Cold Facts

What was tbe value of an acre of wheat in 1872? $11.90. And in 1895, or 23 years later? $4.35. How ranch did an acre of cotton bring in 1872? $28.55. And in 1895? $7.03. How mnch did an acre of cotton average in 1872? 111.35. And in 1895? 17.60. What did an acre of hay yield in 1872? 14.35. And in 1895? $8.43. How niuch did an acre of oats yield in 1872? $9.81. And in 1895. $4.91. What was the aveiage price per acre of these five staples products in 1872? $15.18. And in 1895? $6.66. What was the average loss per acre? $8.52. How ruuch would that be to afarmer owning 40 acres of land? $34.80. Are you sure your figures are coirect? I am. Where did you obtain thern? Frorn the reports of the agricultura! department in Washington. - Lakeview (Ore.) Rnstler. A writer in the Times, Wednesday evening,Jexhausts the English language to flnd opprobrious terms to cast at business men whom the writer evident ly believes have no place on schoo boards and boards of regenta. The writer evidently wishes for the class distinctions prevalent in Europe, where the leisure classes look down upon the tradesman, and for man to soil his hands with business is to becorne an outcast socially. He bas not imbibed the spirit of the declaration of independence that "all men are created free and equal. " He bas not imbibed the genius of our American institutions and fails to appreciate tbe dignity of labor. He fails to appreciate the fact tbat the average American business man is brighter intellectually than the average American idler, who did not spring from poverty. He fails to appreciate the fact that the school boards and boards of regeuts have to deal vith business matters largely and that in schoiastic matters they are gnided largely by the superiuteudents or presidents of their schools or colleges. The Argus has naught to say against scholars. It appreciates their full worth, but when it comes to mauaging the finalices of our schools or colleges, it submits that from the very nature of their work they are not as well qualified as the business man. It will not insult this community by admitting the phrase "the dear long and hairy eared people" which the writer of the Times applies, but it must say that these same people evidently evince more sense than the Times writer, and it ventures to assert also that the Times writer is a "gold bng. " His views sound like it.