The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1873-08-07
Of 1893 steam and sail vessels and 1900

OF 1898 steam and sail vessels and 1900
departures. gl sii 0et uold3vee Y
aThetotal number of steam vessels own
ed and registered in Milwaukee, March
lst,is 90 and sailingvessels 227 having
total capacity of So. 267 tons. 8aloa RI
Although these figures have d
magnitude of their own they present
but an iora of the commercial q transac-
of ourscouhtry. Still they serve %
show the great interests of Ecommerce-
the enormous capital oused--the knowl
edge, skill and energy required for. the
successful handling ofthese products So
that profit may result to those who en-.
gage in this business. The magnitude
and extent of these transactions require
that the time, talents and energy of those
who engage in them should be wholly
devoted to this business. tt requires
spe a;t training an6 long, experience to
make successful merchants. By success
we mean the acquisition of greater or
lesser amount of wealth by the applica
tIon of time skilland energy in any bof
The various branches of trade and = cons
cn'iceili 1uode ee1 tsnih3ari
IS IT ECONOMY TO EMPLOY MIDDLE MEN
Now let us suppose that farmers with
out previous training could transact the
business what would be gained by it.
The middle men would be turned out of
their present emplC yment and would
necessarily become inefficient producers
Tor want of the requisite training necessa-
ry to make them successful farmers It
would simply be change of occupation
The middle men would 'occupy the places
of a like number of farmers and thea
would occupy the places of the middle
men,! They could rattle around in their
new places but neither, for time at
least, could wei fill the places of the
Others. 1t is evident there would be
great loss in the change such as mus
aiw Us result from acts in defiance of
We'll established principles of economy.
There are numerous examp.s in proof
Farmers who have accumulated com
Portable competence and firing of ex.
pending their energies in garnering the
slow and small gains of agriculture, ex-
change their beautiful homes and broad
acres for investments in manufacturing,
merchandising or speculat'ons of which
they have but scanty knowledge, and
no training and in a large majority of
cases bankruptcy and ruin soon overtake
them. And on the other hand the mer-
chant, the manufacturer or the Spectator
becoming sick of the turmoil and strife
OF business and weary Of waiting for the
uncertain gains of his ventures tries his
unskilled hand at farming and ignorance
produces failures which blight his very
effort, To succeed in any occupation
one must have the requisite trainings
and as business is now organized almost
any occupation will afford sufficient scope
for the employment of all ones energies;
and our success will generally be in pro-
portion to the concentration of effort in
the line of our calling. The farmer
Cannot afford to leave his farming 10 car |
~ his produce and seek out the consumer
1t is cheaper for the Iowa Farmer to paw
three bushels of corn for the Transports |
ton of one to New York than to carry It
there himself. If he could put one hun
dred bushels on his two horse wagon and
haul it to New York it would cost him
the price of ninety nine to place the one
bushel in the hands of the
consumer. If these Iare facts then we
may conclude that u as economy III the
farmer to employ middle men in the ex.
change and distribution of products.
AN EQUITABLE DIVISION OF THE PROFITS.
And 1T is equally true that the farmer
Is greatly interested in the economical
conduct of this business OF exchange, and
Ia the integrity and uprightness of those
who handle our productions. The intsr-
ests of the producer and middlemen are
% close by allied that the one cannot OBJ.
ain an undue proportion of the profits
without rohbing the other to an equal
extent. Dishonesty and unfair dealing
10 NOT necessarily attach 70 thnnn rnhn