK
Yards administration at Washingto
n has been handed a new nut to cracl
e Thirteen state live stock associations
[ the National Wool Growers and tn
} American National Live Stock associs
ton have filed charges against tn
commission men operating in wester
\ live stock markets, from Chicago t
Portland.
II Charges are that the commissio
men are maintaining UNJUST, unret
sonabIe, and discriminatory rates fo
the purchase and sale of live stock,
$ and of conducting IAN .overdone an
e overmanned business"
$ Rates Advanced 100 Percent.
q The complaints were sent out Jul
Z 90 by the secretary of agriculture
each of the defendants, who were gil
: en- until Sept l to file an answer c
= satisfy the complaints.
The organizations making the con
g plants represent that the live stoc
e commission charges are substantial
100 percent higher than those prevail
ing on these markets in 1905: thu
they are unlawful and should be r
10 duced.
They also complain that Charge
Z. are discriminatory in that a gres
s average per car charge is imposed an
collected on shipments of certai
ri classes of light weight live stock tina
IS is imposed on heavier animals whel
smaller number is loaded in a car.
D., Demands Overcharge Refunds.
1t scarcely seems probable that th
A. parties in action really expect that tn