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BOYS , GET A FARM I
J. Sterling Mortoii , Ex-Secretary of
Agriculture , iu n recent article in the
Saturday Evening Post , expresses the
conviction that within the next fifty
years , all farming lands that are at all
well-located , anywhere in the United
States , will bo worth at least from $200
to $300 per acre , while those lying close
to market and the cities will be worth
more yet. He says that this will not be
duo to speculation in agricultural lands ,
bxit simply to the demands which our
rapidly increasing population will make
upon lauds of that class. Ho advises the
yoitug men of this country to get farms
to take up homesteads if possible and
to improve them as rapidly as possible
and then hold onto them. Ho soys that
nothing that he knows of in the line of
what is called , "legitimate business"
promises so well as does the securing of
desirable farming lands before the price
goes any higher.
He calls attention to the fact that iu
spite of the so-called "dull times" of the
past six or eight years , the price of farm
ing lauds has steadily advanced , and
he says they are bound to go higher ,
right along.
This article would bo incomplete did
wo not say that in our opinion , farming
can bo made to pay in St. Louis county
about as well as in any other portion of
the country , so that it is not necessary
for one desiring-afarm to go away out
to Kansas or Nebraska , or even to the
western portion of the state or to the
Dakotas. All that is needed to "make
farming pay" here is to know how to
farm to carry on farming operations
intelligently. For instance , it is not
worth while for a farmer in this vicin
ity to waste his time in raising wheat.
We do not say this for the reason that
this country will not produce a good
crop of that cereal , for as a matter of
fact it can produce the very best of
wheat ; but we make this statement be
cause laud here will prodtico far more
profitable crops than wheat. For a
farmer in this county to make a special
ty of raising wheat , would be trying to
beat the Red River farmer "at his own
game. " Let the Red River farmer on
the open prairie go ahead with his
wheat raising ; but let the St. Louis
county farmer turn his attention to
other matters to products that he can
raise far more profitably.
For instance , we are safe in saying
that this county is not to-day produc
ing the one hundredth part of the vege
tables , butter , eggs , cheese , poultry ,
strawberries , blackberries , currants , pie
plant and celery , &c. &c. , that her people
ple consume ; and yet this county is ad
mirably adapted to produce all these
staple family necessities.
There is no other class of people in
the country that wo know" of who are
passing along "through this vale of
tears , " with fewer tears and more com
fortably , than are the scores of well-to-
do farmers in Hermantowii ; and what
they are doing , tens of thousands more
industrious and intelligent farmers
could do. By the way , it would open
tlie eyes of thousands of people in this
city who "have their noses on the grind
stone" and who are struggling so hard
to make ends meet and to live "respect
ably" on meager salaries , should they
go out and visit around for a few days
amongst those same Hermantowii farm
ers and see how nicely they are getting
along. They secure here in Duluth "a
gilt-edged price" for any thing that
they have [ to sell and that is all that a
farmer any place asks.
We will close as we began , "Boys , get
a farm and hold on to it ! " The Duluth
Tribunal , July 27 , 1901.
COMMENTS ON THE CONSERVATIVE.
The editor of the Nebraska Oity
CONSERVATIVE is a thinker , and some
times confronts the people with homely
truths. In instance :
"Every man and woman holding the
office of parent ought to realize the fact
that the children are drafted into this
world , that they came into the battle of
life not as volunteers , but as conscripts.
The fathers and mothers of the land are
responsible for the existence of the
children , and the obligation is largely
upon the parents to so develop , physi
cally and mentally , those children , as to
make them good citizens. Under our
modem school system , the duties of
parenthood are very much lessened , ap
parently , by the attempt of the state to
act as parent-general for all families.
Thus the common-school system , to
gether with the purchase of the text
books for pupils , has in a manner , re
leased the fathers and mothers of the
country from a natural duty and obli
gation. "
Editor Morton believes in such
ameudation of the common-school sys
tem of the United States as would ren
der eligible to tuition at public expense
only children whose parents should , un
der oath , declare themselves unable to
pay for it. The California ! ! , July 20th ,
1901.
In the Crete Democrat of the 17th
instant , Colonel Bowlby comments , af
ter reproducing an editorial paragraph
from THE CONSERVATIVE as to its edi
tor , and refers to the death of his young
est son , Carl Morton , which occurred
January 7th , 1901 , as follows :
"His mind's eye should be fixed on
the future , life should be to him only a
transitory form of eternal existence ,
and death a welcome messenger from
the Judge who rewards the deserving.
Trouble should come only while the life
or existance of a near one , is at stake ;
when the final ordeal is passed , then the
trouble should be over and the mind re
turn to its daily routine , satisfied with
the results. "
The Pioneer Grip , of Alliance , Box
Butte county , Nebraska , reproduces in
full , a CONSERVATIVE editorial upon the
obligations of parents to their children
and kindly remarks :
"So many articles are published these
days concerning the proper training of
children and written by people having
neither children nor the inclination to
get them that the public has come to
look upon such advice with a feeling of
contempt or disgust. However , when a
man having achieved the success of J.
Sterling Morton , in giving to the world
a family of the eminent attainments
possessed by his own sons , has anything
to say , it is given thoughtful considera
tion and attention. The following arti
cle taken from the Nebraska City CON
SERVATIVE must be admitted by all
thoughtful persons as containing ideas
eminently correct. "
POLITICAL.
"In all New England , except Massa
chusetts , in New York , New Jersey ,
Delaware , Maryland , Pennsylvania ,
Ohio , Indiana , Illinois , and Missouri , in
all the South , except South Carolina ,
the organization is against the campaign
Mr. Bryan is now conducting in the
Commoner. " says the Louisville Post.
"Mr. Bryan is fighting a buzz-saw. Ho
will yet learn the real character of the
machine he fondled and smiled upon
last year. "
Speaking of Gov. OdelTs visit to Buf
falo , the Courier says : "This is not a
Pan-American pleasure trip , but a visit
of inspection to state institutions. It is
creditable to the governor that he is
willing to take this midsummer period
for so important and arduous a task.
He has thus far given the state a
business-like administration , and if he
and the legislators who control the
appropriation of public money can find
places whore economies can be effected
without injuring the efficiency of the
institutions , they will be entitled to the
thanks of the tax-payers. "
Chairman Jones , of the democratic
national committee , in dropping Mr.
Bryan , suggests that the next candidate
of the party for president may be some
obscure person , not now thought of in
connection with the exalted position.
Commenting upon this suggestion , the
Philadelphia Record says : "In these
days , when everybody who is popularly
regarded as anybody , lives in the glare
of publicity , it would be difficult for
Chairman Jones to find a candidate for
the presidency possessing the requisite
quality of obscureuess. When found
he might prove a woeful choice. In
stead , then , of searching for an obscur
ity , it would be much better to nonnj-
nate for the presidency some demoorai
who is well known to the people for his
qualities as a political leader and states
man. "
