The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1873-08-07

ture there isscope enough for the employ
ment of all our capital and all our ener-
gies and usually the largest success will
crown the most concentrated expendi-
lures.
$50 A NEW DEPARTURE. -
se Of,Iate some of our, would be teachers
and leaders have attempted to foist upon
the farmer departure from this princi-
pie of economy. They have attempted.
and in many cases have, succeeded ill
arousing his Jealousy against the merchant
the commission man and the SPECTATOR,
by falsely stating that these men fa;ten
and thrive by sucking the life blood of
the farmer; that the farmer can and
Coughtto do away with these classes of
robbers, aud then the money they flch
from the farmers would remain in the
farmers pockets to bless and enrich the
rigbtful Producers of this wealth. q
ARE MIDDLEMEN NECESSARY AND USEFUL.
Now the question is are these middle
men necessary to conduct the business Of
distribution and exchange? Can the
farmer employ these men to do this labor
at less cost than he can do it himself
We car readily go back In imagination
to that 10y condition of society in which
it may be supposed each family simply
produced what it required to supply its
own wants. Communities were small !;
the peoples habits simple and their wants
few. And we can readily see that even
this undeVeloped condition CT society
would produce individuals having skill
superior to their fellows in making the
articles used by them,wh those lacking
in skill would gladly make use Of the
skill of their fellows giving them in .ex-
change such things IS they could produce
themselves. AS communities increased
in numbers and wants were multiplied
and special industries were developed it
will readily be cen that The necessities
of the case would require that certain
places of exchange be established and
that certain ones should conduct the bus
iress Of distribution. Without this the
shoemaker would have to carry a pair of
shoes to the miller to exchange for flour
and another pair to the farmer to ex-
change for butter, eggs and potatoes and
other pairs to the wooden factory to ex
change for cloth. Then he, would have
to carry the cloth to the tailor and pay
MIN for his labor in other shc es. The
former would have to carry bis prodac-
lions to hundred different men mere or
less to exchange them for tbeic nrodnc.
lions before he could supply all his wants
This system of exchange would be verv
cumbersome and expensive as it woul5
consume large share of the time and af-
fort Of each individual in the community
The very necessities of the case-tbc
economy Of time end labor-demapd il
every community the employment of Ger
tain men in the business Of distribution
and exchange. Inthe economy of nature
it is wisely ordained that different conn.
tries and varying climes excel in special
productions both natural and artificial
and no one country can produce all that
the cultivated wants Of mankind REQUIRE
There are many articles from far off lands
the productions of owidely varying climes
that by long and constant use we of this
/ day have come to consider Just as neces.
sary to our comfort and well being as the
white bread and golden butter we pro-
duce ourselves. So too the economy of
production and the excellence of the arti-
Gle would require, some men to follow
special branches of manufacturing indus
try. Thus we have the tanner, the miller.