, 1873-06-09


which aro tho relations Of supply and demand.
It would DO woll to consider tho question in all
Its variod nspoots. So long as tho pricoB In Liv-
crpoo1 control tho pricoB Of Western agrioul-
tural staples, 30 long will tho Wostorn farmer
have tho lionB share In tho profits Of low
freights to tho Hcaboard. But, If NO doponacd
on New England alone for our market, thero is
no doubt that tho scalos would bo tur1od
against us.
Tho Same paper points to
OTHER CAUSES,
as follows:
No do not doubt TINT Wcacrn farmers havo good
and other monopoos but wo aro not entirely satisfied
TINT these aro tho soo or oven tho ccf, canscs Of
Tho Western country has been settled with ,rout1cr-
ful rnridtty during tho past few ycara nnd wo pre-
sumo that tho development Of manufacturing mud
Of agriculture. With unlimited arca of Virgin soil
and With an m amount Of lnhor,saying machinery and
5 work a ' foucsy sas sSa0sa seaaPea @ two 20
te,l -,., men. ia , oyer-produetton m inadm!sablo
o 1sss Wt 5 9 6s Sns ., im fsp
products; for instance, corn ut 10 conts or less,
bushel by Tho carload; enttle at eonts pound I've
which put thein In competition with our manure~
heAps7
an active liz u an nd @ aIf
cu1tics Of which 1owa correspondent complaining
50 earnestly. Immigration has been stimulated by oil
tho tnoans which 1and-speculators could doviHo.
Not only tndiyidun]s, but State boards and
agricultural soetotios, have sont circulars and
most attractive statements Of the advantages
Of thcir particular localities aud, III many cnses, hcao
eloquent speech, who have been sent out to "compoi
mon to como H." Probably no such nn,ouut Of outside
Influence was ever brought to bcar tho settlement OF
In tic Eastern portion Of tho United States, tho new
settlements encroaclcl on tho primitive forests grail
markot eonvcnlonces IN tlo wcat. indivals Wishing
for aoyernmcnt land " hare pushed ahead into tho
hsrd ono 10 trase, betweon asotr ' fas1na 81 and
bols Il the Ess every poneers I cabin was was eas
factory, clothing md ovon tho fow implements
quircd on woodud farm wcro mostly home-nato at
tho Wcat tho new settler must rniBo and send to
kot produce enough to for nearly NIL tcso things,
in addition to tho costly mp'emens now dee,ned o.
manufacturing declined, factories sprung up in ho
immediate vicinity Of thcso househo1ds md better
to pny for tho o. arteea formerly @ p n ho
1rcsida; while, ut tho Wca tho farm mud tho factory
are az yet far apart and trAlHportaon from onn to
tic other has become tho most prominent question OF
tho tmes.
This is q worry fair md correct Wow of tho
situation to which We may add general tlliov-
ing in al high placcs, until tho stato and local
ta1os become onormous Wo may we'll begin to
look for othcr leaks than high freghtH.
HIGH FARES
do littio damage to tho farmer, and It is really
matter OF Indifference to him whether tho faro
Is or conta milo, as lo Inns little need of
travel 90 far as his business is concerned but
such faroH ae tend TO keep him ut homo aro
damaging to tho railroads that poraiHt in
making tho rates so high or to drive off
running from Paris to Decatur, that charges
cent8 mile, ind everybody riloa and tho cars
arc daily filed, and yet tho route Ia through a
strictly agricultural soction.
Cheap froightB to tho soa-board arc what tho
West nooda, In order to compete in tho British
market with tho product Of Northern Europe.
In tho days of hand-lRbor there was some roa-
sou tor talking about o holne-domnud for tho
surplus products of rural labor; but, with im-
proved machinery TINT has loHa weight aud NO
must seek q broader maraot One Of tho solu-
tions Of this stAte Of things is the introduce
| tion OF
4 MORE DIVERSIFIED HusDANpnY
Thoro arc mnny things that we now purchase
these arc limited in domand, yot NIL Of them
make IN aggregate Of no small Importance. /
will select, III a sample,
OANAny-sEED.
| This seed Is grown mainly along tho coast Of
| the Mediterranean Sen, aad costs thero about 81
q hushol, to which is addod 81 for duty. 10 this
is adlca inland fro,ghtaa, carriage, commission,
and dea!ors, 1u Pr, profit and the vito or daughter,
| 1t, or at tho rate OF 81 q buslel. Some years
| ago cultivated 80 aerea Of this soed for some
three three ya"T;e y";abtn IN but a. tue
tho nero. In location suited to Its growth, 1t
| would provo profitable crop,-the west silo Of
Michigan, or tho peninsula Of Greon Day, or
perhaps ii, soule Of tho low lands In tho Middle
States, or In Oregon.
or BUTTER AND ouEEsE
wo may 60 on adding factory aftor factory, long
boforo tho local doniand is supplied. After ono
goes south Of Bloomington, IT he would travel
ateads, ho will seldom find choeso Oh tho table,
aud not always at points ,n,.orth; and thcn
how many farmors ~ illinois. Missouri,
Iowa, Kansas. and Nebranka laTo . 1fl fall
truth il, that Tho Wostorn farmer has to pur-
chase too many things Of foreign growth, to
which heavy freight charges aud profits arc
| added.
The spinning wheel, the land-loon, and tho
farm, for tlloir place has been Huppliod; but wo
noed broader Aoll for tho labor that is now
supplying tho market with surplus Of pro-
dncts, md thus bringing down tho prices below
! tho coat OF production. The Inv Of aupply and
domand is inyariablo In oyory department of
lifo, aud tho surplus or shortage IL flo great ar
| bitter OF yaluoH,
TRANSACTIONS OF THE HTArE HORTICULTURAL so-
| CiETY.
"Thc transactions for 1879 " Ia Just out Of
| press aud distributed to the membors. It iH
well-bound volume Of oyor 500 pngos, largo
octave, and contains, in addition to tho tranaao-
tions OF the stato Hociety those Of the Northern
Illinois horticultural Society. Tl.is III tue soyon-
toontli annual report. No ono society In tho
state has Ind a,,ch atoa1y, useful intlaonce aH
thia. This has boon in part duo to State aid to
tho o1tent Of $4,000 year for tho past sovon
yoars hut atralgo to say tho so-calfod farmers
aud hortloulturiBts Of tho Legislative Farmers
Club slaughtered bill for the Reorganization Of
the Bocloty after 1t Ind passol tho bonato
OF tint wonderful Club kuow enough about farm
Ing to mako tlion, unfit for other business, at,ch
as pottlfoggin,g, la'4d-ageenta, AeIling sowing