The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1874-09-24

MILWAUKEE, SEPTEMBER 10, 1874, BY
W. W. DANIELS N. S. PROFESSOR OF AG
RICULI URE AND ANALYTICAL CHEMIS-
TRY IN UNIVERSITY rF WISCONSIN.
This is the States great festival day.
The promised seed tire ami harvest arc
passed, ana here are shown for our delight
the falrest fruits OF the land. Here have
come from all parts Of the commonwealth
men Of every trade and profession, to
exhibit / he fruits OF tLeir own labor and
to see hat of their fellow workmen. Il is a
day of good cheer for all, of hearty hand
shakt ing, OF the renewal Of acquaintance
and OF the giving and receiving of mutual
congra; atoms and we'll wishes. Hence
this may we'll be called the Feast of the
Harvest"
But let Us make it more than a day of
rejoicing. More than any other of the
year this day should be the one OH which
most is learned that will be useful in
teaching us 10 so direct our efforts that in
the yrara to come We may more success"
fully battle with the obstacles that beset
our way, and reap richer returns as the
fruits of our labor.
There is no other day of the year when
we can meet The best farmers of the State
| with their choicest productions, the most
successful breeders with their excellent
herLs, (and Wisconsin may well be proud
of their very high excellence,) and the
fruit-groWer with the fairest of specimens
that are not only his JOY and pride, but
are also in themselves evidence of that
skill and wise ca turs that are here essen
tial to success: I say again, then, that to
day when we meet those men who are
most successful il their vlrious branches
of farming. having with them the pro-
ducts Of their toll as proof of their sue
cess, is the daT OF all the year, when by
questioning aud conversation, we may
gain that knowledge which will enable
ut to share in the future their more profit
able harvests.
A fair degree of prosperity has been
given the farmer during the year just
closing, and about us on every hand, are
to be seen proofs of a generous harvest.
Yet the air has been vocal with sounds
of murmnring, and one need Only listen to
realize that all is not well. Railroads,
monopolies. and "middlemeL!" How con-
slant, and general, and bitter has been
the cry against these. I have thought it
best, in discussing the outlook for farmers
to-day. to il there is not some cause
for the general discomfort and uneasiness
of the agricultural community, that cannot
legitimstely be laid at the door of either
of these several agents. All wrongs that
have been inflicted by them upon the peo-
pie, shouldbe sumnarily righted, and for
all illegal acts they should be punished.
But are they wholly responsible for the
hard tiaes.n and for the want of general
prosperity now said to prevail among
farmers?
! believe middlemen and railroad man
agers are humanity weak, and that they
have demanded. and will again demand.
if left to themselves exorbitant rates Of
commiasisn and charges for freight. but
their evil-doingse have been thoroughly
discussed by others. So Ishall pass them
by and look for another cause than those
mentioned, to which, st least portion of
the existing evil not only may, but ought
to be attributed.
The feeling of diacontent of which I
epeak is not confined to our own State,
but with Der cries are mingled those of
TALL the Northwestern States. Hence.