The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1873-12-26

OOOiOO0of intelligent men, who know |
their rights, and knowing them, dare
maintain them. Without military
and naval power we would be at the
mercy of other nations, to be plum.
dered and rayaged. Quite recently
our flag was insuIted, American cit
liens were shot without due process
OF law, and at once the entire people !
looked to its army and navy to right
this insult. Thus, scientifically train /
ed army and navy officers, with !
schools of military science, are as
essential to the welfare of the farmer
as the farmer is to those in stitu
tions. 31r 5H 3tt5 .s.f aaI |
+ Then there is the miner, who tolls
in the bowels Of the earth, far remote
from the genial light of the sun, in
the damp, cold atmosphere of the
deep. Iron, coal, and copper are the
results of this hard labor and of the
engineering skill which makes min
ing possible. Does any one pretend
that the farmer without the iron plew
or without the iron machine could
work to any advantage?
s ALI persons necessarily engaged in
the transportation of produce and
goods-tho engineer that is in charge
of the locomotive, ,aas welpas''the tel
egraph operator that announces that
the way is clear, are as essential to-
the achievements and comforts ofso-
ciety as the farmer ''3 'l 'i''ti
We do not claim that all thesa
grand diVisions.o of society are num-
erically well adjusted, nor that the
members thereof are alike useful
There are poor lawyers and doctors,
as well as poor farmers; but the
classes themselves are essential to :
the attainment of the highest degree
of comfort, because it is this organi-
zation of forces which enables the
least expenditure of labor to sebtain
the greatest amountso resuits.f bag
sAgriculturists are necessarysome
where in the world, but they are not
essential TO any Oneeodntry thereof.
England to day, by setting its mil
lions of spfHdles at work, and its
thousandsof steam engines, tha5toa
with the concentrated power Of mil
lions OF human hands, and which is
importing moiety Of It's food even
now, can exist, if it continues to
have the markets of the world for its
manufactures without any agricul-
ture at all. It's miners and manu-
facturers can ito work the farmers.
in Hungary, Turkey, and China, and
in the further corners Of the globe,
to supply them with the. raw pro-
dpcls OF grain and meat. As longsas.
Englishmanufae5 e5urerscansupply the
peoples of these countries with the
manufactures of iron, ,..acotten, and
wool to advantage, its future is as
sured, though not bushel of grain
grows within its boundaries.
In our seaboafd cities this same
class Of agitators that in the country
tell the farmer che pays for all'' make
similar assertions to the working men
In France, and particularly in Paris
this long continued agitation has
produced its legimate fruit in the
Commune revolt, and the world
ought to be thankfulto France that
it.has given an exhibition.of the ruin
and devastation which doctrines like
these bring to the populace! iitet5s
Let every citizens who has the
welfare of the country at heart, and
especially every intelligent agricul j
turahst-and the American farmers
as class possess rare good sense
and judgment-set his face like a
rock against these base attempts to
excite hostility and jealousy between
the different classes of civilized So
ciety.
We take it that every man in this
broad land who is not directly pe5
cuniarily interested in particular
railway, is in favor of cheap trans
portation. We take it that the mas
ses of citizens Of all classes are in ia
vor of any measure which promises
to result in the conveying to their
doors goods and products at the
cheapest rates. Why, then, should
we not all cooperate to think. out
the best possible way? ..,e,,
Another system of denunciatioh
has been practiced against what is
called the 'middle-man." Far be i'll
from us to say that The cooperative
association of farmers for the pur
posesofimpOrting a particulararticle
may not bepecuniarilY advantageous
and that the experiment should not
be tried, though hitherto nearly all
similar associations have proved in
the course of time to be failures, on
account of the rapacity of the agents
employed Let this experiment be
fully tried, and if it is successful SO,
much better; but the indiscriminate |
denunciation of retail merchants, and |
other classes ofmercantile men, is |
wholly uncalled for.
Suppose thefarmers Of a particular
county could organize a system by |
which single store should supply /
them with all the dry goods, drugs, |
medicines, hardware, machinery, and
in fact, with all articles now furnished |
by twenty establishments. If this |
single establishment, were to super |
cede the others it would drive away |
the doctor, the minister, and black /
smith, and mechanic, and reduce a
city of five Thousand inhabitantsitp
perhaps twenty families What !
would the farmer gain2l Suppose he,
should get his goods. twenty five per
cent. cheaper, he would still be the
loser And why2 Where win he have
market for wood, fruit, vegetables
butter, eggs, and other perishAble
produce? A sample of this system
can be seen in the South, where the
large planters, used to import every
thing from the city directly, and
and where fol. many miles not aEil- /
liage could be found. What is land |
worth in those regions twenty miles
from any place? Not more tRan three
dollars, instead Of fifty or{one hud-
dred dollars, which land yis now