Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1873-02-19

engage in some business which may seen
to be mare remuncralive and farmin.
comes to be considered a life of drul-er,
and privation.
Farmers, this should not be so Some
thing must 6e done 10 cxtricatc us iron
this doplorablo condition aud place US il
that position from which we can urres
and claim our rights. We have been il
bondage to spectators, middle-meu and
transportation m ouopolics long enough
/ How shall We free ourselves? Individual
effort has failed; let US try CO. operation
1t isa well kn own fact that nearly every
other blanch of productive industry il aud
has long been fully engage d into powerful
uuiCuS, societies aud associations. BY
mean Of their combined influences aud
efforts cxcrted through their trade unions.
the mechanics and artisans Of perhaps all
the ditlcr1n, trades have succeeded in el.
eyating an advancing their condition as
no individual effort could have done The
hours Of labor have been reduced, aud the
wages increased amorgalI classes of work
men. Competition has been avo deb and
the fees increased among the learned pro-
fessons, by the formation of medical as
scciatonS and the like. The commercial
aud merchauile interests in all large
towns and cities, are also protected by
their chambers Of commerce and their
" boards Of trade" We would not com.
pain Of these things; they are doing Just
what We should do under the same circum.
stances; yet VIC would ask farmers TO
consider that while these unions associa.
ton &c. are just the things needed for the
individual interests Of tho.e belonging
thereto, it is evident that nearly all they
gain is at our ultimate expense. for il
must all be added to the price of the arti.
Gle manufactured; Of which. the farmars
are the principal consumers. They alone
are unorganized and dclenseless; having
little or nothing to say as TO tho price Of
any thing they produce or consume. If
they have produce to sell, they are at the
mercy of tho speculator; also if they must
buy, they must pay the price asked.
This is unfortunate. We ought to be al
lowed the privilege of setting the price one
way at least. But let US look at the pres.
ent system of exchange through an inter
mnable line Of dealers, forwardc lob.
bers, wholesale and retail dealers &c. be.
tween the producer and the consumer,
equally wrongiDg both the one receiving
tar less, and the other paying much more.
thanthe just price of the ario.e exchanged.
This evil is undoubtedly to sopo extent
inevitable. Bat while the mediation Of
agents cannot be entirely dispensed with.
we bel ieve it can and should be largely
decreased. That this can be accomplished
by an earnest cooperative effort among
farmers we firmly believe and We would
here invite the attention of the farmers of
Lamollle County and vircnlty to the Pat.
rons OF Husbandry. secret organization.
devoted to the interests of agriculture and
or'lcuaure. which, although yet in in.
fancy (belng comparatively new thing in
this Section) is making long strides in the
right direction, where it ha. been prscti-
cally introduced. Its members in all sec.
lions where the order is thoroughly organ
lied are availine themselves of its benefits
by purchasing such articles as they need,
by combination at wholesale prices often
making ret saving of from % to 40 per
cent. This order purposes to open direct
communication from the producer to the
consumer which can only be done by com.
bned and cooperative effort, among those
classes
Oranges East can deal direct with
oranges West, or South purchasing such
staples as are produced by the one and
consumed BY the other, thereby saving
the commissions and profits of so many
spectators and midcle-men which at
present, enhnnce the price of such articles
as COIN for instance, to such an extent
the consumer can hardly make it pay TO
buy IL; yet the producer at the West gets
but q scantsy pittancc for his labor.
Farmers let us look at these things as
they are and if any way is presented 10 us
which seems to offer better prospects for
the future aud let US investigate it thor.