Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 July 1917 — THE AVERAGE REFORMER. [ARTICLE]

THE AVERAGE REFORMER.

IPWM Crop improvement Service.] Tie average reformer having so I little at stike himself, plunges about rLie a bull in.a china shop, regardi Jess :c£~ she results of,his ardor, As amusing incident is told of the Secretary of Commerce. The can mti-thactarers pat up a howl that rriiwa they could get tin-plate to mxkr xp. no canning of fruits and vegetables could be done, so without in-:* u? over the field it is said that « trier was made that steel was to he divested by the manufacturers i rim other projects and put at the i.- of the can manufacturers, i- wiwot an right on the face of it, fc-: when, the manufacturers of hartfstts machinery demanded steel .wb_-;b they contracted; for, and found that there was not steel for aprons, ;t haring been diverted to cans, a liUriy-np call modifying the order tis issued, so that our harvesting machines could be made in time for the growing crop. This -Iliastrates how many plans are Ignorantly made robbing Peter to pay Paul Every enthusiast via »a pet reform which is always hitting some other business Instead of his owß, never looks a n ini to see what the effect will be before he plunges. The manufacturers of feed and the most successful feeders in the country have a right to demand that delicate machine —-the dairy cow—shall not te wrecked by hasty legislation. Rerotßliodary reforms are seldom ettcucioas. Anything which disturbs lie feed, equilibrium should be handled gradually. Experience has sic vn shat the most efficient way to ian:> cereal products is to remove tie human food first and feed the residue to.- stock. * Any other system is sheer extravagance..;;