The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1873-10-04
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A WORD TO FARMERS.

The progress of the Farmers Move
ment " continues to attract extraordinary
attention. 1t has developed itself in many
unexpected localities, and in many unex.
pected and bogus ways. Lately it has made
its appearance in Cecil county, and although
no legal organization under the auspices
of the Patrons of Husbandry has been
affected, the pretended object to be reach
cd are identical with those of that associa.
ton. The agricultural class of Maryland
is composed of the best and most intelli-
gent citizens of the State, and they cannot
fail in their review of the depressed condi-
their troubles are the result of political
causes. We may combine against the
''middle men ''-as the purchasers of our
grain are called-from now until dooms
The question naturally arises why it is that
while this class have grown rich, and while
our grain and tobacco have been the medi-
UNI of exchange with Europe, that we
no better off now than at the close of the
war. The stereotyped answer to this is,
the eXaction of railroad monopolies, and
the unjust discrimination against local
freights. But so far as the farmers of
Maryland are concerned this reply does
not embrace the whole truth and show
where the entire responsibility Of their
misfortunes rests.
Gradually the combination of railroad
interests with those of the cormorants of
Baltimore have made its influence felt at
Annapolis whereby the general drift of
legislation is turned to the benefit of the
Baltimore monopolists. Now, let the farm
ers look to these facts. Let them look
further and discover the political charac-
ter of the men who have accomplished
these results. Look also into the platform
of the dominant party of the State and
discover, if they can, any reasonable or
feasible proposition to relieve them. The
Republican party is still so young within
its limits, that it can hardly be said to have
begun to declare the details of it's inten-
tions, but wherever it has fiourished and
maintained supremacy for any length of
time, the interests of agriculture have been
fondly nurtured as the material dependen-
cies of the nation at large. Wool in Iowa,
sugar in Louisiana, tobacco, rice and cot
ton in the South, have been protected by
it from foreign rivalry, SO far as national
enactments could protect them, and now
that the grain interests of the Northwest
are threatened, it has grappled with the
question in a manner that promises speedy
solution. Can the Democracy show such
record as this? On the contrary, through
the entire country, as in Maryland, it has
concentrated all its energies for the pur-
pose of ccntraliZing the wealth of the
communities under its control, in the pow
er of a favored few. These facts show
and that the Republican party is to-day, as
it always has been, the party of equal
justice to citizens of every pursuit and
calling. With these facts before us, hope
minds may inevitably lead to the conclu-
sion that more radical change than can
be effected through the agency of social
clubs and Oranges is needed.
We have been enduring and patient for
long time and the only hope for deliver
ance lies in a change of the administration
of the affairs of the State, by the entire
success of the Republican ticket at the
coming election. PLOw Boy.