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lht  RURAL.  NEW-YORKER 
August  18,  1023 
Things  To  Think  About 
Limiting  Production 
I  am  tempted  to  voice  my  consent  to 
the  article  on  “Balanced  Production,”  by 
Mr.  Reynolds,  page  941.  Nothing  has 
appeared  in  agricultural  literature  in 
my  time  equal  to  it,  only  I  prefer  the 
term  “limiting  production.”  If  the  farm¬ 
ers’  organizations  and  farm  journals 
would  spend  their  time  and  elfort  in 
teaching  the  farmer  the  necessity  of  lim¬ 
iting  his  production  they  would  do  a 
real  service.  They  preach  a  lot  of  stuff 
that  in  its  final  analysis  is  all  in  the  in¬ 
terest  of  railroads  and  speculators,  and 
not  at  all  in  the  interest  of  the  farmer. 
Why  the  farmers  of  the  United  States 
raise  800,000,000  bushels  of  wheat  when 
it  should  be  000,000, IKK)  bushels,  or  450,- 
000,000  bushels  of  potatoes  when  it 
should  be  350,000.000  is  a  mystery  to  me. 
"Why  not  teach  these  things?  I  want  to 
lay  down  two  maxims  which  T  wish  all 
farmers  could  read  and  remember.  The 
more  you  raise  the  less  you  get,  and  the 
less  you  raise  the  more  you  get,  other 
things  being  equal.  First  limiting  pro¬ 
duction,  then  standardization  and  co-op¬ 
erative  buying  and  selling,  etc.,  and  not 
vice,  versa.  Don’t  put  the  bridle  on  the 
tail  of  the  horse;  that  is  what  is  being 
done  all  along.  e.  h.  handwerk. 
Pennsylvania. 
The  Meaning  of  Minnesota 
You  say  that  you  do  not  quite  under¬ 
stand  just  what  the  Farmer-Labor  com¬ 
bination  in  Minnesota  represents.  You 
want  to  know  what  classes  of  people  are 
mostly  concerned  in  it,  and  just  what  the 
candidates  stand  for. 
The  Farmer-Dabor  combination  in 
Minnesota  represents  people  of  all  classes 
and  in  all  walks  of  life  who  have  become 
disgusted  with  the  performances  of  the 
old  major  political  parties.  To  begin 
with,  the  farmers  and  laborers  were  the 
only  ones  interested  in  the  Farmer-Dabor 
movement,  but  the  ordinary  small  retail 
merchant  and  the  professional  man  have 
become  interested  and  find  that  they  must 
make  common  cause  with  the  farmers  and 
the  laborers  in  order  to  obtain  justice 
for  themselves,  and  better  their  own  con¬ 
ditions.  The  candidates  stand  for  a  bet¬ 
ter  deal  for  agriculture  particularly,  and 
they  also  stand  for  justice  for  the  labor¬ 
ing  man  in  any  and  every  line  of  indus¬ 
try.  The  Northwest  is  now  beginning  to 
harvest  its  crop,  which  crop,  if  it  is 
thrown  upon  the  market  in  the  old-fash¬ 
ioned  manner,  and  if  the  President  does 
not  call  Congress  together  in  special  ses¬ 
sion  to  take  some  definite  steps  to  stabil¬ 
ize  prices  of  farm  products,  'will  spell 
ruin  for  both  the  farmer  and  small  bus- 
ness  man. 
Stabilization  of  farm  products  was  one 
of  the  things  that  the  average  business 
man  absolutely  demanded  during  the  Sen¬ 
atorial  campaign  that  we  have  just 
closed.  Country  bankers  are  very  keen 
for  legislation  of  this  kind.  They  seem 
to  think  that  after  we  have  guaranteed 
earnings  to  the  railroads  that  it  is  not 
more  than  fair  that  agriculture  be  given 
a  lift  at  this  time. 
Yes,  the  better  class  of  farmers  are 
back  of  this  movement,  as  you  will  notice 
by  the  election  returns.  The  verdict  of 
the  people  in  Minnesota  in  favor  of  the 
Farmer-Labor  party  was  almost  unani¬ 
mous.  KNUD  WEFALD, 
Congressman,  Ninth  Dist.,  Wisconsin. 
A  Few  Good  Thoughts 
The  most  valuable  lesson  I  ever  learned 
was  that  I’m  not  the  only  pebble  on  the 
beach.  We  cannot  live  to  ourselves 
alone,  and  the  sooner  we  learn  the  value 
of  unselfishness  the  better.  Fvery  good 
deed  is  sometimes  rewarded,  the  same  as 
all  evil  is  punished  in  one  way  or  an¬ 
other.  It  is  'best  to  learn  to  stand  on 
your  own  feet  and  give  the  other  fellow 
a  square  deal. 
How  many  times  have  you  prayed  the 
Lord’s  Prayer,  with  its  “Forgive  us  our 
debts  as  we  forgive  our  debtors,”  only  to 
think  the  Lord  will  do  the  first  while  we 
never  mind  the  last? 
IIow  many  think  of  daily  bread  as 
something  for  the  stomach,  with  never  a 
thought  for  the  daily  feeding  of  the  spirit  ? 
While  men  think  more  of  filling  the 
physical  man  than  they  do  the  mental 
part  there  will  be  wars  and  rumors  of 
wars.  We  need  the  spiritual  fullness  of 
faith  in  higher  things  ;  to  strive  for  and 
attain.  The  boys  in  formation  forgot 
everything  but  upward  and  onward  that 
the  spirit  of  freedom  might  live.  We  can 
reach  such  a  high  spiritual  stage  in  this 
life  that  we  cannot  be  conquered. 
Perhaps  the  fundamental  lesson  which 
led  to  broader  thinking  was  something 
which  my  childish  mind  though  horribly 
homely  when  father  wrote  it  in  my  little 
autograph  album.  It  was,  “Always  look 
before  you  leap,”  and  led  to  weighing 
both  sides  when  I  grew  older. 
CORA  J.  SHEPPARD. 
Senator  Copeland  On  Immigration 
Permit  one  who  is  a  great  admirer 
of  your  publication  to  suggest  that  you 
failed  to  get  the  thought  of  Senator 
Copeland  in  his  Syracuse  address. 
Senator  Copeland’s  position  is  abso¬ 
lutely  correct,  as  he  would  protect 
those  desiring  to  come  to  America  from 
the  steamship  companies,  who  take  the 
money,  and  then  when  they  are  not 
able  to  enter  the  United  States  are  re¬ 
turned  to  the  port  of  departure  and 
unceremoniously  dumped  on  the  dock — 
their  little  all  gone. 
The  Senator  does  not  plead  for 
larger  immigration,  but  asks  that  the 
number  to  be  admitted  be  selected  on 
the  other  side,  and  thus  protect  the 
poor  emigrant  from  conscienceless  ex¬ 
ploiters.  c.  H.  HESS. 
Stammerers  Want  Help 
I  have  two  daughters,  13  and  15  years 
old,  who  have  some  trouble  with  stam¬ 
mering.  One  has  had  two  years  in  high 
school,  the  other  has  just  finished  gram¬ 
mar  school.  Both  complain  that  they 
have  considerable  trouble  with  such  stud¬ 
ies  as  require  reading  or  reciting,  and 
that  some  of  the  teachers  are  very  unsym¬ 
pathetic,  some  even  somewhat  cruel  by 
making  them  continue  to  try  to  read  or 
recite  for  an  unusual  length  of  time,  with 
the  other  scholars  laughing  at  them.  At 
times  it  is  very  embarrassing.  Among 
your  many  readers  there  must  be  some 
who  have  had  such  experience,  and  have 
found  some  remedy,  or  learned  how  to 
overcome  the  trouble.  If  anyone  can  tell 
us  of  anything  they  can  do  this  Summer 
that  will  help  them  to  overcome  this 
trouble,  we  will  greatly  appreciate  the 
information.  There  must  be  some  cer¬ 
tain  drills  or  methods  to  follow  that  will 
help  them  to  avoid  the  stammering.  Much 
of  the  time  they  talk  freely.  W. 
Interest  in  Crops 
My  son  recently  bought  a  farm  con¬ 
sisting  of  108  acres.  This  farm  had  been 
willed  to  former  owners  jointly  in  its  en¬ 
tirety.  The  husband  died  and  the  widow 
sold  the  farm.  The  husband’s  brother, 
by  verbal  agreement  (no  writing  of  any 
kind)  had  farmed  the  place  on  one-half 
share.  At  the  time  of  purchase,  April 
13,  1923,  there  were  two  acres  of  black¬ 
berries,  18  acres  of  strawberries  and 
eight  acres  of  hay.  In  my  son’s  agree¬ 
ment  with  the  widow,  she  sold  him  every¬ 
thing,  subject  to  the  brother's  right  and 
interest  in  the  strawberries  and  blackber¬ 
ries,  .whatever  that  might  be.  The  under¬ 
scored  words  are  as  in  the  deed.  The 
brother  has  harvested  the  strawberries 
and  my  son  recognizes  his  half  share  in 
that  crop,  and  he  is  also  willing  for  the 
brother  to  harvest  the  blackberries  and 
have  one-half  the  proceeds.  Now  the 
brother  demands  one-half  of  the  hay,  four 
acres  of  which  he  harvested  last  year ; 
the  manure  from  the  pigpens,  also  one- 
half  interest  in  the  strawberries  and 
blackberries  for  the  next  year. .  If  the 
brother  is  entitled  to  his  demands  law¬ 
fully,  my  son  is  willing  for  him  to  have 
them,  but  expected  one  year’s  share  only. 
New  Jersey.  T.  D.  F. 
We  would  have  been  loath  to  accept  a 
deed  subject  to  the  interest  of  someone 
else,  which  interest  was  not  definitely 
stated.  It  is  impossible  for  us  to  state 
from  your  letter  what  that  interest 
might  be.  Having  accepted  the  deed  with 
this  condition,  our  advice  would  be  to 
make  the  best  possible  terms  and  then 
get  a  quit-claim  deed  from  the  “brother” 
covering  all  interest  which  he  has  in  the 
property.  N.  T. 
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Deering,  and 
Milwaukee 
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