Show MORTOH ON THE FARMER 11 1 Tho Secretary of A rloulntvo Qtvo Soino Plain I I l I Talk About Our KmmiM1 anil I Tholi WivoH I I 0 I lit altcutltl ngrtt FoltlMt mil tori 1M IAfl Ovglillt Ntll I It I Iwr1Af Kvilt of Hie IhnftlttJ title lit Mf ItottitH Vfwft 1 < ttu 111 I Htie Taltn InTke hofiltof rtiMUttthniyln Rtt < Ofimilami M M 111 tt o lltMttSfilig atttfHi an TtfT t tiniUe tltftte I f Jaimeii Wilt Old Mrt ma anJ lltr Cilleo lreumiritH line Af I I the IhM Mat MvMFmk Mifel andSlnliig toll InM HH lion totintr ef Ike UblltJ StJla f rr 01 A Nt ICoUlllbIJ im b rrwk o csni i > I I CAUrl > on the lion J Sterling Morion the Sec 7i reut of r Agricut 11 lure last night nnd usked him to give me some points lor the t 0 cities which are turning their va rant Ion Into potato gardens for llw poor The Secretary ol Agriculture believes be-lieves that there U I money In farming lie Is I n man of much wealth n < l 0 great part of his fortune has come out of the Mill He Is I highly cultured nnd college bred hut he Is 11 plain in hit ways ns was Abraham Lincoln anil he has practical Ideas ol men And things Like Lincoln he h1 a story to Illustrate his every point nml liko Lincoln he li more of nn opllmlst than t pewlmltt He thinks that the farmers ol the United Stales have asgoodbusl nes chances us the members ol an > uther proleatlon nml he says that thoM who mix their manure w 111 brains Ml dom laU to mits wealth lie has of late been making n study of the condition con-dition of the firmer nml 01 his poI tlhtles outside of the olI line of cultl ation ami ho is I full iif new suggestions lie is a great advocate ol small farms and he ietl me there It I a good 1 deal ol money lo lie made In potatoes MONKY IN rOTATOM Said the Secretary There is I no doubt tut that there u ill be a large tic mind l lor all the potatoes that these cillM will ralte this year and for > ears lo come We rained latt > sr more than 170010000 bushels of xjtitoes In I the United Slates and these brought about fjtoooojo The crop was however not enough by millions ol bushels to tupplr our demand and potatoes always al-ways bring a high price This I Is cspeci ally so In the cities nml u inese people I I will vtorlc there Is nodoult but that they t can make some money out of their It I crop The great objixlluii I Ime to Ihe I method being tmploicd 1lhallho l Und 1 Is glten to the pour fur nothing U J ought to be tented lo themaluxery I low rate and I > ou touldtlien limllrn I men engaged In Ihe ullitallon of the r sod Hhere I une li duing 1 It now Ieoplc I I 1 dont u ant u 1 hat they can get i for nulh Ing and l measures Ilka this lend l to the I duration of paupers r 1 = 1 Tint llnill MIIAD A < TIt T-It U n now 1 deal like the homestead actSecretary Moilonwcnlon lhit uai one ol the uortt Ihlngi fur the taimvis ol Ibis country that hasctir hall > < llld to them It enrouraged uu peilsm anil fraud llefore Ihe hut I trad act uas pjswd > ou could mi empt a < uarter seilwn til rnJ nnd n by I I I pa > lng 1 small price for It > uil could get a title to it The result uas thai no line took the poor lands and thu man ho Will n farmer hnl lo be thrifty undin Icllzcnt to auccced lh homestead act gae thn land for nothing nml many of llioiu H ho look i ndtantagc ul it uere la < v unutJiil am tlnillleHi Some tented on limlii lorI lor-I I the nitre purpose ol t selling them as I toon us they had svcuiud Ilielr tillen I Others proved up Ilielr lands paid the I I dollar undnquamr unncrn wnlch Ihu II government leminHeil and Ihen mint I gagtdtliem to the lulle t ixtent nm > klipeil L Afur hvliiKOii the lam I I fur n short time they cuuld git n tille lor n < uaiter section upon the I paymen of f ion Ine money lenders I uereui cusiumeil lu loan ill leant 1700 upun quarter section nnd thit gave Ihe mult U ttr fjuo clear prulil fhoutdndso itcrcs ol land which u us mierly word IMS I were proved up in onlir to ge tI IMO mortgages Ihu ounun lull 1 soon ns thev had obtained the nione and Ihe easiirn men liuliirnisliecllli funds had no assets but a lut of an1 hills to show for them TIIy 1 paid Iho loan agent 3 per rint for making Iho loan and required no xiuili Hi Ji lhe IiI Ii agents worked for their commiuion am not for their imnlo era and the resu I Is that there arc thousand ol I nmrtgage t In Kansas and Nebraska today uhu mo nut worth thepiptron uhlihlhe I are ulttin llhl 1 haxe Iravcltd oier muc r ol tluit mortgaKed land 1 rcmdnbe one larm III Hindi n plow 1 stood III in III doclt near n shackl I I khantand upo It Ihe farmer had hung a card l uhic readi lake the liainn Plow Too III 1 another part ol the sand lulls here Iho t toil was mlscribly poor I siw u hanlf on uhecli 1 asliud l m > Urucr uho ioul possibly live there and uho would I b i 1 J I oll clI fool inoucli to I lake up such land a I that lie tcplltd lhit nil the land we could see hid been enured and proved nndtlut that Ironic uaiu heeled l fUIII place to place and that one man uitc another hadlitcd in it lor a short IIlIIe In order to snear Hut he had had I hoiuc on his land At soon 01 they gnl any exldence ol n future title the borrowed the 100 Irani lite agent I pa this lo the government and then took rcio lorr n mortgage on tho quarter section representing f oj I do not mean to say that many of those u bo I tR advantage of 1 the lioiinttcnl ait uere not honem men anil good lmner but the principle uas bad and l li encouraged encour-aged 1 pauperism nnd Iraud 11 lor in nance n rent cuuld be charged lorI lor-I these lots equal to Ka > onetenth of < thfir annual luna mere nominal I i price thu people would lealle Hut Ihey wire pajing for them and they I Mould l not loic their sell respgu I llONEV III AkilMI You say there u money in farming Mr hecritar said I n1JI grneial 1 Uca is that ilia laimets are KUID to rum They are nulling la the dlles ami they art romplaimns al over Ihe country Howls tlito It 11 not half Ae bad I MIIII pnlnt ted Mhl lha Htcrelar Tho larmtrs are making at much m < > ney AI nn > other l iti > l > lc In the United States 1 hy dun nuke u much IM they lornvrly did I No business li I doing IIII WilY u used 10 gel ten pernntiur muiiey out wt ol i un gilledged securl I have pl > l iHclvaperLrnt inynelt I mortgaging Ihe I t lCn brsl of ml mtate In grt it and navi money out of It You can not HW all the money t u want lur six INr rent I ho po pie are now cimfhi II Wllh mall injli It I b the tame in the merranltla lining The storekeepers store-keepers used to growl uhen their plod > wrie liss I than twenty fitu pir COII I I They are noi glad to kit eight I xr cent The Hutu l < Ihal l Ihe farmers I rnlns have alien the lent and I falluies ro proponionalely less ninoiu them hn am ng any olh r class ol biinnm I n 1aku lint I malltr I ot moilgaged r1 r Ion I I mis HUM larmrrsart lofng htisincrs on hutrutteil capital and nuu nml thin I IIIIC ol lluni fall 1 he majority of men lanls do Ilielr busii e > s the nine way t rn r id ninety r cent fml at um timv In ulrllvo I bcll t Hie percentage ol Huns In the dry goods butlnen Is ully as high us ninety seven per cent The in I nit of lira farmers succeed 1 hey pay Inrlr uiptmw and III tilt emi em-i Ihclrfarnu IOUIIIN l KKHTS FOR TIIR rARMCR The Iroiiblo with many of our atmeis ionium d tertiary Morion is thil they are loo apt IIO put all lh r glis Into onv Inlicl They do no iversily iheir CUM and the allure cf ngle Maple UUMS tl a ruin ol the hole section Thfre lsaast I inatke fur the Amtrlcan laitn < r In foreign lands I hich has not et been touched V e nut study Ihu wanu ol the role broad and 1 mie loot 1 for them Till I i the chief uork ol Hie Ajtiuilluru epiilment txlij I jni having our onsuls and minister all oer Ih wnrh n liiale Hie maikets for Almrican ooits und I III is rutprltmguhat nvaiKty IIf vilruhle inoimatlon they are Mnd ng In to in U e mlgnt send mdlons ul I dollars worth ol food ptoduelt lo ngland > 01111 lake the matirr o Kgs Kmlniil U I now Iniporlin more ban iouuuuo woilh every yer Hie title counti of llelgium crowded I as II I ia se Is I fjooouu worth of egns for trlllsh siomachs and 1iance gets f 7 oooroo a > enr nut i of nIel egts which sli UPPIC lo Join Dull Uith our ain ai-n tea and our socalled stirvmg farmers ua do not riuu enough rggslorour elves Ve iintxit them by tnu millions nd the cackling of tens ol r thousands I o i Canadian hen is heard duly ovr Ih ggs wh i h hy are laying lur the Unltci Stales t ltgs are beneaili the notice o liciurae American farmer Il Ills elr Y l I ony h IIE I rII I W hnpun n Irr1 cillalllily of cab nllJ e bU frull all < l IIUII which m f d il I 11 dollars a > car We are h > I mure butter every year but Netv aland and Australia are crowd IIIK lit in this line 1 hey arcending vast iuamltles to Kngland and gelling II their lor n shilling a pound Within limrjeius the consumption ol butter In ingland has risen t 10000000 and the Australian exl pott has Increased 1I00Iy f AUCOOOO during Ihls Unit M my pans i r f 1 l ol our Miuiliem slates are now raising I dairy products and In eil TinneMe the chicken t and the eggs lait vear brought in more money than all the I wheat ioiNTH ON liDOS How about meat Mr Secrelarvf Is not Ih it market well cired 1011 No replied Mr Mortui iha meat 1 i mtrkct is not hall worked Wo ship great quantities lo IM rope but wo donut do-nut git the ltd I prices Take our bcoll It bungs mnc cents a pound Kiigln Thu 1 Ujnish baciin sells fur fourteen rents poundand f tmout Wtlkshire Iw MI u worth eighteen tents a pound llid we guiun Ihe belt prim our bacon would IMVB been worth nearly leu million itollirs more In mlhin it was Ijtt < ir The ngllsh I hko a lean ba ion and packers lime buy hogs aciord mi to the thickness of the fal immi Ihilr bark < A hog that Ins 11 I two am jnc luurlh Inches thick brings a shillh mure ur twenty poundi l of Us weigh i I than a hog whose foil on the back I inches thick Ihe English Itam ulno They wlllnot buy any 11001 tint weigh moro thin 140 pounds AI 1hey kno that bacon from suili hogs not m demand I Here our ambition I to ru0 lat hUll mid I h ive seen car I load ofbivlne which will average 4 pound In r weight Still we have a err 1 trade I i In larm pull with DigUm 3 p-ull half of Rlf our rUrOln exlOIl 10 there We tend more llMiiico CM ton ol hay and more than 30000 Ions of cheese Great llntam every oar We send only > ooo Ion 01 butter and DJII mark beats us m Ihli arllclu along by 4Soou tons yearly UM1II1B IARSISRH The Iroulla wuli us1 the Secretary 01 I Agriculture continued is Hut we 10 too luxurious in our method We liavu been making money so eaiily thai I i isnt appreciate the change in con I Jlions Ihe world over and we have not tried 1 to adapt oursetvis to them Our larmers are machine Inrmcrs They rtl > o praulcally nothing Ihat cannot be ml by maihlnery Take the rajlln 01 htoll The farmer now rides III O i us i r hrc iks Ihe I soil He rides a 1 h nrrows and hi plants his field wit I iilk > trill The irop comes up ul Itsell and whrn It it npu the rum again takes a ride on a reaping nnclnn t it I id lIft with nn umbrall1 ovir his bead und when ho is i fiulihul the inachlnc has rut and bound his grain A Meant 1 tngmi docs his thrashing and n tmiall part of Iho straw forma Ilio full which nuket the 1111I All this h expCIII 1111 id 1 if Ihu hII hu lu 11110 or II I I II crul lalluru tin limiii runs hehux II Joe i mil wat lithe mull kA u u h u > nil taitc the little things Inch Iy 10 well laLn Iho onun rulI Onions always hrmc A liDli 1 > i elicic dllpavi 110111 Iheni Vi import aol Uintilir and l the American fatmr lelo the outsiders have the profit uu I 0 nil over the country The IUlller or the south slicks to his cotton and tnbnc co and he of thr north and west to Ins itit and corn lARUKKIt VVIVRS Whatdovoti think ol the way our mers llvr Mr Secretari1 i asked otiM I It not he lietter aa Ihey lived I In vlllKe and not on their fIn f-In many re pectslve was the re Ihe I farmers wife has n dreary 1ly She is I In most rases little better man a slave tu her woik and l her house She drags out a mill existence scrub I dr rrni ne and cooking I ullh few resources onllde of herell I cant imagine any ngmuh wiru than her tondition till seems to me tint the luropein stem of arm villages is I bell r than ou if And still the mmt of our larm n wives ire bright wonKn llieyata rn a rule Industrious and r good business omen but Ihey get lltile lor ll I be ve m miking Viomon to a large extent Ihe business partners ot their hinlmmi 1 hey are not so In the case of most men Jak for Instance a slorv I heard Hie olher day about the amity ol an old lalIIr In Indian i The man and Ills wr I had lived together for filly tears Thlr children h < d Rrolln up I and left Ihn and no at seventy the larmcr und the burden of his work too murli for him and he decided to sell the farlll all1 live off ol he Inlertsl It w oith f4 < > oo but when the deed call10 In he made Ihe farmers wile objected She said she had helped lo pay lor Ihe flII brie hid worked all her Ille for II nol sh wis bound to haw some ol Ihe oney which It brought before she gned I the deed The 1 lawver and 1 the tbanducre dtimroundet They had lIul auliclrMtnl suih 1 complication and last one ol them asked the old lady how much she thought he ought to lave She heiluud a moment and Ihtll said she believed she was really enlllird lo ask for as much as it or cuuno > he got II but think how Itllli oney the mutt liavu had in Ihe pas lu he made such a fuss about thu nmounl 1I0W OSK Krell IAAIIKK Anll III WlfL I surprised how mean men ao meiimu to their uives ctnllnuii Secretary Morton nut only farmer ut otner men is well Uoniin is na rat I a sell sacrlhcmg creature un ti submits lo many a Hung a IIMI I I ould l rwl th nk ol tolerating bpeak < in j ol little me tnneise let me give uu n tnslaiie Ihat 1 MW mvscll tlurtng Ihe avsvl r Ihs war 1 happened to be in IIi ore In my town 1 omi da uhen an oW i i lto wlioii ut I will Ie Jones came I li itli lilt wilo lu buy some codi l I hit mn Jones came from one ol mo moil lebraled itnllie I in the United Stltei 110 stilled m NcbrasKa when It uas till tcrihory and by economy and thrllt he hid 1 now gotten n aim of some Ihlllg like ioou acres lie was knoan 10 have money in the bank nnd was onsidtred uealth Wfll shurdy after utf f o entered Hie itoc Mrs Jones Uuk ui a piece ol cilico and l admired It very much Aside looked at It she said l lo her husband ft I I oujht to Ime a new dress and I like this very much Dont IOU think wo could ulbrd l to buy III Ohd I suppose u so t replied the old mlI anu 0 ulun aneu I the price Id was told l It wat jo cents avird 1 Old Mr Jones raised hit eve ai tuts and asued l ms wile how much it would take bin replied she didnt think shi could get 1 along on less I than twelve yard and he answered l Why malwclve yaids ol lint goods at 50 cents a yard l would cost 16 So dont you think thai that is pretty high Vet she replied l 1 do but 1 need I the dress IheuWII said l the old 1 man times are hard I and I do wish IOU could l get along without It just now Couldnt oul Yes I suppose I could replied Ihe old lady vviln 1 sigh and the calico wai dropped A moment later old 1 Mr Jones aiked the same clerk If ho ll id 1 any tobacco and 1 whether he had any ol thai good old 1 Virginia leaf vvhicj Ihey used to keep in slock 1 Ihu clerk said Yes we have but ilsiiwlul high Its 1 fa a pound und l I think it will go higher before it get less I We have Jusi une caddy left You think It will go higher replied I JonuaYts Yts said Ihe clerk its sure to go up Well > oii might put me up five pounds said 1 thu old 1 nun and 1 a moment mo-ment later 1 tawliiiii iarr > inglt outof Ihe store llu had not foto spend for his wiles calico dress but be bought nolhliij of putting la Into I plug tobacco lhlrI co Tills It u sample of ol the kind of i trealmint some wives are receiving ivery day I don I suppose old 1 Mr Jones icallied l Ins sellulmcM Hi probably loved his wife but he bad 1 been biought up I the wrong wa > uiiEKti itoriLs our butuim uis The convimlioii here again lunrn to eggs and I Secretary Morton lulllIIe how the ilcnlcrs sometimes attcmptiil to put up corners on eggs 1 he iggs said I In no bought Irom the farmers Irom nine to ten cent per Ion and thoy aru put Into cold l storage lleforu piikmg eaih igg is tested by plating it uetween the e > e and 1 a latulie Iho good 1 eggs 1 are laid on their inds l in boxes allltlu compartment being devoted de-voted llo ijili egg 1 lie tumperaiure ol n e cold sloragt u about 40 iarenhclt n < l HI lhi < temperitnrc the egg will kroplor montlii 1 here are million ol I egg sold ai Irosh which me in my kiolJ and Ihey arc bought until clleJi and sold when dear II will lur prise > oi lu kuuivlhal Iheiu arelub rggn lust as Iheru I are tub oyslirs l lic o aro Ihe eggs tthnli are brokin m uckiii Iho 1 dealers throw ilicm lulu i bucket I Ihe thetU ure picked out and they are sold In bulk M e my of the big hotels buy them and they me thorn lor amlcls und kcrambled ojtgj I I usually ctt my eggs I In tin shells ai lioleli MKIM UIICKKNH UN rM It Is wonderful Secrclary Morton went on what they keep In thore big cold storage plants Let me giv I e v on a secret as 10 here Iho spring chickens come Irani You know thev aru sold in the market In April and Miy Yon can go into tho rvtlnuranls here mil nl u spring I rim ken my iy alter Miy I Ins 11 liire I the bent liavo begun lo lutdi Where do these snrlni chkkvns I i onu ft umt on Ir might think I they were imported NOIIiI nil They are uinmer ilnckcni nlllllIII I chickens I hey were h itched out too Ute lo hoI uiuugll I I Icllhcr lo RUne > tnlly blauil tin I wmtcr t and Iliev vuru killed and ild to fie cold Morige people They PI 1 l < llh m nw ay und I cpt them iiiiul ihu in 1 1 nund Hi n hroujil thim out lor I Ie I h been in la I o old i or o e51bh5tllllrlll nd ho en Ihounll 01 tucli chlekI Uid 1 away oa shelves and labeled broilers mi could lutt i easily have spring chickens at any lime ol llie > eir Alt kinds of kunc are now kept in cold storage Irairie chlcktns are froien In Ihe foiled Males nnd shipped oil o London ard runny of our wealthy men Late cold storage houses connected with Ihelr kitchens In which they put gime and fruit lo bring out again when III li not In season Most fruits will keep well and strawberries straw-berries and grapes can 1e preserved In this way for months Till AVIKICAN MORSK AND IIORS1 MKAT How nhout Ihe great American bone Secretary Morton U ls said his days are numbered I fear Ihat Is true replied bee relay The electric car and bicycle have taken away hit occupation Inlll I expect to sec the day when our carriages car-riages will be run by etecltlclty 1 he blcvdc ol the luture may have A storage iMllery and Ihe day ol hlghptlced horso itesh outside of tho sporting mid lCli kull hro racing I stock has gone s forever liy we had an appliratlon a few days ago from one of 1 our experiment I nations The man nl1 be wantid a team of hones and Hie depailmcnt wrote him lint il ll did l not cot loo much his with mlghlbe gtanted He reptu d that lie coud get n good team or i n 1 we allowed him to do so I am dm in r home myself now for width I paid Jto He Is I lour j rs old and a good roadster road-ster You can gtt a good horse altnott nnywhcrn for Iso and it It wldlhatln Ihe lir I west they ale turning the horses out und llcliu placards them upon whfch are pruned Ihe words I He who r ds me can hale me lOUSF JIEAT AND 1IUHSK 8AlNAllt 1 ee Ihu one of our counsuls In Germany advises the raising ol horsemeat horse-meat for export to that country What do you llilnk of Ihat 1 believe more money ctn be made ui raising other kinds < f meal lehhed Sicritary Morton and fl 1 do not believe I In these stotles about the mllney whirl Americans can maku in hipping horse sautage to German The 0 > r mans have a tarlll on horte meat ol more thili > cents per puimd and the Trench have a s milar la nil It U Hue Ihal horse meat is used more extensively exten-sively every vear m llurope than in the past Iklwren inland l 1891 more than loouoci hone wera killed llitre lor human consumption and In I1 Ihe lolal weight III dressed horst flesh used imounled to more than jsooooco loundt Thev use every part ol the 1 lurte and they have liorsu sleaki snd hone roatl and then are hnrio meat restauranls whore vou can buy horse soup 1 w out J l1l01 like lo rat it 1 feel very much concerning it like my wile did about one of a head of deer which we had on our p ice ill Nebraska nit whlili was aciiiittilally I shot ll was irelly htlle doe md when ll wi r jrojkhl home u iu1 had 1 a blue I libtc tied ihou lu neck which wu had fattened It It was very fat and as I looked l at ll ssld 1 Well Iheie it 01 e thing about li I > ou cm give us some fresh mev My I wile replied s Why you dont think ou could eat thai Why my dear I would just as sooi think ol citing a slcc ot one of Ih children1 ll is Ihe same with Ihe horse ll Is I too close to u We love I IUD much tu ever want lu eat ll und II will be a long lime I before Ihire will I1 be a market for horst meil In America I V I 11 CMt |