, 1873-04-17

ho deala IL ts hia lRbor that plaoca tho produce
sumor, mud thus makeH It available for tho uses
OF man, md givos It rccuniary value. 1lo
Is commercial producer, and 1t ia right
and tlttng tl,at ho Should recognized ~ a!oh
and harventu, and thronhou, and winnows. and
storoR, and handles, and Transports; and oach
act Of labor boatowo cd glycs q cortain Increased
valuo to tho production. So. =. - .
But. at thfa ntago Of tho, procoas formed, IN
producer A finds 1t desirable to convert his
product into tho nooosHariea ind coufo1te Of
1fe and into other products, tho results Of other
mons laPors: IL! uo looks around for fair
and labor In a shape TINT will onablo him to
mako them available. Tho ultimate consumer
Of his product is thousands OF miles nvay, and
10 t cannot cam get aocosa to him! Now whst shal
Of tho baatnese It is yory convenient
to have good, cash-pnying mi1dtomsn, or COM
neutrality-suspicious., as 1 ehnll insist on calling
him, at hand: This middleman atopa in and
tho times aro whnt are tormod good, 4 geta a
fur equivalent for tho labor md capital that he
has put into tho article. II tho timea nro what
aro termod bad, ho will DO only partially oonl-
bo this as it may, our commercial mtddlomnn D
puta hia oapitnl into It.. Ho beBtows upon the
product othor acts Of labor. Hc gathers small
parcels into large bulks; ho asaorts, as per
4uM4ltIe8 Huu H4uuBs QIlA transports " IAokaAt
points. But this product has not yet reached
consumer, and our middleman mud connorolal'
producer 3 wants tho Original capital that ho put
into it, and pay for the use Of his cnplta and {nr
al accrued al s,ra ~ a faha ii.
croasod value produced. cannot mold longer;
ho, too, like tho original producer is not in alt
nation to roach the inal consumor Of tho product.
RhsE haa Is bSsaafSa sdng 5a e
consnmors: Moithor a, tho agricultural pro-
3ueor, nor D, the commercial purchaser and pro-
It requires kind Of labor for which neither Of
soils tho ! product to Middlonan d,
q sh,a o.RReE Rseo t1gg1 agG9'd uPon s gong
middloman aud commercial producer who is on
gagged In tho work Of buying agricultural pro-
ducts in tho bulk and In largo guantitios, and in
distributing them among actual and final con-
sumera. In quantity and qlality, md at times,
sumors. Ho puts capital into this business; no
boatows labor; he, too, handles, and atorcs, md
| divides, and weighs, and measures, and dis
tributes. aud uacs buafness talent. and Bdl, and
vigilance, and thus adds to the value Of tho pro-
duct,-for all OF which accumulated values tho
Now, in tho 'lgit Of .tho principles heroin
stated and illustrated, I make tho following
l.TLat 4, B, md O have been joint workers
in tho production Of tho accumulated yalao OF
tho product TINT was hnaliy sold by to the
consumers. The work Of neither Of tho three
parties could have beon dispensed with without
embarrassment and ruin to tho other two, mol
without infieting loss, and suffering, and Htar-
vation On tho consumers.
2. That a, 3, and hayo, each in Ills own way
and In his own sphere, dono tho work Of pro
ducor in giving tho value to tho product fol-
all beon legitimately engaged In tho work of
performing thonoc6asary conditions OF producing
d nocesaary and perfected production ut tho doo
Of the consumers. Now, In tho common Language
producer, and to tho other two NO attach th'
diminutiVo md odious Irish title Of mlddlomon
By what right ia this diBparaging distinction
mado2 There ia . legitimate Qualification o
tho work Of the world. Lot that classification
US not be deceived BY any termtnology. A gu
perfcinl aud deceptive ter1ninologY has led man,
wise man astray. It may deceive uH. Lot Vi
fortlfy ourselves against such result.
and a many h y 1pa % Year, a n aDy aamoT Rns %
many many thousands ) ~ ot 'Adof dollars n'8 to AotI sI
ysae peo :, b aot the PEodrt" Am q uo Gran
Of the workers Of tho world ? Granted. broth
or.far%er that yoar glo1y % ono Of the sb9' ~
aun, toll mo- if you can, why mino should bo a
that Of the moon !? II you, brother-farmer, al
to rank as ono Of tho golden goblots, why Bhoul
T DO placed among tho earthen pitchers
ThoTe is no doubt but that tho terms " middle
mai " md producer" % popularly used Al.
. understood, arc calculated to decoiyo, and do d
ceive, aud that they, in fact, cauao popular i
, in disguise. These terms, IS used IN th y
. thom tho. idea, by implication at loas
thnt tho middloman bostowa no labor on the art
olos in which ha deals, and that ho adds nothin
. to their value; that ho is useless olemens
eociety; md that he lives by tho aufforance an
: at tho expense Of the toillng produoor and tt
toiling consumer. This idea, If mistake no
lies at the foundation Of the discussion in rega,
to the middlemen that is now agitating tho coul
try. Numerous indignant resolutions and inn,
, merable indignant speeches have had no bott
support, and hayo developed no profounder idt
than this plausible dolsision. Tho sooner Il
!, fact is recognized and acted upon, that the mal
!, ufaoturiug producer, and tho agricultural pr
ducor, and tho middloman commercial produce
aro all co-workers aud co-laborerg, aud all indi
ponsablo clements in oyory well-conatitutad al
civilized community, the better it will be for pr
, ducef, midd1emau, and consumer.
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