The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1875-12-15
dNAPPEAL.

To those of our readers who feel
in supporting and build
ing up a paper especially devoted to
the agricultural interests Of the
country, and through this to all
other interests of society, we ear
nestly appeal for active aid and CO.
operation in behalf Of the EXAMINER
AND PATRON. Ours is not, it is true,
an exclusively agricultural paper.
But, are farmers less interested in
the proper government of the coun-
try than in its proper cultivation 7
1--WE think not. In vain may the
farmers expend the energy and
strength of their manhood in faith
fully tilling the soil, if, through COR
rupt Legislation or unfriendly dis
, elimination in government the
fruits of their labors be ruthlessly
l absorbed in tariffs and taxes, or be
otherwise unduly exacted OF them
under the forms of law. While
: therefore, they may and doubtless
: do need the assistance of the press
! in elevating the standard of agricnl-
g ture and disseminating useful in
4
formation for the farm and home,
not less certainly, but rather more
! important is it that they should be
: faithfully and ably represented
through that medium in watching
, over their interests Of a public or
{ political character, and in securing
to them economic government with
good and wholesome laws.
So, also, in regard to the social
A and educational, and many other
, interests not exclusively agricultu-
p raj. The farmers have need of a
paper devoted to the promotion of
these no less than to that of the
r science of agriculture itself.
D Such, indeed, is the multiplicity
9 and magnitude of interests in
= which the farmers of our country
!, are peculiarly concerned, and such
!, the number and strength of inter
| ests and influences antagonistic IL
= their own, that paper devoted te
I. agricultural topics alone cannot bt
e considered truly representative Of
: the agricultural classes in any but
!, partial and very remote degree
J. With this view of the situation ant
a its requirements, we have no
IS thought it incumbent upon us u
e confine the EXAMINER AND Patrol
e to matters of a purely agriculture
|. nature, as some have though
II should have been done on accoun
4 of its relations as the Official Joul
il nal of the Texas State Grange. o
Al the contrary, upon a careful surve
le of the field before us, we have foun
c. and do yet find many other matter
re claiming attention of the EXAM
" INER AND PATRON no less, but rath,
lg more imperatively than those pc
n. tanning strictly to the househol
r. and farm. We have felt, indee'
10 that while, to the best of our abb
ne ity, promoting the one, we shoul
IN fall far short of the duties and o
a legations upon us, in neglecting Il
ht other, or in giving them less atte
re tion than their recognized impoI
a ance deserves.
ly While some may dissent, the va
ty majority of our readers, we feel a
sured, will agree with us fully
these opinious, both as regards Il
:, usefulness and desirability of o
,at paper, and the duties and oblig
ler tions involved.
an -, II is with the utmost confdenC
he therefore, that in this, the time
sa- our greatest need and most urge
he necessities, we make this appeal +
that friendly aid and active co-opt
alton among our friends throug
out the State, upon which we ha
cit relied, and upon which alone it
for possible to make the Examiner A,
a. PATRON all that it should be as 4
~ ~ official journal OF the Texas Sta
ro' Grange.