, 1874-06-02
4 DUC0LIO sQUADDLE,

4 DUcoL1o sQuABDLE.
The theological coutroverstes now raging In
tho world With such profuaonesa and bitterness
arc having bad effect outsdo otrcligtons orclcs.
When men bohold tho chidron Of light warning
with each other, aud pulling hair and calling
naughty namoa, it engenders tho Bano propen-
siy in them, md straightway thoy 60 ut 1t, tooth
mud NAIL with the full sanction Of ecclesiastical
authority for their boilicose conduct. When
Pope aud Emperor, bishop and curato, professor
and paraou, can wranglo, church against church.
acct against Boct school against school, lind oyon
individual against individual, why should not tho
sons Of earth, with their inferior light gradually
grow hot and tako fire? Why should not the
theological dlBsensons BOW their socds among
the worldly mud boar abundant fruit, since tho
lattor are not restrained by grace or faith?
THUS it has happened TINT Tho Prairie Farmer
and tho Industrial Age, both published in this
city, and neither Of them religious, arc now ut
each other with hammer mud tongs. The con-
tcst is peculiarly sad ono, because neithor of
these paporB has any reason to lose thoir TOM
per. Their surroundings arc peculiarly quiet
aud calm, tonding to pacific and scrcne OK
istenos. They have nothing to do with theo1og-
ical warfare. They do nut print sermons. 1t is
not necessary for tl1e,n to plunge Into politics.
to conduct uggravating campaignH or ncidify ill.,
der disastrous reyerses. None Of tho clements
Of contention IN society mood cntor their
quiet retreats. Tho Prairie Farmer is
| an agricultural paper, clronicling tho resu1ts
| Of the corn-leld and the cnbbago-gay-
| don, aiding tho farmer to caro- intolligently
for his COVE and pigs, teaching tho tarmor'a vito
| how to improve lor butter and chceso and
manage aottiug hens, and furnishing tho farmers
boys and girls With conundrums calculated to
make thom grow up wise and laborious aud
honest men aud women. Tho Industrial A9e Is
tho weekly visitor to the nreside Of tho mechanic
md tho artisan. It should como to that lrosile
peacefully, sobcrly, and quietly, and talk to the
! farmer Of the intrigucs Of the middleman and
tlo vices Of tho bloatel capitalist and tho
tyranny Of tho common carrier. And got, not
withdrawing their peaceful surroundings, these
two papers are heayiug pitchtorks and patent
rcapers at each other with perfect looscucBs.
The Prairie Farmer charges that tho
Age ia working in the interests OF tho
| NlcCorlnIcks with tho viow Of compa}ltug
tho farmers to purchase their machinery, and Of
driving tho implements OF other manufacturers
out Of the market; aud to prove 1t, publishes a
lottor, which 1t obtained in aome mysterious
mannor from tho editor Of the Age to one Of
his former associates, requesting linn to look
aftor tAa interests Of tho McCorm!cks ut the
4ige charges the editors Of tho Prairie Farn,e,
with forming ring aud getting themselves ap-
pointcd by tho Executive Committee Of tue
| State Grange aB purchasing agepts for the
Oranges mud 9. a.comnlisaion mon to market the
products Of tho Grange farmers,-a business
which would DO worth to tile ring about $100, ,00(
yoar!
Thia ia aad state Of things. both thaaa pa
pors are ostonsib!y published in the intoros.s o.
tho farmers. Their purpose ossensibly iA to pro
tect the farmers from mouopolles, to onlargs
their profits by roscuiug thom from tho cupidit,
Of sol,lloss corporations, and to romoye the oh
htacloa standing in tho way Of tile farmers auc
cess. And yet, II We may bclleve tho Frairt
Farmer, tho Age is ongagod in the operation o
enslaviug tho farmers to great manufacturer
OF binding tholn hand and foot, and consignin
them to tile tender mcrciea OF tho McCor1nicke
II wo may boliove tho Age, the Prairie Farme
iu part and parcel Of fiondish ring scekng t
control everything tho farmer has to buy an
, sell, and pockqting hia hard-oarned wages ut til
/ rate Of sl0o000pcr annum. Dotwosn the two, th
t horny minded farmer, il he believes whit tho
] Bay OF each otlor, may veil CRY out In despair
, bo sayad from bis friends Tie only resourc
> | left for him ia to demand TINT tile ono pape
3 ehall 60 bnck to It's pigs and cabbagos, and tllt
tho other Bhai attend to ita bioated capltallst
and rascaly railroads, aad, II they refase, the
3 to part company with his false friends, and has
| | nothing more to do with manufacturer rlnnol
! or agricultural purchasing agents.
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j. FEMININE pHYB1OIAN8.
i Some years. ago tho Modical School Of IL
: University Of Edinburgh was boslogoa by womo
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