, 1872-11-06

the load, no profits to the dealer, ano ny aee4 VI
a middle man and no occasion TOT cteM!: ne
winter, or when the roads are bad, and then 1t
is paid for, and the $500 saved will purchase
many comforts for the family. What IS Ir9o OF
coal is true Of many other things on which
like saving may be made
PURCHASE OF IIGHTNISG-RODs-
Just at that time, Peter Smith drove up with
load. Peter is an old schoolmate; We used to
sit on the same old puncheon seat in the old log
school-house, and take our weekly Whlpplngs
together; for, in those days, schools were run
On the plan orht %hy ta pe yoa
SWELL, old fellow, the fact is, one Of those con-
founded ightning-rod men came it over me
year ago, and he holds my note for 1920 for
rod You know I put up new kitchen last
year, and just as l had it ready for use, Mr..
lightning Man came along, and just talked me
into the idea that my old, rusty iron rods we're
not safe, and that had better put up good cop
per rods, that would never rust out, and which
would always be reliable. The fellow said that
these hollow copper rods would carry more light
n1ng, pound to pound, than any other
metal; and then my old woman wanted
the new rod, for she is terribly
afraid OF lightning. Two hundred and thirty
two bushels Of rorn will just pay that note, with
the interest at 10 per cent" Well, Peter, what
have better times mot just yet, for we must
put all these useful lessons to SOME account Do
you suppose any pedler can get my note now
No. slr, that thing is played out, and, after this
tims a saa pay eaa5h or do withGqt 17 t4 ths
YOU, old schoolmate, that there are some worse
things than these pedlers it is the transporta-
tion lines, the great rings Of trade, and the
trades- unions ;.these are what are playing the
mischief. Last year, two Of my boys wanted to
learn trades, but they could get no situation,
though they are stout, industrious boys and to-
day they are working out as farm-hands at $50
month, while George Blum, q neighbours boy,
is laying brick at three times the wages,
and work no harder Next spring,
three months, and get a general insight into the
business, and after that will try their hands on
cellar-Nalls and other cheap structures, and thus
in time fstea1 the trade for there ia only now
and, then an opportunity to learn it; IN
change in these things, for now the skilled
mechanic obtains three times as much for his
labor as the skilled farmer. We are now the
hewers Of wood and drawers Of water to all the
other industrieH, and We should not rest satisfied
until labor on the farm is OF the same value as
labor in the shop. must hire out three Of my
ful1-grown boys to offset the wages OF carpen-
ter, mason, or other skilled workmen !; and my
boys are skilled farmers,-that is, they can dc
al the manual work Of the farm in the most
| workmanlike manner do not think that
am unreasonable; but I again repeat that these
| things ara beginning to work their own cure.'
THE OUTLOOK.
drove home slowly, for Tas muslng oVel
| this condition Of things. The better edueatlor
| was bringing new wants, and making broader
demands for the qualification Of those wants
| The old income, the old wages, and the old-time
prices for farm products, are inadequate to meo1
these new demands. Shall We sell our farms, ge
into mechanical trades, purchase railroad stock
loan our money at 2 per cent q month. get 8
| situation as railroad conductor, mail agent, e1'
| preasman, or clerk it in some Office, or so into
| politics and take our chances in the genera
scramble? AL of these things came into re-
view, and then We thought Of q quiet home OF
the farm, and how we would dignity labor by &
! better Bystem OF farming.
+ All business must have it's ups and downs, it
expansions and contractions, the pulling doWE
and the building up, and farming is no exception
to the rule. The money market is tight simply
from oyerdrawing our incomes, and We must
borrow to meet the deficiency II ne live toe
fast this year, we must live slow the next. Il
the vessel-owner is getting rich out Of this crop,
competition will bring down his prices the next
| If the railroad monopoly grinds too fine We must
| meet it in legitimate manner, for all these
great public institutions must be made to work
| at a fair price. II individuals cannot afford tt
| meet them in the Courts, the State must do 80
| There must be reform, for the worlds trade
| must be open alike to the producer and to the
consumer; and, SO long as We have the prest
| and the rostrum, we may hope to combat erro1
| and hold monopolics at bay. RURAL