Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1873-12-19
The Farmer pays for Alio

Since the organization Of the secret
order Of the Fatrions of Husbandry, and
-1ts introduction among our agricultural
communities there have not been wanting
demagogoes, who, for the purpose Of inn
gratatiDg themselves upon the husband
men, have unduly exauled their calling
on the one hand, and have spoken in de>
traction Of all other classes OF society
The case of the farmer against govern
inent aud society, is moreover embodied
in the populra catchwod, which has been
thoughtlessly repeated by thousand
tongues, "Thefarmer pays for all p
1t Is ;gravely asserted that, not only all
the expenditures Of the Government, but
the, entire expenses Of society, are dsriv-
I'll solely from the farmer. and that all
other classes, like so many parasites, fat
ten upon his toll. w hatever merits this
system of deuiagoguery may have 1t, is
s. not that of%novelty, because the fable of
the rsvolting members against the abdo>
men has come down to US from the very
dawn of written history.
1t is fact, as notorious as indispu.n5le,
that those countries and communities
where the vast majority Of the peopleta are
solely devoted to agricultural are poor and
feeble. 1t is Gu eece and Asia Minor that
has ilumRated the pathway Of centuries.
Nor is it known to US for its agricultural,
but for it's steamship, fine arts, md lter>
ature and imperial Rome. which has
sent down the echo of its name to be re-
vorterated by centuries yet to come,
achieved its fame, not by agricultural, but
BY its prowess in war.
ts8or1ern nations like Spain, Portugal.
Brazil, Mexico and the South American
republics, whose people are chiefly en-
gagged in filling the soil, do not present a
desirable state of society. The reasons
for this are obvious. When the hus>
bandman is compelled not merly to till the
soil, but also to construct his own pow
and the cart which he conveys his pro-
duse to market, and the very garments
~e@h; ch cloth his bodr, his productive
; power is reduced to the minimum by the
variety of these tasks, so that he will be
unable, by the. greatest bodily exertions,
TO raise himself above abjcct, poverty.
tits the division of Industrial pursuits
TO act 90 operatively with each other
which has enabled modern civilization to
place so many comforts within the reach
Of the poorest in the land. our very poor
houses to-day containing more solid COM
forts, and even articles of luxury, than
che cbodes Of Saxon nobility Of the tenth
century. Unfounded and ndiscrim inate
accusations of idleness and nnproductige>
ness hsve been more particularly directed
by political shysters against those classes
of soietv that do not preform annual la
Dor, yeFfiebig, the author of the science
Of agricultural chemistry, has enabled the
agriculturalst Of the civilized world to
obtain with the sane expenditure Of
force million times more of products in
"a single season than he could have
rProduced if he had held the piow for eigh-
~ years.
The numberless inventions Of the pres
ent era, and, for illustration, wo simply
cite The steam en- CINE and the threshing
and harvesting machines, have empower
ed the farming communities not merely to
multiplied their productions with the same
expenditure of labor, but have also enabl-
cd them to dispose Of their surplus pro
da7e at at a profit, and to receive as an
equivalent, therefor, such additional
'Tuxuries as they may adyantageousiy se.eet
In view of these facts it viii take but
the slightest reflection to establish the con-
viction that the inventor and man of
science are bestowing blessings upon
mankind, though they may rot toll in
the field, of equal value OF those of the
.husbandman.
A team has runaway, and farmer has
been thrown from the wagon has broken
his limbs. A sympathiaing crowd of
neighbor gather about him, and what is
their first thought? Let him be swift as
Sheridan's charger, to cal surgeon, SO
that the mangled limbs may be set.and the
life saved. II rs true, in the course Of time,
when the patient is once more hale and
hearty, he may forget to pay that surgeon
and he may again rail against those class :
es of society who toll not with their hands
but be owes'his life TO that physicians skill,
nevertheless.
Again, death has set its seal upon the brow
OF the beloved child we are brought face to
face with that awful chasm that lies be-
tween time and eternity. the form of the
loved one is about to be placed beyond our
sight forever. 1t is then we take counsel
with the minister of the Gospel. The re-
.prsser tatiEesof the Word which in, that
'solem hour, proclaims 81 am the life
and the resurrection The minister is
needed, though Ire may be scoffed at in
times of'prosperity and health.
What can crude toll achieve when pre-
formed by q man of ignorance-p Did not
'the system Of slavery improverish the land
In which that ignorant labor was employ
.eds Can the farmer do without the teacher
Caa he see his little ones grow up urablq
70 plan and calculate and invest with profit
the proceeds of their labor? Then we mus;
have the teacher, and We cannot have him
without the requisite competence and
ability din.css we establsh4the university
and the seminary
We are'not how much the farmer NAV
toll in his Geld. or how hard the mechanic
may Jabor in his shop, if the laws do.not
sproteet and .guarntee TO him the pro
tceeas of his labor, his industry hzs@bse,
u vain. Ehus, for the security of on
s&Eiland political rights The Science D