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our diplomatic corps in Chile broke into an enthusiastic 

 outburst of gladness at the sight of the great harvest. 

 He said : 



"I wouldn't have missed this glorious vision, for 

 vision it is, for a great deal. Oh, what a country we 

 have to boast of. Just see how nice and snug the sky 

 fits down over everything on this prairie. I can't blame 

 a settler here if he should become a confirmed egotist, 

 because wherever he stands or wherever he looks he is 

 the ' centre of the universe. 1 Look at all of this wealth 

 of wheat and of oats and just think of our fool United 

 States Senate which says you shan't take a bushel of 

 this wheat over into God's country without paying 

 twenty-five cents' duty upon it, or a bushel of those 

 white oats without paying fifteen cents, or a bushel of 

 potatoes without paying more than their cost. I'm a 

 Republican and always have been, but I'll be gol- 

 darned if I don't vote for a Democrat for congressman 

 at the next election. Now, folks, you just watch me 

 and see how I'll shout for the Democratic candidate, 

 no matter who he is." 



Let us say a word more about the crops. On the 

 train was a gentleman from Philadelphia who is one of 

 a company of Quaker City capitalists now engaged in 

 farming a tract of land forty-five miles back of Moose 

 Jaw. This company is called " The Overbrook Wheat 

 Farms Co." They purchased 3,040 acres at less than 

 twenty dollars per acre, and then purchased the latest 



