The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1873-04-18
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EDITOR News: Our late school
election was well attended, show
ing an interest in educational
matters, the ladies exercising their
election franchise. Why did not
our last Legislature, which made
itself SO conspicuous for unheard
of legislation, pass law giving to
every one an office in the school
district who wanted one?
"A reckless boy set out
fire in his field one day last week
when the wind was blowing a per-
feet storm. The result was, that
in an incredible short time the
devouring element destroyed
fences, cord wood, fruit trees, and
one of the finest strawberry gar
dens in the county; in all, amount
ing to several hundred dollars, the
property of his neighbors.
-Fruitland Agricultural So
ciety held its first annual
meeting ON the 18th inst, at .
O'Clock a. IN.
| - by the list of appointments [
see the Emporia railroad orators
gave Fruitland the go by, and well
they may, for 1 am satisfied that
every man will vote against the
''bob-tair' railroad proposition.
Our wheat crop looks unus-
tually promising, especially since
the late fine rains. 15flezz
-B. F.. Dixon is hard to salts
fy. After planting ont q nursery
of several thousand fruit trees he
went to Truths and bought one
thousand 2 year old trees. That's
sensible, Ben. James Hirst has
also been adding to his already
large orchard. In fact, 1 believe
every farmer in this vicinity is
making large additions to his or
ehard.
Tho late farmers convention
and organization, is the all absorb
ing topic with the farmers. We
have become thoroughly aroused,
and are determined to place. our
occupation on a practical business
basis, and to rid ourselves or I'M
lust legislation, moneyed monopo-
lists and railroad rings. Not that
| we propose to declare a war of ex-
termination against railroads
manufactures, middle men. dc
We need them. Cannot do with
ont them. We are willing to give
| them all reasonable encourage
ment, and no more. Yet we dc
demand Justice of them, and moth
, ing less. In an editorial of las
weeks News l notice it says, '.th'
moment it the organization) be
, comes a political movement it viii
die" Perhaps that is true, bu
such is not the object of the move
ment, to organize new pelitica
/ party. Yet the moment it ignore
/ politics it will fail. The farmer
| are as much interested in our pc
l litical movements as any othe
: class Of citizens. We do not pro
e | pose to say who shall make an
2 execute our laws, but We do pre-
: pose to say who shall not. Whe
5 legislators vote themselves dali
k papers, gold pens, and stationery
y amounting to thousands of do
Y lars, then legisiate for the speci.
'fl benefit of capitalists and monopc
), lists regardless of oar constitutio
S and the interests Of the farmer, "
to place them on the r
d tired list regardless Of the polit
e cal party they represent; an
l. when our national eoRgressme
II vote themselves back pay and gi,
our public domain to raiIros
n companies NE propose to call the
ii to account. Ia short, we propos
is if possible, TO secure honesty, il
Re tegrity and justice in the admin
IT ftration Of all of our public 9
d fairs. If that is politics, it is
Is political move; il it's farmerstie
rat is 4 farmers move. gDURAxe
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