, 1873-12-20

Tho distance Ia 137 miles. With cheaper rail-.
road labor s,d c,loapcr atool, It is worry probable
for Chicago cannot afford to lose tho tralo OF
tE'ia part Of tho State, which la now slowly ann
surely passing nway. It appears to mo that 1t Ii
at, object to holy tho trnaon. ovcn though no
profit wns nlnlc In It at proHont ns, on tho CONF
potou Of tho roads leading to the uoosao Tun-
nol, and tho llarbor-improvemonts that must
follow At Port Ontario, Little Sandy, and lion.
dcIso' Harbor,. tho route from Chioago rnuAt be
ita own IN tho winter.
Our Clubs md Qrangos
ARE COMING DOWN
from tlcir lofty flights, and are Just nov
f2ss"s rss tho .daop sa s,psaas End ths
Of roaohing roforn. THO hundred thousand
dollars Of waterod stool; TINT tho Tolona
urangors were to ,1aunt in tho face Of tue
52o, 900 OF solid cash that .thoy arc to put iu
alrcady begins to tell. Tl,is fesoluting" bo.
hind cioBed doors and darkonod windows will not
move tho crops Eastward or break down
monopolyt but It requires onergy, tact, and
vel Hottlol that tho Tolona drapgors will takd
euro Of themselves, sinco they hAve como down
to tho woll-establiBhod laws OF business.
1t IL cnsy to forogoe how the
wAn nETwEEN THE rAnsrERs AND TIE pLow.
W WI ona, ~ there Is but ono way out Of 1t, and
That H. tho trsdo In plows must como down to
u tq so sao 1e Ts TINT other
the bame uniform price for .lio aamo pay. Ifsn
lmplament-doalcr order Of john Deoro i Go.
twenty ploWH. hc IL to have them; and, IL the
Secretary of Grange or FarmerB' club makos
tacturor might aa we'll say, ~ viii sell o.
clnsiye'y to people Of tho Nfethodist Church, aud
n|l Of my agents ahnll be Motholint clorgymen:
aud, It people Of other denominations wsnt my
a n1A11f - g.. "a
At tho Present stage Of things, that sort Of doc
trlno will not pass for good, Houud businens
scnse. mud the plown,akors will DO compelea t,
m iet other people appoint agents for the sale of
roapora, or other implements that the farmera
cannot do without. mud an attempt to compel
tra1e to take some -ctannol
WILL. NOT SUCCEED.
Iho dry-goods merchant, the grocer, the hartl.
ware-doalcr, the druggist, mud most other traIcs
purchase their goods aud tako the chance uf
selling They must 10 tho Judge Of what NAV
no the demand, nnd mako Arrangements to order
from timo to ti1no MS their c1stomors may TO-
quiro. Aud 20 It must be with lilo jmplcmont.
aealer; ho must purchase hH goods aa do the
other dealers, mud take the rsk os sale, or ordor
from ttno TO time such goods as his customers
may soleot' In this why he will need no
vS5y byS ng9 can}e 1Ge of Of ,g goods %s and he
III doubly assured OF prompt pny.
THE DEALERS B1iou1D be ENCOURAGED,
and, in most cases, tho farmer cnn procure
goods OF them as cheap as to purchase direct, on
account Of the cheaper freight by shipping largo
quantities. Whom tito 1nui,1.fac .,lror rofilBos tu
soll to orc purity ut all OH account of the color
OF his hair. or other like Wild rensou, ho not
only loses snlo Of f,iB goods, but permits sotna
other party to supply tho domand ~ 1t is out of
goods OF tic person that ho has appointed 70
lnnke Tho sale. 1t is this kind Of MONOPOLY thai
this Farn,ers' Movement will meet and crush.
:. No doubt they sill Commit many bluuders al
tic outzet III did the Yoiono Graugora: bui
that they will come out
HIGHT IN TIE END,
aB did theHe Granyers, is pretty Hclf-pyident. !
am nwaro that the combination Of tho blow.
majors have thus far kept tho rotail trado in
aud other powa aro coming Oh tho market. and
these will tind purchasers. Within tho past yoar
THIS course hng been slowly building up farm-
ers m plow.shop in Urhana that sella single plow
TO- TO- tue iarlner 9t dealera rates but in al casos,
which had for years struggled ugatnst fate. il
now roGping q SUCCESS in its eulcarors. Tho
plowa arc sold ut the shop, and the oxponao Of
travelling agent Is dispensed with.
Tho combination could do nothing so efYectusl
TO build up
SMALL LOCAL. MANUFACTURERS
Of implements as tho col,rae tint they are pursu.
ing. do not think that IL farmer Of this county
wall need 60 out OF the county to purchase lI.st-
local Shops that tho mouopolists have 80 GU.
couraged are becoming able to take caro- of them.
selves. With tho old credit systom, these small
ahopH could not live; for they did not laya
hand, they are enabled to purchase their suppliea
from ti,ne to hmo as they are required. THEN
this system Of ready pay gives the bankor conf
deuce; for he knows that tho manufacturer lns
out a1l ovor tho county, TO slack debtors, or
those who cannot be n,ado to pay. Tie deaiera
profits on common stirring plow 10 from u to
SO, aud this tLo farmers Of tllis county save by
worry little whether they purchase John Deere
plow, mauo at Molsno, or ono Of tho same pattern
natlo at any other shop, provided th9t the latter
can be had less the dealers profits.
Ihe foreign domand for plows iB immense,
great skill In tho manufacture, and great busi-
llcss-tact in securing 10 wide field for their
goods; but the little egotism In appointing their
own agents will hago to bo
TAxEN OUT OF THEM,
aud any peraon who wishes to become an agent
Or dealer, should havo the privilege, providing
uut ho haa tho funds to pay for ull that hs
thinks Ao can sell.
There was timo whom tho farmer put up With
what he could got, and, it dealer would give
linn long payday. he was not particular as to
the price, or even the quality, Of tho goods; but,
Of lato, things hnyo changed, and it has been
discovered that prompt pay has magical iulu-
SASo Aok Ou!Y lu LIZ price, UuE the QUALIFY, or
goods. We may thank 20-ccnt corn for ths ar-
gument and accumulated dobta for its enforco-
,notit md tho way out Of tho old atato Of things
III contained i'll two words,
PRUDENCE AND ECONOMY;
though some prefer two other words that they
fancy aro more appropriate. These are
CASH DOWN.
DealerB sometimes represent tho Bame thing BY
paa!ing up, in 1argo letters, tho words,
NO CREDIT.
I 1ike the first, for there are occasional in-
stances in Which VIC may properly nsk for short
indulgence. or even q short loau but these
must bo dictated by prudence and enforced by
economy. It ia broader field OF operation, and
makes D man feel al though something was loft
to his Judgment aud discretion.
III introducing new article it may be we'll to
appoint special agenta; but, Ill the present stage
Of the implement trade, there is no reason Why
it shall not take tho same course as that Of regu-
lar dealing, allowing the business tho same o1on
competition. The losses by the present arrange
ment are very large. and ii is time that We have