Goodwin's weekly : a thinking paper for thinking people. [volume], March 26, 1910, Page 2, Image 2

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H 2 GOODWIN'S WEEKLY
M C. C. GOODWIN Editor
H J. T. GOODWIN Manager
H L S. GILLHAM, Business Manager
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H P. O. Boxes, 1274 and 1772.
H Telephones: Bell, 301; Ind., 3,02;
H 915-916 Boston Block, Salt Lake City, Utah.
H ant 61 sires who made their fortunes grabbing
H everything right and left, timber lands, water
H power, coal and iron mines, marble quarries,
H building stone quarries, phosphate beds, oil lands,
H salt marshes, soda beds, mineral springs every-
N thing in and out of sight, and that the gentleman's
HB present solicitude is an inherited fear felt by his
H ancestors that some other natural grabber would
H, get ahead of them.
H Hence the story of that scrap last Saturday
H was welcome news. It was an indication of red
H blood still in the veins of Congress, that the hook
H worm had lost its hold and that the sleeping sick-
H ness could be shaken off if the remedy was only
H drastic enough.
H That the dignity that should pertain to that
H august body was cast aside for the time did not
H matter. When the cyclone is sent to clear the
H air, it has not time to stop and pick out the trees
H that It was going to rend. And then there was a
H) world of good sense in the reply of the old Mis-
H sissippi doctor who was told by a man that he
H had been insulted by one' beneath him, one who
H, was no gentleman, and asked what he should do.
H The reply was, "When a man in Mississippi needs
H licking, we lick him and inquire into his pedigree
H The country had about reached the conclusion
H of the woman whom a neighbor tried to sympa-
H thize with after her husband had blacked her eyes.
B "Don't do that," said the afflicted wife, "I don't
H need It, I am glad of It. I rejoice over it on ac-
H count of my children. I did not think the low-
B down cuss had the spunk to do It." Seriously, it
B was a good thing. Parties are necessary in a re-
H public, and parties have to enforce rules to pre-
H serve their organization and maintain their work-
H ing front; but when partisanism degenerates into
B tyranny) until a man's honest opinion is made an
B excuse for oppression and attempted opprobrium;
B then it is time to take on the thought that after
B all the people are supposed to rule this country
B through their representatives and when they are
B insulted or ignored, then the people are insulted
B and Ignored, and it is time for an insurrection.
H, Farms and Farm Life In California
A MAN was in this city a few days ago who
made the startling assertion that except for
: the Chinese and Japanese in California, the
B people in that state would starve to death, that
M the modern generation of Californlans would not
Bt work In the fields and vineyards. Of course, that
H Is an exaggerated statement, but there must have
been some foundation far it, and to one who un-
M ders'tands the conditions which have led up to
H. the present condition, it is not hard to realize
H why a great many people are prejudiced against
H agricultural life in California. The first Is that
B' the rich valleys of California, where not irrl-
B'j gated, are almost as bare of vegetation as the
B J desert from the first of July until the rains come
HT in the autumn. Then the lower valleys, especial
ly Bn
ly the Sacramento and San Joaquin, and their
tributaries, are exceedingly warm.
Imagine the discomforts of living In such a
country for nearly half the year. Then the crops
that will grow and mature in such a region are
limited to a few cereals. Then in the past a great
portion of those valleys have been covered by
land grants, mostly old Spanish grants, with titles
often clouded, and with owners who would not sell
at any reasonable price, and who would not sub
divide the tracts, so that men could buy small
holdings, and with no power anywhere to im
pound the waters flowing through the lands, that
their life might be transmitted to the soil.
Then there have been many discouragements
to toilers. When the raisin Industry was first
inaugurated in Fresno valley, the people who en
gaged In It believed there would never be a sup
ply to meet the demand. That dream was dis
pelled within five years after the vines began to
bear. Then the rage was for orange groves, but
so soon as these became abundant, there were
the railroad exactions to meet, and a little later
came combines of men to fix the prices at which
the fruit raisers must sell, and lastly the pro
duce trust, to not only dictate the prices which
farmers might charge, but the other prices
which merchants must exact from their custom
ers. Most men, reading the foregoing, would say:
"If these are the conditions in California, excuse
me from trying to carry on either a farm or an
orchard in California."
Still California is naturally about the very
richest and noblest state In the Union. But some
things will have to be revolutionized there. The
great tracts of land will have to be partitioned.
Such a system of irrigation will have to be in
augurated as will keep the valleys green. There
will have to be reasonable freight rates, and a
free market In which to sell the products of the
soil. This is so apparent that the wonder is the
legislatures of that state have not before this
brought all these things about. The land monop
oly might long ago have been broken up by tax
ing those great tracts just as though they were
under cultivation.
The state might long ago have had the val
leys under irrigation, by proposing to advance tho
money or credit needed, and, by a vote of the
property owners, have had the money so advanced
a lien upon the lands until the full amount of
principal and interest should be refunded. The
prosecuting attorneys and courts could eradicate
the combines that are preying upon the farmers.
The most difficult obstacle, the railroad exactions,
ot course, the state could regulate only within its
borders, and it would have trouble even to do
that, for most of the roads are corporations of
other states, and they are hard to fight; but with
a variety of crops on each farm, and not depend
ing, as heretofore, upon a single cereal or a lit
tle orchard, most of that difficulty could be ob
viated, and then interurban roads are being ex
tended rapidly which will have to rely upon local
freights and fares. It will take some time to
bring all this around, but it can be done, and
then in reward the soil will yield two crops per
annum and young California will find much joy in
the home farm life.
About Growing Old
A LEARNED writer in an eastern journal,
through an extended argument, tells peo
ple how to grow old. That has a superflu
ous look on its face. That was arranged before
the beginning of time. It is a natural process.
A good many want to retard it, but very few
want to accelerate it. And then it does not need
any lecture, it will come of itself. A good many
people have disqanted on how to keep young,'
and 'they are sx'ird of an audience. But all the
rpceipts havo failed; Others have written lee-
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