The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1850-06-15

fully neglected their true interests.
In note enclosing the communication
he refers to the blind course of Congress
in its efforts to ''swap off the free admis-
sion OF Canada wheat, for the navigation
OF the St. Lawrence and asserts that
more grain came into the United States
from Canada last year, than was shipped
OF American growth-during the same
time, from the city Of New York 10 for
eign ports.
(For The Cecil..Whgl
Farmers Clubs, &c., sc.
Mr.. ED,roR You ask what I have to
say about the utility of Agricultural Soci-
cites, Farmers Clubs, sc. II have any
thing to say about them at all. it is, that
as at present conducted, they are Of but
little advantage. Nor are the Agrcultu-
raj papers-with few honorable excep-
tions-ol much greater advantage TO Far
merS, than the societies and clubs.
have attended almost every meeting
OF the three Agricultural Societies of Del
aware, some of which were founded IN
1885 and also the monthly meetings Of
the New Castle county farmers Club
besides many other agricultural meetings
in New York, Pennsylvania and Mary
land, and at the city OF Washington. Al
the llme-or soon alter the establishing
OF these societies, you may recollect that
we had our full-blood Durham COW "Blos-
som" of Woodlawn, which gave 80 quarts
OF milk per day; the little nttIve COW
"Yellow Flower" OF Whea'land, which
gave her % quarts and yielded !! lbs OF
butter per day, and our Devon COW, ella
dy Of Dr,ondaIc" whose milk yielded 81
lbs Of butter per week Besides horses of
the llcctcsl kind oxen Of the heaviest sort
heiirrS sleek and of fine form, sheep OF
fine fleece and too fat to eat, and hogs too
large to wak-a full account of all which
you have often seen regularly chroniccd
to the world. But for some years past
all these things, or most OF them, have so
far deterioated, that nothing SPECIAL is said
about them-u like specifics y but COM
mittees report coolIy that such and such
animals are the best, and so recommend
them for the premiums. So much for
stock.
Nor can / attribute the Improvement OF
our lands; or the increase OF our crops, to
the influence of our Societies and lubs-
nor to anything that Societies, Clubs or
Politicians have done for the past seven
years. You may recollect the large and
successive crops of wheat raised by your
aged and valued cltrzen-Col. Adam
Whann-chroniced IN the pioneer agri-
cultural paper OF SINNERS (which have
never been exceled by the influence Of
clubs or societies. The improvement of
our lands and crops have been caused,
solely, by the effect of the tariffs Of 1928
and 1912. Briei as was their period of
existence, still market for our surplus
bread-sluIls has been created by .hem to
some extent, and by them only.
Had Farmers Clubs aud Agricultural
Societies done their duty, and demanded
OF their unworihy SERVANTS, their mis- Repre-
srntativesi in Congress, a protective tariff,
by which the operatives OF our whole coun-
try would have been kept in employment,
in preference to the laborers of Europe,
our Agriculture in all its various branches,
even without the benefit of Societies and
Clubs, would now have surpassed its pres
ent state of improvement as much as
Morse's telegraph does Collamer's fast
mail.
II our Agricultural societies and clubs
would do as the societies and clubs OF all
other professionalism Is. advocate their
true interests, then they would be Of some
service. All professions and trades from
the Lawyer up 10 the Chimney sweep
and gold-tinder have their societies, but
none of them except the farmer, study, as
we do, how they can increase the number
OF operatives in their several professions.
The lawyer and professor mystily every
thing and try to keep everybody in the
dark, SO as TO have less competition and
better prices; but we poor farmers through
our clubs and papers, publish everything
we can think of whereby any improve
ment or art can be made plain and our
products cheapened. The farmers, as
mass, are modest, unobtrusive men, and
suffer their interests to be neglected with
out an effort to prevent it mot so with
other interests. The printers # you please
See their efforts for cheap postage, for
which give them credit. Had the far
mers spoken out IN 1916, that odious tar
iff would never have passed. Indeed,
President Polk, MIR. R. J. Walker and
Burdelcund, all founded their arguments
in favor OF Free Trade on the profound
silence ofthe farmers on the subject. eff
the farmers were not satisfied" SAID Mr..
Polk, "they would object to it, and do
claim now, and ever have, that it was
more the fault Of the farmt RS than of Mr..
Polk, that the Tariff OF 1876 was carried