The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-04-24
The Farm and the Farmer
BY William r. sanoorn

Mrs. Farmer answered the phone
and said: MIR. Farmer is not in. No,
he didn't go to town today. He is out
in the field sowing oats, trying to
make up for lost rainy days. Oh, yes;
he says if the weather is favorable
for oats We are likely to have good
crop, even if sown late. l like him to
have a little rest on Saturdays, espe-
cially from noon on, so he can go to
town, meet his friends there and forger
his farm work and the everlasting
chores farmer finds to do.
Yes, of course he does Fact is
we all go to Richmond on Saturdays,
when we can. John wouldn't think
of letting US stay at home, if we have
a little shopping to do, as is usually
the case where there. are children to
love and care for. Oh, certainly, the
children enjoy the ride, the peering in
at store windows, the inevitable candy.
cream cones and all such. They are
much disappointed today, because pa
pa is out in the field instead of being
out with them in the car"
And the Mrs. Farmer of our chat
wasn't the only farm wife who could
have told that same story last Satur-
day. Farmers with a lot of belated
work to do in their fields. just had to
stay at home to do it. This explains
the absence of so many farm families
who are usually found on our streets
and in our stores, on Saturday These
missed the pleasure of their weekly
visit to town and the merchants miss
ed seeing their interested, smiling
faces in the stores. What has been
said of the regular Saturday visitors
to Richmond also applies to our
friends who throng Centerville, Cam
bridge City, Hagerstown, Lynn, Foun-
tain City. Williamsburg, Eaton, Lib
erty, Camden and numerous other
town and village centers in this ra-
dius.
Tax on Farm Lands.
Illinois farmers are telling the
Orange-Judd Farmer little, pungent
stories about how their taxes have
been increasing from year to year
Said one farmer: 'In 1913 I bought
$50 acres and my tax was SIS. This
year the same land pays 5000 An
other farmer writes: "In 1916 l paid
$3.50 and this year $167.25. One man
tells the editor that his tax last year
on 100 acres was $558.42, or more
than the farm would rent for a few
years ago" One discouraged land
owner says: "If taxes continue to rise,
my wife and in our old age will lose
the little farm we have worked SO
hard to get"
The letters printed are but samples
of more than one-hundred received by
the editor, all relating to farm taxa
ton in Illinois These stories can
doubtless be duplicated in every agri-
cultural state. Have any of our farm
readers any comment to make as to
the increase in their own tax bills.
If so, tell us.
Harvester Co., In Russia.
The International Harvester COM
pany is once more increasing its force
in Russia. A report from Riga. dated
April 20, states that six officials. two
with their wives, had arrived there,
enroute for Moscow The members
of the party, 1t was said, speak a to-
tai of eleven languages. 1t is rather
surprising to learn that the two Har-
vester plants are the only known fac
tories in Russia which were not ma
tionalized under soviet rule. 1t is
further said that these plants have
been continuously producing machin-
cry under the management of Mich
olas drumming, a German, who has
never left his post. The Harvester
officials left Russia in 1920. George
A. Ranney, treasurer of the Interna-
tional, says that the activities of these
plants have been uninterrupted since
the revolution and the party above
mentioned is made up of reinforce
ments to the staff in Russia Previ-
Gus to the revolution the two Russian
plants are credited with turning out
10000 machines annually. The pro-
gram of rebuilding and extension will
now be fastened
Our friends who raise tobacco, and
who may worry regarding occasional
indications of an anti-tobacco crusade,
will cease their fretting after reading
Bob Ingersolfs unrivalled tribute to
the soothing smoke, as enjoyed by
smokers the world around No pro
duct of nature having such qualities
as Ingersoll describes, once enshrined
in the tastes and habits of any people.