The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1873-10-24
FARMERS.

We have maintained all the time
that there need not be, and ought
not to be, any conflict between the
towns and the country, in the at
tempts of the farmers TO bring about
the reforms which they are seeking
to make. The action and talk of
some individuals on both sides may
have tended to ALLEVIATE the pro
dueers and eonsumers-the citizens
of the town and country-but the
nnIaber that have thus acted and
talked are very small, and they
do not represent the true sentiment
either party. BY fighting the
town the country goes against its
best interests, and we are certain
the town cannot afford to fight the
country. 5k9 BIT
What is called the Farmers
movement, is simply an effort to
decrease tie Sburdensome taxes; to
reduce exorbitant salaries F; to abol-
ish extravaganza in public places,
which is doing SO much to ruin us
in the way OF profiigacy and crime !;
to reduce excessive railroad fares
and freiYhts ; TO check unpri ncipfed
mOnopolists in their contin ned at
tempts to make the people pay trib-
ute to them, thus impoverishing
ther public whileTthe corporations
Increase their wealth. One of the
principal items they seek to correct
in this State is the unfair, unjust
and oppressive system of taxing
railroads. & Briefly these are some
of the main objects of the farmers
movement. Now, does any man OBJ
iect TO these reforms? Will they
not really benefit the citizen In
town as mnch as in the country ?
The exclusiveness of the Farmers
movement is objected to. 1t may
be truly said that the people in the
country, the farmers If YOU please,
bave suffered more from the ills
this movement seeks to remedy
than any other class of citizens, and
it is nothing more than natural that
the movement should start and
make its greatest Roadway among
the farmers. The organization here
is in sympathy with, and, ia fact, is.
q part of that which has an exis-
tence in almost every State in the
Union. We need not cite, instances
to prove The efficacy OF organization
to correct public evils. Tue great
est sufferers from these evils are
naturally its warmest friends, and
hencs its existence among the farm
ers. That his movement has Ia
some instances run to foolish ex-
tremes,G cannot be denied. But
these things will regulate them.
selves. Where the doctrines of the
grange are q best understood it Is
confined to its legitimate work.
II, upon mature delibeEatiop, IT.
is found y that the object of
the 1armers, movement Is to-
beheft All, town as well as country,
then it. should receive the encour-
ment due it II its principles are
wrong its life will be short. Il
ean1d& Sacoesd in.trsmpIing down
the rights Of others, if It should
undertake that as part OF its work $
but Reaare ss.tfisfled that is no part
of its plans. We have ali the time
believed TN, pgftation Of the qnes-I
tons being made by the farmers
and their friends, would ultimately
bear good NUT. Your faith Is still
atrong.H So shelieNeing we have en-
eoAtAged stheT movement all We
could, and We trust others will do
so, 20 rqstteF whether they live IN
town or country. t..f. 5sss-
II iss matter of no personal Inn
portance to us who holds the little
Offices, so they are men who are in