People's Pilot, Volume 6, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 August 1896 — Page 2
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reforms demanded in your, as in our platform, and if thereby McKinley instead of Bryan is elect ed, we. because we refuse to j abandon, but instead will labor earnestly to strengthen our party organization, will replace the Democratic as the second, if we do not take the place of the first party, in the nation while the Democracy, split, defeated, convicted by the calm, after judgment of the people of being responsible for the defeat of its own ticket and of the reforms so urgently needed by the people, the Democratic party will sink to the third place and in all probably be wiped out of existence. What has occurred in Kansas in the past year, the almost wiping out of the Democratic part}', will occur in every state. The populist party, strong and vigorous, and with the confidence of the people in that it has offered even its own life that the people might be free, yet refused stubbornly to die until it could be indubitably proven that thereby a danger to plutocracy would not be removed, the populist party will surge to the front upon the wave of public confidence and esteem and it and its leaders will assume control of the nation, instead of what yet may be, if Democrats are either wise, patriotic, or disposed to deal fairly with us who have shown our readiness to be more than fair to them.
No man may foretell with positiveness the future but logically considered the result of refusing to put Mr. Watson in place of Mr. Sewall will be as I have pointed out. It is with you, the Democrats who profess to desire a union, to give us that which will establish confidence among us, make the union or national ticket perfect and lead up to victory from which will naturally follow that perfect union in all the states, which means re-es-tablishing your party in power permanently; or it means a failure to unite through your refusal to be just, or patriotic, or even parlizonly wise, and if defeat follows in November upon you and not upon us shall rest the onus of defeat, and following it still further loss of confidence in your wisdom and your patriotism and the final death of your party organization through absorption of your voters by the Republicar s on the one hand and the populists on the other. It is with you to choose, for as far as you are concerned we have no further right of choice, having doß'e all that reason, or honor, or patriotism will permit
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A Trip Thrnugh Missouri and Iowa.
The state of Missouri lias an area of 68,735 square miles or 42. • 990,400 acres of land. The northern portion is level pairie land with rich bottoms. The state is well watered by streams.springs, etc. The land is very fertile, producing corn, wheat, hemp, oats, tobacco, potatoes, and all vegetables and fruits, especially peaches. We passed through the northern portion of Missouri on the St. Joe & Hamilton division of the Burlington route, passing the towns of She! bin a, Macon, Bucklin, Meadville, Cameron and St. Joe. The crops were very good ■ in the north part of Missouri. Most 100 much wet weather in the Eastern part of the state. The representative farmers and businessmen from and near the above mentioned towns boarded our train and traveled with us giving desirable information in regard to the country through which we were passiug. Farmers who had lived there from 16 to 46 years were perfectly satisfied with the products of their farms. This particular climate is very congenial and healthful, some parts seldom going below zero in the winter or rising above 90 degrees in the summer time. We were presented with samples of various kinds of fruits which were as near perfection as auy we ever saw. The cord fields were immense. -The small graiu was good and fairly well saved. Large apple orchards, ranging from 5 to 160 acres, where the trees were loaded down with fruit. The landscape was beautiful. Good roads, good water, pleasant villages, towns and cit es, a ve y desirable place to live. Land is cheap and can
be bought on reasonable terms. We left St. Joe at 1 o’clock on Aug. 3, 1896, passing up the Missouri river bottom through Napier where we saw them shipping large quantities of corn for which they were paying 17 cents per bushel. At Rulo we crossed the Missouri river and entered the Nehemah valley, Nebraska Nebraska has an area of 76, 185 square miles or 48,755,400 acres of land. This state is a vast plain rising gradually toward the Rocky mountains with immense praries and fertile river bottoms. Nebraska is an agricultural state. The soil is very rich and very deep. It ranks first t in the production of corn and is remarkably well adapted to the production of wheat, rye and barley, all kinds of vegetables, apples, grapes and all small fruit. The atmosphere good, abundant supply of water and nutritious grass makes it one of the best stock countries in the world. At Tablerock we witnessed the first exhibit of the products of Nebraska. It was splendid. An enterprising people had decorated the depot with corn, oats, wheat, rye, barley, potatoes, cabbage, hay, alfalfa and all kinds ot fruit raised in that locality. Our next reception was at Tecuraseh, a city of about 3000 inhabitants. We were met at the depot by the Military band and marched to the court house where more than a thousand people were assembled with a great display of their farm pro ducts, would have been a credit to any state fair association. The ladies were very energetic and active in helping to display the products of the land and bringing out beautiful tiow'ers for the party. The Republican valley is one of the most fertile valleys of the state. It ranges from 2 to ten miles wide. This valley teems with all kinds of agricultural products and is‘a beautiful sight indeed. A large number of farmers and real estate men boarded the train at these stations and continued with us several days, from whom we gathered information as to the surrounding country. They informed us that the uplands were also very rich and that the soil was very deep, ranging from 2to 20 feet. We saw grass roots 5 feet in leught, and alfalfa roots 7 feet in lenght. At the town of Filley, (a very beautiful place) was a splendid exhibit. We met Hon. Elijah Filley who has resided in Nebraska for 29 years, and owns over 2600 acres of land. He deals largely in cattle, buying them on the range and shipping them in transit, unloading at his sta tiou, feeding them six months and re-loading and shipping them to Chicago. He says this is a very profitable way to use his grass, and a convenient, and profitable way to market his corn. This seems to me a good suggestion to the stock men of our country who desire to continue in the business. There is plenty of room in Nebraska for other men to engage in the same business. Beatrice is a very beautiful city where we were met with carriages and driven over the town aud out to the suburbs where we could see the country. The crops were very fine at this place aud land can be purchased reasonably aud on good terms. We passed on through this valley and stopped at Superior, Red Cloud. Republican, Alma, Orleans, Wilsonville, Oxford, McCook, Holdridge and Curtis, where we were met by a large crowds of enthusiastic people with large displays of their farm products. The YVestern end of | the Republican valley is where ■ people suffered so much with the | drouth, but now are relieved of these conditions aud feel eu-
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couraged to invite their friends to come and live » with them. From (Jurtis we went up on the olateau or divide between/ the Republican and Platte rivers. We went east on this divide as far as iStrang, thence to Fairmount.' These lands are unsurpassed for beanty aud fertility it being one of the best prarie or table lands in the world.
THE PEOPLE’S PILOT, RENSSELAER, IND., THURSDAY, AUGUST 20. 1896.
It is well under cultivation and the farms are well improved, good houses, fences and groves. The people' are prosperous, intelligent and energetic. The alfalfa and sugar beet industries are proving very successful ou this prairie- They had a large harvest of small grain which is now saved and in first class condition. There are large quantities of old corn still in store from lact year. At one station we asked the elevator man how much corn he had and he said 125,000 bushels of ear corn in cribs and 50,000 bushels of shell ed corn in the elevators, At Hastings we were given a grand reception by many thousand people, headed by the Governor of the state, Hon. Silas A. Halcomb, and the Mayor of the city, G. J. Evans, who made us a speech of welcorae followed by a splendid address from the Governor. Music was rendered by a large Military band. A large display of their products was made here and plenty of lemonade lor the party. From here we passed into the Platte river valley and stopped at Central City, Palmer, Greely Centre, and Burwell where we were again royally entertained by a reception in the Christian church. The people of Burwell are a splendid class of people. This part of the country is particularly adapted to grazing and this class of land is very cheap, can be bought as low as $2.50 per acre and parties who are engaged in the business told us they were doing well, and that these lands could be rented for 75 cents per acre a year for grazing purposes. The water question is solved by springs of living water which never freeze in the
winter. From here we went to Broken bow and on our return stopped at Ravenna where we were greeted with a magnificent Sweed cornet band which made the sweetest music of any on the trip, and a fine display of all their products. The sugar beet industry is a success at Grand Island, York and Sewvrd, in the Grand valley of the Platee, 3,000,000 pounds of Granulated sugar was the out put for 1895 at the refinery at Grand Island. We were welcomed at ¥ork by a grand drive through the city, and at the city of Seward the grandest display on the entire trip. This is a rich locality the people are well to do and inteligent. From here we traveled eastward through, Lincoln, Nebraska City and Southern lowa and on to Chicago. The condition of southern lowa was very favorable under the circumstances. Their small grain is not in as good condition as in Nebraska but their fields of corn are splendid. We did not have the privelge of seeing an exhibition of their products as we did through Nebraska. The resources of Nebraska are indeed great. The people who live there are intelligent, ener getic, and from the scarcity of grave-yards we conclude that the climate is very healthful. Before going south and investigating those southern hilly lands it seems to us that it would be wise on the part of those intend’ng to move, to first investigate these western lands. It is true that they have met'with failures but tell us of a state which never did meet with a failure and then we might think it a more terrible .thing for Nebraska and the western states. But if we will only stop and consider the advantages of railroads telegraph lines, telephones, mail service, agricultural, implements and the thousanns of other things at our hand to develope a new country, superior to what our fathers had, who had to fell the trees to clear a spot large enougn to build a house upon and then go into the woods with axe in hand and make the fields before they could raise the products to live upon, we would not be so discouraged when we hear of failures once in a while. The rain fall in Mebraska in 1896 is as follows: April, 1896 6.43 inches. May *• 4.43 “ June *• 4,42 “ July ** 5.92 •• .» August “ .10 •• as re ported by R. E. Pitcher of Alma, Nebraska a man who gives special attention to rain fall. In Nebraska is -untold wealth for the farmer if He will only stay there and cultivate the soil. He can never wear it out. it will never blow away, and while there is so much said of the failures yet from the government report
there has only been a few absolute failures since the sattlement of the state. The government report as shown by the United States crop bulletin is as follows, From 1875 to 1879 inclusive good crops. In 1880 short crop. In 1881 to 1886 inclusive good crops- In 1887 short crop. In 1888 good crop. 1889 a big crop. In 1890 a failure. 1891 and 1892 good crops. 1893 a short crop. 1894 a failure, 1895 a fair crop and 1896 speaks for itself. This party consisted of the following named persons who were invited by P. S. Eustis, Gen. Passenger Agt. of the C. B.& Q Ry. system, and from their location you will see they are from different parts of Michigan. Illinois and Indiana. P. S. Eustis, Gen. Pass. Agt. C. B. & Q. R R. Chicago, 111. Arthur D. Smith, Asst. Gen, Pass. Agt. C. B. & Q. Omaha, Neb. E. L. Wright, Asst. Gen. Pass Agt. O. B. & Q. Peoria 111. J. C. O Connor, for Associate Press, Chicago, 111. Isaac Mason, Downers Grove, 111. S. M. Knox, Princet.on 11l T. Roekenfeller, Streeter, 111. F. Rippberger, Oregon 111. A. S. Wisegarver Galesburg, 111. Lyman West, Galesburg, 111. James Wilson, Macomb, 111. C. Amrine, Vermont, 111. J. T. Hodges, Mendota 111. W. S. Chatfield, Kankakee, 111. J. G. Todd, Newman, 111. H. W. Dana, Lincoln, 111. J. R. King, Macomb, 111. E. H. McElvain, Bushnell, 111. A. S. Broaddus, Lacon, 111. R. T. Johnson, Sandwich, 111. B. D. Brewster, Peru, 111. C. F. Galliger, Paxton, 111. W. H. Shidder, Bloomington, 111. W. N. Reynolds, Smithfield, 111. J. 1. Warner, Ottawa, 111. W. H. Baldwin, Delavau, 111. J. M. Cox, Wyoming, 111. A. M. Webster, Washington, 111. S. N. Langdon, Prophetstown, 111. A. N. Henderson, Aledo, 111. C. E Payne, Fairberry, 111. M. R. M. John, Pontiac, 111. W. S. Young, Farmer City, 111. J. E. Whitney, Lee Center, 11l J. Z. Adams, Jacksonville, 111. B. O. Garder, Harvey 111. T. N. Holden, Aurora, 111. J. A. Armfield, Goodland, Ind. ' R. D. Smith, Huntington, Ind. ' D. M. Best, Elkhart, Ind, B. F. Ferguson, Rensselaer, Ind. F. M. Schirmeyer, Decatur, Ind. J. Frier, Grand Rapids, Mich. A. M. Duff, Champaign, 111. We all speak words of praise of Mr. Eustis, Mr. A. D. Smith, and Mr. E. L. Wright and his other associates who so royally entertained us during the.entire trip. 1 desire to say to the people who read the above article that the facts thereu. stated a,.- derived from a personal investigation and inquiry while passing through the states mentioned. Doubtless there are many in Jasper and adjoining counties who are contemplating investing in sum hern or western lands. I would especially call your attention to these western lands and invite you to either call at my office or Correspond with me in regard to them. We will give you every fair opportunity to satisfy yourselves that what we say and offer is real. We have a great deal of information which we would cheerfully give you but cannot mention it all in this article. W&are so associated with the real estate interest in Nebraska and Misouri that we can give you great bargains and opportunities to obtain for yourself a home or realize largely on your investment. Yours respectfully, B. F. Ferguson, Rensselaer, Ind.
State Crop Report.
Warm weather, with numerous local rains continued, except in the southwestern portion of the •state, where no rain has fallen for some time. Corn in the southern portion is maturing: fast and some is nearly safe from frost, while late planted will be in the beginning of September; in the northern and central portions corn more slowly, because of much rain, and it is in all stages of progress; with less rain it will be safe from frost by September Ist to the 15th; although rains did damage in localities by inundations, the crop will be exceedingly large. In the southern portion thrashing is done, in the central and northern portions, because of frequent rains, thrashing advanced slowly and much wheat and oats have been ruined in shock. Clover cutting and hulling progresses; a good crop of millet is ready to 6ut. The sorghum crop will be heavy in localities. Large crops of tomatoes, cabbage and beans are in good .condition; the gathering of tomatoes continues, buckwheat promises a good yield. An unusal large crop of tobacco is being cut, the season is about three weeks in advance. Potatoes will be a large crop, al-
though many are rotting in localities. Pears, plums and grapes are very abundant. Pasturage is in best condition. Plowing for wheat progresses only slowly because of wet weather add in the southwestern portion because it is too dry. Porter and Lake counties— Corn looking exceptionally well except on undrained lowlands, most of crop will be safe by September 10th; some fields badly blown down on 11th; plowing begun. but much ground rather wet. LaPorte county—Hot weather and very heavy rains; potatoes rotting; too wet to cut millet; corn looks well on sandy lands, but ground too wet in some fields.. Starke county— Corn good and maturing fast; potatoes rotting in ground; vegetables good. St. Joseph and Marshall counties—Corn generally doing well and the bulk of the crop will be safe from frost by Ist to sth of September, potatoes and other vegetables suffering by too much rain on lowlands, plowing progresses. Elkhart county-Corn promises good big crops; if wet weather ceases most ot‘ corn will be safe by September Ist, otherwise later. La Grange county—Heavy rains tmpeded thrashing and badly damaged wheat, hay aud garden truck on lowlands. Steuben county—Wet weather retards .maturing of corn, but with favorable coi ditions the crop will be safe by September Ist to 15; thrashing nearly done, but lots of wet wheat in stacks yet. Kosciusko county—On account of excessive wet weather corn will not be safe from frost until about September 14th, but a very large crop is promised; some damage by wind and hail; farm work prevented t>y wet weather. Noble and Whitley counties— Much heavy rain destroyed much corn, it is maturing only slowly, some will be safe from frost in about 15 days; later corn unless the rain ends will not be safe before! end of September; potatoes in lowlands are rotting; wheat and oats in shock are much spoiled. Adams, Jay and Allen couuties —Corn is matuing slowly during the'wet weather and probaly will not be safe from Irost until about the middle of September; in Allen county there never was a larger crop; some wheat and bats in shock yet in bad condition; potatoes are rotting; plowing progressed only slowly; apples, pears and grapes are very abundant; pasturage is in best condition; heavy rain fall in Cass county and plow-
ing progressed only slowly; much wheat and oats nave been lost because of much rain; corn is progressing and maturing well and it will be out of danger from frost in from two to four weeks; the corn crop and potatoes are the largest ever raised in, Cass county; Grant and Wells coun-ties-Much rain retarded thrashing and much wheat and oats are in the fields yet and not much plowing has been done; corn is still doing well and promises a large yield; pasturage is good but wet. Miami and Carroll counties —Warm and rainy weather continued; corn is quite green yet and it will require from three to four weeks of dry weather to put it out of danger of frost; the sorghum crop is very heavy; cabbages are heading large; much wheat and oats are m shock yet and are about ruined; potatoes on low ground are rotting; grapes and plums are abundant; not much plowing done. Benton county —Corn is progressing nicely and there will be a large yield, it will probably be out of danger from frost in the beginning of September, ex cept the late planted; thrashing has been delayed by rains and ■some oats are rotting in shock; potatoes are a good crop, some in lowlands are rotting, pasturage is excellent.
H. A. HUSTON.
AS OTHERS SEE US.
A Meciffl'l Rebuff o from Oar ffhhom. The people of the United States are on a gold basis; in other words, they are holding ud something like ?1,000,000,0<)0 of currency on ?92,000,000 of treasury grid rn.-rrve, a magnificent accomplishment a hich reminds one of a Japanese juggler sustaining a series of ladders by his teeth lying fiat on the ground. It is magnificent, but it is not finance. Mr. Carlisle, who knows so little of finance as to imagine, because the treasury issues notes, that it is in the banking business, is filled with awe as he contentplates the financial syiem of his country. We .do not wonder, for It inspires the same sentiment in the minds of ordinary men. And, being on a gold basis, the United Stales must have a prosperous government? That does not apparently follow. The government, in point
of fact, is }n straits, for the revenue does not keep pace with the outgo. Not since last January have the treasury receipts reached the average monthly requisite of thirty million dollars, the amount which must come in, if all the bills pf the nation are to be met. In August the receipts ran ur« to $29,258,000, but the average has been below $27,000,000 for the other months. It looks like another bond issue and if that is made the treasury will be easier. A loan is only a palliative, however; what is needed is permanently to increase the revenue. The throwing off of the sugar duties was the beginning of the foolishness; those duties were not felt by anyone and they kept the treasury in easy circumstances. It is beginning to be noted by the American people that their finances are in control of charlatans who know no more about the fundamental principles of financial administration than so many school boys. Any European finance minister, who should make such blunders'as have been committed in Washington, would be retired to private life for “keeps.” Fancy an English chancellor of the exchequer in such a mess as is Carlisle. A commission in lunacy would be summoned to sit on his case. And no European finance minister has such a rich country abounding in potential sources of revenue to operate in. An ordinary financial duffer ought to shine as finance minister in the great republic which is rich beyond compute.—Mexican Herald.
One good sign that the Democratic party is getting nearer to the common people, is that its present national chairman bears the good old-fashioned name of Jones.
< Tlle editor and publisher -of the ‘Cosmopolitan Magazine,” J. Brisbane Walker, in addressing a meeting at Cooper Union, N. Y., recently, said: This is not so much a fight for silver as It is a fight to escape from a clique which controls the currency of the people. Well said. We are in the hands of conspirators whose sole object is the control of the people’s money, so that they may absorb all the products of labor by drawing Interest on the ‘ money they have hoarded in the banks. Down with the conspirators. Free silver will do no good until the control of the currency is taken away from the banks.
Quite a sensation has been created .n the east by the recent utterance of E. Benjamin Andrews, president of Brown University, and heretofore a prominent gold-bug. “Brown University, Providence, June 22, 1896. Stephen W. Nickerson, Boston, Mass. My Dear Sir: I n yours of the 2Qth inst., after adverting to Cernusjchi s latest position touching the policy of the United States in freely coining silver at 16 to 1, without waiting for an international agreement, you ask what, if any, objections I would urge against their policy: I reply that I would urge none. The vast new output in gold in recent years as compared with that of silver impresses me that free coinage by the United States alone would not lead to the displacement of our gold; that, therefore, free coinage would be safe. If it is safe it is certainly desirable. Of course no one can be absolutely certain that we could proceed with free silver coinage and yet retain our gold. To my mind, however, the overwhelming probability is that gold would stay with us. I have noticed of late no seriotis argument to show that it would not Cordially, “E. BENJAMIN ANDREWS.” College presidents generally are so tied to the money power by endowments from such robbers as Rockefeller that they dare not express an independent opinion without losing their jobs. Mr. Andrews will probably receive the usual treatment for “heresy.” * * * For several years the populist and prohibitionist parties in Nebraska have had direct legislation p.lanks in their platforms. This spring the regular democratic convention, which met at Lincoln on April 22, put the following plank in its platform:
“We are in favor of the Initiative and Referendum system as an aid to securing a government of the people, for the people and -by the. people.” This is the third state, Massachusetts and Oregon being the other two. in whioh the democratic party has declared in favor of direct legislation. But in Nebraska the gold Taction of the democratic party went to the other extreme and denounced the principle in the following language: “We believe in the government founded by the fathers of this republic and in the constitution, which for more than a century has been the admiration of the civilised world, and we repudiate the theories of populists and so-called democrats allied with populists, who would destroy that constitution for the socialistic experiment of Initiative and Referendum.” This is the first time any political platform has denounced direct legislation, or referred to it as “socialistic.” ' It is pleasing to reflect that this was only a bolting faction, however, and that It received no recognition in national convention, x Direct legislation is a principle that is in no sense partisan, and should receive the earnest consideration of everybody Interested in rearing the government to tb~ - - nle. Children’s photos a specialty at the Ravillion.
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