Show KNOCKING THE KNOCKERS Some Stories Stones oi of the Days Day's News Which Make the Pessimists Groan BETTER TIMES FO FOR AlliN ALL IN BUSINESS To put it briefly the crops ops along our line Una are arc splendid At tho the present time the condition of oC the crops crop throughout the territory is tho the b best beet t that vo wo have hae ever er known Unless ss all signs fail faU Kansas will produce pro pro- duce tho the largest wheat crop in the history history history his his- his his- tory of or the state Oklahoma Is 18 equally equall blessed the tho harvest is Js exceeding nil all expectations expectations ex ex- and applies to all aU crops grown The Texas panhandle will harvest esl the tho best crops of or 0 all l 1 kinds ever known California California Cali CaU- fornia is not behind tho the states farther arther r east Reports such as these have been boen pourIng pourIng pour- pour Ing lug In from railroads and banking houses In tho Western Vestern country week after week for the tho post past two months an and as each cach day has brought the harvest nearer tho the truth of or the tho forecasts has been sized Great diat crops with the ever Increasing demand that exists for them theta means great business and railroads and manufacturers ers era and storekeepers all all the channels of trade trade are are making ready to handle It We never nover faced a more encouraging season than the one upon which we are arc about to start says tys Harry Ham R. R Redford Radford vice president and general manager of ot the tho com company pam We have heard from ever every section of or the country durinS' durinS during dur dur- trig inS the past six weeks and tho the communications communications com corn have all aU been of the same tenor tenor there there never were wera such crops be be- fore It frequently happens that W we have havea a 0 good wheat year ear or a good corn year or a good cotton year but sodom seldom seldom sel sel- so- so dom does it occur that wheat corn cotton cotton cot cot- ton hay oats barley and fruit are aregood aregood good in the same samo season Automobiles are Indexes of or the prosperity prosperity pros pros- of ot a a. community an and naturally when a 0 whole country is prosperous the automobile market becomes countr country wide From on any angle from which we approach the tho census statistics which which show there are moro more than farms owned b by white people there people there appears to be bo a possible possible pos pos- sible farm tarm market of automo automo- biles This number is large perhaps but cut it Jt in two and we make it or an annual market of cars car amon among farmers alone Probably these figures arc also too large Jarge but however howe much you OU may mar discount them ono one cannot the conclusion that there is a large virgin irgin market marlet on the farm arm And how much greater reater the market becomes in seasons such as 8 this when the crops areso aro are so eo enormous To prove that the country people constitute constitute constitute con con- one of oC tho the greatest automobile buying classes es need only mention the fact tact that In Iowa one ono of at the smallest states in th the union an and almost almo t exclusively exclusive exclusive- ly agricultural nearly machines are licensed Michigan the center of oC the motor car Industry has haq only a few over automobiles With the exception of ot New York and perhaps one or two other states Iowa stands s at the head of ot the list |