The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1872-05-17
Strike Of the English Farmers.

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Carolina were in instruction. Such a
event would not have been more 0mino,
than this which has occurred, i'm Wa
wickshiie. 1t shakes the very found,
tons Ot British aristOcracy. The wealth
the influence, the power of the lande
gentry, the sguires, the noblemen. all dt
pended upon the continuation of the OK
IKE ignorance and stup0r of the agricu
uirh laborer, Everything else nigh
ehrnge; artisans might strike and gai
@''catioh and position: tradcsmen nigh
become wealthy and become voters: No
men inl lght advance to influence and draw
nearer 10 political power; but the agri
cultural laborer, sunk in ruts plOwed 70
him by thousand years, seemed as littl
likely to demand higher destiny. as TIN
OK or ass whose toll he shared. The ay
ricultural labOrcr of England has. indeed
the Appearance Of having been artificialI,
bred, like the short-horncd cattle, or tn,
Short-leg.tid sheep, carefully so formed
in order not to leap fences. On his con
tenfedly staying within the assigned
hedges of the great estate all the land ar
rangcmcnts of Great Britain depend. Bul
now some even of these bred human
short horns, have suddenly put forth lOnn
horns and sharp horns. and if a brood 81
nery dragons had suddenly been let loose
i'll the counties the CONSERVATION could
not b. greater. 'i..i' !'
For the difficulty and danger of such a
movement is that sentiment can not be
kept ont of it. II Is not a case of a par.
ticlllar local expression which ran be adj
iusted by simply advancing the hands
wages u shilling or two. IL amOunts-iu
II
orators-tO the unveilin9 before the nation
o, The one great ulcer upon its body. which
the laborcrS' ignorance and weakness
have long kept ont of public view. The
poor sufferer has suffered for aces the
samcas now. but he has never been able
tn read newspaper. much less to write
To one: hut now nj the first instant he re-
llccts: My labor has q certain value I:
am ! getting its valuc?'' All the young
men who have been fed on Mills POliti-
cal Economy are at his side. eager to be
ms anianiTircs an! champions. The re-
suit Is that the Englishman al good con-
diii"n. VIII" is apt to fancy all the world
comfortable because he Is comfortable
himself, has 10 digest along with his muf-
ii'lS. such statements as this, which l
t'ke from daily paper: .
"SIR II. George Hodge. cannot write
"r read. hut a neighbor has read me your
remarks on laborers' wages. and have
asked him to write Won u true statement
of my condition, which Is a fair Specimen
OF many others lcrcabout. am twenty
ninr years of aye. married with three chill
drcn. have worked with the same mas
ter fifteen years. have earned lSd per
day, and been at work ten hours every
day. | am whit is known as :, general
lap"r"r. dig, fence, tell. or spread MA
''e-Sohn'tiiiicS SPra's th:it nave moi
seen water Tor iiianv months. My eldest
chilh i a hoy. seven years old: and he
','fhs i"tiiiiig Wy second Is girl anu
me earns apout ~ per week. MY Young
ess @ :, sil ai'd; ,nank thr LORI. they
~. '','' zoo" chiiu'eh- Wy "he II
Wy n'l"-""rh,n" woman. anu earns
p'i Weeh-"ou 'iess ner
"t i'oi - gcnSrahy nr'au ana
'. w'p'l in,>s i"r preakiasi: anu u we nave
w. ~ y '",u potato. NY WE anu chibiren
',Ne NV Sai,,r. NY d'hher u ppilen
~, VIZ" Pv,''"> "'i' o,i"hS ih IL.
Wy n"pi'r' nn vi ni''u' cup oi YEA anu
my w VI cnefse w we nave ~, ahu ioi
: ".a. an ','ioh. w ''i, hFNe! Se, "eei
" mutton. ou' sohietuiies pig puck
say s'N 'ihieS III 'he year. i never was
nr,psr time anJ ~ ny "D,n I.;nd ~ .,.5
If hr my n,.s,ar I ~ no eyer hptar" =
-. vi. -
+;n,.s ~, a,,i;,i III . =, IT. - - . h ,uIn.
,',,,s,, 80 a. H.. -. ,V - IIi pay u
.,,,,arod tn,, ,u I" ,'' ".a ,'i am anii i'''e 'i"h
nm ..I n,,, "n,n .a. ',Ii ,h;l ,oiI
.,, ~ M, my .nuh ,,, W ''''s' '' 'r''e". "e-
''"e u - '''e .,Gn .".n Hi \,
"h"h'h ' l'''S '''''ihJ
pay four pounds per annum Tor my
rouse ana garden, thlrty-slN yards by fit-
cen; ,t.E
10 nor give 6eorge Hodges letter be-
,'u-e presents ihe worst case. Since
n" strike there have been scores OF worse
'as's brought before the public; but there
u pathetic undcrtone IN tins poor fei-
"w h'cr, winch Is what makes the
lcpth anu herloilSlesS oil tIiS county