The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1874-04-04
"a Wesferm Farmers TAX To
tiae Farmers af the som6h.
From the Rural caroiinian.l

From the Rural Carolinian.
Yonr sxceileng president has
seen sc to send twelve hundred
miles Tor 4 person to make d littlsl
talk to-day The 0nes who has re-
ceiyed this high honor was born n
the old Bay State. az which Il has
been said, with some show 0ftFuth.
that her chief productions are Ice
and granite Heswas3reared On
little hilly farm, fenced III small
lots with stones, which was the
only reliable and abnndant crop
yielded bv the stubborn soil. At
bis maioTitF be went West, and
still tills 4 soil which IS locked III
impenetrable frosts for five months
lin the Year-is swept bg WintrY
blasts. Which cutfdowD, like grass
before the scythe. the peach and
apricot. and often even the apple
trees, and whose season for grow
ING corn is less than one hundred
and twenty DAYS. Helhas already
passed the half way post in LIES
allotted SPAN, and has never seen
a cotton plant unfold It's SNOWY
b0lls, or aFrice field wave its wealth
of ripRning grain. The palmetto
the palms tie orange, the sugar
cane, have never gladdenedhh
eyes with. their beauty and promise
ol seml-tropical luxury. From
such 3 source Won cannot expect
your president e0Hli not have ex-
pected ANY attempt to instruct
the men Of the Carolinas III the
practice Of agriculture as adapted
to this sunny climate. Yet while
full y recognizing this vast differ
epce in tie details 81 our agrioul-
tpral operations consequent upon
widely varied climate, this invita-
was received with uneommon graft
featf0u as ah evidence that in
spite Of all this there il stilla e0nl-
mnnity of interest, embracing en-
the agTiculturists of tile Il q lon
al undehnable frateFnal feeling,
whose every tendency is to draw
together! aad finally h0ldsus I'll tie
silken bonds Qf common@ @hroGh6r
hood.
Just now, more than eyer.bef0re,
is this fact being mada manifest In
the stirring 81 the whole nation.
The very atmosphere is trembling
With this new comnolion. It's
pulsatiOhs rustic alike the orange
grove of Florida and tie apple
orchafd nf Iowa. The rice swamps
of the Caroiinas and the wheat
fields VI Minnesota seem II con
cert. The suggr-caBa 0f Isouisiana
and the sngar-maple al Vermont
are touched by the Same impulse.
The c0iton-grower of Mississippi
and tie Wool-groweF of tile great
plains snuff the same sleotric
breeze. Such d universal stirring
of the elements such a sponta-
neous and powerful movement 81
the people Indicate some deep
seated aud widespread cansa. lt
tells ID Al unmistakabla manner
of . popular rastlesness under
present conditions The convie-
tion is universal among tlase who
create Che wealth 0f the nation,
that they ate not receiving the fullI
reward for their labogs.
a Maine farmer sells chickens
At SIX cents per pound; The cottou-
smnnef at Lowell buys them at
25c. per pound. AT Nebraska
farmer sells corn at 15c. per bushel,
a Coppeeticut laachinist buys it ak
90c per busael Iowa farmers ara
selling fac hogs at B. per pound,
aud Carolina cotton planters are
buYlng bacon 1T shilling per
pouad. Aud 80 ID IL through theI
whole catalogue of the products 0fl
labor On 20 average, less Shan
one-half of what the c0nsam1 +
pays ever goes into sha pocket IL
the producer The great balance
is consumed ~ carriers ana mia
dlemen.
We seenly feel this tremendous
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