The Socialists are working overtime in an effort to frighten the people
with their tales about the tenant farmer. They point out that the tenant
farmers have increased much faster than homeowning farmers, there being
about 8 per cent. of the latter as against about 16 per cent. of the
former. Recently the United States government made an investigation into
the condition of the tenant farmer in the three states of Indiana,
Illinois and Iowa and from this we find that the average size of farms
managed by tenants for the three states is 172 acres; that the average
income of each farm is $1,732, and the average expense $740, leaving for
the average tenant farmer an income of $992 a year.
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_Mother_: “Willie, I’m shocked at you. Do you know what becomes of
little boys who use bad words when they play baseball?”
_Willie_: “Yes’m. They grow up and become golf players.”
—_Boston Transcript._