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Show souri, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska and. the Dakota from everywhere comes the same story.' In the South the only fear is that the cotton croj will be so great that it will reduce the price. Most manufacturers are working over hours -on long orders. v . " ' As things are in the United States, if this country did not have a ship or a soldier it would be reasonably reason-ably safe from foreign attack, because foreigners want American food and textiles; ard want, them so badly that they do not want any war with this country coun-try " v . About the only cloud is that Germany has closed down on our meat product, and vindicates the expression ex-pression of THE TELEGRAM when the packinghouse packing-house exposures were made, that it was a great misfortune mis-fortune that the wrong could not have been righted without disgusting the outside world and the people peo-ple of this country, also, by making every man .and woman wish that they all their lives nad been vegetarians. vege-tarians. . . A PROSPEROUS YEAR. From all accounts of the great old Central West indications are that there is to be an unprecedented ' crop. - ' A gentleman came from Illinois last week and said the farmers there are harvesting wheat that goe$f 25 to 35 bushels to the acre, which is an. advance of 25 to 30jer cent on the usual crop, and that the corn ' is magnificent. One can hear it crack in the field, it is growing so fast.. That the farmers never felt better; bet-ter; that they are all comfortable and prosperous and independent. . This gentleman went with a friend to buy some - horses. They found the horss, they, were told the prices, but they were told in a tontj' as though it did not make a bit of difference whether they bought or not. ' v - The horses grew up on the farm; they know all the children and the old man and the old lady, and it . was a little like breaking up families to take away the colts they had raised and petted from babyhood. The papers give the same accounts of crops in - all the great old West States Indiana, Illinois, Mi " : ' ' ( -; - ' r.. |