The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1868-10-29


such transfers are sometimes made.
Each buyer is paying heavy intert
accounts which overlap more or lie
in time. Each one pays taxes ON
transactions; each one gets his prof
ON commissions. All these eharg
come out of the producer and CO
sumner. Can any mode be devils,
J which will wipe ont OF lessen Il
heavy charges made upon farm pr
duets between the producer and col
sumerf This is to-day the create
need of American agriculture. I
mot suppose the middle men can |
dispensed with entirely, but there al
4 too many of them. a7'ii -
The great change which has bee
made in the mode of selling the da
riesoof this State leads us to hope ths
some system may be devised to relieV
other farm products. Formerly chees
made in this State was, sold to th
nearby merchant, and by him sold t
Others, so that when it reached tn
English market, if it ever reache,
there, it was loaded down with nu
meroas commissions, interest account
taxes, and profits. Under the presen
system OF selling the cheese made i,
a neighborhood through the common
factory agent to the New York o.
london merchant, all intcrInediat,
charges are cut out.and the gain is di
vided between the maker and the con
sumer, In my own neighborhood,
frequendysee London buyer deal
ing directly with the cheese Makers
l believe this the only farm product o.
our own country which goes into the
foreign market free from this loss and
cost of numerous transfers. Can nc
system bc,deYised by which other farm
products can be saved from the nu-
merous costs of multiplied commits
sions and profits? I see the dificnl-
ties in the, way, but I trust some
change can be made, in our present
system which is SO lhurtful to produ-
GERS and consumers. ~.zT
THE GROWING DISLIKE FOR COUNTRY
.C..,.5,,Tr, LIFE.
f Beyond the need of improved ma
chinery and the necessity of relief
from the heavy interests and burden
some taxation, there must be some
thing more to give prosperity to ag--
riculture. # In some respects the states
and habits of our people must be.
changed. No. pursuits can, in the long.
cin, do well unless held in high hon
5r by the public and cherished with
pride and affection by those engaged
N it,. t9s tsgiil 5il7 lnI93 IL ot sil4lc /
There is certainly enough Of lauda--
ion of the farmers pursuit, but we
;annot, shut our eyes to the fact that
here is a growing dislike for country
ife in our land, and an Increasing de-
ire to crowd into towns and cities.
phel lcomparatiYe increase of city
population is much greater than that
f the rural districts. This does not
TOW out Of any sound business con-
1deradons. We find that men who
ave gained moderate fortunes by
heir skill and industry as farmers are
rome rome TO sell their property and go
nto neighboring villages In this
tate the people seem to have their
acks turned to the country and their
aces set toward town life. The end |
f social ambition is to live in the |
lrgest cities, and of late this has
cen carried so far that the great |
owns Of Europe are swarrning with |
americans, Many millions of gold I
sspent each year by absentees. The
lm thus spent abroad makes large 7
emtiii our Increasing Indebtedness to t
urope. Y "a. - - ~, - go - ;2i'i'S
To, what is this dislike of country
fe due? 1t is not natural one 1t
mot held 0 elsewhere to be q social
1vahcement to lose the position Of
a owner of land to become a dwell
II in town. In Great Britain it is the
'verse of this. Men seek to gain
'ftunes that they may become the
wners of country homes. It adds to
leir dignity to become landed; pro-
fietors. The tastes for rural life are
lere cultivated and difused. This
IS given to its farmers great social
ID political consideration. They
i've there weight in shaping the
olicy of government which they do
ot have elsewhere. For some rea- j
N the love of country life seems to
fading out with dus. q This is at {
ndedI with great evils. When man .
no has gained a competency by his 1
i'll and industry gives up his farm f
I'd moves into town, he not only Il
'es where his social positions are b
wered, his knowledge and expert t
ade useless, but he throws a gloom i
Eer the neighborhood he leaves and I
his example unsettles the purposes f
d modes of life of those around Ft
m. These influences are hurtful in &
any ways, They have deprived us /
IA due proportiondof agricultural t
bor. They have lessened the pro- q
lctions of the soil and have cut off !
II export. They have tended to the v
moralization of young men, and I
We led them to look to specializing n
ventures and gambling enterprises, i
d not to sturdy industry and pru- '
Mt saving for the means of support. c
What are the causes of this perver- h
/ taste and the hurtful practice /? Do /
ey spring from the monotony of n
untry life, or from our own want of 1
9 right education? tits certain that /
the earlier periods of our history f
ose who had gained fortunes or n