The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1869-06-01 00:00:00

bat MOM en oar lanai lee *daffy evisaltaral
poop wee; few the lelesest it agrisaltare ia
prareseal an He political sees* bat the iatestal
Chembon al Afinteltstil nanlYthis , that
Is, lt the Ureters wllltcketbssawnbaciMlyamil,ll= est
withoat tresting to ethers to do their
work for them. The opening ssestrag at Derthester of
the County Chamber, wee sot without lest, as
wee en the whole well attended ; but it raid
have been well If more of the braises had hems ;lase
Is the bends at is who were themselves fanners.
admirable se Mr. hour's address wee, yet there is
Wilfel perverseness in the minds of • canals clam cd
I peatiseas, who persist in making a distinction between
tbe istorade of the landlord red the tenant, sad 'horo-
loge his address would not have the same weight as if
II bed been delivered by s latent farms. Not that we
ipaorydoo she importer's' of having sueli in upright
art able sanest' of the agricultural Interest am our
SterXent reeressetative. but we maintain that before
siprioniturs has the initeenee which it ought to hani,
and makes its voice properly heard, fermiers must take
the matter into their own heads. However, nothing
siald be roars approprine than Ms. Ploys's address.
He never speaks lightly or carelessly on son subjecte,
balsam be keel's their importunes, and studies them
well, and In bringing before hidliserers all Parliseen'ary
ankles that may offset agrioulters. be never mates e
easeelded stateassat, but gives the ergumcote pro sod
eira, sad then straw his own opinion. We woald
especially ;draw our reader's attention to two subject'
ea which be dwelt. We think his objection to 1b.,,.,
Amassed Bill jobs very important. It is well to
sell in the sid of • Government °Herat like the ourveyor
el taus occoaiofsally ; but it is a drawees experiment
to leave the ratepayers and the owners of property too
much in his heads. You may make the machinery of
Governmeat too simple, when you leave It in the haods
of those who are morally irresponsible. This is the
great avil of oentrelisatioa. Loral Amarement Com-
mittees age sot inisllibls; out they will ever be
restrainal from gross mistakes, or 'minas, by the
moral ~sensibility which they are under to their
asighboars among whom they live; and this is co
great and ea keenly felt, that we believe that any
saistakse, which such committees may make, ere the
result of Ivrea( judgment rather than putialty.
Year Government °Moral has no nosh restricting in.
U. is • modal Mamas{ "hi. band is Ninon
VW male end lust es the valsatioa of property la
WI is his beads, so will appeals spinet his decision
be taken away from those who have load interests and
Ina knowledge; whilst such • system wiU render
Dewunea trwittaff
houtai VS"
stpe , howohnichcanner
agreeable It may be to those wines patronage will be
thereby extended.
But we were moob pleased to hear Yr. Floyer 'peek
so plainly end so forcibly spinet the last new bobby
of sow of oar friseds—a national poor rate. Ai y.
thing more suicidal to the Ilierinaltang interest we can
warmly imagine. Uwe do rumble • little ono" •
quarter, when the collector ..11a for the poor rate, we
coo relieve eareilver ,by expostulating with the
Guardian of the parish, and can rail him to on amount
for the way in which the money goes ; but
under • Notional Rate, be it small or treat,
we shall have to pay it and hold our tongues. And as
we do not find Oovernmant officials more esnomicall
than others, we say expect that, while the poor are no
richer, the ratepayers will boon 'boosair poorer. And
what defense shall we have, if other things are added
to the poor-rats, when it is national? We grumble at
paying for the militia, and laratiss, /cc., but what
guarantee shall we have ths the number of these
• will not be increased, when the ratepayers have
lost all voices in the making, allotting, and expending
the retell? No I Yr. Floyer Is perfectly right. A
national rate is only • step towards national corn-
monism. We think, therefore, that Mr. Floyerk
address deserve' the greatest possible attention.
Agricalturists have no one whom they may more rattly
follow, than our county representative, because he
knows what be is talking about, when he sprain of
their political interests; sad he is far too honest to say
what he doss not feel to be tree sad right.
Very different, however, was the oration of Lord S.
G. Osborne. With men that was smart, there was
little that was practical, end. es is always the ems with
thole who say clever things, his lordship said math that
he had better not have said. When be called upon
ratepayen to be weird in looking efts the expendl.
true of the Boerds of Guardians, of whin they were
membersibefore they tried to be admittedto the Financial
Boards of the counties, we fear that be judged of all
Boards of Guardrails. by cis with which his lornhip to too
well acquainted. We can assure his that there ere few
boordu at which the chairman signs the minute book
without reading it through: few boards, where the
offieiels ce. apply to their own ass three or four
hundred poands, before any suspicion is created. We or.
acquainted with some Boards of Guardiene where the
business is sonducted with the greatest exactossa, and
if the Maeda Board' of the counties are only conducted
se well, we feel convinced that the ratepayers will be
largely benefited. Bat on the matter of education, his
lordship spoke in • still more extnordinary manner.
He waned no that if educatioe wont oust it. present
rate, we should soon have no labourer". If his lord-
ship would only make • few enquiries, he would find that
at present there is no great fear from education, sa we
know fora feet that there are still multitudes of young
men in this 'panty who can neither read act write. We
are worry for it. Fanners line nothing to fear from
eduraticie, bat snob to hops for. As they have become
themselves more educated, they have introduced more
sollenes into agrieultare, and as that seism is improved,
sad machinery largely supplies the pleas of bodily
labour, • superior dam of workmen will be
Already the want of it is felt. You cannot trust
every men you meet at • hiring fair with
four hundred pounds worth of ussehines7 ; end an
'darted laboarthe ohms will be required by the Garman
trite as soon as it will make Its appearance. If the
life of man depends upon the erodes of the soil, and
therefore " seed time and harvest" have never failed,
so as long as the earth produces its trait, so long there
will be hands to gather it.
We modem that we thoroughly agreed with what fel
hos one speaker, who objected to the number al
es-officio members. In • matte( like this men mart
rat for themselves. Itannfintarere of every kind do
not trust to others to do their work end protect their
intend, they take it into their own hands, end if these
Chambers of Assriralture induce Islam to study these
questions thoroughly and discuss them candidly, and SO
..custom themselves to state their opinions freely end
fioently on all meadow, they will gristly strengthen
the influenee of the whole agricultural eonisnunity, which
has hitherto been looked upon by Chancellors of the
Igehaquer a/ intended by Providence for their especial
tronstee, to be sheared like their sheep, because
hitherto like their sheep they hen bees dumb surds
the operatioa.