Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1875-01-09
oIYIPiA. SATURDAY MORNING, JAN. 3. 1871
WHERE'S THE NEED7

al dsad yet, or that Olympia has more
than its share Of this unfortunate class
Of human beings, We refer to the ap-
pearance Of the Northwest Farmer, the
fifth weekly newspaper in atown aggre-
eating about thousand people. and
county of considerably less than two
thousand inhabitants. How it is to
live 10 would be ct loss to determine,
were We not aware of some of the ex-
pedients resorted to by the individual
who controls its columns. He rode the
Good Templar hobby as long as it paid,
and sucked the 6gurative orange until
there was literally nothing but the skin
and seeds left. He is now valiant
champion, but the field of chivalry is
not 1t all like the pleasant meads flow
ing with milk and honey, through
which he has formerly strayed. Real
izing that the encroachment Of monop-
olies in the East, has given the order
known as the Patrons of Husbandry
rapid growth, and commanding power
in some of tbs older States, he has
conceived the idea of making it furnish
the new pasturage, which is every day
becoming more essential if not an abso-
Lutte necessity. 1t is said that a change
Of pasture makes fat calves" and if the
adage doesn't hold good in this instance,
it will not be for want of strong and
steady pull at the tactical APPENDICES,
or an occasional punch administered
when the animal through perverseness
or inability fails to "let down"
The Farmer, we understand, is to don
"patent outside" soon as its projec-
tor succeeds in perfecting the trifing
financial preliminaries which California
publishers seem to consider the " basis
of good intention" Its " innards" will
doubtless be just what the sample be-
fore us is, light literature, in which sense
is by no means sacrificed to the absurd
and arbitrary rules of ortbography or
grammar. Those who have read its
editors former articles, when he
"opened" the Denny campaign few
years ago, will not be at loss to dis
cover the peculiar characteristics evolved
by genius. His contributions to cur
rent literature will doubtless be COM
piled by some future biographer, and
constitute the basis of posthulnous
fame.
The necessity for journal devoted
to the special interests of the Patrons
in this Territory, is by no means ap-
parent. 1t is not generally believed
that their objects are dissimilar to those
Of the remainder Of the people. The
only gigantic monopoly" they have
to combat is the Northern Pacific Rail
road Company, and in this object thu
people and press feel common inter
est. The opposition to middlemen hal
been two-edged sword, SO far, at least
as waged against the merchants ani
jobbers ON this coast, and the farming
population are beginning to realize I
degree of mutual dependence between
the interests Of agriculture and those o
commerce. They need no advocate t.
protect them from the wiles of elias
Of men whose interest it is to deal fairl,
and literally with their patrons. The,
do not desire schism with those VIII
in times Of adversely have proven, liter
ally friends, in deed. Where is til,
farmer in any new community who ha
not been obliged, sometime in his ex
perisnce, to ask credit from the YER
class, if the new organ is true to it
tenets, it must use it's influence to pu
DOWN. We cannot perceive a singh
object that will be subserved by tn
publication of journal devoted to is
sues which must be created to demon
strate its necessity, and this is the opin
ion Of nine-tenths of those who hav
appraised conviction upon the subject
The popular desire. as frequently OK
pressed, is for fewer and better papers
contamination which will never b
reached 80 long as every faction mus
haye its organ, whether there is an
need OF it or not. The people them
selves are to blame in the matter. The
should ascertain whether they need a
article before purchasing it. The
should then examine its quality and de
eide whether it is worth the price aske,
for it, bearing in mind that the mos
grasping middleman" does not Away
weigh sugar or measure calico.
SoaAnLE DANCES. 1t is announce,
that . short series Of sociable partie