The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-01-16

msnt-sst his face like Q 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 pecuniarily interested in
p articular railway is in favor Of cheap trans-
portation. We take il that the masses of citi-
zens Of all classes are in favor of any measure
which promises to result in the conveying to
their doors their goods and products at the
cheapest rates. Why, then, should we not
all co operate to think out the best possible
way2
Another system of denunciation has been
practiced against what ia called the middle
man." Far be it from us to say that the CO.
operative ASSOCIATION Of farmers for the pur-
pos Of importing particular article may not
be pecuniarily advantageous, and that the ex-
pertinent 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 Iexperiment be fully tried, and if it is sue
cessful 80 much the better; but the indlscrim-
mate denunciation of retail merchants and
o Their classes of mercantile men is wholly I'M
called for.
Suppose the farmers of particular county
could organize system by which a single store
should supply them with all the dry goods,
drugs, medicines, hardware, machinery, and,
in fact, with all articles now furnished by 20
establishments. II this single establishment
were to supersede the others it would drive
away the doctor, the minister, the mechanic,
and the laborer and reduce city OF 5000 in
habitants to perhaps 20 families. What would
the farmer gain? Suppose he should get his
goods 25 per cent. cheaper, he would still be
the loser And whyS Where will he have
his market for wood, fruit, vegetables, butter,
eggs, and other pershable produce? sam
pie OF this system can be seen in the South
where the large planters used to import every
thing from the city directly, and where for ma
ny miles not village could be found. What
is land worth in those regions 20 miles from
any place? Not more than SO, instead Of $50
or 300, which land is now bringing in Wiscon-
SIM Michigan and Iowa. The first question
is: How far is the land from the nearest
town? II the farmers should succeed in des-
troying these villages they would be as wise as
the planter at jamestown, Va, who refused to
sell single acre to a company who proposed
to build city there, because unruly boys would
rob his orchard
When the skilled mechanics are driven away
to seek employment in the cities will the farm
er find it profitable to send his machine or
wagon 500 miles to a large city to be mended
Will he find 1t OF advantage, in case he wishes
to build house, to import the masons, plas
terers, and painters II this system OF con-
centrstion IN large cities at the expense Of the
village population could prevail the farmer
would be the severest sufferer in the end, and
be more than ever in the hands of large mon
eyed corporations, We confidently look for
ward to the day when the sober second thought
will prevail with the farmers inside and outside
they will visit with just indignation those pol
itical trcksters, who, for partisan ends, have
endeavored to array them against their broth
ers in other walks Of life, who are passengers
in the same ship Of state and bound for thu
same destiny in the future. Peace and good
will toward all can remedy many evils and
make tolerable those that can not be cured,
but strife, hatred, and jealousy can only in
crease discomfort and bring disaster upon the
entire Nation.