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THE BEE: OMAHA. MONDAY, AUGUST 2. 1920.
FARMER'S FORD
IS TAKEN WHEN
BOOZE IS FOUND
Harry Vanderpool Started in
Whisky Business to Boost
Income, Revenue Of
'. ficers Say. "
Hamburg. , la.. Aug. 1. Harry
Vanderpool, 27 years old, who has
a wife, two children and a 90-acre
farm worth about $10,000, decided
that he was not making money fast
enough. He. arrived at that decision
several months ago. Then, with a
couphj of stills, corn, copper vats
and, other accessories needed for the
(deration of a distillery he set about
to boost the Vanderpool family in
tome, according to federal officers
v ho arrested the farmer today on
a charge of moonshini::g.
The Vanderpool farm is near Mc
i'aul, in Fremont count)'. When in
ernal revenue officers, led by Sum
ner Knox of Council Bluffs, raided
he place today they found two stills,
250 gallons of corn -and apple sour
viasli, a 10-gallon keg and five quart
bottles filled with the finisl-ed prod
uct. The five quarts were found in
brand new Ford, which resulted
ii confiscation of the car.
The distillery was located in a
shed near the Vanderpool home,
only a short distance from the mam
i raveled road. It was apparent that
'he operator had not made an effort
to conceal his plant.
Vanderpool was brought to Him
luirg late today and lodged in the
rounty jail pending arraignment.
Growth of Absentee Farm
Landlordism One Cause
of Migration to Cities
Tenantry One of Problems - Over Which Experts
Wrinkle Wicked Brows High Prices of Land
Discourage Hired Men, Trying to Get a Start
Many Rented Farms Robbed of Fertility.
Parent? Problems
VI. What course should be fol
lowed with a surly boy of 15?
JDo whatever may be possible to
4velop his sense of humor. Make
Mire that his diet is correct and
that he is well. Have a short talk
with him, about the ugliness of
urliness; conclude it by telling him
that a good-humored boy is
"everybody's favcrite." 1
By ARTHUR M. EVANS.
1 hlr&c s TsJbane-Omaha Be Imtl Wit.
Sioux City, la., Aug. 1. Farm
tenantry is one of the problems
over which the production experts
have been wrinkling a wicked brow.
The growth of absentee landlordism
in many states, particularly those
east of the Mississippi, has been
held up as one cause for migration
from the countryside to the city fac
tories. High prices of land, capitalized n
many sections beyjond its actual
value, have discouraged the hired
man, whose ambition has always
been to get a stake in the land, and
have made him more responsive to
the call of the big cities, shorter
hours, greater pay, and to his dis
illusionment also, the far higher
cost of living.
Also by tenantry lands have
been stripped and. robbed meaning
lessened productivity per acre. .
As yet the theorists are still in
the bog. Commissions in some
states, as in Illinois, are seeking to
assemble data and to find out just
what bearing tenantry has upon
agricultural output, farm labor sup
ply, and the cost of a loaf of bread
in the city baker's shop.
Tenants Not Increasing.
In advance of the 1920 census re
ports the general theory has been
that tenantry has grown at such a
rapid rate during 'the last 10 years
that 50 per cent of the farms of
America are now run by renters.
When in doubt the guessers always
seem to hoist the 50-50 flag.
, Out here in the tall uncut, how
ever, absentee landlordism has not
(-increased at such a rate. This tour
of inquiry has now passed through
four states Illinois, Missouri, Kan
sas and Nebraska. -and has found
conditions as to tenantry exceed
in pi v variable.
Two points lhay protrude from
talks with hundreds of farmers and
small city business. men are these:
1. Under the. general practice
nowadays, the tenant by Ms con
tract is bound tp fertilize the lands;
there must be rotation of crops; the
owner sees to it that the juice is
not squeezed out of -his source of
income, the land.
2. In a large part of the mid
west grain belt th growth of ten
antry, has been overestimated; so
has the .matter of depopulation of
the rural regions.
Most of Renters Satisfied.
Starting in Illinois, the seeker for
enlightenment found in the Mon-
mouth-Galesburg sector of the corn
belt that tenantry had grown to the
50 per cent mark. Some authori
ties placed it at 60 per cent. They
attributed it to the high price of
land, $350 to $450 an acre and even
higher. But they testified that sat
isfaction reigned on the part of the
tenants largely because most of the
rentals "ate on the half-and-half
basis.
Over the river in Missouri, in. the
rich land between Chillicothe and
Excelsior Springs, men in a posi
tion to know said tenantry was not
on the increase. The number of
renters, perhaps, is growing, ' but
the number of hired men who be
come owners is growing still faster.
Several instances were cited where
farm hands who had saved $1,000
and paid it down on a chunk of
land with good crops had become
owners in two or three years. Land
values are not so high here as in
Illinois, but, then, neither is the
crop yield.
In Kansas, where in sections the
corn is growing so high and fast
that it looks like Lombard' pop
lars, a regular Mormon landscape,
and the wheat is bursting the gran
aries with a . bumper crop, many
experts had fancied tenantry during
the last decade had jumped lo the
50 per cent point. But last week,
when the Department of Agricul
ture tabulated reports from the as
sessors returns from 41 counties,
they showed only 30 per cent of the
farms were run by tenants. In 1910
about one-third of Kansas farms
were rented.
Slow Growth in Nebraska.
In Nebraska, so the state census
of farms indicates, '44.3. per cent of
th farms are occupied by tenants.
Ia 1910 it was 38.4 per cent In 1900
it was 37 per cent Thus in the last
10 years tenantry has gTown about
6 points or 15 per cent
An analysis' of the figures indi
cates the largest increase in ten
antry has come where 'lands are
highest, most farmers in these sec
tions retiring to live on the velvet
Where lands is cheaper ownership
is easier to acquire.
In some communities, such as
Fremont, Neb., where land is high,
we find some tenants have banked
enough to start paying for high
priced farms of thei own. Much
depends on management. Many
prosperous farmers, as their bank
accounts grew, hire been buying
farms for their sons, which is not
actual tenantry. In Kansas and Ne
braska, during thp last two years,
thousands of farmers, according to
slate authorities, have turned over
their farms to their sons, upon their
discharge from service on a 50-50
basis. . -
schools in Nebraska. Central High,
Omaha; High School of Commerce,
Omaha; Lincoln High school, Lin
coln. 2. What was the total national
debt at the end of the Civil war?
$2,844,649,626.
3. What was the result of Ihe vote
taken in congress early in 186 on
the question of submitting the con
stitutional amendment abolishing
slavery? It failed.
4. One historian said: "Lincoln re
joiced when the great job was end
ed." What did he mean by the
"fereat job?" Carrying of the resolu
tion to abolish slavery.
5. What officer is at the head of
the Executive department of the
United States? The president
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By J.'h. BEVERIDGE.
1. In what ancient building is the
famous "Court of Lions?"
2. Who wrote "The Battle Hymn
of the Republic?"
3. Who wrote the book "The Son
of the Middle Border?" '
4. Of what kind of soil ar the
-plains of the Yellow river of China
composed?
.5From what is gun cotton made?
(Answers Published Thursday.)
THURSDAY'S ANSWERS.
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WHY?-
Do We Speak of Minding One's
P s and Q's?"
(Copjrisht. 1?0. ' By the Whetler
Syndicate, lac.)
This egression, the equiva
lent of being extremely careful
op watching one's step, arose
in the printing-house where the
small "p" and "q" in Roman
type have always confused the
printer's apprentice on account
of their similarity in appearar.ee
when the type 'is mixed or
"pied." For this reason, one of
the first instructions given to the
apprentice who aspired to be
come a printer was to "'mind his
p's and q's or, in other words,
not to get them mixed tip so
that they would be interchanged
in printing.
Additional emphasis was
placed upon the phrase through
the custom of bar-rdoms and
saloons of keeping track of pur
chases of ber and ale through
out the week by writing a "B"
upon the credit book for each
pint of liquor sold but not paid
for and a "Q" for each quart.
On Saturday, when the printers
and laborers had received their
pay, they would be greeted by
the saloonkeepers with the cry,
"Mind your R's and Q's"
which was a gentle method of
informing them that there would
be no more drinks served until
the account was settled.
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