VOL. LX.
INDIANAPOLIS, JANUARY 14, 1905.
NO. 2
Needed Legislation.
Edltora Indiana Farmer:
The great Knglish statesman, Gladstone, said it is the purpose of law to
make it as easy as possible to do right,
and as hard as possiblo to do wrong. Believing this to be true, why is it that
legislators hold the good people of a township or county at a disadvantage (as compared to the saloon interest) compelling
them to remonstrate hy a majority of the
voters of a township, leaving the women,
children and indifferents to count nothing
or practically on the would-be saloonkeeper sido. If I am not wrongly informed, Judge H. P. Biddle, when as one
of  the judges of tlie  Supreme Court of
I would suggest to our legislators that
they adopt Gladstone's idea of the purpose of law, aud so amend the Nicholson
law, or enact some new law that would
give the sober, good part of society the
vantage ground, and we will fight on to
victory; for God is on tlie side of the
right, and through Hini we will prevail.
Itighteausness exalteth a nation, but sin
is a reproach to any people.
Camden. S. Y.
—So we thiuk, but see what W. A. M.,
says on this subject.—Ed.
Who Shall Manage Remonstrance.
Editors Indiana Farmer;
I must beg to differ with the editor on
and cemented. Business men- tell me their
hills are all good and more goods are sold.
Families that never had a carpet on their
lloors, now have the comforts of life. The
bank has thousands on deposit, and what
is not the least, but we nearly all think
the best, is a great religious awakening
and a number joined the church. It paid
the temperance people to work. They
all worked, republicans, democrats and
every prohibitionist. YV. A. .1.
How To Save The Straw.
Edltora Indiana Farmer:
With the subject of how to save straw
without wasting so much as the Cyclone
stacker  leaves it,  is  a  question  that    I
Ketded Lobbying Legislation.
Editors Indiana Farmer.
1 see Superintendent Cotton,-in his address to the township trustees, says that
in rural schools the minimum salary
should be $000 and that forefllcient service
there should be rapid advance to $1,000,
nnd then in addition to his annual vacation he should have a year off with half
pay, I suppose $000 for his year's vacation. That would be nice for the teacher i^
off on- a vacation, hut how about the tax
payers? When will they get their vacation? Why do tho teachers need a
vacation nny more than the county olti-
eirs nf government employees? We farmers  would lik-e for the legislature to fix
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this State, on some case involving the
licensing the liquor traffic, took the
broad and, as I believe the tenable ground,
that the manufacture and vending of alcoholic beverages is, within itself a contraband and against the best interest of
society and retarding the development of
our common humanity, society and the
State as well; but if the straight temperance element of the people can get what
they want why hold them at a disadvantage, and compel them to remonstrate at
considerable labor and expense to bar an
almost intoderable evil from coming into
their midst?
Why not tnrn the tables and compel
the would-be saloon keeper to travel over
the township for pleasure, if he wants
the profit, that he expects to get out of
his victims. A change of this kind
would soon be manifest, because of the
difficulties of the would-be saloon keeper
to get a majority of the voters on his
petition, leaving the indifferents on the
good people's side, where I think they belong. How much better this would lie
then to have the good element of society
go to all the labor, expense and trouble ,in
recourse to the courts or the speedier remedy of using dynamite to keep those hell
dens out of their community; that their
children might be kept from tlieir contaminating influence, and grow up to be
useful members of society, instead of
paupers and  criminals?
this subject. There are a great many
in every township who would sign either
way, as the petition is presented. Quite
a number don't care which way the saloon  question  is settled.
I know a township where, after
the Nicholson law went into force, an application- to sell liquors was defeated by
only five majority. Immediately another
license was defeated by seven. Third
by nine; fourth by thirteen, and so on until the ninth application was defeated by
35. Now this township would have had
all the saloons it wanted if the saloon applicant had had the privilege of securing
the signatures. There are so many
townships that are similar to this one and
if not left ns it is, will have a saloon upon the first application.
Temperance people will have to work if
saloons are defeated. I would approve
of giving the county privilege to cast a
vote as to the continuance of saloons in
counties. The question is asked does it
pay to work so hard in defeating the saloons. There is but one answer, and
that is "yes." ' The township referred to,
after defeating nine applications within
two years has had some six years free
from its burdens. It now has a bank,
two new churches, costing six nnd ten
thousand dollars each, a third church is
recently painted and nicely papered. The
old school house was torn down and a
new one built.        .Streets lowered, leveled
ana Farmer readers.       I had 40 acres of
. wheat  of  which  the  straw  was  a  little
more  than  an  average crop,  but it was
■ poorly  stacked  as  is  generally  the   case
| with a wind stacker. At this writing during the holidays my  straw  is  two-thirds
'gone and wasted together.
I    When we  gof   through  thrashing    we
cleaned   away  and  raked  the  stack  and
( made it look the best that could be done,
, which made it look very well,    the back
, side  being  about  nine  feet  high   to  tho
. natural   slope   of  stack.       But  with   all
, that we knew what to do there was entirely too    much    straw    wasted.        It
, seems to me that a building of some kind
. with a rack and shed attached to one side,
I would be something near the proper remedy.        But that is only my idea. Would
like to hear from as many of the older
ones ns feel like lending their more valuable   thoughts   on   this   matter. Please
brothers,  don't  wait  to  see   what  others
say but lets all say and then all study,
j     Vigo  Co.                          -             Header.
|     —Why   not  rick   the   straw   as   you   do
your hay.  and  hang rails along the sides
fasti-nod with Xo. 9 wire?
There is distress in the north of Ireland
as well as in the southwest. The Salvation Army is feeding 5,000 destitute people in Belfast, and the lady mayoress of
the city  has appealed  for aid.
the price of corn at 75 cents per bushel,
wheat $1.50 per bushel; hogs $7.50 per
hundred and cattle $S. It seems as
though every time the legislature meets
some oflicers want certain salaries raised
end can't get them High enough, and the
tax payers just keep still. If"the .legislature hasn't anything to do but raise salaries it would he better for the tax payers if it wouldn't meet only once iu ten
years. Iset's hear others' opinions.
Shelljy Co. E. II.
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Another Shrtdder Vtetim.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
The Christinas issue of your paper has
just been received. The quality of tlie
contents and general make-up of tlie number is unsurpassed, I read with regret
tln> accounts given on page 12 of the mutilating shredder.      But here is another.
K.er'-t Smith, one of our most enterprising young farmers, had his right arm
crush.d off close to the shoulder, on Tues-
dfy, last, while he was trying to unchoke
ihe sliredder. He has been running the
machine for three or four seasons past.
Mr. Smith is in a critical condition at
this writing.
T. n.  Halad.iy.
Vermillion  Grove,   111.,  Dec.  24.
Trees transplanted at night are more
likely to live than those transplanted in
daytime.